07.27.2025 "Praying with Hands and Feet" - FUMC Vallejo

Fellowship United Methodist Church 140 Ladera Drive, Vallejo, CA || 707-643-6055 [email protected] || www.fumcvallejo.org ||    / @fellowshipvallejo   SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST July 27, 2025 || 10:00 am ~Liturgist/Bible Reader: Belen Mandapat ~Ushers/Greeters: Joyce and Aimee Ordonez *During liturgy with (*), please rise in body or in spirit. PRELUDE LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES GREETINGS from Rev. Henry Pablo III *CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Before we even knock, People: Christ opens the doors and invites us in. Leader: Before we even ask, People: God knows our every need. Leader: Come to seek; come to pray; come to worship, People: For the Spirit has called us here! A HYMN OF PRAISE [UMH 407] Close To Thee OPENING PRAYER (in unison) Christ Jesus, we come to your house this day, knocking and asking that the door may be opened. We come seeking your face and yearning for your presence in our lives. Open the door of our hearts, as you have opened the doors of your church. Lift our faces, that we may see your face shining upon us. Answer our yearning, that our restive hearts may find their rest in you. Amen. *OPENING HYMN [UMH 582] Whom Shall I Send *THE APOSTLES’ CREED [UMH #881] (in unison) ANNOUNCEMENTS by Paul Del Rosario COMMUNITY CONCERNS & PRAYER REQUESTS PASTORAL PRAYER THE LORD’S PRAYER (in unison) CHILDREN’S MOMENT : Rev. Henry Pablo III SCRIPTURE READINGS (NRSVue) Reading I: Psalm 138: 1–8 *Reading II: Luke 11: 1–13 RESPONSE [UMH 599] Break Thou The Bread Of Life GIFT OF MUSIC: Seek Ye First by Chancel Choir MESSAGE: “Praying with Hands and Feet” by Rev. Henry Pablo III OFFERTORY *DOXOLOGY *OFFERTORY PRAYER CLOSING HYMN [TFWS 2268] As We Gather At Your Table *CLOSING PRAYER & BENEDICTION *THREEFOLD AMEN EXTINGUISHING OF THE CANDLES POSTLUDE