Worship Service: Wrestling with Truth

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Interfaith and welcoming — for the wandering and the seeking.

August 2, 2020  ·  10:00 AM

First Sitting — Invitation to Prepare

Matthew 14:20 — And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.

Call to Praise and Prayer

(Adapted from Psalm 17)

All:
Hear me, Lord, my plea is just; listen to my cry.
Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit.
From you let my vindication come; let your eyes see the right and mine the Truth.
If you try my heart, if you visit me by night, if you test me, you will find no wickedness in me; my mouth shall not transgress.
As for others, by the word of your lips I avoid the ways of the violent and unjust.
My steps hold to your paths; my feet do not slip.
I call on you, my Creator, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.
Wondrously show your steadfast love, O savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.
As for me, I shall behold your justice and righteousness; when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.

Hymn

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Invocation

Scripture Reading

Genesis 32:22–31 (NRSV)

That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered. Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.” Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there. So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.” The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip.

Reflection

Wrestling with Truth

Meditation

Mindfulness of Truth

Pastoral Prayer

Leader: The Lord be with you.
All: And with you also.

Leader: Let us be in quiet meditations of our own hearts and minds.

Lord’s Prayer

(All)

Communion

Prayer after Communion

My past, O Holy One, I entrust to your mercy.
My presence to your love.
My future to your wisdom and justice.

Hymn

Sent Forth by God’s Blessing

Benediction

Tony E Hansen, Rev.