Good morning church family!

Thank you for choosing to worship with us today. Our message this morning comes from Pastor Chad. Special thanks to Pam Baynes for serving as our elder this week and Cathy Hakala-Ausperk for reading scripture.

Welcome to the Mantua Center Christian Church.  We are a community seeking to have open minds, open hearts, and open arms.  We gather not as perfect people, but people on a journey seeking to live and love like Jesus!

Today in worship we will explore a wonderful passage in the Gospel of Luke about what is more important to Jesus.  In this day and age where truth itself feels obscured and we’re sometimes quite sure what is right, Jesus cuts through the gray area with some guidance for how we live and love.  

As we prepare to open our minds and hearts for worship, let’s take a deep breath and Light a Candle.

Together we have set this time and space aside for the worship of God. Let’s give to God our joys, worries, and sorrows and open ourselves up to what God has to say to us today.  Let us worship the Lord...

SONG - Weave            (Pam and Beth)

Weave, weave, weave us together.  Weave us together in unity and love. 

Weave, weave, weave us together.  Weave us together, together in love.

SCRIPTURE READING -  Psalm 92:1-4

OPENING HYMN           We Gather Together  (chalice)

CHILDREN’S MOMENT  - Ally Hurd

PASTORAL PRAYER - Sarah Smith

SONG RESPONSE            Open My Eyes, Lord    (Pam and Beth)

Open our eyes Lord.  We want to see Jesus.  
To reach out and touch Him.  And say that we love Him.  
Open our ears Lord.  And help us to listen.  
Open our eyes Lord.  We want to see Jesus.  

SCRIPTURE READING          Luke 6:1-16

SERMON -  The Gray Area - Chad Delaney

HOLY COMMUNION - 

          Communion Song  -  Old Rugged Cross (Chalice)                                                                                                                      

Meditation

Communion Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer

Words of Institution

As we gather around Christ’s Table we remember that on the night that Jesus was betrayed, he took the bread and broke it, gave thanks and said to his Disciples, “This is my body which is give for you, eat of it all of you in remembrance of me.”  In like manner he took the cup and blessed it saying, “This is the cup of the new covenant in me, as often as you drink of it do so in remembrance of me.”  For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s life, death, and resurrection until he comes again.  Remember, all...ALL are welcome at the Lord’s Table.  

(Share in the Bread and Cup together)

CLOSING SONG               Take My Life (chalice)  

BENEDICTION - Sarah Smith