“Bringing People to Christ and Christ to People”
June 21, 2026 9:45 a.m.
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Leader: Take the yoke I give you.
Leader: Christ calls us to come to worship
Leader: To learn what Christ can teach of life
posted on the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand. http://www.presbyterian.org.nz/
*HYMN Great is Thy Faithfulness
UMH 140
SCRIPTURE READING Leviticus 25: 1-7
The Lord said to Moses at Mount Sinai, 2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you, the land itself must observe a sabbath to the Lord. 3For six years sow your fields, and for six years prune your vineyards and gather their crops. 4But in the seventh year the land is to have a year of sabbath rest, a sabbath to the Lord. Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards. 5Do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the grapes of your untended vines. The land is to have a year of rest. 6Whatever the land yields during the sabbath year will be food for you—for yourself, your male and female servants, and the hired worker and temporary resident who live among you, 7as well as for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. Whatever the land produces may be eaten.
The Word of God for the People of God.
MESSAGE FOR YOUNG CHRISTIANS WORSHIP WITH TITHES AND OFFERINGS
“‘In this Year of Jubilee everyone is to return to their own property. 14“‘If you sell land to any of your own people or buy land from them, do not take advantage of each other. 15You are to buy from your own people on the basis of the number of years since the Jubilee. And they are to sell to you on the basis of the number of years left for harvesting crops. 16When the years are many, you are to increase the price, and when the years are few, you are to decrease the price, because what is really being sold to you is the number of crops. 17Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God. I am the Lord your God. 18“‘Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws, and you will live safely in the land. 19Then the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill and live there in safety. 20You may ask,
“What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not plant or harvest our crops?” 21I will send you such a blessing in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years. 22While you plant during the eighth year, you will eat from the old crop and will continue to eat from it until the harvest of the ninth year comes in.
Music Director: Mike Nelson Videographer: Roger Vandegrift ASL Interpreter: Lynn Kohler Liturgist: Lori Nelson
Announcements
Pastor Shannon will be on vacation this week. Should you need emergency pastoral support, please contact
Pastor Karen Sadvari at 610-955-7671 MISSIONS TEAM MEETING – Today after the service
ONE BOARD MEETING – Monday, June 22 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Please see Linda Stark for the link. Everyone is welcome!
MONTHLY CHURCH DINNER – Tuesday, June 23 at 5:30
p.m. at The Candied Yam (located at 733 Roland Street in the Goliath Shopping Center near Acme). Please let Jean Powell know if you plan to attend.
PASTOR WELCOME/CELEBRATION DINNER – A
covered dish dinner to celebrate Pastor Shannon’s full-time appointment will be held on the first Sunday in July (July 5).
FAMILY FUN NIGHTS – Every Tuesday in July from 6:00-7:30 p.m., featuring dinner and a family activity.
Everyone welcome.
FIRST BAPTIST FOOD BANK – Requests include diced tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, canned meat (chicken, corned beef, salmon, spam, tuna), snacks, and toilet paper. Donations due the first Sunday of the month.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST FAMILY SUPPORT –
Requests include: rice, beans, corn flour, vegetable oil, sugar, spaghetti noodles and sauce, and feminine hygiene products.
PRAYER CHAIN – For the next few weeks, please call or text Linda Stark at 410-726-2635. Wishing Pat a speedy recovery!
NEWSLETTER – Submit information by the 20th of the month to Paul Nelson at pnelson37@gmail.com
SOCIAL HOUR – See Buddy Pennewell or Cathy Grim to help.