July 20, 2025: Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Proper 11, Year C

Genesis 18:1-10a | Psalm 15 | Colossians 1:15-28 | Luke 10:38-42

These readings remind us to put being present with God first—like Abraham, who welcomed the Lord, and Mary, who sat at Jesus’ feet. Psalm 15 shows what it means to dwell with God, and Colossians tells us that God lives in Christ, and Christ in us.

Prelude
If With All Your Hearts – Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
A quiet urging to seek God with sincerity, mirroring Mary’s attentive heart in the Gospel reading.

Oh! that I knew where I might find Him,
that I might even come before His presence!
"If with all your hearts ye truly seek me, ye shall ever surely find me."
Thus saith our God.

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Processional Hymn
The God of Abraham Praise – Hymn 401

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Hymn of Praise
Every Time I Feel the Spirit

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Psalm 15
Your Holy Hill – Jody Killingsworth and Jake Menzel

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Gradual Hymn
Be Thou My Vision – Hymn 488

Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me save that thou art.
Thou my best thought by day and by night;
Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.

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Offertory Anthem
Feet o’ Jesus – Words by Langston Hughes, Music by Florence Price

At the feet o’ Jesus,
Sorrow like a sea.
Lordy, let yo’ mercy
Come driftin’ down on me.

At the feet o’ Jesus
At yo’ feet I stand.
O, ma little Jesus,
Please reach out yo’ hand.

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Doxology
Old 100th

Sanctus
Sanctus – Fowlin

Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei – Nguyen/Boutros

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Communion Hymns
Called Me Higher – Leslie Jordan

You have called me higher
You have called me deeper
And I'll go where You will lead me Lord

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Shine on Me - Spiritual

I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“Come unto Me and rest;
Lay down, O weary one, lay down
Thy head upon My breast.”

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Closing Hymn
The Church’s One Foundation – Hymn 525
A reminder that Christ is the center, the source of unity and hope, as proclaimed in Colossians.

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Postlude
Kneel at the Feet of Jesus – Willie Nelson

I'm going to kneel at the feet of Jesus in the morning
I'm gonna leave this sinful world before the dawning
And don't you worry and don't you moan
Just about time I was moving along
I'm going to kneel at the feet of Jesus in the morning

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Other options for this week

The Best of Rooms - Randall Thompson

Christ, He requires still, wheresoe'er He comes,
To feed or lodge, to have the best of rooms:
Give Him the choice; grant Him the nobler part
Of all the house: the best of all's the heart.

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Higher Love - Steve Winwood
Longs for a love beyond this world—a deeper, spiritual connection and purpose.

Think about it, there must be higher love
Down in the heart or hidden in the stars above
Without it, life is wasted time
Look inside your heart I'll look inside mine

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Give me Jesus - Spiritual
“You may have all this world, but give me Jesus.”

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