Early Worship Service
August 16, 2026

Prelude

Call to Worship from Isaiah 56: 1, 6-8
Leader:  Thus says the Lord: Maintain justice, and do what is right,
People:  for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed.
Leader:  And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord to minister to him, to love the name
of the Lord, and to be his servants,
People:  all who keep the sabbath, and do not profane it, and hold fast my covenant--
Leader:  these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
People:  their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar;
Leader: for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.
People:  Thus says the Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel,
ALL:  I will gather others to them besides those already gathered.

Hymn
7 Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

Responsive Reading from Psalm 67
Leader:  May God be merciful to us and bless us,
People:  show us the light of his countenance and come to us.
Leader:  Let your ways be known upon earth,
People:  your saving health among all nations.
Leader:  Let the peoples praise you, O God;
People:  Let all the peoples praise you.
Leader:  Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
People:  for you judge the peoples with equity and guide all the nations upon earth.
Leader:  Let the peoples praise you, O God;
People:  let all the peoples praise you.
Leader: The earth has brought forth her increase;
People:  may God, our own God, give us his blessing.
Leader:  May God give us his blessing,
People:  and may all the ends of the earth stand in awe of him.

Hymn
 14 Praise to the Lord, The Almighty
249 Glorify Thy Name

Prayers of the People
 God of salvation, who sent your Son to seek out and save what is lost, hear our prayers on behalf
of those who are lost in our day, receiving these petitions and thanksgivings with your unending
compassion.

Choral Anthem
 Keep Your Lamps

Hymn
611 Let Your Heart Be Broken (stanzas 1 & 2 only)

Sermon
Genesis 37: 1-4, 12-28

Hymn of Response
 611 Let Your Heart Be Broken (stanza 3 only)

Passing of the Peace

UBC Life

Sending

Postlude

GETTING TO KNOW UBC

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