Wrestling with God (Sacred Tensions)

Ordinary Time Proper 13

August 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM PT

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Welcome and Invitation to Worship

Announcements

Good News

Prayer Concerns/Prayer

Start the Day with Praise: “Praise You in This Storm” by Casting Crowns

Call to Worship

1 Corinthians 1:3-9 AMP

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always for you because of the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus, so that in everything you were exceedingly enriched in Him, in all speech, empowered by the spiritual gifts and in all knowledge, with insight into the faith. In this way our testimony about Christ was confirmed and established in you, so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift which comes from the Holy Spirit, as you eagerly wait with confident trust for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ when He returns. And He will also confirm you to the end, keeping you strong and free of any accusation, so that you will be blameless and beyond reproach in the day of the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful. He is reliable, trustworthy and ever true to His promise—He can be depended on, and through Him you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Gathering Hymn: “Spirit Fill Us” CCS 160

Invocation

Light the Candle of Peace and Prayer for Peace

God of Grace and Compassion, as we come to You, we ask to be comforted. We pray that the time is at hand, or not far distant, when we will no longer be influenced by the things of this world that oppress or divide. Our struggles to this end have not been as effective as we would hope, yet we trust there remains a worthwhile struggle to be made—one that by Your grace, by Your guiding wisdom, will bring about the peace for which we long.

Therefore, we lift our heads, and rejoice, and put our trust in You, God—the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob; the God of peace. Amen.

Disciples’ Generous Response

Faithful disciples respond to an increasing awareness of the abundant generosity of God by sharing according to the desires of their hearts; not by commandment or constraint.

—Doctrine and Covenants 163:9

Reading from the Word

Genesis 32:22-31

Special Music: “Why” by 4Him

Morning Message

Sacrament of Communion

Special Music: “I Surrender All” by For King & Country with Hillary Scott and Michael W. Smith

Invitation to Communion

All are welcome at Christ’s table.

The Lord’s Supper, or Communion, is a sacrament in which we remember the life, death, resurrection, and continuing presence of Jesus Christ.

In Community of Christ, we also experience Communion as an opportunity to renew our baptismal covenant and to be formed as disciples who live Christ’s mission. Others may have different or added understandings within their faith traditions. We invite all who participate in the Lord’s Supper to do so in the love and peace of Jesus Christ.