Welcome to the Red Lodge Community Church
Worship With Us
July 13 2025
Sunday School
Worship Leader: Rev. Teressa L. Clark
If you are joining us in person, the service is at 10 AM
Worship With Us
July 13 2025
Sunday School
Worship Leader: Rev. Teressa L. Clark
If you are joining us in person, the service is at 10 AM
Participating in Today's Worship
Worship Leader – Rev. Teressa L. Clark
Liturgist -Marge Nearpass
Pianist – Lynell Kruckeberg
Choir- Marty Clague, Director, Martha Brown, Julia Childs, Jo Ann Eder, Lori Floyd, Libby Gardner, Steve Hanson, Sharyn McKenzie, Mark Sechler, Karen Simmons, Lanny Hilderman, Kathy Munson
Homebrewed Harmony- Marty Clague, Steve Hanson, Jim Howe, Mark Sechler, Don Redfoot
Serving today:
Deacons...................................................................... Kiyoko Carlson, Sharyn McKenzie
Technology......................................................................................................................... Jay West
Sunday School Director.................................................................................................Zina General
Sunday School Help.........................................................................................................Peggy Lynn
Nursery Attendant......................................................................................................... N/A
Red Lodge Community Church, United Church of Christ
PO Box 786, 308 South Broadway Avenue
Red Lodge, MT. 59068
406-446-1444
www.redlodgecommunitychurch.com
Our Transitional Pastor, Teressa Clark, is available for pastoral care emergencies and is glad to make pastoral care visits to those who are hospitalized or homebound. Please contact her directly by calling or texting 406-717-9745 or by emailing [email protected].
Office Hours: M-Thurs 8am-3PM, Fri 9-1pm
Dr. Lynell Kruckeberg, Music [email protected]
Marty Clague, Director Choir [email protected]
For information on joining Red Lodge Community Church, please talk with any of our deacons or contact Mark Sechler at 573-415-7722 or [email protected]. On Sundays, our worship service is recorded with video and audio.
If you wish to restrict the use of photos and videos that include you, please complete the Photo/Video Opt-out form and deliver it to the church office.
Jay West records our Sunday Worship Services. If you wish to restrict the use of photos and videos that include you, please complete the Photo/Video Opt-out form and deliver it to the church office.
Words and/or Music reprinted under OneLicense.net License #A-725904 or CCLI #294875.
Liturgy used under license from Compassion Camp: What Every Living Things Needs, Vacation Bible School Curriculum © 2023 Illustrated Ministry, LLC. All rights reserved. illustratedministry.com
Worship Leader – Rev. Teressa L. Clark
Liturgist -Marge Nearpass
Pianist – Lynell Kruckeberg
Choir- Marty Clague, Director, Martha Brown, Julia Childs, Jo Ann Eder, Lori Floyd, Libby Gardner, Steve Hanson, Sharyn McKenzie, Mark Sechler, Karen Simmons, Lanny Hilderman, Kathy Munson
Homebrewed Harmony- Marty Clague, Steve Hanson, Jim Howe, Mark Sechler, Don Redfoot
Serving today:
Deacons...................................................................... Kiyoko Carlson, Sharyn McKenzie
Technology......................................................................................................................... Jay West
Sunday School Director.................................................................................................Zina General
Sunday School Help.........................................................................................................Peggy Lynn
Nursery Attendant......................................................................................................... N/A
Red Lodge Community Church, United Church of Christ
PO Box 786, 308 South Broadway Avenue
Red Lodge, MT. 59068
406-446-1444
www.redlodgecommunitychurch.com
Our Transitional Pastor, Teressa Clark, is available for pastoral care emergencies and is glad to make pastoral care visits to those who are hospitalized or homebound. Please contact her directly by calling or texting 406-717-9745 or by emailing [email protected].
Office Hours: M-Thurs 8am-3PM, Fri 9-1pm
Dr. Lynell Kruckeberg, Music [email protected]
Marty Clague, Director Choir [email protected]
For information on joining Red Lodge Community Church, please talk with any of our deacons or contact Mark Sechler at 573-415-7722 or [email protected]. On Sundays, our worship service is recorded with video and audio.
If you wish to restrict the use of photos and videos that include you, please complete the Photo/Video Opt-out form and deliver it to the church office.
Jay West records our Sunday Worship Services. If you wish to restrict the use of photos and videos that include you, please complete the Photo/Video Opt-out form and deliver it to the church office.
Words and/or Music reprinted under OneLicense.net License #A-725904 or CCLI #294875.
Liturgy used under license from Compassion Camp: What Every Living Things Needs, Vacation Bible School Curriculum © 2023 Illustrated Ministry, LLC. All rights reserved. illustratedministry.com
Red Lodge Community Church
United Church of Christ
PO Box 786, 308 S. Broadway Ave., Red Lodge, MT 59068
www.redlodgecommunitychurch.com 406-446-1444
GATHERING MUSIC Dr. Lynell Kruckeberg
WELCOME Rev. Teressa L. Clark
RINGING OF THE BELL
PRELUDE
*CALL TO WORSHIP (responsive) Marge Nearpass
One: Come together, all who thirst!
All: The Living Water is here,
available to quench the thirst of all.
One: Come together and remember the waters of baptism!
All: The Living Water is here, washing away the past and sweeping us into a new future.
One: Come together, all who wander in the desert, parched and weak, lost in the wilderness.
All: The Living Water is here, clean water from the rock, an oasis in the struggle.
One: Come together and receive Living Water, free and available to everyone.
All: The Living Water is here!
Let us worship at the fountain of life.
*OPENING PRAYER (unison)
Creator God, you created a world with land and seas, teeming with life. You created us with water, from water, and for water. And just as water replenishes itself through processes of evaporation, precipitation, and filtration, we replenish ourselves when we gather together in this community of faith. As we worship, let us be like trees planted by streams of water, showing leafy life and bearing fruit in season. Quench our thirst with scripture, song, and truth. Amen.
*HYMN “Crashing Waters at Creation” Hymnal # 326
*PASSING OF THE PEACE
Isaiah 66 says, “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river.” When we share the peace of Christ with our neighbors, family, and friends, we create an environment for everyone to thrive. Greet your neighbor with the peace of Christ.
CHILDREN’S MOMENT “Peace Like a River” Hymnal # 478
LORD’S PRAYER (unison)
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day, our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Children are invited downstairs for Sunday School with Zina.
Nursery care is also available downstairs.
PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION
Spirit of Living Water, open our hearts and minds so we might be refreshed and renewed by your words to us today. Reveal yourself in scripture, preaching, and the thoughts of our minds as we center ourselves on discipleship to your Way. Amen.
SCRIPTURE
Psalm 65:9-13
9 You visit the earth and water it;
you greatly enrich it;
the river of God is full of water;
you provide the people with grain,
for so you have prepared it.
10 You water its furrows abundantly,
settling its ridges,
softening it with showers,
and blessing its growth.
11 You crown the year with your bounty;
your wagon tracks overflow with richness.
12 The pastures of the wilderness overflow;
the hills gird themselves with joy;
13 the meadows clothe themselves with flocks;
the valleys deck themselves with grain;
they shout and sing together for joy.
Revelation 21:5-6
5 And the one who was seated on the throne said,
“See, I am making all things new.”
Also he said, “Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
6 Then he said to me,
“It is done!
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.
To the thirsty I will give water
as a gift from the spring of the water of life.”
One: The Word of God for the People of God.
Many: Thanks be to God.
SERMON “Water of Life”
HYMN “Rain Down” Songsheet
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
God, our Provider, we pray for the people in the world today who do not have access to clean water.
Our siblings suffer from disease because the water is contaminated with pollutants, microorganisms, and garbage.
People must use the same sources of water for their washing and drinking, for their livestock and children.
Convict the hearts of the privileged, rich, and powerful to expand clean water access to all people.
We pray for those whose access to clean water is far away.
We pray for those who must walk for miles with heavy containers just to have water to drink and cook meals.
We pray for the children and women who make this treacherous journey daily.
Help us to create better infrastructure so people may spend less of their day carrying water.
We pray for people whose city governments have ignored their contaminated municipal water.
Convict the hearts of those in power to make decisions that will provide fresh water for the people.
And in our own choices and powers, help us be part of the water solution.
May our faith community be a source of clean water to those who suffer. Amen.
God, our Loving Parent, we bring our water prayers to you today, knowing so many of the problems we face with water are caused by human negligence and consumption.
How can we pray for rain or relief without changing our behaviors that affect the rain? The problems are so big, and we are so small.
We cannot help but come to you and ask for mercy.
We need you to inspire us, embolden us, and guide us into better ways.
We need you to confront the powerful—those who make choices affecting whole systems.
We need you to make paths for us to hold corporations and governments accountable for the greed that brought these water crises.
Just as you parted the Red Sea, made water flow from a rock, walked on water, and calmed the storm, you are powerful enough to assist us with our water issues today.
Because we all depend upon the finite resource of water on our planet, these are the prayers of our people.
May the ice caps and glaciers be frozen and at peace.
May the rivers flow unencumbered by pollution.
May the oceans be free of plastic and heavy metals.
May the rain fall in its time, place, and season.
And may life on earth, from flowers to insects to fish to reptiles to mammals and more, be satisfied by clean, safe water. Amen.
Prayers for neighbors near and far …
Family of Rand Carlson
Families in Texas
Shirlee Quinn, Joyce Miller
Lori, Steve, Don
Medical Teams
JOYS AND CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH
- Our prayers are with Kiyoko Carlson and Norma Scheidecker and their families, on the death of their grandson Rand.
- Vacation Bible School, July 28-31
- Registration due this week
- Helpers needed
- Orientation with Safe Church Policy review on Tuesday at 5:30
- Introduction to RLCC today at 11:30
- Spirituality / Christian Education for Adults
- Book study: The Serviceberry in September after Fellowship Hour
- “Surprise” with me on the fourth Tuesday of July and August at 4 p.m.
INVITATION TO GENEROSITY
OFFERTORY
*DOXOLOGY TUNE: OLD HUNDREDTH
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God for all that love has done;
Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One. Amen.
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION (unison)
Generous God, just as you cause many drops of water to come together to make a stream, then a river, then an ocean, you gather our offerings to become something bigger, stronger, and more powerful. Receive these gifts today and give us the wisdom to steward them well. May these acts of generosity create a more loving and just world. Amen.
*HYMN “When Peace, Like a River” Hymnal # 438
*BENEDICTION
You have been filled to the brim with Living Water,
baptized in God’s Spirit, and made whole in Christ.
Go into the world overflowing with the peace that flows like a river, blessing all you encounter. Amen.
*SENDING SONG “A Creation Hymn” Songsheet
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