Welcome to the Red Lodge Community Church
Worship With Us
August 16, 2026
Mental Health Sunday
If you are joining us in person, the service is at 10:00 AM
Sunday School
Worship With Us
August 16, 2026
Mental Health Sunday
If you are joining us in person, the service is at 10:00 AM
Sunday School
Participating in Today's Worship
Liturgist - Lori Floyd
Pianist – Dr. Lynell Kruckeberg
Choir- Marty Clague, Director, Martha Brown, Julia Childs, Jo Ann Eder, Lori Floyd, Libby Gardner, Sharyn McKenzie, Mark Sechler, Karen Simmons, Kathy Munson, Susan Wadsworth
Homebrewed Harmony- Marty Clague, Jim Howe, Mark Sechler, Don Redfoot
Serving today:
Deacons.................................................. Cathy Tobin, Dick Sholley
Technology............................................................................... Leslie Ann Bowman, Jay West
Nursery Attendant....................................................... N/A
Sunday School..................................................... Kylee Jarvi, Patty Schuessler
Fellowship Time Host(s)................................. Kathy Munson
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-Wed 8am-2PM, Thu-Fri 8-noon
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.
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.
Call to Worship, Opening Prayer and Prayer of Dedication adapted from UCC Worship Ways, “Service Prayers for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Year A written by the Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay.
Liturgist - Lori Floyd
Pianist – Dr. Lynell Kruckeberg
Choir- Marty Clague, Director, Martha Brown, Julia Childs, Jo Ann Eder, Lori Floyd, Libby Gardner, Sharyn McKenzie, Mark Sechler, Karen Simmons, Kathy Munson, Susan Wadsworth
Homebrewed Harmony- Marty Clague, Jim Howe, Mark Sechler, Don Redfoot
Serving today:
Deacons.................................................. Cathy Tobin, Dick Sholley
Technology............................................................................... Leslie Ann Bowman, Jay West
Nursery Attendant....................................................... N/A
Sunday School..................................................... Kylee Jarvi, Patty Schuessler
Fellowship Time Host(s)................................. Kathy Munson
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-Wed 8am-2PM, Thu-Fri 8-noon
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.
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.
Call to Worship, Opening Prayer and Prayer of Dedication adapted from UCC Worship Ways, “Service Prayers for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Year A written by the Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay.
GATHERING MUSIC Dr. Lynell Kruckeberg
WELCOME Lori Floyd
RINGING OF THE BELL
Children are invited downstairs for Sunday School.
PRELUDE
*CALL TO WORSHIP
We gather in the presence of the One who abandons no one.
Come Holy Spirit, our advocate and comforter.
All are welcome in this sacred place, made holy through your presence with us.
Open our hearts and minds this day, guide us into a loving relationship with all your children.
We gather as God’s beloved people, leaving no one outside.
Spark us with a word of life and radical belonging—a message that we share with others as we seek to live out Christ’s love.
We call on the name of God, who creates, redeems, and sustains us.
Amen.
*INVOCATION
Creator God, Father of the fatherless and defender of the weak, you set the lonely in families and bring the prisoners out with singing. As we gather, we ask for your calming presence, a refuge from the storms of worry and anxiety. Heal our broken spirits, refresh our weary minds, and let your glory fill this space. May we feel your presence, strong and nurturing. Amen.
*HYMN “God of the Sparrow, God of the Whale” TNCH # 32
*PASSING OF THE PEACE
SCRIPTURE 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11
Dear friends, don’t be surprised about the fiery trials that have come among you to test you. These are not strange happenings.
Instead, rejoice as you share Christ’s suffering. You share his suffering now so that you may also have overwhelming joy when his glory is revealed.
If you are mocked because of Christ’s name, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory—indeed, the Spirit of God—rests on you.
Therefore, humble yourselves under God’s power so that he may raise you up in the last day.
Throw all your anxiety onto him, because he cares about you.
Be clearheaded. Keep alert. Your accuser, the devil, is on the prowl like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Resist him, standing firm in the faith.
Do so in the knowledge that your fellow believers are enduring the same suffering throughout the world.
After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, the one who called you into his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will himself restore, empower, strengthen, and establish you. To him be power forever and always. Amen.
The word of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
MESSAGE “Mental Health” Catalyst for Change
CHOIR ANTHEM “People Need the Lord”
LITANY OF PRAYER
Gracious God, you created us for community, knowing that we are better together. On this Mental Health Sunday, we gather to celebrate the hope of "More Good Days, Together".
May your Spirit strengthen our minds and protect our hearts.
We recognize that 1 in 5 people experience a mental health condition each year, 2 in 5 of us are managing our mental health every day. For the times we have felt isolated, ashamed, or broken, we ask for your healing light.
Lord, hear our prayer for comfort and connection.
We pray against the stigma that keeps us silent. Help us to create spaces of radical belonging, where every unique experience is validated and supported.
Help us create more good days, together.
For those navigating depression, anxiety, trauma, or burnout, we pray for moments of peace and access to the care they need.
May your peace, which passes all understanding, guard our hearts.
We give thanks for counselors, therapists, doctors, and support systems that help us navigate the hard days.
We bless the work of healing hands and listening ears.
As we look toward the future, we commit to being a community that walks alongside one another, understanding that "good" is defined by our unique experiences and goals.
With your help, we will move from merely surviving to thriving and flourishing.
God of comfort, companion on our journey, remind us that we never walk alone.
May your love bind us together, making way for more good days, together. Amen.
JOYS AND CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH
- Please sign up to help with the lunch after the memorial service for Doreen Nearpass on Saturday, 8/29
- Invite people to the gathering on Tuesday at 1:30 to remember Loretta Sironen (maybe use whatever words I wrote for the Shalom: Because Loretta Sironen played a large role in the congregation at one time and because she requested no Memorial Service, you are invited to gather in the Upper Room at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 18th for a simple reception to remember and to share stories
of her life with us.)
- Council approved the Member Assistance Fund and we can receive donations to it; for details talk to Libby or Judith or others on Stewardship and Outreach
- Still collecting "snacks" for the Elementary school - see box in entryway
OFFERTORY SENTENCES
In our offering we share not only measurable treasures of time, talents and resources, we also radically commit to sharing immeasurable gifts of forgiveness, grace, compassion, acceptance and loving concern with each other and with ourselves
OFFERTORY
*RESPONSE OF PRAISE TNCH # 785
We give you but your own, whate’er the gift may be;
All that we have is yours alone, we give it gratefully.
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
Lord of the Nations, we dedicate these gifts and ourselves to you. May these offerings bring comfort, support mental wellness programs, and spread your peace. Use our resources to remind the world that you are a Father to the orphaned and a defender of the vulnerable. Amen.
HYMN “Be Still My Soul” TNCH # 488
*BENEDICTION
May the grace that says “you are not alone” encourage you.
May the mercy that says “you are enough” comfort you.
May the love that says “you are loved” embrace you this day and every day.
Amen.
*SENDING SONG “Where Can I Go?” last page
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