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July 2025

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A New Creation is Everything!

Dear Children of God: OMG

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C

Since many congregations celebrate Holy Communion on the first Sunday of the month, consider how you might incorporate the themes of communal care and God’s new creation into the Communion liturgy.

What would St. Paul text? Something clever, profound, and to the point, no doubt. Some of the writings of Paul or attributed to Paul in the New Testament are some of the most eloquent and beautiful prose in all of scripture. But it was all about getting the point across, about arguing for faith and inviting the reader or hearer to a deeper experience of the risen Christ. So, what are those core elements, those essentials that would bring the desired outcome? What would Paul text to open the conversation and get readers to claim the faith he presents? That’s what we hope becomes clear as we engage in the conversation we call “Dear Children of God.”

Abbreviations

  • TFWS: The Faith We Sing
  • W&S: Worship and Song
  • UMH: United Methodist Hymnal

Music Notes

  • The Servant Song TFWS 2222
  • Make Us One TFWS 2224
  • Come, Share the Lord TFWS 2269
  • O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go UMH 480
  • Thine Be the Glory UMH 308
  • Holy God, We Praise Thy Name UMH 79