BREAK THROUGH

June 15, 2025 

Break Through to Freedom

Prelude: 

Somewhere in Time

Music by John Barry
Arranged by Calvin Custer
Cathedral of Hope Orchestra

Music by John Barry
Arranged by Calvin Custer
© 1980 Duchess Music Corporation
This arrangement © 1994 Duchess Music Corporation

Call to Worship

Cathedral of Hope, we gather today as people of God:

A God who welcomes everyone to the table; 
Who accepts each of us as beautiful members of a rainbow community; 
And who encourages us to share the stories of our faith journey.

So let us rise in body and spirit, as we sing with joy to our loving God.

**Processional Hymn                       

God, We Gather as Your People

God, we gather as your people to raise our song above,
and we dare to claim the promise of your love.
Though the day may not yet be here, we trust it soon will be,
when your children will be free.

Oh, may our hearts and minds be opened, fling the church doors open wide.
May there be room enough for everyone inside.
For in God there is a welcome, in God we all belong.
May that welcome be our song.

Oh, we sing for all the children, that one day they be free,
and we sing for generations yet to be,
that they never have a reason to doubt that they are blest.
May they, in your love, find rest.

Oh, may our hearts and minds be opened, fling the church doors open wide.
May there be room enough for everyone inside.
For in God there is a welcome, in God we all belong.
May that welcome be our song.

God, we're working for the future when children far and wide
can live their lives with dignity and pride.
As they grow in strength and stature, may the join us hand in hand,
as against all hate we stand.

Oh, may our hearts and minds be opened, fling the church doors open wide.
May there be room enough for everyone inside.
For in God there is a welcome, in God we all belong.
May that welcome be our song.

 
Words and Music by David Lohman
© 2007 Welcome Song Music/WelcomeSongMusic.com

Welcome and Life of the Church

**Sharing of the Peace

Sacrament of Holy Baptism (10 a.m.)                                                   

Annie Carbajal

Epistle Lesson: Galatians 5:1, 13-14

Our Epistle Lesson is from the Fifth Chapter of Paul’s Letter to the Galatians. Hear these words:

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. My sisters and brothers, you were called to freedom; but be careful, or this freedom will provide an opening for self-indulgence. Rather, serve one another in works of love, since the whole of the Law is summarized in a single command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

May God bless the hearing of these ancient words. Amen.

Gradual

Oh, the Glory of Your Presence

Oh, the glory of your presence,
We, your children, give you reverence.
So we open our hearts to your life-giving Word
as we glory in your embrace;
As your presence now fills this place.

Words and Music by Steve Fry
© 1983 Birdwing Music

**Gospel Lesson:  John 15:12-17    

One: Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.

All:    Come, Holy Spirit.

One: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John.

All:    Glory to you, O God.

Jesus said to his disciples: “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Abba God. You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that God will give you whatever you ask in my name. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.”

One: This is the Gospel of Hope.

All:    Praise to you, Creator, Christ and Holy Spirit.

**Gloria 

Glory to God

Glory to God; Glory to God; Glory to God in the highest.
Glory to God; Glory to God; Glory to God in the highest.
And peace on the earth;
peace and good will to all from Jesus Christ forevermore.
Glory to God; Glory to God; Glory to God in the highest.
Glory to God; Glory to God; Glory to God in the highest.
Glory to God!

Words and Music by Tom Brooks and Don Moen
This arrangement by Steven Couch

Sermon

Break Through to Freedom

Offering Call       

Offertory  

In All Things Love

Words: John 13:34, I Corinthians 13, 16:14, and Jeremiah 31:3
Music by Dan Forrest

Sanctuary Choir and Orchestra

Words: John 13:34, 1 Corinthians 13, 16:14, and Jeremiah 31:3
Music by Dan Forrest
© 2024 Beckenhorst Press, Inc. 

Communion   

Words of Institution      

Prayer of Consecration  

Let us pray.

Holy God, we thank you for these gifts of grape and grain, and pray that you would pour out your Holy Spirit on these elements and on us gathered here. Strengthen us through this feast of grace, and, by sharing this feast, may each of us know the presence of the living Christ. By your Spirit, make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to all the world. Amen.

Music during Communion

Gracious Spirit, Dwell with Me

Gracious Spirit, dwell with me, I would gracious be;
Help me now thy grace to see, I would be like thee;
And with words that help and heal, thy life would mine reveal;
And, with actions bold and meek, for Christ, my Savior, speak.

Truthful Spirit, dwell with me, I would truthful be;
Help me now thy truth to see, I would be like thee;
And with wisdom kind and clear thy life in mine appear;
And, with actions lovingly, speak Christ’s sincerity.

Mighty Spirit, dwell with me, I would mighty be;
Help me now thy power to see, I would be like thee;
‘Gainst all weapons hell can wield, be thou my strength and shield;
Let thy word my weapon be, Lord, thine the victory.

Words: St. 1-2 Thomas T. Lynch, 1855, alt. St. 3 K. Lee Scott, 1984
Music: Benedictine Plainsong, Mode V, 13^th Century

Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit, living Breath of God, breathe new life into my willing soul;
Bring the presence of the risen Lord, to renew my heart and make me whole.
Cause your word to come alive in me, give me faith for what I cannot see.
Give me passion for your purity; Holy Spirit, breathe new life in me.

Holy Spirit, come abide within; may your joy be seen in all I do.
Love enough to cover every sin in each thought and deed and attitude.
Kindness to the greatest and the least;
gentleness that sows the path of peace.
Turn my strivings into works of grace; Breath of God, show Christ in all I do.

Holy Spirit, from creation’s birth, giving life to all that God has made.
Show your power once again on earth,
cause your church to hunger for your ways.
Let the fragrance of our prayers arise; lead us on the road of sacrifice,
That in unity the face of Christ will be clear for all the world to see.

Words and Music by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend
Quoting “Gabriel’s Oboe” by Ennio Morricone
© 2006 Thankyou Music

Spirit of the Living God

Spirit of the Living God, fall fresh on me!
Spirit of the Living God, fall fresh on me.
Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me!
Spirit of the Living God, fall fresh on me!

Ven, Espíritu de Dios, cae sobre mí.
Ven, Espíritu de Dios, cae sobre mí.
Tómame, cámbiame, lléname,úsame.
Ven, Espíritu de Dios, cae sobre mí.

Words and Music by Daniel Iverson
© 1963 Moody Bible Institute of Chicago

Holy Ground

We are standing on holy ground,
And I know that there are angels all around.
Let us praise Jesus now,
We are standing in God’s presence on holy ground.
 

**We are standing on holy ground,
And I know that there are angels all around.
Let us praise Jesus now,
We are standing in God’s presence on holy ground.

Words and Music by Geron Davis
© 1983 Meadowgreen Music Company/Songchannel Music Co.

**Prayer of Thanksgiving 

**Recessional Hymn:

Ours the Journey

In the midst of new dimensions, in the face of changing ways,
who will lead the pilgrim peoples wandering their separate ways?
God of rainbow, fiery pillar, leading where the eagles soar, we, thy people,
ours the journey now and ever, now and ever, now and evermore.

We are made in your own image, all persuasions, old and young,
each a gift in thy creation, each a love song to be sung.
God of rainbow, fiery pillar, leading where the eagles soar, we, thy people,
ours the journey now and ever, now and ever, now and evermore.

Should the threats of dark predictions cause us to withdraw in pain,
may thy blazing phoenix Spirit resurrect the Church again.
God of rainbow, fiery pillar, leading where the eagles soar, we, thy people,
ours the journey now and ever, now and ever, now and evermore.

Words: Julian B. Rush © 1994 Julian B. Rush
Music: Julian B. Rush © 1979 Julian B. Rush

**Benediction         

Postlude for Dismissal

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The flowers on the chancel are in honor and in celebration of the wedding of Vicki Saulnier and Jo Anne Cattanach