Bulletin for Sunday, August 9

August 5th, 2026

WORSHIP   
Opening of the Word

Prelude
Teresa Wallace

FELLOWSHIP
Greeting and Welcome
Pastor Mark

Hymn Medley: #393 “The Family of God”, #8 "Bless the Lord, O My Soul"

Children's Sermon
Pastor Mark

Blessing of the Backpacks

Our Praise and Thanksgiving: #581 "The Sacrifice of Praise", #13 "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" v. 1

DISCIPLESHIP     
Offertory Prayer
Macie Preston

Offertory: "The Goodness of God"
Kathryn Pankey, solo, & Susan Matney, piano

Pastoral Prayer
Pastor Mark

Scripture Reading: Matthew 13:45-46
Jeb Wallace

Sermon: "The Secret in the Pearl"
Pastor Mark

Hymn of Invitation: #506 "In Christ Alone"

SERVICE
Announcements

Sending Song: #375 "Song for the Nations" v. 5

Benediction
Pastor Mark

Postlude
Susan Matney

Verse of the Week

"Through Jesus, then, let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips giving thanks to His Name. " – Hebrews 13:15

Events & Announcements

Volunteers Needed: Mission Event at Burlington Elementary
We are partnering with Genesis United Methodist Church to help provide a hot dog dinner on Tuesday, August 11 for Burlington Elementary School's Back to School Night. We will be serving from 5-7 PM that evening and will also need some help before 5 PM with set up and cooking. Please pray that this night will be an opportunity to build new relationships with our neighbors and invite others to church!

Help us save lives!
There is an urgent call for blood donations as the nations enters into another supply shortage. To help meet this need we are hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Saturday, August 22 from 10 AM-2 PM. Our goal is 18 units and we need your help to meet that goal. All those that give during the month of August will receive a $20 e-gift card to Amazon from the Red Cross.

REGISTER NOW TO GIVE BLOOD HERE: https://rcblood.org/4bQZ8Zg

MelroseU- Bible Journaling LIVE Recap
Last month we began hosting weekly live Bible Journaling instructional sessions on the Melrose Creatives Facebook group. To make the videos more accessible, we have uploaded all of the videos to the MelroseU webpage on the church website. We encourage you to check out the video series as it demonstrates various techniques to creatively interact with God's Word.

WATCH THEM NOW BY GOING HERE!

LISTEN NOW: GRACE FILLED CONVERSATIONS
We have launched a new season of our church podcast, "Grace Filled Conversations." This season we are rotating between episodes that focus on questions that were asked as part of our "The Heart for the Not Yet" sermon series and episodes that offer meditative at home worship experiences.

Listen today by downloading the church app in the Google Play Store or App Store or go to the church website HERE.

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