TO UNITE IN FAITH TO DO MORE GOOD TO JOIN A COMMUNITY TO MAKE CHANGE TO CELEBRATE DIVERSITY
To worship with us
July 4, 2021 • 11 AM
COVID-19 Guidelines Following the updated guidance from the CDC and NYS Health Department, face masks are now optional on our campus (indoor or outdoor) for those who have been fully vaccinated. Some may wish to continue wearing masks and some may not. Both are welcome. For those who have not been fully vaccinated, masks will continue to be required on our campus, both indoors and outdoors. To learn more about the new policy or to read our FAQs, visit www.asburyfirst.org/news/2021/5/mask-policy-update. FIRST TIME HERE We are so glad you are joining us! If you’re out there watching, check in through the website or take a picture and post it on social media using #asburyfirstathome. Our hope is to get 
to know you better and help you find your place within our community. Additionally, drop us an email at info@asburyfirst.org and we will answer any questions you may have. Need prayer? We invite you to share with us how we can be praying for you by emailing prayers@asburyfirst.org. All prayer requests are prayed over by our Ministers and Intercessory 
Prayer Group. Children We believe children are a sacred gift, and they are welcome in our worship. During the summer, the 9 am outdoor service will include Children's Time. If there is a way our Children's Ministry can be more welcoming to you and your child, please contact Paula Dugan at pdugan@asburyfirst.org. RECONCILING STATEMENT We are a reconciling congregation and seek to be a fully inclusive church, believing that all people are God’s children. We encourage full participation in our community for all, regardless of age, race, origin, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, education/economic background, and physical/mental ability. We recognize that we hold a variety of opinions. We do not seek to erase our differences, but to journey together in faith toward greater understanding and mutual respect. We believe that reconciliation to God and to one another is central to our mission and ministry. GIVE TO ASBURY FIRST There are three ways to make a gift to Asbury First. Each gift supports the everyday ministries and operations of this church, allowing us to live into our vision to Do More Good. Cash/Check—We welcome you to send a gift of cash/check in the mail. Text to Give—You may give a gift with a debit/credit card by texting the dollar amount to 206-222-1050.
Online—Online giving is available on our website at www.asburyfirst.org/give. Watch and listen Tune into the live video stream of the 11 am service at www.asburyfirst.org/live-stream. To listen to the service tune into WRFZ 106.3 FM Rochester Free Radio, or call our toll-free number at 833-829-1050. A video archive of past services is also available at www.asburyfirst.org/archive. You can also view all sermons on our YouTube channel.
Prelude

Pastorale on “Materna†— John S. Dixon
Variations on “America†— Charles Wesley
Welcome
Call to Worship
From Psalm 19
All are invited to read the bold-faced type; the lay reader will read the unbolded type. The heavens declare the glory of God, And the firmament shows his handiwork. One day tells its tale to another, And one night imparts knowledge to another. Although they have no words or language, And their voices are not heard, Their sound has gone out into all lands, And their message to the ends of the world.
11 am • July 4, 2021
The community gathers As the community gathers, may the music of the prelude draw your hearts and minds to God.
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Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Opening Hymn
#660 "God Is Here" (vv. 1, 2 4)












































Words: Fred Pratt Green, 1978; Tune: Abbot’s Leigh, Cyril Taylor, 1941
11 am
Scripture
I Corinthians 12:12-27
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot would say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,†that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear would say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,†that would not make it any less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many members, yet one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,†nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.†On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and those members of the body that we think less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our less respectable members are treated with greater respect; whereas our more respectable members do not need this. But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior member, that there may be no dissension within the body, but the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
To hear the word
Prayer of Confession
Lord, your law is perfect, and revives our souls. Lord, your commands are clear, and give light to our eyes. Help us to desire your words more than any treasure earth can offer. Help us come to know the reward of serving you. May the thoughts and meditations of our heart be acceptable to you. O Lord, be our strength and our redeemer.
Silent Confession
Word of Assurance
Beloved friends, we are the Body of Christ; God has appointed each of us, 
and equips us for service. Let us rejoice in this knowledge.
In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Amen.
Gloria Hymnal #102, vs. 3 (alt.)
All glory be to God, all praise and thanks be given; Whose Son and Spirit reign as one in highest Heaven; Our one eternal God, whom earth and heaven adore; For thus it was, is now, and shall be evermore.
Anthem
Members of Sanctuary Choir 
and Asbury Singers
recorded June 20, 2021
“We Are All One in Mission†— Kevin Riehle; words by Rusty Edwards
 We all are one in mission; we all are one in call, our varied skills united by Christ, the Lord of all. A single, great commission compels us from above to plan and work together that all may know God's love. 
We all are called for service, to witness in God's name. Our ministries are different; our purpose is the same: To touch the lives of others by God's surprising grace, till every folk and nation may feel God's warm embrace. 
Now let us be united, and let our song be heard. Now let us be united by God's redeeming Word. We all are one in mission; we all are one in call, our varied skills united by Christ, the Lord of all.
Children's Time
Children of all ages are invited to join us in this special moment.
Lord's Prayer
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.
Hymn
#548 "In Christ There Is No East or West"































Words: John Oxenham and Laurence Hull Stookey; Tune: McKee, Spiritual, arr. Harry Burleig

Sermon
Interdependence Day
Celebration and 
Welcome to Ministry
Congregational Response
Siblings in Christ, as a people committed to participate in the ministries of the Church by your prayers, your presence, your gifts, your service, and your witness, and as faithful members of the community of Asbury First, will you celebrate this new beginning and support Rev. Dupont in her ministry among you? We will, with God’s help.
Introduction to
Discipleship,
Membership,
and Commitment
Our Creative God endows us with the gifts of time, talent, and treasure. Within this bulletin you will find invitations to enrich your faith journey and enhance your commitment. We invite you to prayerfully consider these opportunities. If you’re out there watching, check in through the website or take a picture and post it on social media using #asburyfirstathome. You may give a gift with a debit/credit card or by e-check by texting the dollar amount to 206-222-1050. Online giving is available 
on our website at www.asburyfirst.org/give.
Offertory



“Consecration†— Frederick Chatfield; words by Frances Havergal
 Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee. Take my moments and my days; let them flow in endless praise, Take my hands and let them move at the impulse of thy love. Take my feet and let them be swift and beautiful for thee, 
Take my voice and let me sing always, only, for my King. Take my lips and let them be filled with messages from thee, Take my silver and my gold; not a mite would I withhold. Take my intellect and use every power as thou shalt choose, 
Take my will and make it thine; it shall be no longer mine. Take my heart it is thine own; it shall be thy royal throne, Take my love; my Lord, I pour at thy feet its treasure store. Take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for thee.
Doxology
Hymnal #95
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise God above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Prayer of Dedication
God, you challenge us to be one in mission and in call. Inspire us by your Spirit 
to take up this work with joy. Make us ever mindful of our role as your hands and feet in this world. Amen.
To Renew Commitment
To Disperse in Mission
Closing Hymn
#696 “America the Beautiful†
 













Words: Katherine Lee Bates, 1904; Tune: Materna, Samuel Ward, 1888
Participants In the Service
Preacher: Rev. Rachel Dupont
Liturgist: Rev. Dr. Stephen Cady, Rev. Jackie Nelson, Rev. Kathy Thiel
Director of Children's Ministry: Paula Dugan
Organist: Duane Prill
Soloists: Bess Phillips, Brenda Nitsch, Dan McInerney, Jordan Bachmann
Director of Music Ministry: Dr. Carl Johengen
Audio Operator: Jake Schwartz
Video Operator: Kenny Bailey
Graphics Operators: Connor Nelson
Technology Support Team: Deb Bullock-Smith, Carolyn Curran Technical Consultant: Justin Ocello
Virtual meetings
Permissions: “We Are All One in Mission†words © 1986 Hope Publishing Co.; music © 2001 Oxford University Press; 
“Consecration†© 2008 St. James Music Press;
Hymns © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House; OneLicense.net #A-721053. Some of the liturgical elements have been adapted from the 2021 Abingdon Worship Annual. Illustration Credits: Designed by Sarah Brubaker and Freepik and Vecteezy.
Benediction
Postlude
Postlude on "America" — Albin C. Whitworth
Check out our online Zoom meetings! There are plenty of different groups and meetings still going as we make our way back together. For a full list of events with links, visit our online calendar at www.asburyfirst.org/events.
Our values represent a description of our guiding principles. 
These statements are standards of behavior, which are inherent in all we do.
Open to All We believe we are all equal in God’s eyes and are all one in Christ. We extend hospitality and encourage full participation for all regardless of any perceived defining characteristic. Worship We believe we are at our best when we connect to God together through preaching, prayer, and song. 
We strive for excellence in all we do, especially in our worship experience. Community We believe we are better together; fellowship and care are keys to love and life. Outreach We believe everyone deserves hope and fullness of life. We endeavor to practice mercy and work for justice in our local and extended community. Discipleship We believe we—adults, youth, and children alike—are called to grow in our faith both as a community and as individuals through education, regular worship, meaningful fellowship, a commitment to service, 
and celebrating rites of passage together. Generosity We believe what we have is a gift from God. We share our gifts with an open heart to help meet needs 
at Asbury First, the Rochester community, and throughout the world. Stewardship We believe we must care for the human, physical, and financial resources with which we have been entrusted.
The Staff at Asbury First wishes you all a happy 
and safe holiday weekend. Happy 4th of July!
Did you miss the grand opening of the NOTA Farmers Market? Well not to worry, stop by this Monday (or any Monday during the summer) from 4–7 pm and get some produce or a special treat! Spread the word, and we will (hopefully) see you there! For more information, 
visit the NOTA Farmers 
Market Facebook page or www.notafarmmarket.com.
Give Online at www.asburyfirst.org/GIVE, text to give at 206-222-1050, 
OR MAIL IN YOUR CHECKS TO 1050 EAST AVENUE, ROCHESTER, NY 14607
Mondays, 4–7 pm, Granger Lawn