August 16th, 2026 - Season After Pentecost
We offer you a warm welcome, and as is our practice, we remember that the land on which we meet is, was, and always will be native land. We acknowledge those indigenous tribes to Oklahoma: the Wichitas, Caddos, Plains Apaches, and the Quapaws, as the original custodians of the land in this place. We grieve the violence done to native language, culture, and personhood, and seek to honor the sovereignty and dignity of native peoples.
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Words of Welcome
One: Good morning and welcome from Mayflower Congregational United Church of Christ, where no matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey . . .
All: You are welcome here!
All: You are welcome here!
Call to Worship
One: We come together as people called into community, meeting as neighbors, friends, and fellow travelers.
All: Here we share our songs, our prayers, and our joy and sorrow, to weep with those who weep and rejoice with those who rejoice.
One: We bring our burning questions, our reasonable doubts, and our most audacious hopes, listening for God, who we know is still speaking.
All: May we sense something holy here. Let us lean into the Spirit’s presence. May our living make God’s love visible.
All: Here we share our songs, our prayers, and our joy and sorrow, to weep with those who weep and rejoice with those who rejoice.
One: We bring our burning questions, our reasonable doubts, and our most audacious hopes, listening for God, who we know is still speaking.
All: May we sense something holy here. Let us lean into the Spirit’s presence. May our living make God’s love visible.
Hymn
My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less, Hymn 403
New Century Hymnal
[Please rise in body or in spirit.]
New Century Hymnal
[Please rise in body or in spirit.]
Pass the Peace of Christ
One: "May the peace of Christ be with you."
All: "And also with you!"
All: "And also with you!"
Anthem
Anthem
Arranger
Glenda Stansbury
Arranger
Glenda Stansbury
Joys + Concerns
For the joys of this congregation, let the people say: “Thanks be to God!”
The Lord's Prayer
Let us say together the Lord’s Prayer, a translation by this congregation:
All: Our Creator, who is in heaven, holy is your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For you reign in the power that is love, now and always, Amen.
All: Our Creator, who is in heaven, holy is your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For you reign in the power that is love, now and always, Amen.
Anthem
This Little Light of Mine
Arranger
Intergenerational Third Sunday Choir
Arranger
Intergenerational Third Sunday Choir
Pastoral Prayer
Rev. Sheridan Irick
Scripture: Matthew 15:21-28
Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon.” But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, “Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us.” He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” He answered, “It is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.” She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed from that moment.
Sermon: Whose Faith?
Rev. Dr. Lori Walke
Hymn
They Asked "Who's My Neighbor," Hymn 541
New Century Hymnal
[Please rise in body or in spirit.]
New Century Hymnal
[Please rise in body or in spirit.]
Announcements
- Please support the work and mission of this congregation with your tithes and offerings using the giving link in our app or on our website or by putting your gift in the giving box located just outside the sanctuary.
- Join Rev. Sheridan as we continue our Brown Bag Bible Study this Wednesday, August 19th at 6pm, in-person and on zoom. Childcare is provided. Don’t worry if you missed last week, just show up on Wednesday in the Seekers Room at the far end of Milligan Hall.
- Students in 6th through 12th grade will gather in the Haven, our Youth room, to kick off the new school year with SOLACE summer game night this Wednesday, August 19th, from 6:30-8:30pm.
If you want to know more about Mayflower UCC or are ready to join as a members, we invite you to attend our New Member - Class today after worship Sunday, both in-person and online. Childcare is provided.
- Also after worship, is SOLACE Open House, a meet-and-greet for our youth group of students in 6th-12th grade. Head to the Haven, our youth room, which is just a few steps inside our Christian Ed wing.
- Rooted in Faith Confirmation Classes begin the first Wednesday in September and run throughout the entire month. Registration is required:
- Join online from 12-1pm on Wednesdays. Register here.
- Join in person from 5:30-7pm on Wednesdays. Classes for Kindergarten through adults of all ages. Childcare provided for children not yet in kindergarten. Dinner provided. Register here.
- All Governing Boards meet Sunday, August 23rd, after worship.
- The Events tab in our app and on our website can give the most up-to-date information on what is going on around here, so be sure to check it out!
Benediction
One: May God grant to us the grace to never sell ourselves short, the courage to risk something big for something good, and the wisdom to know that the world is too small for anything but love. So let us go in peace, pray for peace, wage a little peace, and love one another . . .
ALL: …every single other.
ALL: …every single other.
Benediction Response
What Does the Lord Require?
Jim Strathdee
Part 1: What does the Lord require of you? What does the Lord require of you?
Part 2: Justice, kindness, walk humbly with your God. Justice, kindness, walk humbly with your God.
Part 3: To do justice, and love kindness and walk humbly with your God. To do justice, and love kindness and walk humbly with your God.
[Sung in a round, Part 1 begins the response, joined the second time by Part 2, then by Part 3, and then a fourth time through. For those in-person, it is our tradition for the congregation to stand and turn towards the center aisle during the benediction response so that we might "send each other forth" to embody what we sing.]
Jim Strathdee
Part 1: What does the Lord require of you? What does the Lord require of you?
Part 2: Justice, kindness, walk humbly with your God. Justice, kindness, walk humbly with your God.
Part 3: To do justice, and love kindness and walk humbly with your God. To do justice, and love kindness and walk humbly with your God.
[Sung in a round, Part 1 begins the response, joined the second time by Part 2, then by Part 3, and then a fourth time through. For those in-person, it is our tradition for the congregation to stand and turn towards the center aisle during the benediction response so that we might "send each other forth" to embody what we sing.]