Worship Service, September 20, 2026

Sermon Series: "Go with the Flow"

Sermon Week 2: “Uncaged Prayer"

Scripture: Luke 11:1-13

Rev. Dr. Peter Moon

Setting aside time for the discipline of prayer can be hard.  Lots of things come up to stop the flow of our prayer life. That was the case for Daniel. He prayed anyway. Jesus teaches us, through the Lord’s Prayer, how to pray and gives us a vision of the kingdom of God in our prayer life that can inspire a renewed passion for the possibilities and hope within a devout prayer life.  The sermon will seek to inspire and encourage a deeper and more disciplined prayer life as we vow to serve our church and Lord through our “prayers, presence, gifts, service, and witness.”

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References for our September 20 services:

“All Creatures of Our God and King”

Text: LM with additions; St. Francis of Assisi, 1182-1226; Laudato sia Dio mio Signore 

Translation by William H. Draper, 1855-1933, alt. 

Music: Auserlesene Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesänge, Cologne, 1623.

Tune: LASST UNS ERFREUEN

“Flow, River, Flow”

Text: Based on Ezekiel 11:19-20; Isaiah 35:1-6; John 4:7-15

Music: Bob Hurd 

© 1986 Oregon Catholic Press

Original dance choreography by Karen Rios

Worship Service, September 13, 2026

Sermon Series: "Go with the Flow"

Sermon Week 1: "The Me I Want to Be"

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37; John 7:37-39a 

Rev. Dr. Peter Moon

The expert in the law asked about eternal life. He wanted to know how to be all that he was supposed to be. The answer seemed simple. Love God and love neighbor. But it wasn’t enough for him, so Jesus tells a story. The sermon this week will introduce our series, "Go with the Flow." We can be more…we can be the person that we and God want us to be. We can love God and neighbor. We can live into the fruits of the Spirit. That occurs by opening ourselves up to the flow of God’s Spirit of grace. Will we seek this life for ourselves and our neighbors in the weeks to come?

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References for our September 13 services:

“Psalm 100”

Text: Psalm 100 with alternate lyrics by René Clausen

Music: René Clausen, arranged for SATB by Drew Collins

© 1986 Fostco Music Press (Shawnee Press, Inc.)

Distributed by Hal Leonard Corporation 

“Flow, River, Flow”

Text: Based on Ezekiel 11:19-20; Isaiah 35:1-6; John 4:7-15

Music: Bob Hurd 

© 1986 Oregon Catholic Press

Original dance choreography by Karen Rios

Water Dam Image

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Worship Service, September 6, 2026

Sermon: "Back to Our Roots"

Scripture: Matthew 7:24-27

Sermon: “Kingdom Math"

Rev. Bayo Ogungbade

This Labor Day Sunday, we’re going to examine our lives and the roots of our foundation together. We will sift through all of the things that are lying beneath the surface of our faith - the things we neglect, the things we idolize, the things we fear, and all things that may block us from experiencing the fullness of God’s love.  Join me as we do some self-work together - contrary to the concept of Labor Day. With God’s help, we’ll grow stronger in our resilience and conviction in our faith. Let’s get to work!   

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References for our September 6 services:

“With Christ as Our Foundation”

Text: Ruth Duck

Tune: McCORMICK SEMINARY

Music: Mark A. Miller

Music © 2003, Text © 2005 GIA Publications, Inc.

“Christ is Made the Sure Foundation”

Text: Latin Hymn, trans. John Mason Neale

Music: Dale Wood

© 1959 Paul A. Schmitt Music Co. 

Distributed by Jubilate Music Group

“The Lord Bless You and Keep You”

Text and Music: Peter C. Lutkin

© 1959 Theodore Presser Co.

Worship Service, August 30, 2026

Sermon Series: "Pondering the Parables"

Scripture: Mark 4:10-20

Sermon: “Kingdom Math"

Rev. Dr. Peter Moon

https://reveilleumc.org

This week's message will encourage you to participate in fall programs at www.reveilleumc.org. It will highlight the way the kingdom multiplies, and how that occurs through the process of discipleship. 

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References for our August 30 service:

“All Good Gifts” from Godspell

Text: Matthias Claudius

Music: Stephen Schwartz

Arranged for choir by John Leavitt

© 2012 by Range Road Music, Inc.

Distributed by Hal Leonard Corporation

Worship Service, August 23, 2026

Sermon Series: "Pondering the Parables"

Sermon: Luke 18:9-14

Sermon: “The Non-Negotiable Prerequisite”

Rev. Dr. Peter Moon

God opposes pride. God blesses humility. That is the message of our parable and the reading from Peter. We cannot have a functioning relationship with the Lord when our pride is unchecked.  Pride all too easily enables us to presume that God is pleased with us because of who we are and what we do, and that he is more pleased with us than those other people. But as always, loving God means that we love our neighbors, even those who we think don’t measure up. The only way forward is humility. But how do we become humble? The sermon will speak to the way forward and the dangers of our pride. 

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References for our August 23 service:

Prayer of Common Confession 

Written by Nigerian Evangelist John Ifeanyi Akpaka 

“A Prayer for Humility”

Text and Music by Mark Patterson

© 2003 Choristers Guild

Worship Service, August 16, 2026

Sermon Series: "Pondering the Parables"

Sermon: “Matthew 20:1-16      

Sermon: “It’s Not Fair!”

Rev. Dr. Peter Moon

It really doesn’t seem fair. A thief and criminal, moments before he dies, seeks Jesus and his grace, and it is granted for all eternity. The workers who bore the heat of the day are paid the same as those who worked just a portion of what they did. How is this just?  It is all by grace. We can either fight it or celebrate it, but grace makes us who we are. Aside from Jesus, grace is the defining word of our faith. 

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Reference for our August 16 service:

“God Showed His Love”

Text: From scripture, adapted by Patricia Mock

Music: Patricia Mock, arr. Brian Büda

© 2017 by Hal Leonard LLC

Worship Service, August 9, 2026

Sermon Series: "Pondering the Parables"

Sermon: “Wonderful Words of Life"

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Rev. Stephen Coleman

The parable of the rich man and Lazarus is a very difficult and complex parable in the Gospel of Luke. On one hand, it touches on a very common theme in Luke: the problem with riches and possessions. Yet in the midst of this story where the lowly are lifted up and the rich and proud humbled, there is a line where Abraham says, “They have Moses and the prophets, they should have listened to them.” This story is also about the importance of Scripture as a source of faith and life to us. Our focus for the sermon will be on the power of Scripture, and it will encourage us to be listeners to Moses, the prophets, and all the words of life found in Scripture. 

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Reference for our August 9 service:

“Blessed Assurance” from Two Pieces for Violin and Piano

Tune: NETTLETON

Arranged by Duane Funderburk

© 2006 Birnamwood Publications (ASCAP)

A division of MorningStar Music Publishers

Worship Service, August 2, 2026

Sermon Series: "Pondering the Parables"

Sermon: “A Warning Parable"

Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13

Rev. Stephen Coleman

As we continue our second summer sermon series, “Pondering the Parables,” we prepare for Stephen Coleman’s sermon by reading the Parable of the Ten Virgins. Through this parable, Jesus calls us to spiritual mindfulness. We need to be ready, stay spiritually engaged, and be mindful of our world and God’s work within it. It is easy, in this world of distractions, to ignore the reality and call of our God and his kingdom, and to let our oil run out. When have we allowed ourselves to be distracted from what really mattered because we thought we had plenty of time to get around to it? 

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There are no references for our August 2, 2026 service.

Worship Service, July 26, 2026

Sermon Series: "Pondering the Parables"   

Sermon: “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall”

Scripture: 2 Samuel 12:1-13a

Rev. Dr. Peter Moon

The story of Nathan and David is fascinating. David has sinned with Bathsheba. In this event, he has violated at least six of the Ten Commandments. Even so, he doesn’t get it. He doesn’t see anything wrong. Nathan sneaks in a parable that makes its way into David’s soul, and suddenly, David understands. It is about him, in the worst sense. He must own his sin. How easily we can do the same thing? We are chronically good at deflecting spiritual and moral responsibility for our own actions. However, one of the gifts of knowing Jesus is that we can, in humility, recognize our shortcomings and find grace and forgiveness. The pain of David points us to take hold of the grace available to us in Jesus.

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Reference for our July 26 service:

“Now Let Us All Praise God and Sing”

Text and Music: Gordon Young

© 1956, ECS Publishing 

Formerly published by Galaxy Music Corporation

Worship Service, July 19, 2026

Sermon Series: "Summer with the Psalms: Praying with Jesus"

Sermon: “Finding Our Joie De Vivre"

Scripture: Psalm 1

Rev. Dr. Peter Moon

We are finishing our sermon series at the beginning. Psalm 1 introduces the entire Psalter with a call to choose the way of discipleship. Instead of being chaff that the wind blows away, or the sinners, the mockers, or the sitters who do nothing, we are to be trees planted by the water as we meditate on the word of God. We pray that we can do that and thereby matter in this world and beyond. Not only that, we look to the concluding words of Jesus to us as he invites us to direct others to this same lifestyle of discipleship. The Psalms invite us to this deeper life. 

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Reference for our July 19 services:

“Philippians 4:13” from Snowball Mountain Challenge 

Cokesbury VBS 2026

“Let Us Go and Walk with Christ”

Text: Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr.

Tune: GOTT SEI DANK

Music: J. A. Freylinghausen, Geistreiches Gesang-Buch, 1704

© 2013 GIA Publications, Inc

“Beside a Stream of Living Water”

Text: Nancy Kraft

Tune: SHENANDOAH (American folk song)

Music: arranged by Thomas Keesecker

© 2017 Choristers Guild