June 14th, 2026
“Taking Opportunities” - Acts 17:16-34
Matthew Grim, Elder
This Week @ Sojourn:
Sojourn Game Days: TODAY is the day! Our first Family Game Day is this afternoon, after worship, at the Floyd Rec Park. Bring your family's lunch, play together, and help us share the light of Christ with our neighbors.
Sojourn Youth & Small Town Summer: At this Thursday's Small Town Summer (6/18), be an encourager for our teen girls, as they bless our community with face painting. (And, if you'd like to help them earn toward their upcoming mission opportunities, ask how you can bless them for their efforts!)
Women’s Prayer Gathering: Ladies, meet up at the Sojourn Center at 9am to encourage and pray for one another!
If you are a GUEST with us today, we are glad you are here! Please click the WORSHIP CONNECTION link below, and let us know how we can pray for or serve you. Thank you!
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Welcome Song: All I Have is Christ
I once was lost in darkest night, Yet thought I knew the way
The sin that promised joy and life, Had led me to the grave
I had no hope that You would own, A rebel to Your will
And if You had not loved me first, I would refuse You still
But as I ran my hell-bound race, Indifferent to the cost
You looked up-on my helpless state, And led me to the cross
And I be-held God's love displayed, You suffered in my place
You bore the wrath reserved for me, Now all I know is grace
Hallelujah all I have is Christ, hallelujah...Jesus is my life
Hallelujah all I have is Christ, hallelujah...Jesus is my life
Now Lord I would be Yours alone, And live so all might see
The strength to follow Your commands, Could never come from me
O Father use my ransomed life, In any way You choose
And let my song forever be, My only boast is You
Welcome to Sojourn
Stephen and Patty Bogese, Hosts
Call to Worship
David Turpin, Elder
“3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead 4 and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you. 5 You are being guarded by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 You rejoice in this, even though now for a short time, if necessary, you suffer grief in various trials 7 so that the proven character of your faith — more valuable than gold which, though perishable, is refined by fire — may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; though not seeing him now, you believe in him, and you rejoice with inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 because you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”
All Creatures Of Our God And King
All creatures of our God and King
Lift up your voice and with us sing
Oh, praise Him. Alleluia.
Thou burning sun with golden beam
Thou silver moon with softer gleam
Oh, praise Him. Oh, praise Him
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia
Thou rushing wind that art so strong
Ye clouds that sail in heav'n along
Oh, praise Him. Alleluia.
Thou rising moon in praise rejoice
Ye lights of evening find a voice
Oh, praise Him. Oh, praise Him
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
And all ye men of tender heart,
Forgiving others, take your part,
O sing ye! Alleluia!
Ye who long pain and sorrow bear,
Praise God and on Him cast your care!
Oh, praise Him. Oh, praise Him
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
Let all things their creator bless
And worship Him in humbleness
Oh, praise Him. Alleluia.
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son
And praise the Spirit three in one
Oh, praise Him. Oh, praise Him
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
Rejoice
Rejoice in the Lord now and always
Sing it again we rejoice
Delight in the love He has shown us
Gratefully lift up your voice
His gentleness among us
Will join our hearts with praise
We gather in His goodness
A family of grace
With each breath He’s given, praise the Lord
In these times we live in, we will praise the Lord
Throughout every season I am sure
We have every reason to praise the Lord
Rejoice and be anxious for nothing
Praying for all that you need
Come with a song of thanksgiving
Lay your requests at His feet
His peace will fall upon us
To guard our hearts and minds
In Christ who reigns eternal
The Shepherd of our lives
Rejoice in the Lord now and always
Tell of the good He has done
Worship the Lord to remember
All of the joy yet to come
The hope that burns within us
The dark cannot destroy
With praise that’s never ending
We say again rejoice
PAstoral point
Nursery and preschoolers are dismissed to the children’s lesson.
Psalm 150 (Praise the Lord)
You made the starry host
You traced the mountain peaks.
You paint the evening skies with wonders.
The earth, it is Your throne
From desert to the sea.
All nature testifies Your splendor.
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
Sing his greatness all creation.
Praise the Lord! Raise your voice
You heights and all you depths,
From furthest east to west.
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!
You reached into the dust
With love Your Spirit breathed.
You formed us in Your very likeness.
To know Your wondrous works,
To tell Your mighty deeds,
To join the everlasting chorus.
Let symphonies resound;
Let drums and choirs ring out.
All heaven hear the sound of worship.
Let every nation bring
Its honors to the King.
A roar of harmonies, eternal!
Last Chorus
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
Sing his greatness all creation.
Praise the Lord! Raise your voice
You heights and all you depths,
From furthest east to west.
You distant burning stars,
All creatures near and far,
From sky to sea to shore
Sing out forevermore!
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!
Message
Scripture
“16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply distressed when he saw that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with those who worshiped God, as well as in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there. 18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said, “What is this ignorant show-off trying to say? ”
Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities” — because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.
19 They took him and brought him to the Areopagus, and said, “May we learn about this new teaching you are presenting? 20 Because what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these things mean.” 21 Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time on nothing else but telling or hearing something new.
22 Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “People of Athens! I see that you are extremely religious in every respect. 23 For as I was passing through and observing the objects of your worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed, ‘To an Unknown God.’ Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. 24 The God who made the world and everything in it — he is Lord of heaven and earth— does not live in shrines made by hands.
25 Neither is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives everyone life and breath and all things. 26 From one man he has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live. 27 He did this so that they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 28 For in him we live and move and have our being, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’ 29 Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.
30 “Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent, 31 because he has set a day when he is going to judge the world in righteousness by the man he has appointed. He has provided proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to ridicule him, but others said, “We’d like to hear from you again about this.” 33 So Paul left their presence. 34 However, some people joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.”
Communion
Doxology
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heav'nly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Amen.
My Soul Finds Rest (Psalm 62)
My soul finds rest in God alone, my Rock and my salvation
A fortress strong against my foes, and I will not be shaken
Though lips may bless and hearts may curse
And lies like arrows pierce me
I’ll fix my heart on righteousness, I’ll look to Him who hears me
O praise Him, hallelujah, my Delight and my Reward
Everlasting, never failing, my Redeemer, my God
Find rest, my soul, in God alone, amid the world’s temptations
When evil seeks to take a hold, I’ll cling to my salvation
Though riches come and riches go. Don’t set your heart upon them
The fields of hope in which I sow, are harvested in heaven
I’ll set my gaze on God alone, and trust in Him completely
With every day pour out my soul, and He will prove His mercy
Though life is but a fleeting breath, a sigh too brief to measure
My King has crushed the curse of death, and I am His forever