(Image: Elizabeth of Hungary, “Healing, Caring, Sharing” Stained glass)
©Order of Worship for Sunday September 27, 2026
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
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Prelude:………………………………………………….Valerie W.
Coming of the Light:………………………………………..
Greetings:…………………………………….…..…Lorri B.
Announcements:……………………………………….Lorri B.
Call to Worship:…“Come and Fill Our Hearts”…..Elizabeth B.
#2157 TFWS
Come and fill our hearts with your peace. You alone, O Lord, are
holy. Come and fill our hearts with your peace, Alleluia!
Opening Prayer: …………Psalm 25:1-9…….…Ian D.
God’s compassion and love
To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.
O my God, in you I trust; do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
Do not let those who wait for you be put to shame; let them be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths.
Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long.
Be mindful of your mercy, O LORD, and of your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O LORD!
Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in what is right and teaches the humble his way.
Opening Hymns: “Come, Christians, Join to Sing” #158 UMH
1. Come, Christians, join to sing: Alleluia! Amen!
Loud praise to Christ our King: Alleluia! Amen!
Let all, with heart and voice, before his throne rejoice;
praise is his gracious choice. Alleluia! Amen!
2. Come, lift your hearts on high: Alleluia! Amen!
Let praises fill the sky: Alleluia! Amen!
He is our guide and friend; to us he’ll condescend;
His love shall never end: Alleluia! Amen!
3. Praise yet the Lord again: Alleluia! Amen!
Life shall not end the strain: Alleluia! Amen!
On heaven’s blissful shore his goodness we’ll adore,
singing for evermore: Alleluia! Amen”
“Majesty, Worship His Majesty” #176 UMH
(Sing Twice)
Majesty, worship his majesty; unto Jesus be all glory, honor,
and praise. Majesty, kingdom authority, flow from his throne
unto his own; his anthem raise. So exalt, lift up on high the
name of Jesus. Magnify, come glorify Christ Jesus, the King.
Passing of the Peace:………………………………..Pastor Liz
Let us offer signs of reconciliation and peace to one another.
Gloria Patri: Glory Be to the Father…………#71 UMH
Glory be to the Father
and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen. Amen.
Offering of our Tithes and Offerings:………….Pastor Liz
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Offertory:……………………………………………….Valerie W.
Offertory Response:
“Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” #95
The United Methodist Hymnal
Words by Thomas Ken, 1674 Music attributed to Louis Bourgeois, 1551
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 After Receiving:………………………………Pastor Liz
Prayers of the People:………………………………..Pastor Liz
The Lord’s Prayer:
Anthem:………………………………………………………Drew G.
Epistle Lesson:………….Philippians 2:1-13……..…Ian D.
Christ humbled to the point of death
If, then, there is any comfort in Christ, any consolation from love, any partnership in the Spirit, any tender affection and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.
Let each of you look not to your own interests but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, assuming human likeness. And being found in appearance as a human, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death– even death on a cross.
Therefore God exalted him even more highly and gave him the name that that is above every other name, so that at the name given to Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not only in my presence but much more now in my absence, work on your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Hymn of Preparation:
“He Is Lord” #177 UMH (sing twice)
He is Lord, he is Lord! He is risen from the
dead and he is Lord! Every knee shall bow,
every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
Sermon:…………………………………………………Pastor Liz
Response to the Word:
Closing Hymn: “Precious Name” #536 UMH
1. Take the name of Jesus with you,
child of sorrow and of woe;
it will joy and comfort give you;
take it then, where’er you go.
Refrain
Precious name, , O how sweet!
Hope of earth and joy of heaven. Precious name,
O how sweet! Hope of earth and joy of heaven.
2. Take the name of Jesus ever,
as a shield from every snare;
if temptations round you gather,
breathe that holy name in prayer.
Refrain
Precious name, , O how sweet!
Hope of earth and joy of heaven. Precious name,
O how sweet! Hope of earth and joy of heaven.
3. O the precious name of Jesus!
How it thrills our souls with joy,
when his loving arms receive us,
and his songs our tongues employ!
Refrain
Precious name, , O how sweet!
Hope of earth and joy of heaven. Precious name,
O how sweet! Hope of earth and joy of heaven.
4. At the name of Jesus bowing,
falling prostrate at his feet,
King of kings in heaven we’ll crown him,
when our journey is complete.
Refrain
Precious name, , O how sweet!
Hope of earth and joy of heaven. Precious name,
O how sweet! Hope of earth and joy of heaven.
Dismissal with Blessing:…………………………Pastor Liz
Postlude:…………………………………………………Valerie W.
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