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©Order of Worship for Sunday November 01, 2026
All Saints Sunday
Service of Holy Communion
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Prelude:………………………………………………….Valerie W.
Coming of the Light:……………………………………..
Greetings:…………………………………………..…Lorri B.
Announcements:………………………………………….Lorri B.
Call to Worship:..Psalm 119:137-144..#843 UMH…..…Lusi R.
Response
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet
And a light unto my path.
Righteous are you, O Lord,
and right are your judgments.
You have appointed your testimonies in righteousness
and in all faithfulness.
My zeal consumes me,
because my foes forget your words.
Your promise is well tried,
and your servant loves it.
I am small and despised,
yet I do not forget your precepts.
Your righteousness is righteous forever,
and your law is true.
Trouble and anguish have come upon me,
but your commandments are my delight.
Your testimonies are righteous for ever;
give me understanding that I may live.
Response
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet
And a light unto my path.
Opening Prayer:…………………………………………..Lusi R.
We give you thanks, our God and Father,
for all who have died in the faith of Christ-
for the memory of their words and deeds
and all they accomplished in their time,
for the joyful hope of reunion with them in the
world to come,
and for our communion with them now;
in your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
(WSL #44)
Opening Hymns: “For All the Saints” #711 UMH
Words: William W. How, 1864 Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906
1. For all the saints, who from their labors rest, who
thee by faith before the world confessed, thy
name, O Jesus, be forever blest.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
2. Thou wast their rock, their fortress, and their might;
thou, Lord, their captain in the well-fought fight;
thou, in the darkness drear, their one true light.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
3. O may thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold,
fight as the saints who nobly fought of old, and
win with them the victor’s crown of gold.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
4. O blest communion, fellowship divine!
we feebly struggle, they in glory shine; yet
all are one in thee, for all are thine.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
5. And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long,
steals on the ear the distant triumph song, and
hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
6. From earth’s wide bounds, from ocean’s farthest coast,
through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost:
Alleluia, Alleluia!
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:…….“Revelation Song”…………Aaron/ElizabethDrew
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
New Testament Lesson: Revelation 7:9-17…………..Aaron B.
A multitude sings before the Lamb
After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. They cried out in a loud voice, saying,
“Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb!”
And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, singing,
“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, robed in white, and where have they come from?” I said to him, “Sir, you are the one who knows.” Then he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
For this reason they are before the throne of God and worship him day and night within his temple, and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter them.
They will hunger no more and thirst no more; the sun will not strike them, nor any scorching heat, for the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of the water of life, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
Hymn Of Preparation:“As We Gather at Your Table” #2268 TFWS
1. As we gather at your table, as we listen to your word,
help us know, O God, your presence; let our hearts
and minds be stirred. Nourish us with sacred story
till we claim it as our own; teach us through this holy
banquet how to make Love’s victory known.
2. Turn our worship into witness in the sacrament of life;
send us forth to love and serve you, bringing peace where
there is strife. Give us, Christ, your great compassion to
forgive as you forgave; may we still behold your image
in the world you died to save.
3. Gracious Spirit, help us summon other guests to share
that feast where triumphant Love will welcome those who
had been last and least. There no more will envy blind
us nor will pride our peace destroy, as we join with
saints and angels to repeat the sounding joy.
Sermon:…………………………………………………..Pastor Liz
Response to the Word: Service of Holy Communion
CONFESSION & PARDON
Pastor Liz: Merciful God, we confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart. We have failed to be an obedient church. We have not done your will, we have broken your law, we have rebelled against your love, we have not loved our neighbors, and we have not heard the cry of the needy. Forgive us, we pray. Free us for joyful obedience, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
All pray in silence.
Pastor Liz: Hear the good news:
Christ died for us while we were yet sinners; that proves God’s love toward us. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
All: In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
All: Glory to God. Amen.
THE PEACE
Let us offer one another signs of reconciliation and love.
All, including the pastor, exchange signs and words of God’s peace by crossing hands, wave to one another due to social distancing guidelines.
Pastor Liz: The Lord be with you.
All: And also with you.
Pastor Liz: Lift up your hearts. The pastor may lift hands and keep them raised.
All: We lift them up to the Lord.
Pastor Liz: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
All: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Pastor Liz: And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven we praise your name and join their unending hymn:
All: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Pastor Liz: In union with Christ’s offering for us, as we proclaim the mystery of faith.
All: Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
Pastor Liz: All honor and glory is yours, almighty Father, now and forever.
All: Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer
Communion Hymn: “All Who Hunger” #2126 TFWS
To be sung during Communion
1. All who hunger, gather gladly; holy manna is our bread.
Come from wilderness and wandering.
Here, in truth, we will be fed.
You that yearn for days of fullness, all around us is our food.
Taste and see the grace eternal. Taste and see that God is good.
2. All who hunger, never strangers; seeker, be a welcome guest.
Come from restlessness and roaming.
Here, in joy, we keep the feast.
We that once were lost and scattered in communion’s love have stood.
Taste and see the grace eternal. Taste and see that God is good.
3. All who hunger, sing together; Jesus Christ is living bread.
Come from loneliness and longing.
Here, in peace, we have been led.
Blest are those who from this table live their lives in gratitude.
Taste and see the grace eternal. Taste and see that God is good.
Closing Hymn:“Marching to Zion” #733 UMH
1. Come, we that love the Lord, and let our joys be
known; join in a song with sweet accord, join in a
song with sweet accord and thus surround the
throne, and thus surround the throne.
Refrain
We’re marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion;
we’re marching upward to Zion, the beautiful
city of God.
2. Let those refuse to sing who never knew our
God; but children of the heavenly King, but children
of the heavenly King may speak their joys abroad,
may speak their joys abroad.
Refrain
We’re marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion;
we’re marching upward to Zion, the beautiful
city of God.
3. The hill of Zion yields a thousand sacred sweets
before we reach the heavenly fields, before we reach
the heavenly fields, or walk the golden streets,
or walk the golden streets.
Refrain
We’re marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion;
we’re marching upward to Zion, the beautiful
city of God.
4. Then let our songs abound, and every tear be
dry; we’re marching through Emmanuel’s ground,
we’re marching through Emmanuel’s ground, to
fairer worlds on high, to fairer worlds on high.
Refrain
We’re marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion;
we’re marching upward to Zion, the beautiful
city of God.
Dismissal with Blessing:………………………..Pastor Liz
Postlude:………………………………………………..Valerie W.
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