(Image: “Crepuscular Rays at Sunset” Pinion, Heinrich, Photograph 2011, Otjiwarongo, Namibia)
©Order of Worship for Sunday October 11, 2026
Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost
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Prelude:…………………………………………………….Greg R.
Coming of the Light:………………………………………….
Greetings:…………………………………………..…Lorri B.
Announcements:………………………………………….Lorri B.
Call to Worship:…………Psalm 100………………..Jean Marie A.
Response:
Make joyful noise, lift up your voice! Ye nations of the Earth rejoice!
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
Serve the Lord with gladness;
come before his presence with singing.
Know ye that the Lord, he is God;
it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,
and into his courts with praise;
be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
For the Lord is good;
His mercy is everlasting;
and his truth endureth to all generations.
Response:
Make joyful noise, lift up your voice! Ye nations of the Earth rejoice!
Opening Prayer: ……………………………Jean Marie A.
Giving and forgiving God,
you created the good earth and blessed it.
Give us glad and generous hearts,
that we may rejoice and give thanks for
the abundance of your creation,
the depths of your mercy,
and your care for all. Amen.
Opening Hymns:“Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above” #96 UMH
1. Praise the Lord who reigns above and keeps his court below;
praise the holy God of love and all his greatness show;
praise him for his noble deeds, praise him for his matchless power;
him from whom all good precedes let earth and heaven adore.
2. Celebrate th’eternal God with harp and psaltery,
timbrels soft and cymbals loud in this high praise agree;
praise with every tuneful string; all the reach of heavenly art,
all the powers of music bring, the music of the heart.
3. God, in whom they move and live, let every creature sing.
Glory to their Maker give, and homage to their King.
Hallowed be thy name beneath, as in heaven on earth adored;
Praise the Lord in every breath, let all things praise the Lord.
“What Gift Can We Bring” #87 UMH
1. What gift can we bring, what present, what token?
What words can convey it, the joy of this day?
When grateful we come, remembering, rejoicing,
what song can we offer in honor and praise?
2. Give thanks for the past, for those who had vision,
who planted and watered so dreams could come true.
Give thanks for the now, for study, for worship,
for mission that bids us turn prayer into deed.
3. Give thanks for tomorrow, full of surprises,
for knowing whatever tomorrow may bring,
the Word is our promise always, forever,
we rest in God’s keeping and live in God’s love.
4. This gift we now bring, this present, this token,
these words can convey it, the joy of this day!
When grateful we come, remembering, rejoicing,
this song we now offer in honor and praise!
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:…………………………………………………….Greg R.
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:
Old Testament Lesson:……Deuteronomy 8:7-18…..…Lorri B.
A land of streams
For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with flowing streams, with springs and underground waters welling up in valleys and hills, a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey, a land where you may eat bread without scarcity, where you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you may mine copper. You shall eat your fill and bless the LORD your God for the good land that he has given you.
“Take care that you do not forget the LORD your God by failing to keep his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes that I am commanding you today. When you have eaten your fill and have built fine houses and live in them and when your herds and flocks have multiplied and your silver and gold is multiplied and all that you have is multiplied, then do not exalt yourself, forgetting the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, an arid wasteland with poisonous snakes and scorpions. He made water flow for you from flint rock.
He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors did not know, to humble you and to test you and in the end to do you good. Do not say to yourself, ‘My power and the might of my own hand have gotten me this wealth.’ But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, so that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your ancestors, as he is doing today.
Hymn of Preparation:“How Majestic Is Your Name” #2023 TFWS
O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name
in all the earth. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic
is your name in all the earth.
O Lord, we praise your name. O Lord, we
magnify your name: Prince of Peace, mighty
God; O Lord God Almighty.
O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name
in all the earth. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic
is your name in all the earth.
O Lord, we praise your name. O Lord, we
magnify your name: Prince of Peace, mighty
God; O Lord God Almighty.
Sermon:…………………………………………………Pastor Liz
Response to the Word:
Closing Hymn: “Now Thank We All Our God” # 102 UMH
1. Now thank we all our God, with heart and hand
and voices, who wondrous things has done, in
whom this world rejoices; who from our mothers’
arms has blessed us on our way with countless
gifts of love, and still is ours today.
2. O may this bounteous God through all our life
be near us, with ever joyful hearts and blessed
peace to cheer us; and keep us still in grace,
and guide us when perplexed; and free us from
all ills, in this world and the next.
3. All praise and thanks to God the Father now
be given; the Son, and him who reigns with them
in highest heaven; the one eternal God, whom
earth and heaven adore; for thus it was, is now,
and shall be evermore.
Dismissal with Blessing:………………………….Pastor Liz
Postlude:……………………………………………………..Greg R.
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Sunday October 11th Worship Service