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 18th Sunday After Pentecost

                                  10/12/2025 - 10:30 pm

 

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRELUDE                                             Andante                             by Beethoven

MOMENT OF HOPE    

CALL TO WORSHIP

One: Come, all who are poor in spirit:

      Come, all who mourn,

      Come all who are meek:

      Come all who hunger and thirst after righteousness.

People: come, all who would be merciful;

         Come, all who would be pure in heart;

         Come, all who would be peacemakers.

One: let us come together – the weak, the simple, the powerless, the foolish.

People: Let us confess that the source of our life is Christ.  Let us worship the God of every blessing.

*OPENING HYMN  #175         Seek Ye First

Seek ye first the kingdom of God
And its righteousness,
And all these things shall be added unto you.
Alleluia!

Ask, and it shall be given unto you;
Seek, and you shall find;
Knock, and the door shall be opened unto you.
Alleluia!

You shall not live by bread alone,
ut by every word that proceeds
rom the mouth of God.
lleluia
!

UNISON PRAYER CONFESSING OUR NEED FOR GOD’S GRACE

All: You are our light, O God.  In your presence our lives are illuminated, our way becomes clearer.  Our own light comes from you: Like small candles lit from the Christ candle on Christmas Eve, we are able to shine with love and hope because you love us and give us reason to hope.  Yet we confess to you, O God, that we often hide our light under a bushel.  Not trusting our perceptions, we do not share our truth with others.  Not trusting our abilities, we do not risk sharing our gifts in community.  Not trusting our skills in relationships, we do not reach out in friendship, we do not raise issues which should be raised, we do not break the silence of anger to give or seek forgiveness.  Help us to trust in you where we cannot trust ourselves.  Radiate through us with your holy love and wisdom, healing the hurts of the past, giving us courage for the future.  Warm our coldness; relax our tight muscles,; give us clarity and peace.  Amen.

MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER

SONG OF RENEWAL       (2202 in STF)

        Come Away with Me to a quiet place
        Apart from the world with its frantic pace
        To pray, reflect and seek God’s grace.
         Come away with me, Come away.

CELEBRATION OF GOD’S GRACE

One: this is the good news in Jesus Christ: God loves us more than we love ourselves.  God forgives us, encourages us, and frees us to love others.  Thanks be to God.

All: Amen.

*PASSING THE PEACE

Leader:     The peace of Christ be with you.
People:      And with you also.
Leader:     Let us pass the peace of Christ.
People:      The peace of Christ be with you.   (To one another)

ANTHEM                                  "In Gratitude We Come",    
                                              by J.Paul Williams/David Lantz

BLESSING THE CHILDREN AND SINGING TO GODLY PLAY

            This little light of mine

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine!
his little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine!
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine!
Let it shine! Let it shine! Let it shine!

            Today’s Story            “The Tent for God”
                                            Kathleen Krentz & Jane Moseley

      Leader:                  And as we continue our worship…
      Congregation:      May God be with you there.
      Children:               May God be with you here.

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

Leader:      God in your Grace,
People:      Hear our prayer

PASTORAL PRAYER

THE LORD’S PRAYER

As we pray together the Lord's Prayer, you are invited to say this in whatever version is most comforting and meaningful to you.  Here is one possible version (ecumenical version) that you can use:

Our Father, who is in heaven, holy be your name.

Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.  For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.  Amen.

SCRIPTURE READINGS                    1 Samuel 3:1-21
                                                             John 20:21-23

RESPONSE                                                   

Reader:      The Gospel of the Lord
People:      Thanks be to God

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION, from Psalm 19 - responsively

Pastor:       May the words of my mouth
People:      And the meditations of our hearts
All:            Be acceptable in Your sight, O God,
                  Our rock and our redeemer.  Amen

SERMON                                    How Do We Hear God?

MOMENT OF SILENT REFLECTION

*HYMN OF RESPONSE    #515            I Come with Joy

I come with joy, a child of God, forgiven, loved, and free,
he life of Jesus to recall, in love laid down for me,
In love laid down for me.

I come with Christians far and near to find, as all are fed,
The new community of love in Christ’s communion bread,
In Christ’s communion bread.

As Christ breaks bread and bids us share, each proud division ends.
The love that made us, makes us one, and strangers now are friends,
And stranger now are friends.

The Spirit of the risen Christ, unseen, but ever near,
Is in such friendship letter known,
Alive among us here, alive among us here.

Together met, together bound by all that God has done,
We’ll go with joy, to give the world the love that makes us one,
The love that makes us one.

MOMENT OF THANKS

OFFERING OURSELVES AND OUR GIFTS

OFFERTORY                                Be Still My Soul -                                            by Sibelius.
                                                         arranged by Chris Rice

*DOXOLOGY                                                                             Tune: OLD HUNDRED

Praise God from whom all grace flows forth.
Praise Life, all creatures here on earth.
Praise Light who guides us on our way.
raise Love who forms us day by day. Amen.

*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING –

One: Loving God, we give you thanks for this day and every day.
People: We give you thanks for everything, and we give back out of our gratitude.  Amen.


*CLOSING HYMN     #664     Morning Has Broken

Morning has broken like the first morning;
Blackbird has spoken like the first bird.
Praise for the singing!
Praise for the morning!
Praise for them, springing fresh from the Word!

Sweet the rain’s new fall sunlit from heaven,
Like the first dewfall on the first grass.
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden,
prung in completeness where God’s feet pass.

Mine is the sunlight! Mine is the morning,
Born of the one light Eden saw play!
Praise with elation; praise every morning,
God’s
recreation of the new day!

*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE                                      Shalom                                by Dan Forrest –
                                             Men's quartet, George Anich - violin, Pastor Barbara - piano

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