Sunday, October 11, 2026

20th Sunday after Pentecost

 

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Welcome/Announcements/Prelude
*All standing in body or spirit

*Call to Worship (congregation reading bold):
Beloved, God’s never-ending love spills out all around us, drawing us together in community with God, neighbor, and all creation.
Rejoice in the Lord always, and again we say, rejoice!

God’s always-present grace surrounds us, enlivening us to love ourselves and our neighbors just as Christ loves us. 
Rejoice in the Lord always, and again we say, rejoice!
God’s persistent peace sweeps through us, guarding our hearts and empowering us to live as agents of God’s mercy and justice wherever we go. 
Rejoice in the Lord always, and again we say, rejoice!
May our rejoicing overflow into our families, neighborhoods, and the whole earth that through our living, working, resting, and playing, God may be glorified.
Rejoice in the Lord always, and again we say, rejoice!

*Opening Prayer:  
God, we come into Your presence with praise and thanks- giving for Your faithful love. Pour out Your Spirit on us! Fix our hearts and minds on what is true and honourable and right. Give us the joy and peace that comes from knowing and doing Your will. Keep us faithful to the call we have received in Christ Jesus, our Lord, extending Your loving invitation to the world around us. In Jesus’ name.  Amen.

*Prayer of Confession (in unison):
When we have fashioned idols of our own desire or worshiped the temples of our own tradition, Lord, have mercy. When we have denied your invitation to the banquet of love and justice, or failed to extend the invitation
to others, Christ, have mercy. When we have adorned ourselves with worry rather than joy or failed to be gentle, knowing you are near, Lord, have mercy.

*Opening Hymn:  Come Thou Almighty King #61

*Gloria Patri #70

Scripture Reading: Philippians 4:1-9

Leader:  This is the Word of God for the people of God.
People:  Thanks be to God.

Children’s Talk

Hymn:  Great is the Lord       TFWS #2022

Sermon

Prayer Concerns/ Pastoral Prayer/ Silent Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer (in unison)
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Offertory Prelude (Please remain seated)
*Doxology (Please stand as the offering is brought forward)                        

*Offertory Prayer
Father, in gratitude, we bring these gifts, signs of love learned from you. Shape us into a people whose offerings declare we are on the side of our neighbors. Receive what we place in your hands and let it become courage, welcome, and hope. Amen

*Closing Hymn: Go Forth for God       #670

*Benediction:  
Beloved, as you go from this place, may the peace of God that surpasses all understanding surround you, centering your minds on whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, pleasing, commendable, excellent, and worthy of praise. Amen.   

Postlude