Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Nov. 8, 2026 Livestream Worship Online Bulletin
Bringing in the Light of Christ
Chiming of the Trinity
Prelude
As the Deer arr. Kendrick Liu
Welcome
Mindfulness Moment
Call to Worship
We come into this sacred space carrying the many experiences of our lives.
We bring our joys and sorrows, our questions and our hopes.
Some of us come with grateful hearts. Others carry grief that words cannot fully express.
We trust that there is room for all of us in God's love.
When the journey feels uncertain, God's presence remains.
When sorrow weighs upon us, we do not walk alone.
We gather as a community learning to hold both grief and hope.
Come, let us worship the God whose love holds us through every season of life.
Hymn
I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord UMH#540
A Reading from the Old Testament
Isaiah 43:1-3a
Psalm of Response
Psalm 42:1-6 UMH p.777
Solo
O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go Richard Ellsasser
Scott Sprinkle, tenor
Jane Patterson, piano
Reading from a Modern Day Prophet
Kate Bowler — A Blessing for Life After a Loss
A Reading from the Epistles
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Sermon
Hope Makes Room for Grief
Reception of a New Member
Amy Fahmy UMH p. 38
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Parent, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kin-dom 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 kin-dom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Blessing of the Tithes and Offerings
UMH#87
Hymn
The Summons TFWS#2130
Please sing stanzas 1, 2, 3, 4
Blessing and Sharing of Christ’s Light
Postlude
The Solid Rock arr. James Koerts
Today’s worship participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Kelly Dotson
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Worship Arts Associate: Patty Higgins
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