Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost
Oct. 25, 2026 Livestream Worship Online Bulletin
Bringing in the Light of Christ
Chiming of the Trinity
Prelude
I Love to Tell the Story arr. James Koerts
Welcome
Mindfulness Moment
Call to Worship
We come together, bringing the stories of our lives, the joys we celebrate, and the burdens we carry.
We come seeking the love that makes us one.
God calls us beyond words of welcome into relationships of genuine care.
May we open our hearts to know and be known.
In the sharing of our lives, in compassion freely given, and in the courage to love, God's presence becomes visible.
May we become a community where every person truly belongs.
Come, let us worship the God who draws us together in love.
May the love we proclaim become the love we live!
Hymn
The God of Abraham Praise UMH#116
A Reading from the Old Testament
Leviticus 19:1–2, 15–18
Psalm of Response
Psalm 1 UMH p.738
Duet
Come Thou Fount arr. Craig Courtney
Zeke Andrews and Scott Sprinkle, tenors
Jane Patterson, piano
Reading from a Modern Day Prophet
bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions (2000)
A Reading from the Epistles
1 Thessalonians 2:1-8
Sermon
Sharing More Than Words
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 Servant Song TFWS#2222
Please sing stanzas 1, 2, 3
Blessing and Sharing of Christ’s Light
Postlude
Blest Be the Tie arr. Jeff Underwood
Today’s worship participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Kelly Dotson
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Worship Arts Associate: Patty Higgins
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