August 31, 2025
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
August 31, 2025 Livestream Worship: Online Bulletin
Bringing in the Light of Christ
Chiming of the Trinity
Prelude
To God Be the Glory arr. Edwin Cole Spencer
Welcome
Call to Worship
Leader: Come, people of God, bring your gifts and your lives to worship.
People: We come with open hands and open hearts.
Leader: God is the Giver of every good gift.
People: We come to give thanks and to share God’s blessings.
Leader: Let us rejoice in the grace of generosity.
All: We gather to worship the One whose love is overflowing!
Hymn
For the Beauty of the Earth UMH#92
Please sing stanzas 1, 2, 3, 4
A Reading from the Old Testament
Deuteronomy 15:7–11
Psalm of Response
Psalm 112:1-9 UMH p.850
Please sing the response
Reading from the Epistles
2 Corinthians 9:6-11
Sermon
The Grace of Generosity | Rev. Kelly Dotson
Solo
He Keeps My Singing Luther B. Bridgers
Carol Kinsey
Joys, Concerns, and Prayers of the People with the Lord’s Prayer
Loving Creator, who dwells among us and within us,
Holy is your name.
Let your dream for justice take root,
Your will be done in our living and our labor,
Here on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us today the bread we need—
Bread for our bodies,
And bread for our souls.
Forgive us for the harm we have caused—
To others, to the earth, and to ourselves.
As we forgive those who have wounded us,
Help us to release resentment and repair what we can.
Lead us away from the fears that divide us,
And guide us toward the courage that heals.
For your love is the power,
Your grace is the glory,
Now and forever.
Amen.
Blessing of the Tithes and Offerings
Doxology UMH#94
Hymn
O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing UMH#57
Please sing stanzas 1, 2, 3, 7
Blessing and Sharing of Christ’s Light
Postlude
Let All Things Now Living arr. Pam Turner
Announcements
Today’s worship participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Kelly Dotson
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Worship Arts Associate: Patty Higgins
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