October 18, 2026
Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
Oct. 18, 2026 Livestream Worship Online Bulletin
Bringing in the Light of Christ
Chiming of the Trinity
Prelude
Blessed Assurance arr. James Koerts
Welcome
Call to Worship
We gather today with grateful hearts, remembering the love that has shaped our lives.
We give thanks for the people who have shown us God's love.
Through acts of kindness, words of encouragement, and gestures of welcome, love becomes visible among us.
We give thanks for the ways God's love is alive in our community.
We come not as perfect people, but as people who are still learning how to love.
May our faith inspire compassion, our hope sustain us, and our love make a difference.
Come, let us worship the God whose love holds us together.
May the love we celebrate become the love we share!
Hymn
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise UMH#103
A Reading from the Hebrew Scriptures
Deuteronomy 6:4–9
Psalm of Response
Psalm 100 UMH p. 821
Anthem
Christ Among Us David Haas
Reading from a Modern Day Prophet
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Drum Major Instinct February 4, 1968
A Reading from the Epistles
1 Thessalonians 1:1–10
Sermon
Love Leaves a Mark
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
My Life Flows On TFWS#2212
Blessing and Sharing of Christ’s Light
Postlude
This Little Light of Mine arr. Bobby Cyr
Today’s worship participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Kelly Dotson
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Worship Arts Associate: Patty Higgins
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