November 23, 2025
Reign of Christ Sunday
Nov. 23, 2025 Livestream Worship + Holy Communion: Reign of Christ Sunday
Bringing in the Light of Christ
Chiming of the Trinity
Prelude
Thanksgiving Hymns arr. Marcia Wells
Welcome
Call to Worship
Come, people of God, enter the courts of thanksgiving.
We come with gladness, for the Holy One is good.
Christ our King does not rule with force or fear.
His reign is mercy, his power is compassion, his justice lifts the lowly.
When we welcome the stranger, tend the sick, and stand with the vulnerable—
We honor the One who reigns in love.
Come, let us worship the Shepherd who gathers the lost and heals the wounded.
Let us rejoice, for we are God’s people, and Christ’s compassion is our way.
Hymn
O Worship the King UMH#73
A Reading from the Old Testament
Ezekiel 34:11–16, 20–24
Psalm of Response
Psalm 100 UMH p.821
Please sing response 2
Anthem
To the Glory of Our King Robert Leaf
Reading from the Gospels
Matthew 5:1-12
Sermon
Matthew 25:31-46 Rev. Kelly Dotson
Joy & Concerns and Prayers of the People
The Celebration of Holy Communion
The Great Thanksgiving and Communion
Musical Setting D UMH pp. 23-24
Invitation to the Table
Confession and Pardon
The Great Thanksgiving
The Lord’s Prayer
Loving Creator,
you dwell among us and invite us to your table.
May your kin-dom come near,
and your dream of justice and joy take root on earth.
Give us this day the bread we truly need—
the bread of compassion, the bread of enough.
Forgive us when we hoard or exclude,
and teach us to forgive with open hands and hearts.
Lead us away from fear and into your abundant life.
For yours is the kin-dom, the power of love,
and the glory of grace, now and forever. Amen.
Giving the Bread and Cup
Prayer of Thanksgiving after the meal
Amen
Hymn
Ye Servants of God UMH#181
Please sing stanzas 1, 2, 3
Blessing and Sharing of Christ’s Light
Postlude
Jesus Shall Reign arr. Anne Krentz Organ
Announcements
Today’s worship participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Kelly Dotson
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Worship Arts Associate: Patty Higgins
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