November 9, 2025
Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost
November 6, 2025 Livestream Worship: Online Bulletin
Bringing in the Light of Christ
Chiming of the Trinity
Prelude
In Christ There Is No East or West arr. Julie A. Lind
Welcome
Call to Worship
God Calls Us Beyond Our Comfort Zone
God is doing a new thing — opening doors we thought were closed.
We come, ready to be surprised by grace.
God calls us beyond our comfort zones, beyond what we have known or imagined.
We come, trusting the Spirit to guide our steps.
The table is wider than we dreamed. The welcome is deeper than we’ve known.
Let us worship the God who shows no partiality and calls us into Beloved Community!
Hymn
Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken UMH#731
Please sing stanzas 1, 2, 4
A Reading from the Old Testament
Old Testament Isaiah 56:1–8
Psalm of Response
Psalm 67 UMH p. 791
Please sing the response.
Duet
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing arr. Craig Courtney
Paula Dempsey and Barbara Dick
Reading from the Gospels
Acts 10:9-16, 34-35
Sermon
Breaking Barriers: God Shows No Partiality Rev. Kelly Dotson
Joy & Concerns and Prayers of the People
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.
Hymn
In Christ There Is No East or West UMH#548
Blessing and Sharing of Christ’s Light
Postlude
Gather Us In Marty Haugen
Today’s worship participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Kelly Dotson
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Worship Arts Associate: Patty Higgins
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