October 12, 2025
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
October 12, 2025 Livestream Worship: Online Bulletin
Bringing in the Light of Christ
Chiming of the Trinity
Prelude
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling arr. Sharon Wilson
Welcome
Call to Worship
Come, all who hunger for bread and belonging.
We come, trusting that God’s table is wide enough for all.
Bring your weariness, your worry, your waiting.
We come to be fed by grace, filled with hope, and sent to serve.
In the hands of Jesus, small gifts become great miracles.
In the heart of Christ, our compassion becomes God’s abundance.
Come and see — come and be fed!
We come to worship the One who satisfies every hunger.
Hymn
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee UMH#89
A Reading from the Old Testament
Isaiah 55:1-3
Psalm of Response
Psalm 145:8-18 UMH pp.857 &858
Anthem
Be Thou My Vision arr. John Behnke
Reading from the Gospels
Matthew 14:13-21
Sermon
Feeding the Hungry Rev. Kelly Dotson
Liturgy for the Reception and Baptism of the Schneidewind Family
Welcome and Introduction – Rev. Kelly
Presentation – Leigh Guth: Elijah Schneidewind, Elizabeth Parrish, and their son, Charlie.
Address to the Congregation Response: We do. With God’s help, we will love them, honor their journey, and walk beside them in faith and hope.
Questions for the candidates
Baptism of Elijah and Charlie
Welcome to the community
Response: We welcome you with open hearts and open arms. We celebrate the Spirit that brought you here, and we promise to walk with you—in questions and in convictions, in laughter and in tears, as together we grow in love and live God’s dream for the world.
Blessing
Amen
Joy & Concerns and Prayers of the People
Our Creator, who makes us whole, holy is your name.
Your healing come, your justice be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today the bread that nourishes body and spirit.
Forgive us when we wound one another,
as we forgive those who wound us.
Lead us away from that which destroys,
and deliver us into your wholeness.
For yours is the kingdom of compassion,
the power of love,
and the glory of new life, now and forever.
Amen.
Hymn
You Satisfy the Hungry Heart UMH#629
Please sing stanzas 1, 4, 5
Blessing and Sharing of Christ’s Light
Postlude
Great Is Thy Faithfulness arr. James Koerts
Announcements
Today’s worship participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Kelly Dotson
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Worship Arts Associate: Patty Higgins
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