October 29 @ St. Paul's UMC: Worship

First snow since March 28th

Celebrating the day!

Fellowship time!!!

Nelson Serenity Garden on an autumn day

Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost

(view today's service at this link)

Today’s Meditation Verse: “Therefore let all the faithful pray to you while you may be found; surely the rising of the mighty waters will not reach them. You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.” —Psalm 32:6-7

Welcome...Pastor Charles

Prelude...Lorie Courier / “This is My Father’s World,” arranged by Mark Hayes

*Call to Worship...Amy Abshire

We have come to affirm our historic faith. To worship the God of our mothers and fathers. We have come to remember God’s benefits to us the living. To respond in thanksgiving to the mighty works of God in our lives. We have come to affirm our trust in the God of all futures. To whose name be blessing and honor, glory, and power forever and ever. Amen 

—Ruth Duck, Bread for the Journey, Pilgrim Press, 1981

*Hymn...“O God, Our Help in Ages Past” (UMH #117)

For the Church (Book of Worship #501)...Amy Abshire

O gracious God, we pray for Your holy Church universal. That You would be pleased to fill it with all truth, in all peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where is in error, direct it; where in any thing it is amiss,    reform it; where it is right, establish it; where is in want, provide for it; where it is divided, reunite it; for the sake of Him who died and rose again, and ever lives to make intercession for us, Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord. Amen.

Community prayer requests, concerns, and celebrations

Pastoral Prayer / The Lord’s Prayer...Pastor Charles

Epistle Lesson: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8...Amy Abshire

Choral Anthem...“Laudamus Te,” words and music by Laura Farnell

Gospel Lesson: Matthew 22:34-46...Pastor Charles

This is the Word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.

Sermon...Pastor Charles / “Back to basics”

*Hymn...“Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service” (UMH #581)

*Words for the Journey...Pastor Charles

Postlude...Lorie Courier / “Praise Him! Praise Him!” arranged by Mark Hayes