NOV 2, 2025 ORDER OF WORSHIP

 

WELCOME                Reverend Jacob Jackson

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS             Liturgist:  Paul Letra

 

STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCEMENT          Finance Rep

 

PRELUDE                    Dr. Banks

 

ALL SAINT’S SUNDAY                     Rev. Jacob Jackson

 

INVOCATION (Remain Seated)                         Liturgist

Loving Father, You are faithful in every season. You provide our daily bread, our shelter, our hope, and our peace. As we come before You today, lift our spirits from worry into thanksgiving. May our worship draw us deeper into trust in You, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

**CALL TO WORSHIP          Liturgist

Leader: Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap, yet our Heavenly Father feeds them.

People: We come, trusting in God’s daily care.

Leader: Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin.

People: We come, resting in God’s abundant provision.

Leader: Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.

All: And all these things will be given to us as well. Let us worship God!

 

**UM HYMN #140   “Great is thy Faithfulness”

VERSE 1

Great is Thy faithfulness, 

O God, my Father.

There is no shadow 

of turning with Thee.

Thou changest not; 

Thy compassions, they fail not,

As Thou hast been 

Thou forever wilt be.

CHORUS

Great is Thy faithfulness.

Great is Thy faithfulness.

Morning by morning 

new mercies I see.

All I have needed 

Thy hand hath provided.

Great is Thy faithfulness, 

Lord, unto me.

 

VERSE 2

Summer and winter, and

springtime and harvest,

Sun, moon, and stars 

in their courses above,

Join with all nature 

in manifold witness,

To Thy great faithfulness, 

mercy and love.

CHORUS

Great is Thy faithfulness.

Great is Thy faithfulness.

Morning by morning 

new mercies I see.

All I have needed 

Thy hand hath provided.

Great is Thy faithfulness, 

Lord, unto me.

 

VERSE 3

Pardon for sin and 

a peace that endureth,

Thine own dear presence 

to cheer and to guide.

Strength for today and 

bright hope for tomorrow,

Blessings all mine, 

with ten thousand beside.

CHORUS

Great is Thy faithfulness.

Great is Thy faithfulness.

Morning by morning 

new mercies I see.

All I have needed 

Thy hand hath provided.

Great is Thy faithfulness, 

Lord, unto me.

 

OFFERING & OFFERTORY  

 

**DOXOLOGY                  

Praise God from whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him all creatures here below;

Praise Him above ye heav’nly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

 

JOYS AND CONCERNS     Reverend Jacob Jackson          

PASTORAL PRAYER

LORD’S PRAYER      

 

SCRIPTURE READING                      Matthew 6:25-34 NIV

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 

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26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 

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27 And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to your span of life? 

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28 And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, 

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29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. 

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30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 

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31 Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ 

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32 For it is the gentiles who seek all these things, and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 

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33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 

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34 “So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.

           

RESPONSE TO SCRIPTURE

Liturgist:  The Word of God for the people of God.

Congregation:  Thanks be to God.

 

SPECIAL MUSIC                               Dr. Banks

 

SERMON        “The Cost of Living is Rising”      Reverend Jacob Jackson          

 

**UMH HYMN #2                 “Come Thou Almighty King”

VERSE 1

Come, thou almighty King,

Help us thy name to sing,

Help us to praise!

Father all glorious, o’er all victorious,

Come and reign over us,

Ancient of Days!

 

VERSE 2

Come, thou incarnate Word,

Gird on thy mighty sword,

Our prayer attend!

Come, and thy people bless,

And give thy word success;

Spirit of holiness, on us descend!

 

VERSE 3

Come, holy Comforter, 

thy sacred witness bear in this glad hour.

Thou who almighty art,

Now rule in every heart,

And ne’er from us depart,

Spirit of power!

 

VERSE 4

To thee, great One in Three,

Eternal praises be,

Hence, evermore.

Thy sovereign majesty

May we in glory see,

And to eternity love and adore!

 

HOLY COMMUNION

Pastor:  The Lord be with you.

People:  And also with you.

Pastor:  Lift up your hearts. 

People:  We lift them up to the Lord.

Pastor:  Let us give thanks to the Lord.

People:  It is right to give our thanks and praise.

(Pastor Prays)

People:  Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

(Pastor Prays Prayer of Consecration)

People:  Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.

 

CLOSING SONG     “Just as I Am - I Come Broken”

 

Just as I am without one plea

But that thy blood was shed for me

And that thou bidst me come to thee

O Lamb of God I come, I come

 

I come broken to be mended

I come wounded to be healed

I come desp’rate to be rescued

I come empty to be filled

I come guilty to be pardoned 

 

By the blood of Christ, the lamb

And I’m welcomed with open arms

Praise God just as I am

Just as I am and waiting not

To rid my soul of one dark blot

To thee whose blood can cleanse each spot

O Lamb of God I come, I come

 

I come broken to be mended

I come wounded to be healed

I come desp’rate to be rescued

I come empty to be filled

I come guilty to be pardoned 

 

By the blood of Christ, the lamb

And I’m welcomed with open arms

Praise God just as I am

Just as I am I would be lost

But mercy and grace my freedom bought

And now to glory in your cross

O Lamb of God I come

 

I come broken to be mended

I come wounded to be healed

I come desp’rate to be rescued

I come empty to be filled

I come guilty to be pardoned 

 

By the blood of Christ, the lamb

And I’m welcomed with open arms

Praise God just as I am

 

**BENEDICTION                   Reverend Jacob Jackson

 

POSTLUDE                 Dr. Banks

(Please be seated as the postlude closes our service)