November 3rd, 2024

Welcome
Time of Meditation/ Opening Prayer

 Call to Worship:

   On this All Saints Day, we gather to join the multitude of saints    across the generations from all tribes, peoples, and languages, to proclaim: 

  Salvation belongs to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!

  We come to remember, to grieve, and to celebrate those saints   who have come before, yet whose life and witness continues to teach us:

  Salvation belongs to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!

  We gather today as the family of Christ, siblings and saints, diverse yet united by grace to live lives that declare:

  Salvation belongs to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!

  May we be guided today by the Lamb who is our Shepherd, the one who gathers us, comforts us and tends us.

  May we join in the work of the Shepherd to bring the Kingdom of God on earth. Amen.

“He is Exalted”                                                             Chorus 66*

”Great is Thy Faithfulness”                                          Hymn 54*
             
“Oh God, You Are My God”                                               Insert         

Pastoral Prayer

Psalm Reading       (Page 510, Pew Bible)                      Psalm 149
Gospel Reading     (Page 785, Pew Bible)              Matthew 5:1-12
            Leader: This is the Word God for the people of God.
                                  All: Thanks be to God.

Sermon                                                                  “Saints of God”

“I Sing a Song of the Saints of God”                                  Insert

“Oh, How He Loves You And Me”                            Chorus 113 Communion



Offertory Prayer
Receiving the Tithes and Offerings
   “Faith of Our Fathers”         (vs. 1)                                  Hymn 133
   ”Faith of Our Mothers”       (vs 2)                                   Hymn 151                                                       

Announcements
Benediction                                                                             
Sending Forth           (on the back page)

*Please stand as you are able     

“Bind Us Together”

            Bind us together, Lord 

            Bind us together,
            with cords that cannot be broken.

            Bind us together, Lord 

            Bind us together, Lord 

            Bind us together with love.

    NOVEMBER CALENDAR



     3 – Deacon Fund Offering at end of Worship
            TIME CHANGE
    5 -  Election Day
    8 - 10:30 Coffee Hour (and a Half)
    9 - Medicare information available 1-4 p.m. for anyone
           wanting to sign up or wishing to switch. No 
          appointment needed. Drop by.
  10 - Special Called Business Meeting After Worship
            Mystery Dinner  (Please plan to stay!)
  11 - Veteran’s Day
  18 - Noon, ABW (Moved here due to Veteran’s Day on
            our usual second Monday time)

Please continue praying for Jenny Chambers who has cancer and needs surgery and Ron Straley-Wilson for healing of the wounds on his lower legs and feet.