ORDER OF WORSHIP - NOVEMBER 15TH, 2026
ORDER OF WORSHIP
NOVEMBER 15TH, 2026 10:30 AM
TWENTY FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
**Kindly stand if you are able
**PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR PHO
NE before Worship
PRELUDE “Great is the Lord” – Deborah D. Smith
John Coates, Organ
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP (Psalm 113:2-3)
LEADER: Blessed by the name of the Lord now and evermore.
PEOPLE: From the rising of the sun to its setting the Lord’s name be praised.
INVOCATION
Guide us , O Lord, in all the changes of life, that we may neither complain in adversity nor boast in prosperity; but with faith, hope, and love, may follow your divine will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
**OPENING HYMN “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” Red #558
CALL TO CONFESSION (Hebrews 4:14-16)
Remember that our Lord Jesus can sympathize with us in our weakness, since in every respect he was tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with boldness approach the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.
PRAYER FOR CONFESSION
(Silence is kept after each petition)
LEADER: For failing to love others as you have loved us…
PEOPLE: God of grace, forgive us.
LEADER: For wasting your gifts and hoarding our goods…
PEOPLE: God of grace, forgive us.
LEADER: For plundering the earth and abusing the planet…
PEOPLE: God of grace, forgive us.
LEADER: For fearing those who are strange to us and ignoring those in need…
PEOPLE: God of grace, forgive us.
LEADER: For losing heart and abandoning hope…
PEOPLE: God of grace, forgive us.
LEADER: For all the ways we turn from you…
PEOPLE: God of grace, forgive us.
LEADER: We offer our prayers in the name of the One who saves us,
PEOPLE: Jesus Christ. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
The almighty and merciful Lord grant you pardon and remission of all your sins, time for amendment of life, and the grace and comfort of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
**GLORIA PATRI “Glory Be to the Father” Red# 807
**AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (Ephesians 4:4-6, NIV)
There is one body and one Spirit - just as you were called to one hope, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
**HYMN OF PRAISE “O Love, How Deep, How Broad” Red #193
*PASSING OF THE PEACE
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit, that as the Scripture is read and your Word is proclaimed, we may hear with joy what you say to us today. Amen.
SCRIPTURE READINGS
OLD TESTAMENT Ruth 3:1-5, 4:13-17 Theresa Cotanche
SERMON MESSAGE “To Obey… or Not to Obey” Rev. Duncan Nichol
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
And Lord we pray for those in our own hearts whose names you already know, for their own healing and comfort, in your name and that of our redeemer Jesus Christ, who taught us to pray, saying:
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our
debtors.
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS
Let us return to God the offerings of our life and the gifts of the earth. May our gifts be a blessing to those who receive them. We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
OFFERTORY “I Surrender All” Red #579
PRAYER OF THANKS
Out of your providing, Lord, we make this offering brought from our daily living. Sanctify your gift, and bless the life from which it comes, that with a cheerful spirit and an ungrudging heart we may be devoted to your service; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
DOXOLOGY Avery & Marsh (Back of the Red hymnal)
HYMN OF PARTING “O Jesus, I Have Promised” Red #648
BENEDICTION
Go in the peace of God.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.
POSTLUDE “Jesus is Coming Again” Red #276
Reverend Duncan Nichol
Union Church
44 Balmville Rd, Newburgh NY 12550
(845) 562-0954
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