ORDER OF WORSHIP - NOVEMBER 1ST, 2026
ORDER OF WORSHIP
NOVEMBER 1ST, 2026 10:30 AM
TWENTY SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
COMMUNION SUNDAY
**Kindly stand if you are able
**PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR PHONE before Worship
PRELUDE “Come, Thou Almighty King” - Felice de Giardini
John Coates, Organ
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP (Adapted from Psalm 34)
LEADER: I will bless the Lord at all times
PEOPLE: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
LEADER: My soul makes its boast in the Lord
PEOPLE: Let the humble hear and be glad.
LEADER: O magnify the Lord with me
PEOPLE: Let us exalt his name together.
LEADER: The Lord redeems the life of his servants
PEOPLE: None of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
INVOCATION
Lord, as we come together to worship and celebrate communion, we ask you to fill this place with your Spirit so that we might feel your endless love.
**OPENING HYMN “Now Thank We All Our God” Red #374
CALL TO CONFESSION
Our weaknesses and our shame lead us to sin. We carry these sins with us until we struggle to keep going. The Lord offers us a way to relieve ourselves of our sins.
PRAYER FOR UNDERSTANDING
Merciful God, we come to you with hearts full of shame for our sins. We choose to hide behind our tribal alliances rather than being open to truly know and understand each other. We search for ways to glorify ourselves rather than working to lift up others. We sit idly and wait for others to fix the problems we see in our communities.
Help us to find the courage and the energy to put your love into action. Help us to use all of our gifts to heal our world and glorify you.
(A moment for silent personal confession)
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
In this season of thanks, we can give thanks to God for the gift of redemption. No
matter how we fall short, we can come to God and be assured of forgiveness.
**GLORIA PATRI “Glory Be to the Father” Red# 805
**HYMN OF PRAISE “O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee” Red #651
*PASSING OF THE PEACE
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (from A Brief Statement of Faith)
In life and in death we belong to God. Through the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, we trust in the one triune God. We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God. Jesus proclaimed the reign of God: preaching good news to the poor, healing the sick and binding up the brokenhearted, eating with outcasts, forgiving sinners, and calling all to repent and believe the gospel. Jesus was crucified, suffering the depths of human pain and giving his life for the sins of the world. God raised this Jesus from the dead, vindicating his sinless life, breaking the power of sin and evil, delivering us from death to life eternal.
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
We ask you, Lord, for your help to understand the Word and your strength to allow us to live according to your will. May we all find wisdom from the scriptures.
SCRIPTURE READINGS
NEW TESTAMENT Revelation 7:9-17 Mary Whidden
NEW TESTAMENT 1 John 3:1-3
GOSPEL Matthew 5:1-12
SERMON MESSAGE “Jumping to the End of the Book” James Phillips
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.
COMMUNION HYMN “Come, Share the Lord” Red #782
HOLY COMMUNION
Invitation to the Table
Great Prayer of Thanks
Words of Institution
Prayer of Conclusion
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 “Worthy Is the Lamb” Red #230
DOXOLOGY Avery & Marsh (Back of the Red hymnal)
PRAYER OF THANKS
We thank you, our Lord for those gifts to us that we send to you for your work and ours in congregation, community, and culture. Guide us in good use as we ask in Jesus’ name. Amen.
HYMN OF PARTING “Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God” Red #447
BENEDICTION
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
–Thornton Wilder
POSTLUDE “Rejoice, the Lord Is King” Red #262
James Phillips
Union Church
44 Balmville Rd, Newburgh NY 12550
(845) 562-0954
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