ORDER OF WORSHIP - OCTOBER 11TH, 2026
ORDER OF WORSHIP
OCTOBER 11TH, 2026 10:30 AM
TWENTY SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
**Kindly stand if you are able
**PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR PHONE before Worship
PRELUDE “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” - Martin Luther
(Based on Psalm 46) John Coates, Organ
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP (Adapted from Psalm 106)
LEADER: Praise the Lord!
PEOPLE: O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever.
LEADER: Who can utter the mighty doings of the Lord, or declare all his praise?
PEOPLE: Happy are those who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times.
LEADER: Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people; help me when you deliver them;
PEOPLE: that I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory in your heritage.
INVOCATION
We thank you, Lord God, for all you have given us. Join with us as we come here
today to praise and worship.
**OPENING HYMN “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come” Red #381
CALL TO CONFESSION
When we confess our sins, we do so knowing that our God is loving and will hear us without anger. Bring your sins to the Lord, and you will feel relieved.
PRAYER FOR UNDERSTANDING
Lord, we come to you humbled, knowing that we have not lived according to your will. We are quick to anger and slow to love. We are more concerned with our wealth and our status than we are with the well-being of our communities. We know that everything we have turns to dust, yet we try to accumulate more. Help us to find the strength to let go of our obsessions. Help us to love our neighbors. Help us to find the peace of your love, a love that forgives all wrongs.
(A moment for silent personal confession)
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
There is a great truth: Christ died so that we all may have eternal life. Hear this good news and believe!
**GLORIA PATRI “Glory Be to The Father” Red #807
**HYMN OF PRAISE “How Firm a Foundation” Red #612
*PASSING OF THE PEACE
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (from the Heidelberg Catechism)
I am not my own, but belong— body and soul, in life and in death— to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil. He also watches over me in such a way that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven; in fact, all things must work together for my salvation. Because I belong to him, Christ, by his Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for him.
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
God of all knowledge send your Spirit to carry your word into our hearts and minds so that we might learn to live with love for you and others.
SCRIPTURE READINGS
NEW TESTAMENT Philippians 4:1-9 Rob Ferguson
GOSPEL Matthew 22:1-14
SERMON MESSAGE “Tapping” 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.
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 “Sing to the Lord of Harvest ” Red #375
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 “May the Grace of Christ Our Savior” Red #841
BENEDICTION
To be Presbyterian is to live generously with our time, creativity, and wealth as gifts of God given to bless others so that our lives become the compassionate heart of God in the world.
-Rev. Robert Cathey
POSTLUDE “Ye Servants of God, Your Master” Red #103
James Phillips
Union Church
44 Balmville Rd, Newburgh NY 12550
(845) 562-0954
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