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October 5, 2025
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

 

Music for Gathering:
Brian Jay
Organist

 

Welcome & Announcements:
Rev. Aaron J. White

 

Minute for Mission:
Debby Marsh

 

Call to Worship:
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me,
Bless God’s Holy Name.
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and do not forget God’s benefits, who forgives all our iniquity, who heals all our diseases,
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
who redeems our life, who crowns us with steadfast love and mercy.
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
who satisfies us with good as long as we live so that our youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Bless the Lord.

 

* Hymn 36 “For the Fruit of All Creation”
Please see screens for lyrics.

 

Confession of Sin:
Gracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo. We look at a world undone by strife, torn by violence, separated by hatred. Yet you call us to walk the way of peace. Forgive us, O Lord, for refusing to follow you on this path because the cost is too high, the direction too confusing, the conditions too harsh. Forgive us our complacency. Grant us clarity of vision to see the light, And the strength to walk behind you. In the power of your Spirit we pray.
Silence for personal confession

 

* Assurance of Pardon:
By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us,
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven.
Thanks be to God.

 

* Song of Praise #328  “Praise God, All You Nations”
Please see Sanctuary screens for lyrics.

 

* Passing the Peace

 

Prayer for Illumination:
Kathleen Keefer – Worship Leader

 

First Scripture:
2 Timothy 1:1-14
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

 

Anthem: 
“River in Judea”
PCM Chancel Choir

 

Second Scripture:
Luke 17:5-10
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

 

Time for the Children:
Rev. Aaron J. White

 

Sermon:
Rev. Aaron J. White

 

* Hymn 708 “We Give Thee but Thine Own”
Please see screens for lyrics.

 

Pastoral Prayer
Congregation Response: Hear our prayer.

 

Invitation to Discipleship
Amanda Wise – Stewardship Message

 

The Lord’s Supper:
Invitation
Great Thanksgiving

The Lord be with you. 
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts. 
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.  
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
…Therefore we praise you, joining the song of the universal church and the heavenly choir:
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, hosanna in the highest.
…great is the mystery of faith: 
Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
…God of glory, now and forever.
Amen

The Lord’s Prayer:
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 sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

The Bread is Broken and the Cup is Filled.
The Communion of the People.
The Prayer After Communion. 

 

* Hymn #716  “God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending”
Please see screens for lyrics.

 

* Charge & Blessing
Jesus Christ is the dawn that lights the way of peace. Therefore, let us follow in that way, making peace with all.
Alleluia! Amen!

 

* Music for departing

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Today’s Scripture readings are from the Inclusive Bible: The First Egalitarian Translation. © 2007 Priests for Equality.

Liturgy for today’s worship service is adapted with permission from the following sources: “Prayer for Illumination” from Feasting on the Word Worship Companion: Liturgies for Year C, Volume 2 © 2013 Westminster John Knox Press. “Pastoral Prayer” from Call to Worship, Vol 58.1 © 2024 The Office of Theology and Worship of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). “Invitation to Discipleship” from Connections Worship Companion, Year C, Volume 2. © 2022 Presbyterian Publishing Corporation. Liturgy spoken when “The Bread is Broken and the Cup is Filled” from the Book of Common Worship. © 2018 Westminster John Knox Press. All other liturgy from the “Worship Resource for World Communion Sunday.” Written by the Rev. Dr. Charles A. Wiley, III. © 2025 The Office of Special Offerings of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). All rights reserved