October 27, 2024

OCTOBER 27, 2024
REFORMATION SUNDAY
REV. KENDRA BALLIET
ORGANIST JIM ROSS

Prelude - Solemn Melody-Wolford Davies

Welcome 

*Call to Worship

Leader: Wait.

Leader: Let the anxiety take a break for just a moment.

Leader: We are not alone.

Leader: Let us take a deep breath together [take a breath]…
The rhythm of our breath and heartbeat is the same.
Our desire for life and love is the same.
Our desire for a peace in which we flourish is the same.
Let this moment permeate our souls,
and let us pass the peace of Christ between us.
This peace is meant for all people.

Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.
People: And also with you.

*Opening Hymn - “Make Me a Servant” #2176

*Opening Prayer

Creator God,
we ask you to come close and remind us
of our belovedness as your children,
for we are feeling distant.
Open our eyes to the beauty and pain we all contain,
and invite us to “do unto others” in ways that build up
your kin-dom on earth as it is in heaven.
We pray this in the name of Jesus, the Center That Holds,
and in the power of the Spirit That Transforms. Amen.

Affirmation of Faith - A Modern Affirmation #885

Gloria Patri

Children's Chat

Music Ministry and Offertory - Offertory in G- Leon Boellmann

Doxology and Prayer of Gratitude

Scripture - Ephesians 4: 1-6

Sermon Series - Do Unto Others
Sermon - “Listen More, Speak Less: Humility”

Joys & Concerns

Hymn - “Just as I Am, Without One Plea” #557

Pastoral Prayer/Lord's Prayer

Closing Hymn - "I Surrender All" #354

Action Steps & Benediction

Postlude - Paraphrase on Hymn to Joy- Davis Hegarty

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