October 25, 2020 – Reformation
Sunday
Order of Worship
Welcome
and Announcements
*Call
to Worship
They asked Jesus, “What is the greatest
commandment?”
He said that each one should love the Lord their God with all
their hearts and with all their souls and with all their minds.
*Opening
Prayer
May I each day give love to Thee, Jesus,
Each night
may I do the same,
Each day
and night, dark and light,
May I laud
Thy goodness to me, O God.
Hymn
– “Stand up
For Jesus” (UMH
514)
Old
Testament Reading – Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Psalter
Reading – Psalm
90:1-6
(UMH 809)
Pastoral
Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer
Offertory
Epistle
Reading – 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8
Hymn
– “A Mighty Fortress is our Lord” (UMH
110)
*Gospel
Reading – Matthew 22:34-46
Sermon
– “I Command Love” – Rev. Kory Trinrud
*Affirmation
of Faith (UMH 881)
Hymn
– “I Love to Tell the Story”
(UMH 156)
*Benediction
October
18, 2020 – Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Order of Worship
Welcome and Announcements
*Call to Worship
We belong to God.
God’s
stamp is on our lives.
God’s love and compassion is built
into us.
God’s
mercy and hope flow through us.
Let’s celebrate the powerful
presence of God.
Let’s
rejoice in all the opportunities God gives us to serve.
*Opening Prayer
God
of power and might, help us to recognize the imprint of your love and mercy in
our lives. Open our hearts to that love that we may grow in our faith and be
strengthened in our witness to you. In Jesus’ name, we pray. AMEN.
Hymn – “There’s Something About That Name” (UMH 171)
Old Testament Reading – Exodus 33:12-23
Psalter Reading – Psalm 96:1-9 (UMH 815)
Pastoral Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer
Offertory – Kevin Lefebvre
Epistle Reading – 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
Hymn – “Rock
of Ages” (UMH 361)
*Gospel Reading – Matthew 22:15-22
Sermon – “Give It to God” – Rev. Kory Trinrud
*Affirmation of Faith (UMH 881)
Hymn – “More Precious than Silver” (TFWS 2065_
Lord,
You are more precious than silver;
Lord, You are more costly than gold;
Lord, You are more beautiful than diamonds;
And nothing I desire compares with You.
*Benediction
*Please stand as
you are able.
October 11, 2020 – Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Order of Worship
Welcome and Announcements
*Call to Worship
Praise the Lord. Give thanks for God's goodness.
God's steadfast love endures forever.
Happy are those who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times.
Save us, O Lord, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name, and glory in your praise.
Come and worship God!
*Opening Prayer
Gracious God, when the world's political noise is turned up high, we come not to escape, but to seek wisdom, and to focus on things that are worthy. Dial down the distractions in our minds Tune our senses to your word and our hearts to your praise. In your holy name we pray. Amen.
Hymn – “We Gather Together” (UMH 131)
Epistle Reading – Philippians 4:1-9
Psalter Reading – Psalm 103:19-23, 47-48 (UMH 830)
Pastoral Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer
Offertory – “Surely the Presence of the Lord” – Tori Todd
*Gospel Reading – Matthew 22:1-14
Hymn – “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah” (UMH 127)
Old Testament Reading – Exodus 32:1-14
Sermon – “A Golden Calf” – Rev. Kory Trinrud
*Affirmation of Faith (UMH 881)
Hymn – “There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy” (UMH 121)
*Benediction
*Please stand as you are able.
October 4, 2020 – Eighteenth Sunday
after Pentecost
Order of Worship
Welcome
and Announcements
*Call
to Worship
Come,
let us worship God who provides for us.
Even
though we are sinful, God hears when we cry.
Lift
your voices in praise, for God has come to comfort you.
Thanks
be to God who forgives and heals our wounded souls.
Come,
celebrate God’s, steadfast love.
Open
our hearts, O Lord, and let us truly listen to your words. AMEN.
*Opening
Prayer
O
God, we pray that we who come to you in the name of Christ might be one in
Spirit. Knead us together as one loaf. Free us from sinful pride; unite us in
mission and service to those in need everywhere. May we sow righteousness and
harvest peace, through the grace of Jesus Christ. AMEN.
Hymn
– “All Hail the Power of Jesus Name”
(UMH 155)
Old
Testament Reading – Isaiah 5:1-7
Psalter
Reading – Psalm 80:8-19 UMH 802
Special
Music – Winston Skinner
Pastoral
Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer
Offertory
Epistle
Reading – Philippians 3:4b-14
Hymn
– “The Church’s One Foundation”
(UMH 546)
*Gospel
Reading – Matthew 21:33-46
Sermon
– “The Vineyard” – Rev. Kory Trinrud
*Affirmation
of Faith (UMH 881)
Invitation
to Holy Communion ( UMH
12)
Hymn
– “One Bread, One Body” (UMH 620)
*Benediction
*Please stand as you are able.
