Order of Service Sunday, september 20, 2026- seventeenth Sunday after pentecost

Sunday Worship Service

September 2013, 2026

seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Order of Worship

Sunday Worship • September 20, 2026

† Please rise in body or spirit, as you are able.

Welcome & Announcements

Passing of the Peace               They Will Know We are Christians • TFWS 2223

Bell Choir                                  “Oh Waly, Waly (The Water is Wide)”Introduction to Worship

† Call to Worship (congregation’s response in bold)

Leader: Come, you who have been here for years.

People: There is grace enough for us.

L: Come, you who are returning after time away.

P: There is grace enough for us.

L: Come, you who are searching, wondering, or beginning again.

P: There is grace enough for us.L: God welcomes the early and the late, the certain and the searching.

P: God’s grace makes room for us all.

L: Come, people of God. Let us worship.

ALL: We have found a place in the love of God. Thanks be to God!

† Opening Song                          O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing • UMH 57

† Prayer of Invocation

Offering/Chancel Choir              “O Come and Worship the Lord”                  

† Offering Response                                                       Doxology • UMH 95Children’s Message/Noisy Offering                                              Deb Finlay

Words of Illumination                                               Sanctuary • TFWS 2164

Scripture Reading                                  Philippians 1:21-30 & Matthew 20:1-16

Message of Life                                                              Grace Beyond Fairness

Response Song                                                         Grace Alone • TFWS 2162

Sharing of Joys and Concerns

Pastoral Prayer & The Lord’s Prayer

† Benediction                                                     

† Recessional                                                    Go Now in Peace • UMH 665

Community Life

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Birthdays & Anniversaries This Week

Date		Celebrants
	Sept 21	Steve Stribling
	Sept 22	Knox Pease
	Sept 23	Amanda Smith
	Sept 25	Annette Dawson, Chris Martin, Charlotte Weiss
	Sept 26	Hazel Knight

Announcements & Ways To Serve

Church Office: The office will be closed on Tuesday

Bell & Chancel Choirs: Practice for bells Wednesdays at 4:30, choir Wednesday at 5:30. new members needed.

Meals On Wheels: Thursday delivery volunteers are needed. Sign up at the Welcome Center.

Mat Making: This week begins on a Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. and will continue to meet on Wednesdays.

Food Pantry: Month of September needs: cereal; meal helpers; jelly; canned fruit; applesauce; rice and sides; baking mixes; chunky soup; crackers; popcorn; hot chocolate; toilet paper; and Kleenex.

Noisy Coin Offering: Our Noisy Coins Offering is returning to help children learn about and support ministries worldwide.Coffee and Conversation: Have questions about our church, want to discover ways to serve, or simply need someone to pray with you? Interested in joining our church? Contact Pastor Oliver to schedule a time for coffee and conversation.

Serving In Worship Today

Pastor & Preacher	Pastor Oliver Fabros
Worship Leader	Deb Finlay
Chancel ChoirBell Choir	Director – Linnea ShookDirector – Danny Shook
Acolytes & Bible Bearer	The Jones Family
Greeters	Dan and Gregg
Praise Band	Terry Stafford-Piano, Linda Haldane- Keyboards, Margaret Brady-Cello Deb Finlay, Jeff Hiser, vocals
Children’s Message	Deb Finlay
Media Booth	Alan Hutchison and Jeff Hiser