Sunday November 9, 2025 Worship Service
Livestream at 11:10 a.m.

Gathering in God’s Name

Prelude — Prelude on “Mit Freuden Zart” — Charles Ore          
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.

Silent Meditation
God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be. — Brennan Manning

Call to Worship — from Psalm 98
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
       We will break forth into joyous song, and sing praises. Sing praises to the Lord;
Let the sea roar, and all that fills it, the world and those who live in it.
       The floods clap their hands and the hills sing out together; Let us join in the joyful song!

Praise and Adoration

*Opening Hymn #645 — Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above — MIT FREUDEN ZART
(*Please stand, if you are able.)     

Call to Confession

Prayer of Confession
Merciful God, You call us to be disciples, to carry out your work here on earth bringing hope and peace to others.  Yet we confess that we are often idle and instead are merely busybodies who fail to do your work.  Forgive us and help us live our lives as resurrection people filled with your grace and love.  God, hear us as we pray silently for sins that weigh heavily on our hearts.  

Silent Prayers of Confession and Petition

Kyrie Eleison — Lord, Have Mercy — Schubert

Assurance of Pardon

*Congregational Response (#581) — Glory Be to the Father — GLORIA PATRI (Greatorex)

Welcome and Announcements

Moment for Mission — John Bennett, for the Mission Giving Tree

Adult Members Unite with the Congregation  — Brenda Graumann, Earlene Uhrig,
Co-Moderators of the Membership Committee
Joining today are new members:
Michael & Vicki Paulus                 
Liz and Nick McGrath                   
James & Yvonne Wise
Tonya Wilkinson                            
Josh Graalfs and Cayce Wilkinson-Graalfs

Fellowship of Prayer

Joys and Concerns

Prayers of the People
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 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.

Proclamation of God’s Word

Scripture Lesson — Luke 20: 27-40 — page 855 of the pew Bible

Sermon — “Alive in the Afterlife” — Dr. Zieman

Prayer

 Presentation of Tithes and Offerings

Offertory — Consecration — John Ness Beck

The Sacrament of Holy Communion
The elders will serve you in the pews.  All baptized Christians are invited to partake.  We ask that you hold on to the piece of bread or the cup until all have been served, so that we may partake as one body. 

Invitation to the Lord’s Table

*Affirmation of Faith  — from The Heidelberg Catechism
Q. What is your only comfort in life and in death?
A. That I belong – body and soul, in life and in death – not to myself but to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ, who at the cost of his own blood has fully paid for all my sins and has completely freed me from the dominion of the devil; that he protects me so well that without the will of my Father in heaven not a hair can fall from my head; indeed, that everything must fit his purpose for my salvation. Therefore, by his Holy Spirit, he also assures me of eternal life, and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for Him.

*Sanctus (#562)  — Holy, Holy, Holy — SANCTUS (Schubert)

The Words of Institution

Serving the Bread                 
The pastors will walk down the aisles with gluten–free bread.

Anthem — Draw Us in the Spirit’s Tether — Harold Friedell                                                                             

Serving the Cup of the New Covenant

*Prayer of Thanksgiving (in unison)
God of all nations, we give you thanks for this feast of your goodness and grace.  As you have nourished us in Christ Jesus, send us forth to feed and serve others – sharing your peace with the whole community and showing your faithful love in the world; through Jesus Christ, the Bread of Life for all.  Amen.

*Hymn of Dedication #515 — I Come with Joy —  DOVE OF PEACE

*Charge and Benediction                              

 *Postlude — Oh, that I Had a Thousand Voices — Paul Manz