Sunday October 5, 2025 Worship Service
Livestream at 11:10 a.m.

Gathering in God’s Name

Prelude — Praise to the Lord, the Almighty — John Behnke
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.

Silent Meditation
“We will never change the world by just going to church.  We will only change it by being the church.” – The Celtic Christian Tradition

Call to Worship                                                                                                             
Around the world people gather to break bread together.
       We gather with them in heart and mind.
Around the world the broken body is made whole.
       As part of that body, we join in its unity.
We who share in the banquet come eagerly to be fed.
       Let us worship together, let us share God’s bounty with the world. 

Praise and Adoration

*Opening Hymn #409 — God Is Here! — ABBOT’S LEIGH
(*Please stand, if you are able.)     

Call to Confession

Prayer of Confession
Gracious God, we are indebted to you and your generosity, but we fail to live as good stewards of all you have given us. We confiscate and consume far more than our fair share. We see the poor trapped  in poverty, yet claim that debt forgiveness is unfair.  God, liberate us from our spiritual and moral bondage.  Reorder our priorities so all your nations and peoples may thrive.  Amen.

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 Stewardship — Rock Sumner, PCOC Business Administrator

Fellowship of Prayer

Joys and Concerns

Prayers of the People

Proclamation of God’s Word

Scripture Lesson — Luke 17: 1-6 — page 852 of the pew Bible

Sermon — How Much Faith Do You Really Need? — Dr. Zieman

Prayer  

Presentation of Tithes and Offerings

Offertory — Look Who Gathers at Christ’s Table — arr. John Ferguson

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
From north and south, from east and west, we come:
       God’s people, called to the Table where simple grace nourishes us.
From down the street, and across our city, to around the world, today we are invited to a joyful feast, hosted by the Lord Jesus Christ.
       God’s people are called to community, where we live and serve one another.
From every class, every race, every status; from little ones, to youth and parents, to elders with overflowing hearts:
       God’s people are called to witness to God’s hope, to offer peace to a shattered world.  

*Affirmation of Faith — from The Heidelberg Catechism, Q&A’s 54-55
I believe that the Son of God, through his Spirit and Word, out of the entire human race, from the beginning of the world to its end, gathers, protects, and preserves for himself a community chosen for eternal life and united in true faith.  And of this community I am and always will be a living member.
The communion of saints – believers one and all—as members of this community, share in Christ and in all his treasures and gifts.  Each member should consider it a duty to use these gifts readily and cheerfully for the service and enrichment of the other members. 

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

The Words of Institution

Communion Prayer
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.

Serving of the Bread — A pastor will walk down the center aisle with gluten–free bread.                                          

Anthem — Come By Here — Kyle Pederson                                   

Serving of the Cup of the New Covenant

*Prayer of Thanksgiving (in unison)
Majestic and eternal God, you have fed us with the bread of life and satisfied us with the cup of salvation. As we rise from this table, may we remember its expanse, and our connection to our siblings in Christ around the globe. Make us instruments of your peace and messengers of your love in thought, word, and deed. Make us one with you and all of creation through the power of the Holy Spirit. We pray in Jesus’ name.  Amen.

*Hymn of Dedication #318 — In Christ There Is No East or West  — ST. PETER

*Charge and Benediction                              

*Postlude — Fanfare in A flat — Charles Ore