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Prelude   Song of Thankfulness (James Denton) Michele Eiland, organist

Welcome and Announcements   please pass attendance pads

                 Susan Murithi, Senior Pastor

Silent Reflection and Opening Prayer                      

Greeting Time  (You may stand up and greet those around you with a

hand shake or an elbow bump.)

*Opening Hymn             All Who Hunger (Vs 1-3)           FWS 2126

Vision Recitation      Hays First UMC--------

Mission Recitation at Hays First UMC we----

*Call to Worship                           Tura Clement, liturgist      

Leader:    On this All Saints Sunday, we gather to remember teachers and

      storytellers who made God’s stories come alive for us.

People:    We give thanks!  

Leader:     We remember choir members, praise bands, organists, and all

       the musicians who sang and played your praises.

People:     We give thanks!

Leader:     We remember preachers, lay leaders who led our worship

       through the years.

People:      We give thanks!

Leader:      We remember parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins,

       and siblings who showed us how to hold fast to the faith.

People:      We give thanks!

Leader:  We remember our church families—this one and others we have 

               loved.  We remember all those who have been a part of this

               faith family with whom we grew our faith and our love for God

    and neighbor

People:  We give thanks!

Leader:   We remember our ancestors in the faith whose courage enables

    us to be here today.

People:  We give thanks for the saints who came before us, are present         here with us, and will continue after us.  Thanks be to God!

Children’s  Time                                  Sarah Miller            

            Prayer Hymn     Many Gifts, One Spirit  (Vs 1 & refrain)       UMH 114           

Prayers of the People                   Troy Miller, Assoc. Pastor Lord’s Prayer     UMH 895       

     REMBERING AND HONORING THE SAINTS OF THE CHURCH WHO

HAVE DIED SINCE LAST ALL SAINT’S SUNDAY:  Linda North, Marion

Oetting, Karol Katt, Patricia Johnson, Don Barton, Chris Trauer,

Shirley Smith, Linda Mosier.      

Scripture Ephesians 1:11-23         Tura, liturgist

In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit. Who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory. For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Chist, the glorious father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.

Sermon                 All Saints                         Susan Murithi, Senior Pastor   

 Faithful Stewardship: Deuteronomy 15:10

 Give generously and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to. 

Prayer: God, you call us to give a portion of what we have received from you. Help us to be faithful in our generosity. Bless us as we seek to be a blessing. Amen

Offertory         Andante Religioso  (Y Karl Czerny)     Michele Eiland        

Doxology      Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow           UMH 95

Offertory Prayer    Troy Miller

*Holy Communion         

*Closing Hymn            Rejoice in God’s Saints (Vs. 1-4)           UMH 708

*Benediction  and Postlude          A Trumpeting  (Edward Broughton)