Prelude I Sing a Song of the Saints of God (Lani Smith) Hannah Barrett, organist
Welcome and Announcements (please fill out attendance pads located on
the inside aisle and pass it down.) Susan Murithi, Senior Pastor
Hays First Vision and Mission
Vision is: Making Disciples, Healing Communities, Building Relationships
Mission is to: Gather, Grow, Share, Serve
Silent Reflection and Opening Prayer Pastor Susan
Greeting Time and Passing the Peace (You may stand up and welcome
those around you with a hand shake, smile, a nod, or a friendly wave.
*Opening Hymn Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty UMH 69
*Call to Worship Mary Meckenstock
Leader: We are chosen children of God, bound together by the Holy Spirit.
People: We belong to God and through God we belong to one another.
Leader As we gather to remember the saints who formed us in the faith, we give thanks for their living witnesses to God’s love, showing us that:
People: We belong to God, and through God, we live as family in Christ,
bound together by Love.
Leader: We give thanks for the influence of saints in our lives who demon-
strated God’s love and saving grace, so that we could know in our
bones that:
People: We belong to God, and through God, we are saved to love
one another.
Leader: Come let us worship God who blesses us with witnesses to divine
love that we may be witnesses of Love with everyone we meet.
People: We come to worship God who chooses us, empowers us, and
inspires us to live as witnesses of Love in communion with the
saints of every age. Amen.
Children’s Time Barb Clinkscales
Prayer Hymn Precious Lord, Take My Hand UMH 474 Prayers of the People Pastor Troy
Lord’s Prayer (words on the screen) UMH 895
REMEMBERING AND HONORING THE SAINTS OF THE CHURCH WHO HAVE DIED SINCE LAST ALL SAINT’S SUNDAY: Aaron Pflaum, Donna Cooper, Virginia Johnson, Marguerite Stewart, Lawrence Younger, Louise Younger, Dixie Janzen, Harl Stump, Leora Forssberg, LaVaughn Hull, Evelyn Zellmer, Lela Eller.
Scripture Revelation 7:9-17 Mary Meckenstock
After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying: “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!” Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?” I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore, “they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. ‘Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them,’ nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; ‘he will lead them to springs of living water. ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
Sermon: Remember the Saints, Become the Saints Susan Murithi
Senior Pastor
Faithful Stewardship Mary Meckenstock
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Offertory Saints Bound for Heaven (arr. Broughton) Hannah
*Doxology Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow UMH 95
Offertory Prayer
*Holy Communion
*Closing Hymn Forward Through the Ages UMH 555
*Benediction Susan Murithi
*Postlude Hannah Barrett