Rev Ed Sunday-Winters – Service
Hal Parker – Musical Director
Priscilla Bonney-Smith – Flowers
Sunday Service
Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost
August 31, 2025
10:00am
Scripture: Luke 14:1, 7-14
Sermon: “Guess Who is Coming to Dinner?” By Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters
*Children’s Hymn – #60 (Songs of Spirit) This Is My Father’s World
*Hymn – #314 (Songs of Spirit) As We Gather at Your Table
*Hymn – #406 (Songs of Spirit) Blest Are They
Prelude: Sonate B-Dur op. 34/2 by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755), Allegro
Gina Jenkins, Sonia Dunbar, Tricia Kammerer, recorders, Tom Anastasio, viola da gamba, Hal, harpsichord
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship
One: Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to God.
Many: Happy are those who revere the Holy One. Generation to generation delight in God’s blessings.
One: Sing aloud to God our righteousness; shout for peace to God.
Many: We rise from the depths in mercy, grace, and justice.
One: Sing aloud to God our hope; shout for love to God.
Many: Our hearts are steady and secure. Worship the Holy One!
Opening Prayer
*Gloria Patri – #36
Glory be to the Creator, and to the Christ and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.
*Children’s Hymn – #60 (Songs of Spirit) This Is My Father’s World
Children’s Time: Ed Sunday-Winters
Children may go upstairs to the classroom after Children’s Time. Parents are welcome to accompany them or remain in the sanctuary.
Scripture: Luke 14:1, 7-14
Anthem: “Behold! I Stand At The Door” by Clifford McCormick Choir
Sermon: “Guess Who is Coming to Dinner?” By Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters
A Time of Silence
Offertory
*Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise God for all
that love has done; Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One. Amen.
*Unison Prayer of Dedication
Holy, Holy, Holy God, be glorified in our giving. Receive and magnify these gifts so that needs will be met, communities transformed, and lives renewed. We dedicate them in your precious name. Amen.
*Hymn – #314 (Songs of Spirit) As We Gather at Your Table
Prayers of the People & The Lord’s Prayer
Our God, 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.
*Hymn – #406 (Songs of Spirit) Blest Are They
*Benediction
Song of Sending – #349 (Songs of Spirit)
Go in peace and the peace of God be with you this day.
Go in peace and the peace of God be with you al-ways.
Cel-e-brate and share the joy! Cel-e-brate new life!
Go in peace and the peace of God be with you always.
Postlude: Sonate B-Dur op. 34/2 by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755), Vivace
Gina Jenkins, Sonia Dunbar, Tricia Kammerer, recorders, Tom Anastasio, viola da gamba, Hal, harpsichord
Our Church’s Wider Mission: Founded in 1982 by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile, Popular Education in Health (EPES) equips communities—especially women—with the tools to advocate for justice, dignity, and health. From training local health promoters to advancing women’s health, tobacco laws, and disaster recovery, EPES has become a model of grassroots health education whose impact now reaches across Latin America, Africa, and beyond.