Rev Ed Sunday-Winters – Service
Hal Parker – Musical Director
Priscilla Bonney-Smith – Flowers
Sunday Service
(All Saints Day)
November 5, 2023
10:00am
Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12
Sermon: “Blessed” by Rev Ed Sunday-Winters
*Hymn: #486 (Songs of Spirit) For All the Saints
*Hymn: #406 (Songs of Spirit) Blest Are They
*Hymn: #107 (Songs of Spirit) All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
Prelude: solo piano, Hal
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship
One: At all times we are called to bless God’s name.
Many: Our lips are drenched with praises, our hearts exult in God.
One: The proud will bend knees in worship, the humble will lift glad songs.
Many: We are free from our fears, we have searched for God and been found.
One: Our faces glow with thanksgiving, our spirits overflow with grace.
Many: God has wiped away our tears, God has fed us from the storehouses of hope.
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.
*Hymn: #486 (Songs of Spirit) For All the Saints
Unison Prayer of Confession
Forgive us, God of all saints, when we follow the wrong examples and listen to false teachings. Help us remember that it is the peacemakers who live into your hope; it is those whose hearts are shaped by yours, who are able to see you in the poor and broken; it is those who give themselves to serve others who are your saints, following the example of Jesus Christ, our Lord, our Savior, our Shepherd, guiding us to the wellsprings of life.
Assurance of Pardon
Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12
Anthem: “Come My Way, My Truth, My life, Let Us Break Bread Together” arr. HP
Sermon: “Blessed” 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
We seek, not to be saints so much, but simply your people. We have been blessed beyond imagination and so pray, as we offer these gifts, that they would be used to touch the lives of the broken, the lonely, the seeking, the hungry, the hopeless – all those who are our siblings. Amen.
Communion (please see insert)
*Hymn: #406 (Songs of Spirit) Blest Are They
Prayers of the People and 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.
*Hymn: #107 (Songs of Spirit) All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
*Benediction
*Musical Benediction Songs of Spirit (green) #334 “Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name,” verse 2 only
Postlude: solo organ, Hal