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Pastor: Rev. Kendra Balliet
Organist: Jim Ross
Offertory: "Andante”-Mendelssohn

CHRIST THE KING SUNDAY
 
ORDER OF WORSHIP 
 
Prelude -“My Father’s World”-Arr. Diane Bish
 
Welcome 
 
*Call to Worship  
Leader: Come! Let us give thanks to God!
People: We give thanks for the gift of warm bread, the smell of dinner cooking in the oven, and the joy of gathering around a table together.
Leader: Come! Let us give thanks to God!
People: We give thanks for all the times God has made a way out of no way, providing for us in body and spirit just when we need it.
Leader: Come! Let us give thanks to God!
People: We give thanks for the ways God weaves us together as a community of love and care, supporting one another in the ebbs and flows of daily life.
Leader: Let us come into God’s presence with grateful praise!
People: Come! Let us worship God together. Amen. 
 
*Opening Hymn “Crown Him with Many Crowns” #327 
 
*Unison Prayer 
God of Healing and Transformation, we hunger and thirst for your abundant life.
We bring you our sorrow and ask for the bread of joy;
we bring you our despair and ask for the bread of hope;
we bring you our weariness and ask for the bread of inspiration.
Meet us here.
We need the bread of heaven to sustain us as we journey to find our way,
that we may be one with you.
In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen

 
Affirmation of Faith – Apostles’ Creed #881 
Gloria Patri #70 
 
Children's Chat 
 
Music Ministry and Offertory 
Doxology and Prayer of Gratitude 
 
Scripture Matthew 25:31-46 
 
Sermon “Christ the King” 
 
Joys/Concerns  

Hymn "Majesty, Worship His Majesty" #176 

Pastoral Prayer/Lord's Prayer
 
Closing Hymn "Great Is the Lord" #2022 
 
Action Steps & Benediction
 
Postlude - "Fanfare" - Jean Joseph Mouret

The flowers on the altar today are given in honor of our military service members around the world who will be separated from their families this holiday season by Glenn & Janet Humes.

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