September 6, 2026

SEPTEMBER 6, 2026
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
PASTOR DOMINGOS FERNANDO
ORGANIST JIM ROSS

Prelude- Choral Prelude on "Down Ampney" (Claude Means)

Welcome & Announcements

*Call to Worship
 

LEADER: Holy one, we are happy to worship you today!

PEOPLE: We come ready to receive good news.

LEADER: What if the good news is that we are already enough? And that God wants to shine light through us?

PEOPLE: Let our worship be a time of receiving, renewal, and rejoicing!

All: God has made us to be a light to the world. May we shine. 

*Opening Hymn “Trust and Obey" UMH #467

*Opening Prayer, in unison
 Holy One, you have blessed each of us with value, worth and skills. We give thanks for you and how you work in our lives but often we feel unworthy or unvaluable. Thank you for seeing our value in every wrinkle we have and in every choice we make. May we rest in the value you give us and know our purpose is to honor that value in how we interact with others. Amen.

Responsive Reading - Psalm 112, UMH p.833

Response - “Gloria Patri”   #70 

Children's Time

Scripture Reading - Matthew 5:13-16

Morning Message -  On Purpose Sermon Series week 2: “What is a Purpose?”  

Collection of Tithes and Offerings 

Offertory - Blessed Quietness (Ruth Marsden)

*Doxology  UMH #95 

*Prayer of Thanksgiving 

Prayers of the People - Sharing of Joys and Concerns 

Hymn - “Have Thine Own Way, Lord" UMH #382

Communion

*Closing Hymn - “Jesus Call Us"   UMH #398

Blessing & Benediction 

Postlude - Trumpet Tune (David Johnson)

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