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20th Sunday after Pentecost
10/11/2026 - 10:30 am
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
MINUTE FOR MISSION “Medical Debt Relief” David Williams
CENTERING MUSIC “Let Us Love, and Sing and Wonder” John Newton
MOMENT OF HOPE
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Come, the banquet of hope and praise is ready.
People: We come on your invitation, seeking to be fed.
Leader: Feed on the love of God in Jesus Christ
People: We come on your invitation, needing healing.
Leader: Be healed by God’s gracious mercy
People: We come on your invitation, longing for forgiveness
Leader: In Jesus’ Name, you are loved, healed and forgiven.
People: Alleluia, Praise be to God. Amen.
*OPENING HYMN #503 Lord, We Have Come at Your Own Invitation
Lord, we have come at your own invitation,
chosen by you, to be counted your friends;
Yours is the strength that sustains dedication;
Ours, a commitment we know never ends.
Here, at your table, confirm our intention;
Give it your seal of forgiveness and grace;
Teach us to serve without pride or pretension,
Lord, in your kingdom, whatever our place.
When, at your table, each time of returning,
Vows are renewed and our courage restored,
May we increasingly glory in learning
All that it means to accept you as Lord.
PRAYER CONFESSING OUR NEED FOR GOD’S GRACE
Leader: In the midst of fear and anger;
in the midst of mayhem and destruction, God calls us.
People: With everything else going on, who has time for a feast?
We're busy, we'll get around to eating eventually.
Leader: In the midst of our anxiety, our worry;
in the midst of bill-paying and appointments, God invites us.
People: We are tempted to just grab a bite,
a sandwich between errands,
a snack we can eat while driving, or checking email,
or working on today's big project.
Leader: The feast is spread!
All are invited, all are welcome!
People: We are invited. We are welcome. We are worthy.
How will we respond?
SILENT PRAYER
SONG OF RENEWAL
Come Away with Me to a quiet place
Apart from the world with its frantic pace
To pray, reflect and seek God’s grace.
Come away with me, Come away.
CELEBRATION OF GOD’S GRACE
God invites us all, all the time, to the feast. And for this we can be thankful! God is not done with any of us yet and there is room for each of us! Amen.
*PASSING THE PEACE
Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.
People: And with you also.
Leader: Let us pass the peace of Christ.
People: The peace of Christ be with you. (To one another)
ANTHEM “A Song of Rejoicing” by Joseph Martin
MOMENT FOR CHILDREN
BLESSING THE CHILDREN AND SINGING TO GODLY PLAY
“This Little Light of Mine”
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine!
Today’s Story: “The Story of Moses”
Kathleen Krentz & Jane Moseley
Leader: And as we continue our worship…
People: May God be with you there.
Children: May God be with you here.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
Leader: God in your grace,
People: Hear our prayer.
PASTORAL PRAYER
LORD’S PRAYER
As we pray together the Lord's Prayer, you are invited to say this in whatever version is most comforting and meaningful to you. Here is one possible version (ecumenical version) that you can use:
Our Father, who is in heaven, holy be your name.
Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
SCRIPTURE READINGS
Psalm 23
Matthew 22:1-14
RESPONSE
Reader: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION, from Psalm 19 - responsively
Pastor: May the words of my mouth
People: And the meditations of our hearts
All: Be acceptable in your sight, O Lord,
Our rock and our redeemer. Amen.
SERMON Angry God Pastor Barbara Barkley
MOMENT OF SILENT REFLECTION
HYMN: #770 I’m Gonna Eat at the Welcome Table vs. 1-4
I’m gonna eat at the welcome table;
I’m gonna eat at the welcome table, Alleluia.
I’m gonna eat at the welcome table;
I’m gonna eat at the welcome table, Alleluia.
I’m gonna eat and drink with my Jesus;
I’m gonna eat and drink with my Jesus, Alleluia.
I’m gonna eat and drink with my Jesus;
I’m gonna eat and drink with my Jesus, Alleluia.
I’m gonna join with sisters, brothers;
I’m gonna join with sisters, brothers, Alleluia.
I’m gonna join with sisters, brothers;
I’m gonna join with sisters, brothers, Alleluia
Here all the world will find a welcome;
Here all the world will find a welcome, Alleluia.
Here all the world will find a welcome;
Here all the world will find a welcome, Alleluia.
MOMENT OF THANKS
OFFERING OURSELVES AND OUR GIFTS AND OUR PEACEMAKING OFFERING
(The peacemaking offering goes to support, inspire, equip and connect Presbyterians working towards reconciliation and peace in the world.)
OFFERTORY
*DOXOLOGY Tune: OLD HUNDRED
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
Leader: Thankful to you God, we come.
In gratitude for all your grace us with, we come.
In hope for a future of love, celebration and acceptance, we come.
People: Thanks be to God. Amen.
CLOSING HYMN: #515 I Come with Joy
I come with joy, a child of God, forgiven, loved, and free,
The life of Jesus to recall, in love laid down for me, in love laid down for me.
I come with Christians far and near to find, as all are fed,
The new community of love in Christ’s communion bread, in Christ’s communion bread.
As Christ breaks bread and bids us share, each proud division ends.
The love that made us, makes us one, and strangers now are friends,
and strangers now are friends
The Spirit of the risen Christ, unseen, but ever near, is in such friendship better known,
alive among us here, alive among us here.
Together met, together bound by all that God has done, we’ll go with joy,
to give the world the love that makes us one, the love that makes us one
*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Go with God
Go with God, go with God.
As you leave this place, go with God.
God will direct your way, God will light every day.
As you leave this place, go with God.
*POSTLUDE “Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah” Darwin Jordan (Psalm 146)