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All Saints Sunday
11/01/2026 - 10:30 am
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
MINUTE FOR MISSION “Need for Ambulance” Lanette Lanchester
CENTERING MUSIC “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” Traditional
MOMENT OF HOPE
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: In all our weakness and strength,
with our youth-filled spirits and aging bodies,
People: we come to be your people, O God.
Leader: Strong in faith and eager with questions,
singing our praise and whispering our prayers,
People: we come to be your people, O God.
Leader: Filled with saintly determination
yet mindful of our human limitations,
People: we come to be your people, O God.
Leader: Made strong in your endless love for us,
we know ourselves to be yours and
People: we come to be your people, O God.
Leader: May we truly become your people today. Amen.
*OPENING HYMN #716 God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending
God whose giving knows no ending, from your rich and endless store,
Nature’s wonder, Jesus’ wisdom, costly cross, grave’s shattered door:
Gifted by you, we turn to you, offering up ourselves in praise;
Thankful song shall rise forever, gracious donor of our days.
Skills and time are ours for pressing toward the goals of Christ, your Son:
All at peace in health and freedom, races joined, the church made one.
Now direct our daily labor, lest we strive for self alone.
Born with talents, make us servants fit to answer at your throne.
Treasure, too, you have entrusted, gain through powers your grace conferred:
ours to use for home and kindred, and to spread the gospel word.
Open wide our hands in sharing, as we heed Christ’s ageless call,
Healing, teaching, and reclaiming, serving you by loving all.
PRAYER CONFESSING OUR NEED FOR GOD’S GRACE - by Christine Jerrett
Leader: You are our God and we are Your people,
and we are grateful that You have claimed us as your own.
You have set us in the company of saints past and present,
among those who have made bold witness
to Your goodness and Your truth.
Your Word opens up new futures
where we see no way forward.
People: You know the places in our hearts
where we are afraid
— afraid of a future we cannot control;
— afraid of losing health and independence
— afraid for the well-being of our children
— afraid that past mistakes will ruin our future
Leader: Write the stories of your people deep into our hearts
so that we may learn to trust you beyond our fears.
People: Give us hearts and minds and spirits
ready to trust and follow wherever your Spirit leads,
confident that you will not lead us
beyond your loving embrace.
We ask in Jesus’ name
whose outstretched arms welcome us
and hold us securely in your grace.
MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER
SONG OF RENEWAL #469 God, Listen to Your Children Praying
God, Listen to your children praying.
God, send your spirit in this place.
God, listen to your children praying.
Send us love, send us power, send us grace.
CELEBRATION OF GOD’S GRACE
One: The stories and experiences of our ancestors teach us to trust in you.
All: As they have trusted, so can we. Thanks be to God! 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 “Song of the Saints” by Pepper Choplin
CHILDREN’S MOMENT
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
1 Kings 3:4-28
Matthew 6:9-10
RESPONSE
Reader: The Gospel 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 The Wisdom of Our Fore-parents Pastor Barbara Barkley
REMEMBERING THE SAINTS
MOMENT OF SILENT REFLECTION
MOMENT OF THANKS
OFFERING OF OURSELVES AND OUR GIFTS
OFFERTORY “For All The Saints” Christopher Miner
*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.
UNISON PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
All we have is yours, Oh God. With gratitude for all you have done for us, we return this small portion back to you with prayers that it may be used to your glory. In the name of Christ we pray, Amen.
HYMN: #326 For All The Saints vs. 1,3,5
For all the saints, who from their labors rest,
Who Thee by faith before the world confessed,
Thy Name, O Jesus, be forever blessed.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
Yet all are one in Thee, for all are Thine.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
From earth’s wide bounds, from ocean’s farthest coast,
Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
And singing to Father, Son and Holy Ghost:
Alleluia, Alleluia!
SACRAMENT OF COMMUNION
INVITATION TO THE TABLE
One: The Lord be with you
People: And also with you.
One: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them up to the Lord
One: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise
WORDS OF INSTITUTION
THE COMMUNION OF THE PEOPLE
Here at Clayton Valley we practice open communion, and all believers are welcome. We do not use alcohol so that all may come to the table of our Lord.
Each row will be directed by an usher to come to the front of the sanctuary by way of the center aisle. Please tear a piece of bread from the loaf. When offered the cup, dip your bread into the cup. After receiving the bread and the cup, you may respond, “Amen”. Return to your seat by way of the side aisle.
COMMUNION PRAYER
CLOSING HYMN: #708 We Give Thee But Thine Own
We give thee but thine own, whate’er the gift may be
All that we have is thine alone, a trust, O Lord, from thee.
May we thy bounties thus as stewards true receive,
And gladly as thou blesses us, to thee our first-fruits give.
The captive to release, to God the lost to bring,
To teach the way of life and peace: it is a Christ-like thing.
And we believe thy word, though dim our faith may be;
Whate’er we do for thine, O Lord, we do it unto thee.
*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 “When the Saints Go Marching In” Traditional