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Prelude

 

Greetings

 

Open Scripture                                                                     

Revelation 7:9-17

 

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God.   

 

Call to Worship (Responsive)                                                         

One: After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count…from every nation, all tribes and peoples and languages…standing before the Throne.

All: We stand with them today, one crowd of witnesses across every time and place.

One: O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt God's name together.

All: O taste and see that the Lord is good!

One: Happy are those who take refuge in God.

All: Let us worship!

 

Hymn of Welcome

Holy Ground

 

Psalm 34:1-10, 22 (responsive)

One: I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

All: My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad.

One: O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt God's name together.

All: I sought the Lord, who answered me and delivered me from all my fears.

One: Look to God, and be radiant, so your faces shall never be ashamed.

All: This poor soul cried and was heard by the Lord and was saved from every trouble.

One: The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear God and delivers them.

All: O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who take refuge in God.

One: O fear the Lord, you God's holy ones, for those who fear God have no want.

All: The young lions suffer want and hunger, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

One: The Lord redeems the life of God's servants; none of those who take refuge in God will be condemned.

 

Opening Prayer

 

Call to Confession    

 

Prayer of Confession (responsive)

One: Gracious God, we confess that we have kept our saints safely in the past tense.

All: We honor the faithful who have gone before us while we ignore the faithfulness required of us.

One: We have been poor in spirit without accepting blessing, and mournful without receiving comfort.

All: We have held grudges where you hold out mercy, and stayed silent where you call us to make peace.

One: Forgive us, we pray. Wash what we cannot wash ourselves.

All: Make us clean by your grace, and number us - imperfect as we are - among your children.

 

Assurance of Pardon                       

 

Gloria Patri                                                                                                           

Glory Be to the Father (tune: GLORIA PATRI, Greatorex)

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, amen.

 

Call for the Offering

 

Doxology

Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow              

(tune: OLD HUNDREDTH)

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

 

Prayer of Dedication (unison)

Liberating God, you gave us the kingdom freely, so we give freely back. Bless these gifts and the hands that brought them, that they may feed the hungry, comfort the mourning, and make your mercy visible in this valley - until the table you spread here reaches every nation and tongue. In Christ's name we pray. Amen.

 

Passing of the Peace

 

Prayer for Illumination

 

Second Reading                                

New Testament                      

1 John 3:1-3

 

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God.

 

Gospel Reading                                                                           

Matthew 5:1-12

 

This is the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Praise to you, Lord Christ.

 

Sermon                                              

Crowd                           

Rev Tony DeLucia

 

Hymn of Response                                      

Come, Share the Lord

 

The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper                                                  

 

Invitation to the Table

This is not our table; it is the Lord's. And the Lord's table has always been crowded - saints and strugglers, doubters and believers, the named and the never-counted. All who hunger for grace are welcome here. Come.

 

Great Thanksgiving (responsive)

One: The Lord be with you.

All: And also with you.

One: Lift up your hearts.

All: We lift them to the Lord.

One: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

All: It is right to give our thanks and praise.

 

God of the cloud of witnesses, we thank you. Before the mountains were born, your mercy went ahead of us. You led your people through every ordeal, and when the world could not count your children, you called each one by name. And so we praise you, joining our voices with the multitude that no one can count, and with all the saints who from their labors rest: All: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

 

Words of Institution (1 Corinthians 11:23-26, NRSVUE)

For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

 

Memorial Acclamation (responsive)

Great is the mystery of faith:

Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.

Pour out your Holy Spirit on us and on these gifts of bread and cup, that they may be for us the body and blood of Christ, and that we may be his body in the world, washed and made white, until we stand with all the saints before the throne. All glory is yours, O God, now and forever. Amen.

 

The Lord's Prayer (unison)

 

Sharing of the Elements

These are the gifts of God for the people of God, set for the saints of every age, and set for you. Come, for all things are ready.

 

Prayer of Intercession (with naming of the saints)

One: Gracious God, at your Table we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses. We remember before you the saints of this congregation - every generation that built these walls and knelt at this rail.

 

All: We remember our mothers and fathers in the faith, and we are grateful.

 

One: And now, in the silence, we name the saints of our own lives - the ones who taught us to pray, who made the dinners, who held the family together, who showed us what mercy looks like.

 

One: Receive our thanks for each one. Give us grace to live worthy of what they handed us - to hunger and thirst for what is right, to show mercy, to make peace - until we join them where hunger and thirst are no more.

 

All: Lord, hear our prayer. Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ. Amen.

 

Prayer After Communion (unison)

Shepherding God, you have fed us at the table where your saints have always been welcome. Send us out now as your children - unfinished but claimed, grieving but comforted, ordinary but blessed - until that day when every tear is wiped away, and we are gathered with all the saints into the crowd no one could count. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

 

 

Hymn of Sending                                                           

Sweet By and By

                                                           

Charge and Benediction                                                                  

 

Response to the Benediction

Because He Lives, refrain

 

Postlude     

 

November Birthdays

Richard McCullough, 11/12

Ciara Kolat, 11/19 - 21st

 

Anniversaries

Upcoming Events:

  • Communion - November 1, 2026

  • Day Light Savings Time - November 1, 2026

  • Coffee Hour after Worship - November 7, 2026

  • Bible Study - November 18, 2026, Wednesday at 6:30 pm

  • Newell Community Dinner - November 21, 2026, Saturday from 3p to 5pm at American Legion in Newell with: Turkey, Dressing, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Mixed Vegetables, a Roll, and a Dessert

 

Prayer Requests of the Congregation

  • Brent - strength and healing

  • Dave Lyons - healing and strength

  • Frank Friend - biopsy is not cancer

  • Jeannie, (Peggy’s sister) - prayers continue to do well

  • Man from Community Dinner - heart procedure

  • Nancy, friend of Frank’s - heart arrhythmia

  • Pastor Tony - 11/11 - Colonoscopy

  • Ryan, Anita son - scratched cornea

  • Bruce Frogge - fighting MDS

  • Derek Terry and his family

  • Matt Camlin - fighting MS

  • Shelly - travel mercies

  • Shelly friend - prayers for healing

  • Sue son - prayers for healing

  • All affected by the Hurricane Isaias

  • All affected by the storms of nature and of life, especially by the paths of floods and other natural disasters

  • Continued prayers for the latest victims of the tornadoes and severe storms, flooding and wildfires hitting our nation.

  • Prayers for the people of Iran, Israel, and US Servicemen and Women being sent into the latest conflict.

  • Prayers for keeping the students, bus drivers and all staff safe

  • Prayers for those victims of the Measles outbreak