(Image: Photograph “In God’s Hand”)
©Order of Worship for Sunday September 28, 2025
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
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The worship video will be available live at 11:00 am
Prelude:……………“Everlasting God”………………..Greg/Daniel
Words and Music: Brenton Brown and Ken Riley © 2004 Thankyou Music
Coming of the Light:
Greetings:……………………………………………..Pastor Liz
Announcements:………………………………………..Lorri B.
Call to Worship:…………………………………………Robin C.
Blessed be the name of God
from this time on and forevermore.
From the rising of the sun to its setting
the name of God is to be praised.
It is good to give thanks to God,
to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
To declare your steadfast love in the morning,
and your faithfulness at night. (from Psalms 113 and 92)
Opening Prayer:………………………………………Robin C.
Holy God,
We thank you, for you are our God, and God of our fathers and mothers forever. You are the Refuge of our life, the Shield of our help. From generation to generation may we thank you and count your praises-evening, morning, and noon-for our lives which are committed into your hand, for our souls which are entrusted to you, for your miracles which are with us every day, for your wonders and goodness at all times. O Good One, your compassion does not fail. O Merciful One, your lovingkindness never ceases. Forever we hope in you. Amen.
(Congregation Beth El of the Sudbury River Valley)
Opening Hymns:…“I Will Call upon the Lord” #2002 TFWS
Words and Music: Michael O’Shields
© 1994 Universal-MCA Publishing
I will call upon the Lord
who is worthy to be praised.
So shall I be saved from my
enemies. I will call upon the Lord.
I will call upon the Lord
who is worthy to be praised.
So shall I be saved from my
enemies. I will call upon the Lord.
The Lord liveth, and blessed be the Rock;
and let the God of my salvation be
exalted. The Lord liveth, and blessed
be the Rock; and let the God of my
salvation be exalted.
The Lord liveth, and blessed be the Rock;
and let the God of my salvation be
exalted. The Lord liveth, and blessed
be the Rock; and let the God of my
salvation be exalted.
I will call upon the Lord
who is worthy to be praised.
So shall I be saved from my
enemies. I will call upon the Lord.
The Lord liveth, and blessed be the Rock;
and let the God of my salvation be
exalted. The Lord liveth, and blessed
be the Rock; and let the God of my
salvation be exalted.
“I’ve Got Peace Like a River” #2145 TFWS
Words: African American spiritual Music: African American spiritual
1. I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a
river, I’ve got peace like a river in my soul.
I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a
river, I’ve got peace like a river in my soul.
2. I’ve got joy like a fountain…
3. I’ve got love like an ocean…
Passing of the Peace:……………………………….Pastor Liz
Let us offer signs of reconciliation and peace to one another.
Gloria Patri:…….“Glory Be to the Father”…….#71 UMH
Words: Lesser Doxology, 3rd-4th century
Music: Henry W. Greatorex, 1851
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.
Giving of our tithes and offerings……………..Pastor Liz
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Offertory:…………………“Still”…#3134 W&S……………….Choir
Words and Music: Reuben Morgan © 2002 Hillsong Publishing
“Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” (The Doxology) #94 UMH
Adapted © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House
Words by Thomas Ken, 1674, adapted by Gilbert Vieira, 1978
Music: Geistliche Kirchengesänge, 1623; harmony by Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise God, all creatures here below:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God, the source of all our gifts!
Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts!
Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Prayer After Receiving:………………………………Pastor Liz
The Prayers of the People:…………………………Pastor Liz
The Lord’s Prayer:
Anthem:…………….“Here For Loving”……………….Choir
Words: Trilby Carter Jordan Music: Sandy Wilkinson © 1995 Morning Star
Music Publishers.
Scripture Lesson:……Psalm 91:1-6; 14-16………Robin C.
God, my refuge
You who live in the shelter of the Most High,who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
For he will deliver you from the snare of the hunter and from the deadly pestilence; he will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and defense.
You will not fear the terror of the night or the arrow that flies by day or the pestilence that stalks in darkness or the destruction that wastes at noonday.
Those who love me, I will deliver; I will protect those who know my name. When they call to me, I will answer them; I will be with them in trouble; I will rescue them and honor them. With long life I will satisfy them and show them my salvation.
Hymn of Preparation:…………“Kyrie” #3133 W&S
Music: Steve Garnaas-Holmes © 1990
Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison.
Kyrie eleison. Grant to us your peace, Lord.
Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison.
Kyrie eleison. Grant to us your peace, Lord
Message: …………“Refuge”……………Pastor Liz
Response to the Word:
Closing Hymn:….“If It Had Not Been for the Lord” #2053 TFWS
Words: Margaret P. Douroux Music: Margaret P. Douroux
© 1980 Margaret P. Douroux
If It had not been for the Lord on my side;
tell me where would I be, where would I be.
If It had not been for the Lord on my side;
tell me where would I be, where would I be.
He kept my enemies away;
he let the sun shine through a cloudy day.
He rocked me in the cradle of his arm
when he knew I had been battered and scorned,
So…
If It had not been for the Lord on my side;
tell me where would I be, where would I be.
If It had not been for the Lord on my side;
tell me where would I be, where would I be.
He never left me all alone;
he gave me peace and joy I’d never known.
He answered when I knelt to really pray,
and in vict’ry the Lord brought me his way,
So…
If It had not been for the Lord on my side;
tell me where would I be, where would I be.
If It had not been for the Lord on my side;
tell me where would I be, where would I be.
Dismissal with Blessing:…………………………Pastor Liz
Postlude:…………………………………………………Greg D.
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