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Sunday, November 2, 2025 -- 10:30am Worship Service
All Saints’ Day began in the Christian tradition in the 9th century as a way to honor the lives of faithful people—known and unknown—who have gone before us. In the Reformed tradition, we give thanks not only for the saints of history but also for the everyday believers who show God’s love in our own time. Today we remember those from our community who have died this past year and pray that we, too, may be counted among the company of the faithful in God’s eternal realm.
OPENING SENTENCES - Rev. 21:6
Then the Lord said: It is finished!
Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega.
Introit - Hymn 654, In the Lord I’ll Be Ever Thankful
LITANY FOR ALL SAINTS’ DAY
Be gracious to us; deliver your people. Hear us, O God.
You loved us before the world was made...
...You gave your only Son for the life of the world. Hear us, O God.
For us and for our salvation...
...and intercedes for us at the right hand of God. Great is your love.
For the gift of the Holy Spirit...
...into which we are baptized.
Thanks be to God.
For… (Listing of Names and Lighting of Candles)
Thanks be to God.
For all holy men and women.
Bring us with all your saints to the river of life.
Hear us, O God.
Response - Hymn 654, In the Lord I’ll Be Ever Thankful
God of all the faithful, we rejoice…
…in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, forever and ever. Amen.
Prelude - Pie Jesu from Requiem, Gabriel Fauré, Lucy Schapman, soprano
Call to Worship
The leaves are changing colors,
children are laughing and playing,
flowers and trees give food to animals.
God, your world shows how good you are!
The teachers who tell us Bible stories,
the friend who asks if we’re okay,
the parent who teaches right from wrong,
the neighbor who stops to say hello—
God, your world shows how loving you are!
Let’s come together to worship God,
who made everything beautiful and good!
+ Hymn 401 - Here in this Place
+ Call to Confession
+ A Prayer of Confession
Holy and gracious God, you are the author of every good thing. Forgive us for the ways we avoid the story you invite us to step into. You ask us to look to the margins and care for the lost; we make ourselves the center of our attention. You ask us to give away; we grab for more. You ask us to love one another; we cannot see beyond our divisions. Forgive us. Help us. We call on you, our beloved, our help, our God, our hope. Hear now our silent prayers of confession.
• Assurance of Pardon
• Response to Forgiveness: Hymn 581, Gloria Patri
Passing of the Peace
Children’s Message
Greeting & Announcements
Prayer for Openness
Gracious God, we do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from your mouth. Make us hungry for this heavenly food, that it may nourish us today in the ways of eternal life; through Jesus Christ, the bread of heaven. Amen.
Scripture Reading - 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12, NT pg 205 (CEB)
This is the written testimony to the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Offering
• Minute for Stewardship - Lauren Falco
• Offertory - Behold and See, Marc’Antonio Ingegneri, Chancel Choir
Scripture Reading - Luke 19:9-14, NT pg 82
Sermon - Happy to Welcome Him - Rev Matt Falco
Statement of Faith - Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
+ HYMN 515 - I Come with Joy
THE LORD’S SUPPER
• Invitation
• Prayer of Great Thanksgiving
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise…
• Words of Institution
• Music during Communion: Hymn 654, In the Lord I’ll Be Ever Thankful
• The Communion of the People
The congregation is invited to come forward to tear off a piece of bread and dip it in the cup. There is gluten-free bread on the table. If you would prefer to receive Communion in your pew, an elder or deacon will serve you. After consuming the bread and the cup and returning to your seat, turn your mind to what God is inviting you to consider in this moment of stillness.
• Prayer after Communion
God of glory, in this holy feast you have made us one with Christ and with that great multitude of the faithful— those who hunger and thirst no more and worship night and day in your temple. Lead us in the paths of righteousness and guide us to the springs of the water of life, until we join the choir of the redeemed, singing: Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb: Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
+ HYMN 730 - I Sing a Song of the Saints of God
Charge & Benediction
Benediction Response - Hymn 541“God Be with You Till We Meet Again” vs. 1 & 3
1 God be with you till we meet again; loving counsels guide, uphold you,
with a shepherd’s care enfold you: God be with you till we meet again.
3 God be with you till we meet again; when life’s perils thick confound you,
put unfailing arms around you: God be with you till we meet again.
Postlude - God Be in My Head, John Rutter, Chancel Choir
(Please refrain from applause after this prelude for All Saints Day)
OPENING SENTENCES - Rev. 21:6
Then the Lord said: It is finished!
Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega.
Introit - Hymn 654, In the Lord I’ll Be Ever Thankful
LITANY FOR ALL SAINTS’ DAY
Be gracious to us; deliver your people. Hear us, O God.
You loved us before the world was made...
...You gave your only Son for the life of the world. Hear us, O God.
For us and for our salvation...
...and intercedes for us at the right hand of God. Great is your love.
For the gift of the Holy Spirit...
...into which we are baptized.
Thanks be to God.
For… (Listing of Names and Lighting of Candles)
Thanks be to God.
For all holy men and women.
Bring us with all your saints to the river of life.
Hear us, O God.
Response - Hymn 654, In the Lord I’ll Be Ever Thankful
God of all the faithful, we rejoice…
…in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, forever and ever. Amen.
Prelude - Pie Jesu from Requiem, Gabriel Fauré, Lucy Schapman, soprano
Call to Worship
The leaves are changing colors,
children are laughing and playing,
flowers and trees give food to animals.
God, your world shows how good you are!
The teachers who tell us Bible stories,
the friend who asks if we’re okay,
the parent who teaches right from wrong,
the neighbor who stops to say hello—
God, your world shows how loving you are!
Let’s come together to worship God,
who made everything beautiful and good!
+ Hymn 401 - Here in this Place
+ Call to Confession
+ A Prayer of Confession
Holy and gracious God, you are the author of every good thing. Forgive us for the ways we avoid the story you invite us to step into. You ask us to look to the margins and care for the lost; we make ourselves the center of our attention. You ask us to give away; we grab for more. You ask us to love one another; we cannot see beyond our divisions. Forgive us. Help us. We call on you, our beloved, our help, our God, our hope. Hear now our silent prayers of confession.
• Assurance of Pardon
• Response to Forgiveness: Hymn 581, Gloria Patri
Passing of the Peace
Children’s Message
Greeting & Announcements
Prayer for Openness
Gracious God, we do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from your mouth. Make us hungry for this heavenly food, that it may nourish us today in the ways of eternal life; through Jesus Christ, the bread of heaven. Amen.
Scripture Reading - 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12, NT pg 205 (CEB)
This is the written testimony to the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Offering
• Minute for Stewardship - Lauren Falco
• Offertory - Behold and See, Marc’Antonio Ingegneri, Chancel Choir
Scripture Reading - Luke 19:9-14, NT pg 82
Sermon - Happy to Welcome Him - Rev Matt Falco
Statement of Faith - Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
+ HYMN 515 - I Come with Joy
THE LORD’S SUPPER
• Invitation
• Prayer of Great Thanksgiving
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise…
• Words of Institution
• Music during Communion: Hymn 654, In the Lord I’ll Be Ever Thankful
• The Communion of the People
The congregation is invited to come forward to tear off a piece of bread and dip it in the cup. There is gluten-free bread on the table. If you would prefer to receive Communion in your pew, an elder or deacon will serve you. After consuming the bread and the cup and returning to your seat, turn your mind to what God is inviting you to consider in this moment of stillness.
• Prayer after Communion
God of glory, in this holy feast you have made us one with Christ and with that great multitude of the faithful— those who hunger and thirst no more and worship night and day in your temple. Lead us in the paths of righteousness and guide us to the springs of the water of life, until we join the choir of the redeemed, singing: Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb: Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
+ HYMN 730 - I Sing a Song of the Saints of God
Charge & Benediction
Benediction Response - Hymn 541“God Be with You Till We Meet Again” vs. 1 & 3
1 God be with you till we meet again; loving counsels guide, uphold you,
with a shepherd’s care enfold you: God be with you till we meet again.
3 God be with you till we meet again; when life’s perils thick confound you,
put unfailing arms around you: God be with you till we meet again.
Postlude - God Be in My Head, John Rutter, Chancel Choir
(Please refrain from applause after this prelude for All Saints Day)