10/12/25 Bulletin
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UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF HANCOCK
We respect tradition — and we welcome inclusive language about people and expansive language about God. Please pray using words most meaningful to you.
Open and Affirming of ALL God’s Children
October 12, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. - Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
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Meeting ID: 839 3635 9115
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The first pew in front of the pulpit has books and quiet activities for people of all ages.
Please find something that suits you, take it to your pew, and return it after the service.
Silent Prayer
Divine Companion, systems of corruption are wreaking havoc on your people and the planet. Those who profit wish to turn our ire on each other. We pray for strength to resist temptation.
Do not let us be deceived by slander against our neighbors. Do not let us be deterred by distractions of small consequence. May your compassion be our compass
as we pursue a more faithful way. Amen
* Indicates points in the service when we stand in body or spirit
Announcements
Prelude Boundless Mercy Union Harmony/ Anthony Giamanco
Welcome
*Introit Enter, Rejoice, and Come In (vs. 1 & 3) B. #73
Enter, rejoice, and come in. Enter, rejoice, and come in.
Today will be a joyful day; enter, rejoice, and come in.
Open your hearts everyone. Open your hearts everyone.
Today will be a joyful day; enter rejoice and come in.
*Call to Worship
One: We celebrate the Holy One who eases our souls.
Many: Come and see what God has done!
One: We celebrate the Holy One who keeps us from slipping.
Many: Come and see what God has done!
One: We celebrate the Holy One who steadfast love sustains us.
Many: Come and see what God has done!
*Passing of the Peace (ASL) and Lighting of Peace & Justice Candle
*Hymn Praise to the Lord, the Almighty R. #26
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the God of creation! / Sing, my soul, praising the source of thy health and salvation! / All ye who hear; now to God’s temple draw near; / join me in glad adoration!
Praise to the Lord, who o’er all things so wondrously reigneth, / shelters thee underneath wings, yea, so gently sustaineth! / Hast thou not seen how thy desires e’er have been / granted in what God ordaineth?
Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee; / surely great goodness and mercy here daily attend thee. / Ponder anew what the Almighty can do, / who with great love doth befriend thee.
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the God of creation! / All that hath life and breath, sing out thy heart’s jubilation! / Let the Amen sound from God’s people again; / joining in glad adoration.
*Invocation (spoken in unison)
May our eyes be opened on this day, O God, to the immensity of love that you are. May we share your passion for all of creation. May we honor your concern for the well-being of the earth and all of your planets! Teach us how to reach out with compassion to all our siblings who have yet to find joy in this glorious gift of life, trusting Jesus and the many that have come to show us the way. Amen
Children’s Message
Scripture Living Psalm 66:1-12 and Luke 17:11-19 NRSVUE
Special Music Awake, Awake to Love and Work Morning Song/ Tom Mitchell
Message Rev. TJ Mack
*Hymn Great is Your Faithfulness B. #423
Great is your faithfulness, O God, Creator / with you no shadow of turning we see. / You do not change, your compassions they fail not; / all of your goodness forever will be.
Refrain:
Great is your faithfulness! Great is your faithfulness! / Morning by morning new mercies I see; / All I have needed your hand has provided, / Great is your faithfulness, God, unto me!
Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest, / sun, moon and stars in their courses above, / Join with all nature in manifold witness / to your great faithfulness, mercy, and love.
Refrain:
Great is your faithfulness! Great is your faithfulness! / Morning by morning new mercies I see; / All I have needed your hand has provided, / Great is your faithfulness, God, unto me!
Pardon for sin and a peace so enduring, / your own dear presence to cheer and to guide. / Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, / blessings all mine with ten thousand beside.
Refrain:
Prayer for Transformation and New LifeAll: Holy One, Creator of All, As your Spirit nudges people from all experiences and lands into our lives, we often turn the sign from “Come In! We’re Open!” to “Sorry, We’re Closed.” It’s easier for us to draw the curtains and remain in the shadows than open ourselves up to the light, to healing, and all the possibilities that God sends our way. May your Spirit swing open our souls to all possibilities of newness. May our unlocked minds notice the ways your presence fills our hearts with expanding love and hope. Amen
Words of GraceOne: In each season of our lives, God’s grace continuously transforms our hearts. May we return our gratitude and celebrate the glory of God in our Alleluias and Amens.
All: Alleluia and Amen! Thanks be to God!
Prayers of the People – Sharing Joys & Concerns
Our Father (Creator, Mother) who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen
Lead me Lord, lead me in thy righteousness, make my way plain before my face.
For it is thou Lord, thou Lord, only, that makest me dwell in safety.
Invitation to Offering - God calls us to plant and build, heal and seek the well-being of all. As we share our gifts with the church and community, may we recognize that sharing our talents, treasures, and time benefits all of creation.
Offertory I Come With Joy Dove of Peace/ Gilbert Martin
*The Doxology
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God for all that love has done; Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One. Amen .
*Prayer of Dedication (spoken in unison)
Divine Crafter of Joy, through your great works, we see your glory. Through our work together, we reflect your glory into this world. Bless the work of our hearts as we move into a future filled with hope and living your visions. Amen
*Hymn How Great Thou Art inserted in pew hymnals
O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder / Consider all the works Thy hands have made, / I see the stars, I hear the rolling / thunder, Thy pow'r throughout The universe displayed!
Chorus
Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee; How great Thou art, / How great Thou art! Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee; / How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
When thru the woods and forest glades I wander / And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees, When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur And hear the brook And feel the gentle breeze,
Chorus
Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee; How great Thou / art, How great Thou art! Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to / Thee; How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
And when I think that God, His Son not sparing, / Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in / That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing, / He bled and died to take away my sin!
Chorus
When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation / And take me home, what joy shall fill my
heart! / Then I shall bow In humble adoration And there proclaim, my God, how great Thou art!
Chorus
*Benediction (in unison)
As we move about God’s Realm this week, may we recognize the Spirit’s movement in forging new pathways. May we recognize Christ's movement in shaping communities of gratitude, and may we recognize the Divine’s movement in fashioning a world in which all have the means to thrive. Amen!
*Sung Benediction Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing (vs. 1) R. #333
Lord, dismiss us with your blessing; fill our hearts with joy and peace; / let us each, your love possessing, triumph in redeeming grace: / oh, refresh us, oh, refresh us, traveling through this wilderness.
Postlude Lord, Revive Us The Revivalist/ G. Martin
(Please remain seated for the Postlude)
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Resources
Return to Give Glory: Service Prayers for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost was written by Rev. Michelle L. Torigian , an ordained UCC minister in Belleville, Illinois.
Many thanks to those who make this service possible –
in front of the camera and behind the scenes.
Music Minister – Debbie Riley
Deacons – Alison Boden & Doug Kimmel
Liturgist – Pat Summerer
Audio-Video Support – Ron Schwizer
Office Administrator – Vicky Espling
Settled Minister – Rev. TJ Mack
The Body of Christ – You
The New Century Hymnal (B.) Hymns of Truth and Light (R.)
Copyright © 1995 The Pilgrim Press Copyright © 1998 First Congregational
Church of Huston, Texas
"Permission to podcast / stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE,
License #A-738532. All rights reserved
Enter, Rejoice, and Come In - Harmonization
Music - ©1993 Pilgrim Press, The
Contributors: The New Century Hymnal
Praise to the Lord the Almighty
Music - ©1958 Concordia Publishing House
Contributors: Joachim Neander
Great Is Your Faithfulness
Words - ©1923, 1951 Hope Publishing Company
Contributors: Thomas O Chisholm
How Great Thou Art
Words and Music - ©1949,1953 Hope Publishing Company
Contributors: Stuart K Hine
Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing
Words and Music - ©pd Public Domain
Contributors: Public Domain
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