Blessings
Sunday, November 1, 2026
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Call to Worship and Prayer: Matthew 22:34-40
Prelude: "Love One Another"
Hymn, "This is My Father's World"
Offering and Doxology
Hymn, "Amazing Grace"
Praise and Prayer
Responsive Scripture- Matthew 22:1-14
The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:
2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
3 He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
4 “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
5 “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business.
6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.
7 The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come.
9 So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’
10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
12 He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes,
friend?’ The man was speechless.
13 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
Hymn, "How Great Thou Art"
Special Music: "What Grace Can Do" by Cochren & Co.
Sermon: "More Red Letters"
Hymn, "Blessed Assurance"
Prayers
Greg, depression and loss
Don and Mike Shipley at Pleasant View Home in Rockport
Penny’s friend Mary, Alzheimers
Penny’s grandson Eryn, for a safe transition to job in Alabama
Beverly Powles (Barb’s and Betty’s sister) at home, in pain
Glenda’s cousin Tim is fighting esophageal cancer again
Molly (Wright’s friend) has breast cancer
Kris Auten (PDonna’s friend) brain bleed and cancer
Jenny Marburger (PDonna’s friend), breast cancer
Jeff Phillips (Phyllis Layman’s son-in-law) post surgery recovery
Lisa Phillips, caretaker
Sidney Wertz, recovery from heart surgery 10/28
Lucy, Beth’s friend, more tests.
Shirley, heart failure
The family of Mike Tiemeyer, especially mother Joan
Harvest
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What a fun day we had at our Fall Festival! We had around 50 in attendance who enjoyed the games, crafts, tasty treats, and good old fashioned fun. It was especially nice to see so many families and children enjoying the day together. Our little church was filled laughter, smiles and fellowship. A big thank you to everyone who helped make it happen! 💛
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