Traditional Worship Bulletin
Traditional Worship Service
October 5, 2025 | 11:00 am
Illuminate
Psalm 27:1
Rev. Lance Marshall, Senior Pastor
Welcome
Rev. Brenda Brooks Alexander, Associate Pastor
Opening Prayer
Choral Voluntary: “Celtic Communion”
Mark Hayes, arranger
Adoramus Chamber Choir
Alison Haygood, director
Margaret Fischer, penny whistle
*Call to Worship
One: Come out of the shadows into God’s light!
All: The Lord is our light and our salvation!
One: Come out of the fears and worries that claim you!
All: The Lord is the stronghold of our lives!
One: Today, God is calling us to be what we are meant to be:
All: A people whose light transforms darkness into hope; a people who are loving, just and kind. Come, let us be God’s welcoming, worshiping people! Amen.
*Hymn: “O God of Light, May Our Light Shine” sung to hymn 408
O God of light, may our light shine
In ways that serve and honor you.
May we be loving, just and kind,
Proclaiming Christ in all we do.
God, where your people are oppressed
And where they cry out in despair,
Make us your light — to heal, to bless–
A witness, Lord, that you are there.
Christ, when your way is pushed aside
By those who trust in wealth and might,
Make us your lamps that we may guide
A searching world to your love’s light.
O Spirit, in this world of doubt,
We often sin and drift away.
When our own faith is flickering out,
Shine on our path and light our way.
*Affirmation of Faith 881
Rev. Jenn Pick, Associate Pastor
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 Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth at 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 Spirit,
the holy catholic◦ church, the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
*Gloria Patri 70
Ministry Moment: Stewardship
Faith Like a Child
“Mister Mark” Burrows, Director of Children’s Ministries
Scripture: Psalm 27:1
Tucker Dudley, lay reader
God speaks to us through the reading of scripture.
Thanks be to God.
Sermon Series: Illuminate
Rev. Lance Marshall, Senior Pastor
Pastoral Prayer
Service of Holy Communion
Hymnal pages 12-13
Invitation
Confession and Pardon
The Great Thanksgiving
The Lord’s Prayer
Serving the Bread and Cup
Offertory: “Let All the World in Every Corner Sing”
Don Muro, arranger
*Doxology 95
*Benediction
One: Our gathering will soon be ended. Where will we go, and what will we do?
All: We will go out to be God’s people in the world.
One: May grace, peace, hope, love, and joy forever accompany you. Amen.
*Congregational Benediction: “Walk in the Light”
Walk in the light, beautiful light
come where his love and his mercy are bright.
Shine all around us by day and by night,
Jesus, the Light of the World.
*Postlude: “Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir” (Old Hundredth)
Johann Pachelbel, arranger
Peggy Graff, organ
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Notes from First Church
Welcome to First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth — we are glad you’re here to worship with us today!
Please let us know you are here by filling out the attendance pad as it comes by or registering online.
Asterisks (*) indicate times when you are invited to stand as you are able.
In addition to your regular contribution, every one dollar ($1) bill placed in the offering plate for the month of October will support Methodist Justice Ministries.
The Sanctuary Flowers are in loving memory of Marian McKeever Millican and Ann McFadyen Millican by Kirk Millican.
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