Traditional Worship Bulletin
Traditional Worship Service
November 2, 2025 | 11:00 am
Rooted and Rising
Hebrews 12:1-2
Rev. Lance Marshall, Senior Pastor
All Saints’ Day
Today we remember those church members who have died from
October 16, 2024 through October 15, 2025.
Karl Alexander, Jr., Reis Alsmiller, Jon Brumley, Judith Carrier, Pamela Chaplin, Kathy Cox,
Sara Davis, Ava Demopulos, Mike Deupree, Dorris Ferrell, Thomas Fincher, Michael Frame, Taylor Gandy,
Isla Green, Bennie Hamilton, Peggy Hamilton, Zach Harwell, Wetonna Hendrixson, Betty Hove, Neil Isbell, Ernest Kohl,
Jean Lucas, Bob McKenzie, Carol McKenzie, Max McRaney, Donna Mulkey, Diane Oberzan, Roger Owens, Gerald Parker,
Margaret Patison, Kathy Patterson, Joe Pearce, Robbie Ratliff, Jim Rohleder, Martha Slover, Thomas Smith, Graham Stadler,
Jon Taylor, Mildred Truly, Jane Vincent, Bob Vought, Sharon Ward, Bob Weathers, Barbara Williams, Norris Williams, Craig Young
All Saints’ Day is the celebration of people of faith who have contributed to the creation of God’s kingdom.
These saints were not perfect, but were people who were trying to listen to God’s word and live God’s call.
This is the “communion of saints” — that fellowship of believers that reaches beyond time and place, even beyond death.
Welcome
Rev. Jenn Pick, Associate Pastor
Opening Prayer
Organ Voluntary: Partita on “St. Anne” II. Andante
Paul Manz, arranger
Peggy Graff, organ
*Call to Worship
One: For all the saints who have gone before us—those who walked in faith, who loved with courage, who showed us the way;
All: we are rooted in their faith, grounded in their witness, and anchored in their love.
One: Through hardship and joy, through doubt and devotion, they showed us what it means to follow Christ.
All: Their stories still shape us. Their example still inspires us. Their prayers still carry us.
One: Let us worship the One who was their refuge and is our strength, faithful across generations.
All: With grateful hearts, we worship — for all the saints, and with all the saints — rooted in faith, and growing in the light of Christ. Amen.
*Hymn 711: “For All The Saints” verses 1-4
*Affirmation of Faith 881
Rev. Brenda Brooks Alexander, 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
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.
**Please be seated
Faith Like a Child
Mister Mark, Director of Children’s Ministries
Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-2
Jeanne Cochran, lay reader
God speaks to us through the reading of scripture.
Thanks be to God.
Sermon Series: Rooted and Rising
Rev. Lance Marshall, Senior Pastor
Service of Holy Communion
Hymnal pages 12-13
Rev. Phyllis Barren, Associate Pastor
Invitation
Confession and Pardon
The Great Thanksgiving
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, 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. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13)
Serving the Bread and Cup
Offertory: Festive Piece on “St. Anne”
Eugene Butler, arranger
Choral Union
Thomas Williams, director
*Doxology
*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: “Great is thy Faithfulness”
Great is thy faithfulness,
Great is thy faithfulness,
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed thy hand hast provided;
Great is thy faithfulness, Lord unto me.
*Postlude: Chorale Fantasy on “Sine Nomine”
(For All the Saints) Mvmt. III
Michael Bedford, arranger
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Notes from First Church
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In addition to your regular contribution, every one dollar ($1) bill placed in the offering plate for the month of November will support the infant formula program at First Street Methodist Mission.
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