Sunday Worship Bulletin, Nov 9 2025

Veradale United Church of Christ

An Open & Affirming Congregation

Worshiping God in Christ – Welcoming All – Working for Justice & Peace

“No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!”

Nov 9, 2025

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10:20 Gathering and Prelude

Wayne Shull, Music Director and Worship Leader

Tom Cuilla, Usher Coordinator

Joe McSwain, Usher 

Jerry Brines, Usher

Maureen Carroll, Scripture Reader

Kelly Cuilla, Candle Lighter

Sue Ferrozzo, Fellowship Set-up

Naomi Hanvey, Fellowship Clean-up

Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor

Rev. Gen Heywood, Pastor

10:30am    Welcoming the Light of Christ and Worship Begins

We worship on the unceded traditional territory of the Spokane, Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Coeur d’Alene, and other tribes. We acknowledge the history of indigenous genocide, removal, and erasure that continues to this day.  We recognize the role that Christian communities played in these injustices, and we recommit ourselves to seeking more peaceful, just, and neighborly ways of sharing this land with all who call it home.

Community Affirmation

God lives through us...all the time!  All the time...God lives through us!

Service and Fellowship Opportunities

Next Sunday: Isaiah 65:17-25, Luke 21:2-19 

“Change Happens”

Bible Study, Monday 7:00pm

Silent Prayer, Tuesday 9:00 to 9:30am

String-A-Lings,Wednesday, 5:30pm 

Sing-A-Lings, Wednesday, 6:30pm

This month’s community giving: Salish School

Opening Hymn: “To God Compose A Song of Joy” 36 (NCH)

Armistice Day Remembrance

Recognizing all who have served

Prayer: God of all the Nations, we remember that without justice, there can be no peace. We thank you for the people who have given their youth and often their lives in the service of our country. We call upon your blessings that justice may prevail for our veterans. Fill our nations leaders with true compassion not just hollow words of praise. May these leaders act with honor toward the living not just toward those who have died. May the words of praise for our veterans turn to actions that are just and insure that food, shelter, and medicine are easily provided to all who need it. Amen. 

Community Prayer

 “Eagle’s Wings” 775 (NCH)

And God will rise you up on eagle’s wings, bear you on the breath of dawn, make you to shine like the sun, and hold you in the palm of God’s hand.

Prayers of Gratitude

song

Prayers of Concern

song

Silent Prayer

song

 The Lord’s Prayer use the translation which is meaningful to you or

 Our Father (Creator) 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.

Response: “Lord, You're Worthy” 305 RB

Lord, you're worthy to be praised and I worship you. Lord, you're worthy to bow down to and I bow down to you. Lord, you're worthy to be worshipped and I worship you. I praise you, I bow down to you, I worship you. 

Lord, you are worthy to be honored and I honor you. Lord, you're worthy to believe in and I believe in you, Lord, you're worthy to be trusted I put my trust in you. I honor you, I believe in you, and I put my trust in you. 

Lord, you are worthy to be loved and I love you. Lord, you're worthy of my life I give my life to you. Lord, you are worthy, O so worthy, I give my all to you. I love you. I live for you. I give my all for you.

A Time of Offering

 An Invitation to Share 

Offering of Music “You’ll Never Walk Alone” soloist, Marvin Wilson

Dedication Hymn: “This Is My Commandment” 241 RB

This is my commandment that you love one another that your joy may be full. This is my commandment that you love one another that your joy may be full. That your joy may be full. That your joy may be full. This is my commandment that you love one another that your joy may be full.

Dedication prayer: Sovereign of the Universe, we are grateful and make these offerings of time, talent, and treasure to the work of your Spirit through us. Bless all that we are and all that we give that it may, one day soon, be on Earth as it is in Heaven. Amen.

Listening for God

Psalm 98

O sing to the Lord a new song,    for God has done marvelous things.God’s right hand and God’s holy arm    have gotten God victory.² The Lord has made known God’s victory;    God has revealed God’s vindication in the sight of the nations.³ God has remembered God’s steadfast love and faithfulness    to the house of Israel.All the ends of the earth have seen    the victory of our God.

⁴ Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;    break forth into joyous song and sing praises.⁵ Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,    with the lyre and the sound of melody.⁶ With trumpets and the sound of the horn    make a joyful noise before the Sovereign, the Lord.

⁷ Let the sea roar and all that fills it,    the world and those who live in it.⁸ Let the floods clap their hands;    let the hills sing together for joy⁹ at the presence of the Lord, for God is coming    to judge the earth.God will judge the world with righteousness    and the peoples with equity.

Luke 20:27-38 ²⁷ Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him ²⁸ and asked him a question: “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies leaving a wife but no children, the man^[a] shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. ²⁹ Now there were seven brothers; the first married a woman and died childless; ³⁰ then the second^[b] 31 and the third married her, and so in the same way all seven died childless. ³² Finally the woman also died. ³³ In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had married her.”

³⁴ Jesus said to them, “Those who belong to this age marry and are given in marriage, ³⁵ but those who are considered worthy of a place in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. ³⁶ Indeed, they cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection. ³⁷ And the fact that the dead are raised Moses himself showed, in the story about the bush, where he speaks of the Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. ³⁸ Now he is God not of the dead but of the living, for to him all of them are alive.”

Message: God of the Living

Meditation in Music

Announcement Reminder

Our Light moves into the World God Loves

Closing Hymn: “Steal Away” 599 (NCH)

Refrain: Steal away. Steal away. Steal away. Steal away to Jesus. Steal away. Steal away home. I don’t have long to stay here1. I hear God calling, God calls me from the thunder. The trumpet sounds within my soul. I don’t have long to stay here. (Refrain)2. Green trees are bending, poor sinner stands a-trembling. The trumpet sounds within my soul. I don’t have long to stay here. (Refrain)3. I hear God calling. God calls me by the lightening. The trumpet sounds within my soul. I don’t have long to stay here. (Refrain)4. Tombstones are bursting, poor sinner stands a-trembling. The trumpet sounds within my soul. I don’t have long to stay here. (Refrain)

Benediction 

Communal Blessing

Be Yourself.

Grow in Christ.

Live with Compassion

Sunday Worship Bulletin Nov 2 2025

Veradale United Church of Christ

An Open & Affirming Congregation

Worshiping God in Christ – Welcoming All – Working for Justice & Peace

“No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!”

All Saints Sunday

Nov 2, 2025

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10:20 Gathering and Prelude

Wayne Shull, Music Director and Worship Leader

Tom Cuilla, Usher Coordinator

Joe McSwain, Usher 

Jerry Brines, Usher

Diane Smith, Scripture Reader

Cherall Anne St. James, Candle Lighter

_________, Fellowship Set-up

Naomi Hanvey, Fellowship Clean-up

Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor

Rev. Gen Heywood, Pastor

10:30am    Welcoming the Light of Christ_and Worship Begins

We worship on the unceded traditional territory of the Spokane, Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Coeur d’Alene, and other tribes. We acknowledge the history of indigenous genocide, removal, and erasure that continues to this day.  We recognize the role that Christian communities played in these injustices, and we recommit ourselves to seeking more peaceful, just, and neighborly ways of sharing this land with all who call it home.

Community Affirmation

God is with us ...all the time!  All the time...God is with us!

Service and Fellowship Opportunities

Next Sunday: God among the Living

Psalm 98, Luke 20:27-38

No Bible Study, Monday (half the group is away)

Silent Prayer, Tuesday 9:00 to 9:30am

String-A-Lings practice Wednesday, 5:30pm 

Sing-A-Lings practice Wednesday, 6:30pm

This month’s community giving: Salish School

Opening Hymn: “For all the Saints” 299 (NCH)

(Lighting of Candles for the Saints in our lives)

For all the saints who from their labors rest, who to the world their steadfast faith confessed, your name, O Jesus, be forever blest. Alleluia, alleluia!

You were their rock, their refuge, and their might: you, Christ, the hope that put their fears to flight; ’mid gloom and doubt, you were their one true light. Alleluia, alleluia!

Still may your people, faithful, true, and bold, live as the saints who nobly fought of old, and share with them a glorious crown of gold. Alleluia, alleluia!

Ringed by this cloud of witnesses divine, we feebly struggle, they in glory shine; yet in your love our faithful lives entwine. Alleluia, alleluia!

And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long, steals on the ear the distant triumph song; then hearts are brave again and faith grows strong. Alleluia, alleluia!

Prayer with Thanksgiving for the Saints

ALL: Holy One, the light from these candles is a reminder of the light we have known through others. These are the saints in our lives. Some live among us and some have gone from this life. May your Spirit continue to shine their light through us. Make us reflections of your love, justice, and compassion.  Amen

Community Prayer

 “Eagle’s Wings” 775 (NCH)

And God will rise you up on eagles wings, bear you on the breath of dawn, make you to shine like the sun, and hold you in the palm of God’s hand.

Prayers of Gratitude

song

Prayers of Concern

song

Silent Prayer

song

 The Lord’s Prayer use the translation which is meaningful to you or

 Our Father (Creator) 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.

Response: “Lord, You're Worthy” 305 RB

Lord, you're worthy to be praised and I worship you. Lord, you're worthy to bow down to and I bow down to you. Lord, you're worthy to be worshipped and I worship you. I praise you, I bow down to you, I worship you. 

Lord, you are worthy to be honored and I honor you. Lord, you're worthy to believe in and I believe in you, Lord, you're worthy to be trusted I put my trust in you. I honor you, I believe in you, and I put my trust in you. 

Lord, you are worthy to be loved and I love you. Lord, you're worthy of my life I give my life to you. Lord, you are worthy, O so worthy, I give my all to you. I love you. I live for you. I give my all for you.

A Time of Offering

 An Invitation to Share 

Dedication Hymn: “This Is My Commandment” 241 RB

This is my commitment that you love one another that your joy may be full. This is my commandment that you love one another that your joy may be full. That your joy may be full. That your joy may be full. This is my commandment that you love one another that your joy may be full.

Dedication prayer: Sovereign of the Universe, we are grateful and make these offerings of time, talent, and treasure to the work of your Spirit through us. Bless all that we are and all that we give that it may, one day soon, be on earth as it is in heaven. Amen.

Listening for God

Ephesians 1:11-23 ¹¹ In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will, ¹² so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory. ¹³ In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit;¹⁴ this is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s own people, to the praise of his glory.

¹⁵ I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and for this reason ¹⁶ I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers, ¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, ¹⁸ so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may perceive what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, ¹⁹ and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power. ²⁰ God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, ²¹ far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come. ²² And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, ²³ which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

 Luke 6:20-31 Then he looked up at his disciples and said:

“Blessed are you who are poor,

    for yours is the kingdom of God.

²¹ “Blessed are you who are hungry now,

    for you will be filled.

“Blessed are you who weep now,

    for you will laugh.

²² “Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man. ²³ Rejoice on that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven, for that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.²⁴ “But woe to you who are rich,

    for you have received your consolation.

²⁵ “Woe to you who are full now,

    for you will be hungry.

“Woe to you who are laughing now,

    for you will mourn and weep.

²⁶ “Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.²⁷ “But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies; do good to those who hate you; ²⁸ bless those who curse you; pray for those who mistreat you. ²⁹ If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. ³⁰ Give to everyone who asks of you, and if anyone takes away what is yours, do not ask for it back again. ³¹ Do to others as you would have them do to you.

Message: Powerful Non-Violence

Sharing Holy Communion

Hand sanitizer passed around.

Pastor: Friends in Christ, we gather at our many tables mindful of the presence of God’s Spirit that is here with us.  We seek to honor the request of Jesus given in the scripture.  Of all the teachings Jesus gave to our ancestors, this he asked them and us to do this to remember him. 

When Jesus and his friends sat together at a Passover meal, Jesus took bread; giving God thanks and praise, he broke the bread.  He gave it to his friends saying, “Take this all of you and eat of it.  This is my body that is broken for you.  Do this in remembrance of me.”

After the meal had ended, Jesus poured out the cup and again he gave God thanks and praise.  He gave the cup to his friends and said, “Take this all of you and drink from it.  This is the cup of the new covenant.  Do this as often as you drink of it in remembrance of me.”

Let us pray.

All: Loving God, you are with us in questioning and learning.  We thank you with humble hearts. Let your presence be felt among us.  Come, Holy Spirit come.  Bless this bread and this cup and all who have gathered in your Spirit.  Refresh us and renew us as Christ’s body in the world today.  In the name of Jesus, we pray.  Amen.

Silence as all who want to receive come forward. We will break bread and share a common cup or you can receive the packaged bread and drink,

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Pastor: Let us pray. We thank you, God, for this loving community. As we share this meal and these blessings, we are humbled. You are beyond our understanding and within everyone and everything everywhere and in all creation. Bless us now to more fully live as your people in respect and love for all through Jesus Christ whose way we follow.  Amen.

Meditation in Music

Announcement Reminder

Our Light moves into the World God Loves

Closing Hymn: “Unto Thee, O Lord” 207 RB

Unto thee O Lord, do I lift up my soul. Unto thee, O Lord, O my God, I trust in thee. Let me not be ashamed. Let not my enemies triumph over me. (Repeat)

Benediction 

Communal Blessing

Be Yourself.

Grow in Christ.

Live with Compassion

Sunday Worship Bulletin, Oct 26 2025

Veradale United Church of Christ

An Open & Affirming Congregation

Worshiping God in Christ – Welcoming All – Working for Justice & Peace

“No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!”

October 26, 2025

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10:20 Gathering and Prelude

Wayne Shull, Music Director and Worship Leader

Tom Cuilla, Usher Coordinator

Joe McSwain, Usher Candle Lighter

Jerry Brines, Usher

Naomi Hanvey, Scripture Reader

Diane Smith, Candle Lighter

Stephanie Wallis, Fellowship Set-up

Naomi Hanvey, Fellowship Clean-up

Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor

Rev. Gen Heywood, Pastor

10:30am    Welcoming the Light of Christ_and Worship Begins

We worship on the unceded traditional territory of the Spokane, Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Coeur d’Alene, and other tribes. We acknowledge the history of indigenous genocide, removal, and erasure that continues to this day.  We recognize the role that Christian communities played in these injustices, and we recommit ourselves to seeking more peaceful, just, and neighborly ways of sharing this land with all who call it home.

Community Affirmation

God loves us ...all the time!  All the time...God loves us!

Service and Fellowship Opportunities

Next Sunday: All Saints/Powerful Nonviolence

Ephesians 1:11-23, Luke 6:20-31

Bible Study, Monday, 7pm

Silent Prayer, Tuesday 9:00 to 9:30am

String-A-Lings practice Wednesday, 5:30pm 

Sing-A-Lings practice Wednesday, 6:30pm

FRIDAY, Halloween treats. Set up 5:30pm, close when too cold.

Saturday, Nov 1 at 1pm Celebration of Deb Bradshaw’s Life

Next Month Community giving: Salish School

Opening Hymn: I Sing A Song of the Saints of God 295 (NCH)

1. I sing a song of the saints of God, faithful their whole lives through, who bravely labored, lived, and died for the God they loved and knew. 
And one was a doctor, and one was a queen, and one was a shepherdess on the green: they were saints of God if you know what I mean. God help me to be one, too. 

2. They loved their God and they lived that love. It was loving that made them strong; They did what was right, for Jesus’ sake, lived justly their whole lives long. And one was a prophet, and one was a priest, and one was slain by a fierce wild beast; there is no earthly reason, none in the least, why I shouldn't be one, too.

3. They lived not only in ages past; there are hundreds of thousands still. The world is filled with living saints who choose to do God’s will.  You can meet them in school, on the road or at sea, in church, in a train, in a shop, or at tea; for the saints are folk like you and like me, and I mean to be one, too.

Community Prayer

NCH 769 Hear our prayer, O God, hear our prayer, O God: incline your ear to us, and grant us your peace.

Prayers of Gratitude

song

Prayers of Concern

song

Silent Prayer

song

 The Lord’s Prayer use the translation which is meaningful to you or

 Our Father (Creator) 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.

Response: “Surely the Presence” RB 285

Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place. I can feel his mighty power and his grace. I can hear the brush of angel wings. I see glory on each face. Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place.

A Time of Offering

 An Invitation to Share 

Dedication Hymn: “We Bring The Sacrifice of Praise” RB 235

We bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. 

We bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. 

And we offer up to you the sacrifices of thanksgiving.

And we offer up to you the sacrifices of joy!

Dedication prayer: Giver of all Life, we give thanks in the offering of our time, talent, and treasure to the ministry of this Way of Jesus. May the abundance of your love be known in us. Amen

Listening for God

 2Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18, 

As for me, I am already being poured out as a libation, and the time of my departure has come. ⁷ I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. ⁸ From now on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

¹⁶ At my first defense no one came to my support, but all deserted me. May it not be counted against them! ¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. ¹⁸ The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and save me for his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Luke 18:9-14 

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: ¹⁰ “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹ The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. ¹² I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.’ ¹³ But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ ¹⁴ I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other, for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.

Message: God Our Witness

Meditation in Music

Announcement Reminder

Our Light moves into the World God Loves

Closing Hymn: “Thou Art Worthy” 208 RB

Thou art worthy. Thou art worthy.Thou art worthy, O Lord. To receive glory, glory and honor, Glory and honor and pow’r. For Thou hast created, hast all things created, Thou art worthy, O Lord. (Repeat)

Benediction 

Communal Blessing

Be Yourself.

Grow in Christ.

Live with Compassion