Sunday Worship Bulletin, Jan 25 2026

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!”

January 25, 2026 • 10:30 a.m. 

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Please, silence cell phones

We gather in silent meditation

10:20am Gathering and Prelude

Wayne Shull, Music Director 

Charlie Salt, AV 

Tom Cuilla: Usher Coordinator

Joe McSwain, Usher

Gregg Glisson, Usher 

Diane Smith, Scripture reader

Sue Ferrozzo, Candle lighter

Gregg Glisson and Nick Wood, Fellowship Set-Up

_______, Fellowship Clean-up

Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor

Rev. Genavieve Heywood, Pastor 

10:30am Entrance of the Light of Christ

Land Acknowledgement

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 our light . . . all the time! 

All the time . . . God is our light!

Service and Fellowship Opportunities 

Next Sunday: “Light in Times of Trouble” Isaiah 9:1-4, Matthew 4:12-23

No Bible Study, Monday 

Bible Study Monday at 7pm

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

String-A-Lings, Wednesday, 5:30pm; 

Sing-A-Lings Wednesday, 6:30pm

 Community giving next month: MLK Family Outreach Center

Rosa Parks Birthday Party, Sunday, Feb 8, 1:30pm

 Opening Hymn

“What A Covenant” 471 NCH

What a covenant, what a joy divine, leaning on the everlasting arms; what a blessedness, what a peace is mine, Leaning on the everlasting arms. 

(Refrain): Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms; leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms. 

Oh, how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way, leaning on the everlasting arms. Oh, how bright the path grows from day to day, leaning on the ever lasting arms. (Refrain) 

What have I to dread, what have I to fear, leaning on the everlasting arms? I have blessed peace with my Savior near, leaning on the everlasting arms (Refrain)

Community Prayer

Ferry our prayers across the water, kindle our hopes a lighthouse flame. Amazing grace is most amazing, praying for those we cannot name.

Prayers of Gratitude 

Amazing grace is most amazing, praying for those we cannot name.

Prayers of Concern

Amazing grace is most amazing, praying for those we cannot name.

Prayers in Silence

Amazing grace is most amazing, praying for those we cannot name.

 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 161 Amen (NCH)

A—      men, a—men, a-men, a-men, a-men.

A Time of Offering

An Invitation to Share

Hymn of Dedication “Come into His Presence”

Come into his presence with thanksgiving in your heart and give him praise, and give him praise. 

Come into his presence with thanksgiving in your heart, your voices raise, your voices raise. 

Give glory and honor and power unto him, Jesus, the name above all names!

Prayer of Dedication (unison)

Holy One, your pour out light in the troubles of our time. We thank you with humble hearts. Bless our offerings that they may help shine your light of justice and peace though our lives and the work of this your church. We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen

Listening for God

Isaiah 9:1-4 But there will be no gloom for those who were in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

^2]The people who walked in darkness    have seen a great light;those who lived in a land of deep darkness—    on them light has shined.³ You have multiplied exultation;    you have increased its joy;they rejoice before you    as with joy at the harvest,    as people exult when dividing plunder.⁴ For the yoke of their burden    and the bar across their shoulders,    the rod of their oppressor,    you have broken as on the day of Midian.

Matthew 4:12-23 Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. ¹³ He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, ¹⁴ so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

¹⁵ “Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali,    on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the gentiles—¹⁶ the people who sat in darkness    have seen a great light,and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death    light has dawned.”

¹⁷ From that time Jesus began to proclaim, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

¹⁸ As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea—for they were fishers. ¹⁹ And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of people.” ²⁰ Immediately they left their nets and followed him. ²¹ As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. ²² Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

²³ Jesus went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people.

Message: “Light in Times of Trouble”

Meditation in Music

Our Light moves into the World God Loves  

Closing Hymn “Blessed Assurance” 473 NCH

1 Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, born of the Spirit, washed in Christ's blood.

Refrain: This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long; This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long.

2 Perfect submission, perfect delight! Visions of rapture now burst on my sight; Angels descending, bring from above echoes of mercy, whispers of love. [Refrain]

3 Perfect submission, all is at rest, I in my Savior am happy and blessed; Watching and waiting, looking above, filled with God's goodness, lost in Christ's love. [Refrain]

Benediction

Community Blessing

Be Yourself.

Grow in Christ.

Live with Compassion.