THE LORD’S DAY

An Order for Worship

Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost

ALL SAINTS

October 26, 2025

 

Minister                                                                           Reverend Bruce Hedman

Organist                                                                                                Brenda Pike

 

The Preparation

Organ Prelude

Call to Worship

*Pilgrim Hymnal No. 306                                                                   Sine Nomine

“For All the Saints”

Prayer of Adoration and Lord’s Prayer (unison, using “debts”)

Prayer of Confession (unison):

IN THE MULTITUDE OF THY SAINTS, THOU HAS COMPASSED US ABOUT WITH SO GREAT A CLOUD OF WITNESSES THAT WE, REJOICING IN THEIR FELLOWSHIP, MAY RUN WITH PATIENCE THE RACE THAT IS SET BEFORE US; AND, TOGETHER WITH THEM, MAY RECEIVE THE CROWN OF GLORY THAT FADETH NOT AWAY, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST THY SON OUR LORLD. AMEN

Assurance of Pardon

Psalter Reading (responsive)              Psalms 13, 15   Selection  66         p. 516

*Gloria Patri

 

 

The Fellowship of Prayer

Greetings and Announcements         `

Call to Prayer

Pastoral Prayer and Silent Prayer

Organ Response

The Offertory

Offertory Sentences & The Collection

*Doxology and Prayer of Dedication

*Gospel Song No. 157                                                                        St. Gertrude

“Forward Through the Ages”

 

The Proclamation of the Word

Collect of the Day

Old Testament Lesson                                                       Jeremiah 1: 7-10, 19-22

Epistle Lesson                                                                 2nd Timothy 4: 6-8, 16-18

Gospel Lesson                                                                                   Luke 18: 9-14

Sermon                                                                                               Rev. Hedman

“Hypocrisy”

Ascription of Glory

*The Apostles’ Creed                      Selection 51                                          p. 511

*Pilgrim Hymnal No. 310                                                        O Quanta Qualia

“O What Their Joy and Their Glory Must Be”

*Benediction

*Organ Postlude

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

The Pomfret FOOD BANK has re-opened!   We are grateful to Gary Brown for his years of service operating our Food Bank.  And after his retirement the FOOD BANK is reopening under the coordination of TEEG, the Thompson Ecumenical Empowerment Group.  So bring you food donations to our church, and JOHN CARTER will transport them to the collection.

 

WEBSITE:  www.abingtonchurch.org

E-MAIL:    bruce.hedman@gmail.com

 

Our CHURCH COOKBOOK is now available to download on your computer.  Just follow the link on our church website www.abingtonchurch.org.

 

Remember to save PULL-TABS off of cans in support of the Shriner’s Children’s Hospital.

 

Pray for our Service Personnel:

Seth Platt, Lucas Santerre, Paul Slevinski, Michael Ryan McCabe

 

Cycle of Prayer for Area Churches:

The Southern New England Conference of the UCC

The Reverend Darrell Goodwin

 

Prayer Concerns:  Donna Santerre

Glenna Bruno

John Carter

Jay Varga

Charles Dingwell

John Hallbach

Jacob Cutler