NOVEMBER 8, 2026 TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Simultaneous Windows on the City by Robert Delaunay
7 Vandeventer Ave., Princeton, NJ, 08542 609 924 2613 www.princetonumc.org
THE CHURCH GATHERS Pre-Service Music
Drumming Praise
Call to Worship Praise the Lord! Praise God in this Sanctuary! Praise the Lord! Praise God for His mighty acts. Praise God for His great and wonderful strength. Praise God with the sound of the cymbals. Praise God with the sound of the tambourine. Praise God with the sound of the djembe. Praise God with the sound of the wood block. Praise God with the sound of the maracas. Praise God with the sound of the triangle. Praise God with the sound of all the instruments! Let everything that hath breath Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
Hymn
God of Grace and God of Glory
UMH #577
Prayer of Confession The Lord be with you. And also with you. We join our hearts together as one to speak aloud our need for God and God’s grace: God of wisdom and courage, you reveal the life-giving way of Christ. Yet we confess how easily we are drawn toward strength without love, certainty without wisdom, and power without compassion. We accept destructive patterns as inevitable, overlook the ways we participate in them, and allow anger to become contempt or despair. Forgive our fear, expose what deceives us, and renew in us your courageous and hopeful Spirit. silence for prayer
Words of Assurance
God’s grace opens our eyes and breaks the hold of every power that diminishes life. God’s mercy frees us from fear, restores our courage, and leads us again in the way of Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven! In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven! Thanks be to God! Alleluia! Amen.
SHARING IN WORSHIP TODAY
Acolytes - Noelle Lelache, Andrew Aryeetey Liturgists - Edwin Jenkins, Christine Shungu, Brooke Foster Musicians - Children’s Choir, Intergenerational Choir, Julia Hanna Ushers - Tom Sandford, Ida Cahill, Bright Rajaratnam, Bhanu Prakash
TODAY’S FLOWERS ARE GIVEN IN MEMORY OF MY MOTHER, MARY SPROLES
BY ED SPROLES
TO HEAR THE WORD AND REFLECT Music Ministry
This is the Day
Children's Time
Robert Lau
Where Children Belong
TFWS #2233
Scripture Reading Revelation 12:18-13:4, 11-18 (p. 238) This is the Word of Life. Thanks be to God. Sermon
“Hope Sees Through”
Prayers of the People
Rev. Jenny Smith Walz
TO RESPOND IN FAITH
Reception of New Members 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, the power, and the glory forever. Amen. Offertory
Create in Me a Clean Heart
Hymn
Carl F. Muller
Doxology
UMH #94
Prayer of Thanksgiving
AND SCATTERS TO BE IN THE WORLD
Hymn
We Are Called
TFWS #2172
Benediction Recessional Postlude
Rejoice, the Lord is King
arr. Lloyd Larson
PRAYER CONCERNS
Prayers for all giving and receiving hospice care. May strength, calm, compassion, and rest be available to them. Prayers for all who are victims of violence and abuse, and for those who come forward to name the perpetrators, to blow the whistle, and to shine a light on injustice. Prayers for those elected and reelected this week. May our leaders walk with humility and make sincere public service their priority while in office.
HAVE PRAYER CONCERNS?
For our Prayer Chain, call Yvonne Macdonald at 609-577-8369 or email her at yvonnee.mac@verizon.net. Email Tyler Mathiasen at tyler@princetonumc.org when you or a family member is in the hospital or in need of a pastoral call.
WELCOME TO
Princeton United Methodist Church We are a diverse faith community, engaged in enlivening spiritually thirsty people to joyfully respond to God’s love and grow as disciples of Christ, so that together we may experience the fullness of life.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
HANDBELL CHOIR WORKSHOP
On November 12th, at 6:30 p.m., we will hold an open Handbell workshop to gauge interest in joining a bell choir for the fall and possibly spring! We will do exercises, play some repertoire, and hold an open Q&A to discuss scheduling and more! For more info, email desrosiersx@rider.edu.
BAGS OF BLESSINGS
We will once again sponsor Bags of Blessings, a Food Drive supporting the hungry in our community served by Arm in Arm. Please bring your nonperishable food to the Sanford Davis room today, and on Nov. 15 and Nov. 22.
UFAR SOIREE
Support United Front Against Rivervlindness, founded by PUMC's Daniel Shungu, on Saturday, November 14, 6:30–9:30pm at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer St., Princeton. Enjoy international food, live auction, and Rumbian Funk by Nkumu Katalay at the UFAR Soiree, https://ufar-ntds.org/
STAFF
Pastor - Rev. Jenny Smith Walz Administrative Director - Tyler Mathiasen Director of Youth Ministry - Brooke Foster Director of Children’s Ministry - Blessing Gwatana Music Director - Tom Shelton Director of Communications - Abby Gillette Church Sexton - Gilmar Enamorado Custodial Staff - Santos Gonzales, Mario Villatoro
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