Sunday, October 5, 2025
The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
GREETING & WELCOME
Reverend John Huff & Reverend Mary Beth Morgan
*THE PASSING OF THE PEACE AND THE RINGING OF THE BELLS
PRELUDE
Cromorne en taille à deux parties– Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703)
*CALL TO WORSHIP
One: Come, all who sit by rivers of sorrow, who have hung up their hope and wondered if God still sing
All: We come carrying exile in our bones, dislocation in our hearts, and longing in our prayers.
One: This is the table where memory is honored, where story is sacred, where strangers become siblings
All: We come to taste and see that the Lord is good, to feast on grace, to believe again in belonging.
One: Around the world, across languages and landscapes, a holy table is set.
All: We come not because we are worthy, but because Christ calls us in love.
Come, let us worship the One who welcomes, the One who remembers, the One who feeds the whole world with hope
*GATHERING HYMN
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
Gather Us In
Evelyn Rohrbach
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We believe in God, whose mercy is deeper than our failures, and whose grace meets us in our stumbling.
We believe in Jesus Christ, who teaches us to forgive without limit, and calls us to faith that moves mountains, even when it begins as a mustard seed.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, who empowers us to live in love, to walk humbly, and to build a community of compassion and justice.
We believe in the communion of saints, the healing of broken relationships, and the ever-expanding table of grace. Amen.
CHILDREN’S MOMENT
MISSION MOMENT
*Please stand if able
Ecuador Library Project
Madison Sinan
Leana & Gene McClain
A CALL TO PRAYER
JOYS AND CONCERNS
PASTORAL PRAYER
SILENT PRAYERS
THE LORD'S PRAYER
Reverend Mary Beth Morgan
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.
GRADUAL HYMN
LESSON FROM THE GOSPELS
GRADUAL HYMN
SERMON
A CALL TO GIVING
OFFERTORY
Bless The Lord
Luke 17:1-5
Bless The Lord
Increase Our Faith
Ave verum corpus – W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Ave verum corpus, natumde Maria Virgine, vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine cuius latus perforatum fluxit aqua et sanguine: esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine.
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Lisa Kurz
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Reverend John Huff
The Chancel Choir
*THE DOXOLOGY
*OFFERTORY PRAYER
On this World Communion Sunday, we offer these gifts in faith—small as a mustard seed—trusting they will nourish the unity and mercy You call us to. Teach us to forgive as You forgive, and to live from the grace that connects us all. Amen.
SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION
One: The Lord be with you.
All: And also with you.
One: Lift up your hearts.
All: We lift them up to the Lord.
One: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
All: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
(The leader offers a prayer of thanksgiving, remembering God’s acts of salvation, and concludes:)
One: And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven, we praise your name and join in their unending hymn:
All: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest!
(The leader continues the thanksgiving, recalling the institution of the Lord’s Supper, and concludes:)
One: And so, in remembrance of these your mighty acts in Jesus Christ, we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving as a holy and living sacrifice, in union with Christ’s offering for us, as we proclaim the mystery of faith:
All: Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
(The leader asks for the blessing of the Spirit, and then praises the Trinity, concluding:)
One: All honor and glory is yours, Almighty God, now and forever.
All: Amen.
*CLOSING HYMN
*BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
For Everyone Born, a Place at the Table
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Sunday, October 5, 2025
9:30am Nomads Room 8
9:30am Reconciling Ministries Library
10:30am Worship Service Sanctuary
10:30am Sunday School Rooms 4, 22
11:30am Soul Feast Library
Monday, October 6, 2025
9:30am Fabric Bag Ministry Garton Hall
7:00pm Trustees Room 8
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
4:00pm Dance Class Room 1
5:30pm Bloomington Quilt Guild Library Board Meeting
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
5:00pm Dance Class Room 1
5:30pm Centering Prayer Group Library
6:00pm PSP Meeting Zoom
7:00pm Boy Scouts Troop 100 Garton Hall
7:00pm ASP Meeting Room 15
Thursday, October 9, 2025
11:00am Women of Wonder & Faith Room 8
5:00pm Thriving Connections Garton Hall
6:30pm Endowments & Memorials Room 15
7:00pm Choir Rehearsal Sanctuary
Friday, October 10, 2025
1:00pm Conversations on Life Room 8
Saturday, October 11, 2025
7:00am S.O.S. (Men’s A.A.) Room 8
9:00am A.A. Room 8
1:00pm Flo Davis Celebration of Life Sanctuary
2:00pm Reception Garton Hall
2:00pm Youth Ministries @ Fowler Pumpkin Patch
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St. Mark's United Methodist Church of Bloomington, Indiana is an inclusive community, bringing Christ-like love, healing and hope to all. We embrace the United Methodist ideal of Open Hearts, Open Minds and Open Doors by welcoming and affirming those of all races, cultures, faith traditions, sexual orientations, and gender identities.