Sunday, September 21, 2025
The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, September 21, 2025
The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Order of Worship
GREETING & WELCOME
Reverend Mary Beth Morgan
*THE PASSING OF THE PEACE AND THE RINGING OF THE BELLS
PRELUDE
Evelyn Rohrbach LeJardinSuspendu – Jehan Alain (1 911 - 1 940 )
*CALL TO WORSHIP Dorothy McRae-McMahon
One: Come, let us worship the one who calls us here. All: We gather to worship with joy and in hope.
One: Come, let us worship the one who desires our hearts. All: We bring our whole selves in worship to our God.
One: Come, let us set aside all that distracts us from true worship. All: Come, let us wor ship the one who calls us here. We are here to worship with all that we are.
(Derek C. Weber, February 2022)
*GATHERING HYMN Page 6
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
One: Let us say what we believe:
All: We believe in God, the Creator Spirit, who moved upon the face of the deep at the beginning of creation, who created all that is, and spoke through the prophets of old. We believe in Jesus Christ, into whom God’s Spirit was poured in fullness and power, that the whole creation m ight be restored and unified; and who promised that the Spirit would come and fill the faithful with power to witness to the mighty love of God. We wait on that Spirit today with longing hearts, seeking to be empowered to witness God’s love in Christ, w ith fresh words and courageous actions of love and hope. Amen.
CHILDREN’S MOMENT
MISSION MOMENT
Sue Shiffrin & Charlie Matson Care Choir
A CALL TO PRAYER Reverend John Huff
JOYS AND CONCERNS
PASTORAL PRAYER
SILENT PRAYERS
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, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
GRADUAL HYMN
Page 4 Spirit of Gentleness (verses 1-2)
LESSON FROM THE GOSPELS
GRADUAL HYMN
SERMON
Jonathan Michaelsen
Luke 16:1-13
Page 4 Spirit of Gentleness (verses 3-4)
Reverend Mary Beth Morgan
Embracing Courageous Actions of Love and Hope
A CALL TO GIVING OFFERTORY
*THE DOXOLOGY
*OFFERTORY PRAYER
Evelyn Rohrbach
May the gifts we offer flow from each of us, to one another, and make the world a better, kinder and loving place. Amen.
*CLOSING HYMN
*BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
Make Me a Channel of Your Peace
FugueinDMinor – J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)
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Evelyn Rohrbach
THIS WEEK @ ST. MARK’S
Sunday, September 21 , 2025
9:30am Nomads Room 8
10:30am Worship Service Sanctuary
10:30am Sunday School Rooms 4 , 22
11:30am Care Choir Parlor
Monday, September 22, 2025
Tuesday, September 23 , 2025
1:00pm Bloomington Women’s Club Room 8
4:00pm Dance Class R oom 1
6:00pm UWF Salad Smorgasbord Room 8
Wednesday, September 24 , 2025
4:30pm Dance Class Room 1
7:00pm Boy Scouts Troop 100 Garton Hall
Thursday, September 25 , 2025
11:00am Women of Wonder & Faith Room 8
7:00pm Choir Rehearsal Sanctuary
Friday, September 26 , 2025
1:00pm Conversations on Life Room 8
Saturday, September 27 , 2025
7:00am S.O.S. (Men’s A.A.) Room 8
9:00am A.A. Room 8
We are grateful for your ongoing support of the mission and ministries of St. Mark’s. For your convenience, you can donate to St. Mark’s by scanning the QR code provided below.
Loving care for our youngest children (infants-age 4) is provided in Room 25 during the Worship Service.
St. Mark's United Meth odist 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, fa ith traditions, sexual orientations, and gender identities.
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