September 14th Worship Service

Claybanks United Methodist Church
Sunday, September 14, 2025
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost
* Indicates to stand as you are able

Welcome and Announcements
*Praise Song
”Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”……..UMH 400

Prelude
*Processional
In this place, among these people
God is worshipped, God is praised.
We have seen the signs and wonders;
The lost are found here, the dead are raised.
We are living the Gospel story;
lives are changed, and mountains moved.
Won’t you come and work among us?
You are welcomed, you are loved.

*Call to Worship
Leader: From our wanderings and wonderings,
All: We are welcomed home by God.
Leader: Lost on the highway or trapped on a cliff,
All: God comes to rescue and return us to safety.
Leader: Come to be found,
All: For all are welcome here.

*Gloria Patri………………………………..UMH 70
*Opening Prayer
*Hymn.
”Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling”………….UMH 348

Prayers of the People – Joys and Concerns
The Offering of our Gifts and Ourselves
*Doxology…………………………………….…UMH 95

*Prayer of Dedication
*Hymn
”In the Garden”…………………………..UMH 314

Sharing of the Word

Epistle Reading
1 Timothy 1:12-17…………….…………….Page 961
*Gospel Reading
Luke 15:1-10………………………..……Page 850

Message by Pastor Gary Peterson
“Paul and We Are Sinners and Have Fallen Short, But…”

Prayer
*Hymn
”Shall We Gather at the River”……….UMH 723
Benediction
Postlude – Please be seated