Claybanks United Methodist Church
Sunday, October 19, 2025
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Laity Sunday
* Indicates to stand as you are able
Welcome and Announcements
*Praise Song
”Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore”….UMH 344
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: Oh, How I love your will, dear Lord. I meditate on your wisdom all day long.
All: Your teachings make me wiser each day. Your instruction helps me become my truest self.
Leader: How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth.
All: Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light that shines on my path.
*Gloria Patri…………………………………..UMH 70
*Affirmation of Faith – The Nicene Creed……………..…UMH 880
*Hymn
”Freely, Freely”……………………….UMH 389
Prayers of the People – Joys and Concerns
Special Music “Take Me to Higher Ground” – Quartet: Jim Oslund, Susan DeYoung, Janice Anderson, Richard Lindell
The Offering of our Gifts and Ourselves
*Doxology……………………………………………..…UMH 95
*Prayer of Dedication
Sharing of the Word
*Gospel Reading
Mark 1:1-20…………………………..….….Page 812
*Hymn
”Jesus Calls Us”…………..…….UMH 398
Message by Art & Bev Grumm
“Let’s Go Fishing”
Prayer
*Hymn
”I Love to Tell the Story”………………UMH 156
Benediction
Postlude – Please be seated
Pianist – Suzanne Bellrichard
Liturgists –Janice Anderson & Richard Lindell
Ministers – All People As We Live The Good News
