GATHERING

Prelude …………………………………………….....Mamie Bryan

Acolyte …………………………………………….Amber Pacheco

Pastoral Welcome ………..………………………….Shane Britt

*Call to Worship (Responsive)

Our souls long for you, O God.

When shall we behold your face?

Our souls are uneasy.

When shall hope lead us to praise you again?

During the day, your steadfast love sustains us.

During the night, your song washes over us.

Our hope leads us to praise you.

We praise you, our song of hope.

*Opening Hymn

“For All the Saints”…………………….…Hymn # 711 vs 1,3,4

Silent Prayer/Preparation (Unison)

We come into your house as people seeking a heritage. We need your provision in our lives, just as you provided for your daughter Ruth. A foreigner without status, you gave her a home, a family, and a heritage. Your provision is enough; it is all we need. Bring us into your heritage and form us into your people, mighty God, restorer of our lives!

*Gloria Patri

Tithes and Offering

“Offertory”……………………………………………Mamie Bryan

*Doxology

Prayers of the People

Scripture ………………………………….…….Matthew 4:1-11

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. 3 The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” 4 But he answered, “It is written,

‘One does not live by bread alone,

    but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written,

‘He will command his angels concerning you,’

    and ‘On their hands they will bear you up,

so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’”

7 Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; 9 and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” 10 Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written,

‘Worship the Lord your God,

    and serve only him.’”

11 Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.

Proclamation of the Word ……………..…………..”Desert”

 All Saints Recognition

*Hymn of Commitment

“Sing with All the Saints in Glory”….Hymn #702 vs 1 &4

*Benediction (Unison)

To live as God’s people of abundance, while not giving in to the pull of our culture, you’re going to need the power of the Holy Spirit. Lift our hands and hearts, in the name of the Father, who sustains us, and the Son, who instructs us, and the Spirit, who leads us. Go forth to love and serve the Lord— the one who loves the widow and the orphan. Sing the Lord’s song of hope in dry lands!

Postlude …..…………”Family of God”………………..Choir