September 14, 2025
September 7, 2025
Our September mission is Care & Share. The year ahead brings new challenges for Care and Share. Reductions in federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), changes to how food from The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) is acquired and reimbursed, and the elimination of Local Food Purchasing Assistance Cooperative Agreement (LFPA) funding are all contributing to a difficult and shifting landscape.
These changes mean fewer resources and less food when more neighbors than ever are turning to Care and Share for help. Care and Share’s network – and the charitable food system nationwide – must now do more with less to meet the growing need.
Just $2 provides 5 meals to neighbors in need across Southern Colorado. Last year 25.2 million pounds of food were distributed across 29 counties with 294,994 people receiving the food they so desperately needed. 9,939 children took nutritious food home through Care and Share’s Children’s programs.
The support of the Southern Colorado Community is a powerful thing, making it possible to take on the months ahead.
“If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;…and the Lord will reward you.” Pr 25:21-22
Thank you from your Mission Team
These changes mean fewer resources and less food when more neighbors than ever are turning to Care and Share for help. Care and Share’s network – and the charitable food system nationwide – must now do more with less to meet the growing need.
Just $2 provides 5 meals to neighbors in need across Southern Colorado. Last year 25.2 million pounds of food were distributed across 29 counties with 294,994 people receiving the food they so desperately needed. 9,939 children took nutritious food home through Care and Share’s Children’s programs.
The support of the Southern Colorado Community is a powerful thing, making it possible to take on the months ahead.
“If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;…and the Lord will reward you.” Pr 25:21-22
Thank you from your Mission Team
Gathering
September 14, 2025 9:30 am Worship Service
Gathering
Prelude
Cynthia Hibbetts
Welcome
Rev. David Petty
Crossing the Threshold
Introit
Mallet Madness/Morning Is Broken
Jubilee Bells
Call to Worship
CLM Twinkle Gordon
Leader: Come, beloved of Christ, bring your joys and sorrows, your wounds and wonders.
People: We come with open hearts, ready to be shaped by God’s love.
Leader: Come, people of God, bring your whole selves. Bring your questions, your hopes, your doubts, and your dreams.
People: We come with open minds, ready to learn and be challenged.
Leader: Come, from every walk of life and every age.
People: We come in and are sent out through open doors, ready for all of us to be filled and then sent into the world.
All: With open hearts, open minds, and open doors, we affirm - This is the day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!
*Worship Hymn
O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
UMH #57
WORDS: Charles Wesley, 1739
1. O for a thousand
tongues to sing
my great Redeemer’s praise,
the glories of
my God and King,
the triumphs of his grace!
2. My gracious Master
and my God,
assist me to proclaim,
to spread through all
the earth abroad
the honors of thy name.
3. Jesus! the name
that charms our fears,
that bids our sorrows cease;
’tis music in
the sinner’s ears,
’tis life, and health,
and peace.
4. He breaks the power
of canceled sin,
he sets the prisoner free;
his blood can
make the foulest clean;
his blood availed for me.
*Greet Your Neighbor – Passing the Peace of Christ
Mystery Box
Gathering
Prelude
Cynthia Hibbetts
Welcome
Rev. David Petty
Crossing the Threshold
Introit
Mallet Madness/Morning Is Broken
Jubilee Bells
Call to Worship
CLM Twinkle Gordon
Leader: Come, beloved of Christ, bring your joys and sorrows, your wounds and wonders.
People: We come with open hearts, ready to be shaped by God’s love.
Leader: Come, people of God, bring your whole selves. Bring your questions, your hopes, your doubts, and your dreams.
People: We come with open minds, ready to learn and be challenged.
Leader: Come, from every walk of life and every age.
People: We come in and are sent out through open doors, ready for all of us to be filled and then sent into the world.
All: With open hearts, open minds, and open doors, we affirm - This is the day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!
*Worship Hymn
O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
UMH #57
WORDS: Charles Wesley, 1739
1. O for a thousand
tongues to sing
my great Redeemer’s praise,
the glories of
my God and King,
the triumphs of his grace!
2. My gracious Master
and my God,
assist me to proclaim,
to spread through all
the earth abroad
the honors of thy name.
3. Jesus! the name
that charms our fears,
that bids our sorrows cease;
’tis music in
the sinner’s ears,
’tis life, and health,
and peace.
4. He breaks the power
of canceled sin,
he sets the prisoner free;
his blood can
make the foulest clean;
his blood availed for me.
*Greet Your Neighbor – Passing the Peace of Christ
Mystery Box
Prayer
Prayer
Prayer Song
Sanctuary
TFWS #2164
WORDS & MUSIC: John Thompson and Randy Scruggs
© 1982 Whole Armor/Full Armor Music, admin. by The Kruger Organization
Lord, prepare me
to be a sanctuary,
pure and holy,
tried and true.
With thanksgiving,
I’ll be a living
sanctuary for You.
Pastoral Prayer, Silent Prayer, The Lord’s Prayer
Rev. David Petty
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.
Lead us not
into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the Kingdom,
and the Power
and the Glory forever.
Amen
Prayer Song
Sanctuary
TFWS #2164
WORDS & MUSIC: John Thompson and Randy Scruggs
© 1982 Whole Armor/Full Armor Music, admin. by The Kruger Organization
Lord, prepare me
to be a sanctuary,
pure and holy,
tried and true.
With thanksgiving,
I’ll be a living
sanctuary for You.
Prayer Song
Sanctuary
TFWS #2164
WORDS & MUSIC: John Thompson and Randy Scruggs
© 1982 Whole Armor/Full Armor Music, admin. by The Kruger Organization
Lord, prepare me
to be a sanctuary,
pure and holy,
tried and true.
With thanksgiving,
I’ll be a living
sanctuary for You.
Pastoral Prayer, Silent Prayer, The Lord’s Prayer
Rev. David Petty
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.
Lead us not
into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the Kingdom,
and the Power
and the Glory forever.
Amen
Prayer Song
Sanctuary
TFWS #2164
WORDS & MUSIC: John Thompson and Randy Scruggs
© 1982 Whole Armor/Full Armor Music, admin. by The Kruger Organization
Lord, prepare me
to be a sanctuary,
pure and holy,
tried and true.
With thanksgiving,
I’ll be a living
sanctuary for You.
Giving Back
Giving Back
Invitation to Offering
CLM Twinkle Gordon
Offertory
We Are One
Sanctuary Choir
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Rev. David Petty
Doxology
Praise God from Who All Blessings Flow
UMH #94
Praise God, from whom
all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures
here below: Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God, the source
of all our gifts!
Praise Jesus Christ,
whose power uplifts!
Praise the Spirit,
Holy Spirit!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!
Invitation to Offering
CLM Twinkle Gordon
Offertory
We Are One
Sanctuary Choir
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Rev. David Petty
Doxology
Praise God from Who All Blessings Flow
UMH #94
Praise God, from whom
all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures
here below: Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God, the source
of all our gifts!
Praise Jesus Christ,
whose power uplifts!
Praise the Spirit,
Holy Spirit!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!
A Word of Inspiration
Scripture Reading
Micah 6:1-8
1 Timothy 1:12-17
CLM Twinkle Gordon
Micah 6:6-8
Hear what the Lord says:
Rise, plead your case before the mountains,
and let the hills hear your voice.
Hear, you mountains, the case of the Lord,
and you enduring foundations of the earth,
for the Lord has a case against his people,
and he will contend with Israel.
“O my people, what have I done to you?
In what have I wearied you? Answer me!
For I brought you up from the land of Egypt
and redeemed you from the house of slavery,
and I sent before you Moses,
Aaron, and Miriam.
O my people, remember now what King Balak of Moab devised,
what Balaam son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal,
that you may know the saving acts of the Lord.”
“With what shall I come before the Lord
and bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
He has told you, O mortal, what is good,
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice and to love kindness
and to walk humbly with your God?
1 Timothy 1:12-17
I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he considered me faithful and appointed me to his service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me[a] with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost. But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display the utmost patience as an example to those who would come to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer for Illumination
Leader: May the words of my mouth,
People: and the meditations of all of our hearts
All: be acceptable in your sight, O Lord our rock and our redeemer.
Psalm 19:14
Message
The Heart of Methodism
Rev. David Petty
Micah 6:1-8
1 Timothy 1:12-17
CLM Twinkle Gordon
Micah 6:6-8
Hear what the Lord says:
Rise, plead your case before the mountains,
and let the hills hear your voice.
Hear, you mountains, the case of the Lord,
and you enduring foundations of the earth,
for the Lord has a case against his people,
and he will contend with Israel.
“O my people, what have I done to you?
In what have I wearied you? Answer me!
For I brought you up from the land of Egypt
and redeemed you from the house of slavery,
and I sent before you Moses,
Aaron, and Miriam.
O my people, remember now what King Balak of Moab devised,
what Balaam son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal,
that you may know the saving acts of the Lord.”
“With what shall I come before the Lord
and bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
He has told you, O mortal, what is good,
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice and to love kindness
and to walk humbly with your God?
1 Timothy 1:12-17
I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he considered me faithful and appointed me to his service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me[a] with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost. But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display the utmost patience as an example to those who would come to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer for Illumination
Leader: May the words of my mouth,
People: and the meditations of all of our hearts
All: be acceptable in your sight, O Lord our rock and our redeemer.
Psalm 19:14
Message
The Heart of Methodism
Rev. David Petty
Sending Forth
*Closing Hymn
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
UMH #384
WORDS: Charles Wesley, 1747
1. Love divine,
all loves excelling,
joy of heaven,
to earth come down;
fix in us Thy
humble dwelling;
all Thy faithful
mercies crown!
Jesus, thou art
all compassion,
pure, unbounded
love Thou art;
visit us with
Thy salvation;
enter every
trembling heart.
2. Breathe, O breathe
Thy loving Spirit
into every
troubled breast!
Let us all
in Thee inherit;
let us find that
second rest.
Take away
our bent to sinning;
Alpha and
Omega be;
end of faith,
as its beginning,
set our hearts
at liberty.
3. Come, Almighty
to deliver,
let us all
Thy life receive;
suddenly return
and never,
nevermore Thy
temples leave.
Thee we would be
always blessing,
serve Thee as
Thy hosts above,
pray and praise Thee
without ceasing,
glory in Thy
perfect love.
4. Finish, then,
Thy new creation;
pure and spotless
let us be.
Let us see Thy
great salvation
perfectly restored
in Thee;
changed from glory
into glory,
till in heaven
we take our place,
till we cast our
crowns before Thee,
lost in wonder,
love, and praise.
*Benediction
Rev. David Petty
Postlude
Declaration
Cynthia Hibbetts
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
UMH #384
WORDS: Charles Wesley, 1747
1. Love divine,
all loves excelling,
joy of heaven,
to earth come down;
fix in us Thy
humble dwelling;
all Thy faithful
mercies crown!
Jesus, thou art
all compassion,
pure, unbounded
love Thou art;
visit us with
Thy salvation;
enter every
trembling heart.
2. Breathe, O breathe
Thy loving Spirit
into every
troubled breast!
Let us all
in Thee inherit;
let us find that
second rest.
Take away
our bent to sinning;
Alpha and
Omega be;
end of faith,
as its beginning,
set our hearts
at liberty.
3. Come, Almighty
to deliver,
let us all
Thy life receive;
suddenly return
and never,
nevermore Thy
temples leave.
Thee we would be
always blessing,
serve Thee as
Thy hosts above,
pray and praise Thee
without ceasing,
glory in Thy
perfect love.
4. Finish, then,
Thy new creation;
pure and spotless
let us be.
Let us see Thy
great salvation
perfectly restored
in Thee;
changed from glory
into glory,
till in heaven
we take our place,
till we cast our
crowns before Thee,
lost in wonder,
love, and praise.
*Benediction
Rev. David Petty
Postlude
Declaration
Cynthia Hibbetts
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