November 09, 2025
Prayer
November 9, 2025
Our November Mission is ROCKY MOUNTAIN KIDS.
With over 29 years of service to teens, we have four community based residential homes in Colorado Springs.
The children and teens ranging from ages 12-20 are supported by a caring staff in a safe environment where they can heal from the abuse and neglect in their past. They are given opportunities to participate in extracurricular activities, including school sports and enrichment programs. The teens are also provided with life skills training, educational support, and assistance for employment. These skills will help them succeed in life, whether their goal is to return home, or emancipate and live independently. We see these kids Trauma and help repair the wounds.
One of the homes even have an innovative apartment program, where a young man emancipating into self-sufficiency can use the upstairs apartment and "try out" his new independent status to prepare to transition out of our homes.
Typically, the length of stay for a teen in our program varies from 6 months to 2 years.
In December we have a hands on mission project of decorating Christmas stockings for the RMKids during Fellowship time. The exact Sunday to be announced.
With over 29 years of service to teens, we have four community based residential homes in Colorado Springs.
The children and teens ranging from ages 12-20 are supported by a caring staff in a safe environment where they can heal from the abuse and neglect in their past. They are given opportunities to participate in extracurricular activities, including school sports and enrichment programs. The teens are also provided with life skills training, educational support, and assistance for employment. These skills will help them succeed in life, whether their goal is to return home, or emancipate and live independently. We see these kids Trauma and help repair the wounds.
One of the homes even have an innovative apartment program, where a young man emancipating into self-sufficiency can use the upstairs apartment and "try out" his new independent status to prepare to transition out of our homes.
Typically, the length of stay for a teen in our program varies from 6 months to 2 years.
In December we have a hands on mission project of decorating Christmas stockings for the RMKids during Fellowship time. The exact Sunday to be announced.
Gathering
November 9, 2025 9:30 am Worship Service
Gathering
Prelude
Cynthia Hibbetts
Welcome
Rev. David Petty
Moment for Missions
Rocky Mountain Kids
Addison Ford
Crossing the Threshold
Call to Worship
Polly Cox
Leader: In a world that tells us we are what we own, what we achieve, or what we fear,
People: We come to remember who we truly are as beloved children of God.
Leader: When we forget our worth or lose our way, Christ calls us by name and reminds us whose we are.
People: We are not defined by our failures or fears.
Leader: Come, seekers and skeptics, saints and sinners alike.
People: We come to worship the God of the living, who claims us, names us, and calls us to new life.
Leader: This is the day that the Lord has made
People: We will rejoice and be glad in it!
*Worship Hymn
Hymn of Promise
UMH #707
WORDS: Natalie Sleeth, 1986
© 1986 Hope Publishing Co.
1. In the bulb
there is a flower;
in the seed, an apple tree;
in cocoons,
a hidden promise:
butterflies will soon be free!
In the cold
and snow of winter
there’s a spring
that waits to be,
unrevealed until its season,
something God alone can see.
2. There’s a song
in every silence,
seeking word and melody;
there’s a dawn
in every darkness,
bringing hope to you and me.
From the past
will come the future;
what it holds,
a mystery,
unrevealed until its season,
something God alone can see.
3. In the end
is our beginning;
in our time, infinity;
in our doubt
there is believing;
in our life, eternity.
In our death,
a resurrection;
at the last, a victory,
unrevealed until its season,
something God alone can see.
*Opening Hymn
Because He Lives
UMH #364
1. God sent his Son,
they called him Jesus;
he came to love,
heal, and forgive;
he lived and died
to buy my pardon,
an empty grave is there
to prove my Savior lives.
Refrain
Because he lives,
I can face tomorrow;
because he lives,
all fear is gone;
because I know
he holds the future,
and life is worth
the living
just because he lives.
2. How sweet to hold
a newborn baby,
and feel the pride
and joy he gives;
but greater still
the calm assurance,
this child can face
uncertain days
because he lives.
Refrain
Because he lives,
I can face tomorrow;
because he lives,
all fear is gone;
because I know
he holds the future,
and life is worth
the living
just because he lives.
3. And then one day
I’ll cross the river;
I’ll fight life’s
final war with pain;
and then as death
gives way to victory,
I’ll see the lights
of glory
and I’ll know he reigns.
Refrain
Because he lives,
I can face tomorrow;
because he lives,
all fear is gone;
because I know
he holds the future,
and life is worth
the living
just because he lives.
*Greet Your Neighbor – Passing the Peace of Christ
Mystery Box
Gathering
Prelude
Cynthia Hibbetts
Welcome
Rev. David Petty
Moment for Missions
Rocky Mountain Kids
Addison Ford
Crossing the Threshold
Call to Worship
Polly Cox
Leader: In a world that tells us we are what we own, what we achieve, or what we fear,
People: We come to remember who we truly are as beloved children of God.
Leader: When we forget our worth or lose our way, Christ calls us by name and reminds us whose we are.
People: We are not defined by our failures or fears.
Leader: Come, seekers and skeptics, saints and sinners alike.
People: We come to worship the God of the living, who claims us, names us, and calls us to new life.
Leader: This is the day that the Lord has made
People: We will rejoice and be glad in it!
*Worship Hymn
Hymn of Promise
UMH #707
WORDS: Natalie Sleeth, 1986
© 1986 Hope Publishing Co.
1. In the bulb
there is a flower;
in the seed, an apple tree;
in cocoons,
a hidden promise:
butterflies will soon be free!
In the cold
and snow of winter
there’s a spring
that waits to be,
unrevealed until its season,
something God alone can see.
2. There’s a song
in every silence,
seeking word and melody;
there’s a dawn
in every darkness,
bringing hope to you and me.
From the past
will come the future;
what it holds,
a mystery,
unrevealed until its season,
something God alone can see.
3. In the end
is our beginning;
in our time, infinity;
in our doubt
there is believing;
in our life, eternity.
In our death,
a resurrection;
at the last, a victory,
unrevealed until its season,
something God alone can see.
*Opening Hymn
Because He Lives
UMH #364
1. God sent his Son,
they called him Jesus;
he came to love,
heal, and forgive;
he lived and died
to buy my pardon,
an empty grave is there
to prove my Savior lives.
Refrain
Because he lives,
I can face tomorrow;
because he lives,
all fear is gone;
because I know
he holds the future,
and life is worth
the living
just because he lives.
2. How sweet to hold
a newborn baby,
and feel the pride
and joy he gives;
but greater still
the calm assurance,
this child can face
uncertain days
because he lives.
Refrain
Because he lives,
I can face tomorrow;
because he lives,
all fear is gone;
because I know
he holds the future,
and life is worth
the living
just because he lives.
3. And then one day
I’ll cross the river;
I’ll fight life’s
final war with pain;
and then as death
gives way to victory,
I’ll see the lights
of glory
and I’ll know he reigns.
Refrain
Because he lives,
I can face tomorrow;
because he lives,
all fear is gone;
because I know
he holds the future,
and life is worth
the living
just because he lives.
*Greet Your Neighbor – Passing the Peace of Christ
Mystery Box
A Word of Inspiration
Scripture Reading
Luke 20:27-38
Polly Cox
Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question: “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. Now there were seven brothers; the first married a woman and died childless; then the second and the third married her, and so in the same way all seven died childless. Finally the woman also died. In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had married her.”
Jesus said to them, “Those who belong to this age marry and are given in marriage, but those who are considered worthy of a place in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. Indeed, they cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection. And the fact that the dead are raised Moses himself showed, in the story about the bush, where he speaks of the Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Now he is God not of the dead but of the living, for to him all of them are alive.”
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
Who Are You? Whose Are You?
Rev. David Petty
Luke 20:27-38
Polly Cox
Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question: “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. Now there were seven brothers; the first married a woman and died childless; then the second and the third married her, and so in the same way all seven died childless. Finally the woman also died. In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had married her.”
Jesus said to them, “Those who belong to this age marry and are given in marriage, but those who are considered worthy of a place in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. Indeed, they cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection. And the fact that the dead are raised Moses himself showed, in the story about the bush, where he speaks of the Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Now he is God not of the dead but of the living, for to him all of them are alive.”
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
Who Are You? Whose Are You?
Rev. David Petty
Prayer
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
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
Giving Back
Invitation to Offering
Mike Pfahl
Offertory
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!
Mike Pfahl
Offertory
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!
Sending Forth
*Closing Hymn
This is a Day of New Beginnings
UMH #383
WORDS: Brian Wren, 1978; alt. 1987 (Rev. 21:5)
© 1983, 1987 Hope Publishing Co.
1. This is a day
of new beginnings,
time to remember
and move on,
time to believe
what love is bringing,
laying to rest
the pain that’s gone.
2. For by the life
and death of Jesus,
God’s mighty Spirit,
now as then,
can make for us
a world of difference,
as faith and hope
are born again.
3. Then let us,
with the Spirit daring,
step from the past
and leave behind
our disappointments,
guilt, and grieving,
seeking new paths,
and sure to find.
4. Christ is alive,
and goes before us
to show and share
what love can do.
This is a day
of new beginnings;
our God is making
all things new.
5. In faith we’ll gather
round the table
to taste and share
what love can do.
This is a day
of new beginnings;
our God is making
all things new.
*Benediction
Rev. David Petty
Postlude
Cynthia Hibbetts
This is a Day of New Beginnings
UMH #383
WORDS: Brian Wren, 1978; alt. 1987 (Rev. 21:5)
© 1983, 1987 Hope Publishing Co.
1. This is a day
of new beginnings,
time to remember
and move on,
time to believe
what love is bringing,
laying to rest
the pain that’s gone.
2. For by the life
and death of Jesus,
God’s mighty Spirit,
now as then,
can make for us
a world of difference,
as faith and hope
are born again.
3. Then let us,
with the Spirit daring,
step from the past
and leave behind
our disappointments,
guilt, and grieving,
seeking new paths,
and sure to find.
4. Christ is alive,
and goes before us
to show and share
what love can do.
This is a day
of new beginnings;
our God is making
all things new.
5. In faith we’ll gather
round the table
to taste and share
what love can do.
This is a day
of new beginnings;
our God is making
all things new.
*Benediction
Rev. David Petty
Postlude
Cynthia Hibbetts
Colorado Springs Christmas Chorus
Do you like to sing Christmas Carols?
Once again, the Colorado Springs Barbershop Christmas Chorus is gearing up for a fun-filled November and December. If you like to sing Christmas carols, then this is the place to do it. There is a caveat: All men and any woman who can sing either the Tenor or Alto part in an SATB choir are welcome. We sing in the Barbershop style which means that the melody line is what appears to be the Alto voice in the SATB choir and it's an octave lower than written. We provide sheet music and learning tracks.
As it says in the flyer, we rehearse for an hour the first 4 Mondays of November and then sing at retirement communities the next three Thursdays in December. We will start on the 3rd of November and I'm looking forward to seeing some of you here at the church in the Choir Room.
Rehearsals (@ St. Paul’s UMC) 7:30 – 8:30 pm November 3,10,17,24
Performances (location TBD) December 4,11,18
Songbooks are provided and will be used during the performances.
For more information: Russ Josephson (719) 426-1621
Do you like to sing Christmas Carols?
Once again, the Colorado Springs Barbershop Christmas Chorus is gearing up for a fun-filled November and December. If you like to sing Christmas carols, then this is the place to do it. There is a caveat: All men and any woman who can sing either the Tenor or Alto part in an SATB choir are welcome. We sing in the Barbershop style which means that the melody line is what appears to be the Alto voice in the SATB choir and it's an octave lower than written. We provide sheet music and learning tracks.
As it says in the flyer, we rehearse for an hour the first 4 Mondays of November and then sing at retirement communities the next three Thursdays in December. We will start on the 3rd of November and I'm looking forward to seeing some of you here at the church in the Choir Room.
Rehearsals (@ St. Paul’s UMC) 7:30 – 8:30 pm November 3,10,17,24
Performances (location TBD) December 4,11,18
Songbooks are provided and will be used during the performances.
For more information: Russ Josephson (719) 426-1621
Posted in Liturgies
Recent
Archive
2025
January
March
April
May
September
October
2024
February
March
May
No Comments