August 9,2026

August Mission - B-COS We Care - Beyond the Classroom
(Formerly The Assistance League)
B-COS We Care about our students……..

As of May 2025, Beyond the Classroom has provided clothing to over 105,000 students. During the 2024–2025 school year alone, the program assisted students from 70 schools across El Paso County, offering clothing, hygiene items, and $75 Famous Footwear gift cards.

A total of 1,700 students received these items. In addition, 470 students from eastern El Paso County and additional students in our area received $75 Famous Footwear gift cards. Our four major events, held over nine weeks, took place at the Family Success Center, hosted by Pikes Peak United Way. While families selected clothing and hygiene items during the events, many also accessed additional services offered at the Family Success Center.

This program works closely with school counselors and liaisons in high-need schools, identified using federal free and reduced lunch data. Designated schools receive student allotments and are responsible for scheduling families to attend events. Beyond the Classroom is grateful for its partnership with Pikes Peak United Way and the Family Success Center, which provide valuable wraparound services for families in need. For the second consecutive year, Widefield High School also supported the program by holding a coat and blanket drive to help keep students warm.

Recent Program Impact

During the 2024–2025 school year, the program distributed 1,700 Famous Footwear gift cards, over 6,000 pieces of clothing, and 6,800 hygiene items to students in need. Beyond the Classroom also reached an additional 16 schools in the Pikes Peak region, distributing 470 more gift cards—all within an annual budget of $225,000.

August 9, 2026 9:30 am Worship Service

Gathering

Prelude
Cynthia Hibbetts

Welcome
Rev. David Petty

Crossing the Threshold

Call to Worship
Nancy Gehrung
 
Leader: Come, all who feel lost or far from home.
 
People: God seeks us with mercy.
 
Leader: Come, all who have been lost and all who have been found.
 
People: Heaven rejoices over every one of us.
 
Leader: Let us worship the God who searches, finds, and celebrates. This is the day the Lord has made!
 
People: We shall rejoice and be glad in it!
 
Threshold Song

Tell Me the Stories of Jesus
UMH #277
WORDS: William H. Parker, 1885
(Mt. 19:13-15; 21:8-9; Mk. 10:13-16; 11:8-10; Jn. 12:13)
 
1. Tell me the
stories of Jesus
I love to hear;
things I would ask
him to tell me
if he were here:
 
scenes by the wayside,
tales of the sea,
stories of Jesus,
tell them to me.
 
2. First let me hear
how the children
stood round his knee,
and I shall fancy
his blessing
resting on me;
 
words full of kindness,
deeds full of grace,
all in the lovelight
of Jesus’ face.
 
3. Into the city I’d follow
the children’s band,
waving a branch
of the palm tree
high in my hand;
 
one of his heralds,
yes, I would sing
loudest hosannas,
“Jesus is King!”
 
*Hymn
He Leadeth Me: O Blessed Thought
UMH #128
WORDS: Joseph H. Gilmore, 1862 (Ps. 23)
 
1. He leadeth me:
O blessed thought!
O words with heavenly
comfort fraught!
 
Whate’er I do,
where’er I be,
still ’tis God’s hand
that leadeth me.
 
Refrain
He leadeth me,
He leadeth me,
by His own hand
He leadeth me;
 
His faithful follower
I would be,
for by His hand
He leadeth me.
 
2. Sometimes mid scenes
of deepest gloom,
sometimes where
Eden’s bowers bloom,
 
by waters still,
o’er troubled sea,
still ’tis His hand
that leadeth me.
 
Refrain
He leadeth me,
He leadeth me,
by His own hand
He leadeth me;
 
His faithful follower
I would be,
for by His hand
He leadeth me.
 
3. Lord, I would place
my hand in Thine,
nor ever murmur
nor repine;
 
content, whatever
lot I see,
since ’tis my God
that leadeth me.
 
Refrain
He leadeth me,
He leadeth me,
by His own hand
He leadeth me;
 
His faithful follower
I would be,
for by His hand
He leadeth me.
 
4. And when my task
on earth is done,
when by Thy grace
the victory’s won,
 
e’en death’s cold wave
I will not flee,
since God through Jordan
leadeth me.
 
Refrain
He leadeth me,
He leadeth me,
by His own hand
He leadeth me;
 
His faithful follower
I would be,
for by His hand
He leadeth me.
 
*Announcements/Greet Your Neighbor – Passing the Peace of Christ

Mystery Box

A Word of Inspiration

Scripture Reading
Luke 15:1-10
Nancy Gehrung

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

So he told them this parable: “Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.’ Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
“Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

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
Jesus Re-frames Faith:
Lost Things, Loved Things
Rev. David Petty

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
Nancy Gehrung

Offertory

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!

*Closing Hymn
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
UMH #133
WORDS: Elisha A. Hoffman, 1887 (Dt. 33:27)
1. What a fellowship,
what a joy divine,
leaning on the
everlasting arms;
 
what a blessedness,
what a peace is mine,
leaning on the
everlasting arms.
 
Refrain
Lean - - - ing,
(Leaning on Jesus,)
lean - - - ing,
(leaning on Jesus,)
safe and secure
from all alarms;
 
lean - - - ing,
(leaning on Jesus.)
lean - - - ing,
(leaning on Jesus,)
leaning on the
everlasting arms.
 
2. O how sweet to walk
in this pilgrim way,
leaning on the
everlasting arms;
 
O how bright the path
grows from day to day,
leaning on the
everlasting arms.
 
Refrain
Lean - - - ing,
(Leaning on Jesus,)
lean - - - ing,
(leaning on Jesus,)
safe and secure
from all alarms;
 
lean - - - ing,
(leaning on Jesus,)
lean - - - ing,
(leaning on Jesus,)
leaning on the
everlasting arms.
 
3. What have I to dread,
what have I to fear,
leaning on the
everlasting arms?
 
I have blessed peace
with my Lord so near,
leaning on the
everlasting arms.
 
Refrain
Lean - - - ing,
(Leaning on Jesus,)
lean - - - ing,
(leaning on Jesus,)
safe and secure
from all alarms;
 
lean - - - ing,
(leaning on Jesus,)
lean - - - ing,
(leaning on Jesus,)
leaning on the
everlasting arms.
 
*Benediction
Rev. David Petty

Postlude
Cynthia Hibbetts