October 25, 2026

October Mission - The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army has been meeting human needs without discrimination since 1865.
From our iconic Red Kettle Campaign to our wide variety of available programs that serve local communities, the Salvation Army is dedicated to serving our friends and neighbors. At the Colorado Springs Corps Community Center: Spiritual Support: We offer a welcoming and supportive environment where individuals in our community can connect with their faith and find peace. Our dedicated team of local chaplains and volunteers provides compassionate spiritual care, offering guidance, prayer, and support. Through individual counseling, group sessions, and community events, we help our neighbors explore their faith and develop a deeper connection with God.
By addressing the spiritual dimension of well-being, we aim to help individuals find healing, hope, and purpose. Our services are open to people in our area of all backgrounds and beliefs, and we strive to create a space where everyone feels accepted and valued.
Whether you’re facing a personal challenge, seeking spiritual direction, or simply looking for a place to connect with others, we invite you to experience the transformative power of spiritual healing.
Homelessness: The Salvation Army is committed to providing long-term and temporary shelter and support to individuals and families in our community who are experiencing homelessness. Our local office offers a variety of programs and services designed to help people overcome homelessness and rebuild their lives. Many communities have emergency homeless shelters to provide a safe and secure environment for unhoused individuals and families to stay while they seek stable housing. We offer essential services such as meals, clothing, and hygiene supplies. Our dedicated staff and volunteers are committed to creating a welcoming and supportive environment.
Senior Services: We dedicate ourselves to serving seniors in our community. We believe that everyone deserves to live with dignity and purpose. Our local team includes caring professionals and volunteers. They are dedicated to providing services for older adults. These services are designed to meet their unique needs. We offer a variety of programs and activities designed to promote physical, mental, and spiritual well-being to our senior neighbors. From social gatherings and recreational outings to health screenings and educational workshops, we strive to create a supportive and engaging environment where older adults thrive.
Our goal is to enable seniors to maintain and strengthen their connections to the community. We provide practical assistance, emotional support, and spiritual guidance to help older adults overcome challenges and further enrich their lives. If you’re an older adult seeking companionship, assistance with daily tasks, or simply a friendly face, we’re here to support you.
Family Services: is dedicated to strengthening families and empowering individuals in our area to overcome hardships. Here, we provide a range of support services to help families thrive. Our compassionate team works with families to address their unique needs and provide tailored solutions. Through counseling, support groups, and community programs, we strive to help families become stronger and more resilient. We offer a safe and supportive environment where individuals can seek guidance, develop new coping skills, and work toward positive change.
Youth Services: The Salvation Army is committed to empowering young people and providing them with opportunities to thrive. Our local youth programs offer a variety of activities and services designed to inspire, educate, and support young people. Our dedicated local staff and volunteers are committed to creating a safe and positive environment where young people can learn, grow, and develop important life skills. Through mentoring, tutoring, summer camp, music programs, and recreational activities, we strive to help young people in our area reach their full potential.
Employment: For those stuck in long-term unemployment, The Salvation Army is a refuge of resources and support. We combat the symptoms of prolonged joblessness, as well as its root causes, through programs that address the mind, body, and soul. It’s a holistic approach that is creating sustainable change for millions of families and individuals every year.

It’s always a great time to purchase grocery cards from the church. They can be used at all Safeway and KingSoopers stores, in addition to using them for your own grocery shopping. They are as simple to use as a credit or debit card. You can purchase grocery cards for $25, $50, or $100. The cards never expire, and you can use them multiple times until the entire balance on the card has been spent. Best of all, the church makes 5% of the face value of each card sold.

Start saving your change! We will have the children and youth trick-or-treating through the pews on Sunday, October 25, 2026, to collect change for UNICEF.

UNICEF is Always There for Children in Crisis

UNICEF is on the ground across the globe, delivering help for the children who need it most. Other organizations help children, but UNICEF does more by fighting for children’s rights and delivering the essentials every child needs for an equitable chance in life. UNICEF has helped save and meaningfully improve more children’s lives than any other humanitarian organization. UNICEF won’t stop until every child is healthy, educated, protected and respected.

Trunk or Treat & Pumpkin Carving

On October 25th, we will have our Trunk or Treat & Pumpkin Carving starting at 5:00 pm. There will be hot dogs, candy, pumpkins, kids in costume, and decorated trunks. We are looking for volunteers and individually wrapped candies. There will be a box in the Narthex for the candy, and there will be sign-up sheets for people who would like to bring a trunk to decorate.

TESLA

A number of students attending the TESLA school across the
street from the church have some needs that you can help supply.
They need food cards, deodorant (boys and girls scents), hairbrushes, toothpaste/toothbrushes, hoodies/sweaters (all adult sizes),
and boys’ and girls’ t-shirts and long sleeve t-shirts (all adult sizes).
They have also asked for help with a food drive. You can donate grocery cards or non-perishables. Any assistance you can provide will let the young people know that people care about them.

Tesla Thanksgiving Needs
Thanksgiving is not that far away!  We are joining with Tesla to help 30 of their families with Thanksgiving and personal hygiene boxes. We need non-perishables, personal hygiene, and some clothing items. We will have a box in the Chapel for these items. We will take the items to the school on Wednesday, November 18th so the school can sort and prep the baskets.
The items needed are listed below. The items with the asterisk are the most needed.
Personal Hygiene – full sized please
 
*Body Wash
*Shampoo/Conditioner
*Deodorant
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste
Shoes: new or gently used
            Men’s - 8-13 especially sizes 10-11
            Women’s – 5-9 especially sizes 7-8
Men’s sweatpants and T-shirts: sizes M, L, XL
Women's sweatpants and T-shirts: sizes – S, M

Nonperishables for the Baskets
*Instant Mashed potatoes
*Stuffing
*Gravy mix
*Canned veggies
Grocery Cards in $25 increments
Cranberry sauce
Broth – Chicken or Vegetable
Mini marshmallows
Canned pumpkin pie filling
Cake mixes
Sugar
Instant coffee
Box of Tea bags
Bread mixes
French fried onions
Top ramen
Mac and cheese
Canned chicken, turkey, tuna, salmon
Canned soup
Spices
Thank you in advance for your help showing the children of Tesla that they are in our thoughts and a part of our community family.

October 25, 2026 9:30 am Worship Service

Gathering

Prelude

Welcome
Rev. David Petty

Crossing the Threshold

Threshold Moment
Rev. David Petty

Threshold Song
Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying
TFWS #2193
Lord, listen to your
children praying,
Lord, send your Spirit
in this place;

Lord, listen to your
children praying,
send us love,
send us power,
send us grace.

Call to Worship
Bailey Brandt
 
Leader: We arrive fully into this moment, Holy One. We open to sense your presence among us. We hear you say,
 
People: “I will keep your life.”

Leader: We need you, Jesus, to help us. We come to you as your first disciples did. We hear you say,
 
People: “I will keep your life.”

Leader: Spirit of Divine Love, come to us with your healing waters. We hear you say,
 
People: “I will keep your life.”
 
Threshold Song
Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying
TFWS #2193
Lord, listen to your
children praying,
Lord, send your Spirit
in this place;

Lord, listen to your
children praying,
send us love,
send us power,
send us grace.
 
Threshold Moment
Rev. David Petty

*Hymn
Precious Lord, Take My Hand
UMH #474
WORDS: Thomas A. Dorsey, 1932
© 1938 Hill & Range Songs, Inc., renewed Unichappell Music, Inc.
 
1. Precious Lord,
take my hand,
lead me on, let me stand,
I am tired, I am weak,
I am worn;
 
through the storm,
through the night,
lead me on
to the light:
 
Refrain
Take my hand,
precious Lord,
lead me home.
 
2. When my way
grows drear,
precious Lord, linger near,
when my life
is almost gone,
 
hear my cry,
hear my call,
hold my hand
lest I fall:
 
Refrain
Take my hand,
precious Lord,
lead me home.
 
3. When the
darkness appears
and the night draws near,
and the day is
past and gone,
 
at the river I stand,
guide my feet,
hold my hand:
 
Refrain
Take my hand,
precious Lord,
lead me home.

*Announcements/Greet Your Neighbor – Passing the Peace of Christ

Mystery Box

A Word of Inspiration

Scripture Reading
Bailey Brandt

First Reading
Psalm 121

I lift up my eyes to the hills—
from where will my help come?
 My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot be moved;
he who keeps you will not slumber.
He who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord is your keeper;
the Lord is your shade at your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day
nor the moon by night.
The Lord will keep you from all evil;
he will keep your life.
The Lord will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time on and forevermore.

Second Reading
Matthew 21:6-9

The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them; they brought the donkey and the colt and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them. A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting,
“Hosanna to the Son of David!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

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
Protection
Rev. David Petty

Prayer
 
Prayer Song
All My Days
 
You know my words before they’re said.
You know my need and I am fed.
You give me life.
You know my ways,
my strength, my path, for all my days.
my strength, my path, for all my days.
Prayers of the People
Rev. David Petty
                     
The Prayer of Protection
Leader: Today, we have focused on prayers of protection as ways of admitting that we need God’s presence because life can be hard and unjust. Jesus invites our lament for the evil in the world. We will take a time of quiet music to move through eight beads, reciting each line in our minds, letting each one sink into our hearts as we use our hands to move from one bead to another. You may have many laments and complaints, but pick just one each time you pray this prayer. Do this on your own time, with the words in the quiet of your own heart
 
Bead 1: So much is wrong.

Bead 2: This is what is grieving me today: _____________

Bead 3: I am tempted to hide or to conspire. Lead me another way.

Bead 4: Jesus, hosanna, save me!

Bead 5: Let me join the justice parade in the face of evil.

Bead 6: Give me the courage to raise my lament as long as needed.

Bead 7: Save me from my own apathy.

End Bead: Help me be part of the solution, in your name.

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
Bailey Brandt

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
It Is Well with My Soul
UMH #377
WORDS: Horatio G. Spafford, 1873
 
1. When peace, like a river,
attendeth my way,
when sorrows
like sea billows roll;
 
whatever my lot,
thou hast taught
me to say,
It is well,
it is well with my soul.
 
Refrain
It is well (It is well)
with my soul, (with my soul,)
it is well,
it is well with my soul.
 
2. Though Satan
should buffet,
though trials should come,
let this blest
assurance control,
 
that Christ has regarded
my helpless estate,
and hath shed
his own blood
for my soul.
 
Refrain
It is well (It is well)
with my soul, (with my soul,)
it is well,
it is well with my soul.
 
3. My sin, oh, the bliss
of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part
but the whole,
 
is nailed to the cross,
and I bear it no more,
praise the Lord,
praise the Lord,
O my soul!
 
Refrain
It is well (It is well)
with my soul, (with my soul,)
it is well,
it is well with my soul.
 
4. And, Lord, haste the day
when my faith
shall be sight,
the clouds be
rolled back as a scroll;
 
the trump shall resound,
and the Lord shall descend,
even so,
it is well
with my soul.
 
Refrain
It is well (It is well)
with my soul, (with my soul,)
it is well,
it is well with my soul.
 
*Benediction
Rev. David Petty

Postlude