September 27, 2026
Liturgy
September Mission - Care & Share
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 22 million pounds of food were distributed across 29 counties with 284,562 people receiving the food they so desperately needed. 12,598 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. Care and Share received a Best Workplace 2025 Award from the Gazette. Charity Navigator listed it as a 4-star charity. Volunteers are needed!
“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
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 22 million pounds of food were distributed across 29 counties with 284,562 people receiving the food they so desperately needed. 12,598 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. Care and Share received a Best Workplace 2025 Award from the Gazette. Charity Navigator listed it as a 4-star charity. Volunteers are needed!
“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
We continue our 6-week Sunday School study of the Lord's Prayer. We will be using the study book "Pray Like Jesus" by Don Underwood. It is remarkably simple and brief. Most Christians already know it by heart and can easily recite it. In fact, that might be part of the problem: it is so well known that most of us never think about the words as we rattle them off. But the Lord's Prayer is both an insightful theological statement and, if recited daily, a powerful tool for developing a rich devotional life." The participant's book is available on Amazon. Please plan on bringing something for journaling. By that time, school supplies will be on sale so you can purchase a Composition Book or small notepad.
Grocery Cards
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gathering
September 27, 2026 9:30 am Worship Service
Gathering
Prelude
Cynthia Hibbetts
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
Jackie Fletcher
Leader: We arrive fully into this moment, Holy One. We open to sense your presence among us. We hear you say,
People: “This moment is sacred.”
Leader: We need you, Jesus, to help us. We come to you as your first disciples did. We hear you say,
People: “This moment is sacred”
Leader: Spirit of Divine Love, come to us with your healing waters. We hear you say,
People: “This moment is sacred.”
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
Bring Many Names
WORDS: Brian Wren MUSIC: Carlton R. Young © 1989, 1994 Hope Publishing Co.
1. Bring many names,
beautiful and good,
celebrate, in parable
and story,
holiness in glory,
living, loving God.
Hail and Hosanna!
bring many names!
2. Strong mother God,
working night and day,
planning all the
wonders of creation,
setting each equation,
genius at play:
Hail and Hosanna!
strong mother God!
3. Warm father God,
hugging every child,
feeling all the strains
of human living,
caring and forgiving
till we’re reconciled:
Hail and Hosanna!
warm father God!
4. Old, aching God,
grey with endless care,
calmly piercing
evil’s new disguises,
glad of good surprises,
wiser than despair:
Hail and Hosanna!
old, aching God!
5. Young, growing God,
eager, on the move,
saying no to falsehood
and unkindness,
crying out for justice,
giving all you have:
Hail and Hosanna!
young, growing God!
6. Great, living God,
never fully known,
joyful darkness
far beyond our seeing,
closer yet than breathing,
everlasting home:
Hail and Hosanna!
great, living God!
*Announcements/Greet Your Neighbor – Passing the Peace of Christ
Mystery Box
Gathering
Prelude
Cynthia Hibbetts
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
Jackie Fletcher
Leader: We arrive fully into this moment, Holy One. We open to sense your presence among us. We hear you say,
People: “This moment is sacred.”
Leader: We need you, Jesus, to help us. We come to you as your first disciples did. We hear you say,
People: “This moment is sacred”
Leader: Spirit of Divine Love, come to us with your healing waters. We hear you say,
People: “This moment is sacred.”
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
Bring Many Names
WORDS: Brian Wren MUSIC: Carlton R. Young © 1989, 1994 Hope Publishing Co.
1. Bring many names,
beautiful and good,
celebrate, in parable
and story,
holiness in glory,
living, loving God.
Hail and Hosanna!
bring many names!
2. Strong mother God,
working night and day,
planning all the
wonders of creation,
setting each equation,
genius at play:
Hail and Hosanna!
strong mother God!
3. Warm father God,
hugging every child,
feeling all the strains
of human living,
caring and forgiving
till we’re reconciled:
Hail and Hosanna!
warm father God!
4. Old, aching God,
grey with endless care,
calmly piercing
evil’s new disguises,
glad of good surprises,
wiser than despair:
Hail and Hosanna!
old, aching God!
5. Young, growing God,
eager, on the move,
saying no to falsehood
and unkindness,
crying out for justice,
giving all you have:
Hail and Hosanna!
young, growing God!
6. Great, living God,
never fully known,
joyful darkness
far beyond our seeing,
closer yet than breathing,
everlasting home:
Hail and Hosanna!
great, living God!
*Announcements/Greet Your Neighbor – Passing the Peace of Christ
Mystery Box
Proclaiming
Scripture Reading
Jackie Fletcher
First Reading
Genesis 2:2-3
On the sixth day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.
Second Reading
Philippians 4:8-9
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. As for the things that you have learned and received and heard and noticed in me, do them, and the God of peace will be with you.
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
Praise
Rev. David Petty
Jackie Fletcher
First Reading
Genesis 2:2-3
On the sixth day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.
Second Reading
Philippians 4:8-9
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. As for the things that you have learned and received and heard and noticed in me, do them, and the God of peace will be with you.
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
Praise
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
Be Still and Know Prayer
The Prayer of Presence
Each week we will be focusing a different kind of prayer with our prayer beads. Today, we have focused prayers of praise. When we say “hallowed be...” we are setting something apart as sacred, special and worthy of praise, whether they are people or circumstances for which we are grateful or ones that are difficult. We take a time of quiet music to move through eight beads, lifting up one person or circumstance or thing in your life for which you’d like to give praise to God. Do this on your own time, with the words in the quiet of your own heart [you may need to give specific instructions based on the particular configuration of prayer beads you have created].
Bead 1: Hallowed be ____________
Bead 2: Hallowed be ____________
Bead 3: Hallowed be ____________
Bead 4: Hallowed be ____________
Bead 5: Hallowed be ____________
Bead 6: Hallowed be ____________
Bead 7: Hallowed be ____________
End Bead: Hallowed be thy 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
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
Be Still and Know Prayer
The Prayer of Presence
Each week we will be focusing a different kind of prayer with our prayer beads. Today, we have focused prayers of praise. When we say “hallowed be...” we are setting something apart as sacred, special and worthy of praise, whether they are people or circumstances for which we are grateful or ones that are difficult. We take a time of quiet music to move through eight beads, lifting up one person or circumstance or thing in your life for which you’d like to give praise to God. Do this on your own time, with the words in the quiet of your own heart [you may need to give specific instructions based on the particular configuration of prayer beads you have created].
Bead 1: Hallowed be ____________
Bead 2: Hallowed be ____________
Bead 3: Hallowed be ____________
Bead 4: Hallowed be ____________
Bead 5: Hallowed be ____________
Bead 6: Hallowed be ____________
Bead 7: Hallowed be ____________
End Bead: Hallowed be thy 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
Offertory
Giving Back
Invitation to Offering
Jackie Fletcher
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!
Invitation to Offering
Jackie Fletcher
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!
Sending
*Closing Hymn
More Love to Thee, O Christ
WORDS: Elizabeth P. Prentiss, 1869
1. More love to thee, O Christ,
more love to thee!
Hear thou the
prayer I make
on bended knee.
This is my
earnest plea:
More love, O Christ,
to thee;
more love to thee,
more love to thee!
2. Once earthly joy I craved,
sought peace and rest;
now thee alone I seek;
give what is best.
This all my
prayer shall be:
More love, O Christ,
to thee;
more love to thee,
more love to thee!
3. Let sorrow do its work,
come grief and pain;
sweet are thy messengers,
sweet their refrain,
when they can
sing with me:
More love, O Christ,
to thee;
more love to thee,
more love to thee!
4. Then shall my
latest breath
whisper thy praise;
this be the
parting cry
my heart shall raise;
this still its
prayer shall be:
More love, O Christ,
to thee;
more love to thee,
more love to thee!
*Benediction
Rev. David Petty
Postlude
Cynthia Hibbetts
More Love to Thee, O Christ
WORDS: Elizabeth P. Prentiss, 1869
1. More love to thee, O Christ,
more love to thee!
Hear thou the
prayer I make
on bended knee.
This is my
earnest plea:
More love, O Christ,
to thee;
more love to thee,
more love to thee!
2. Once earthly joy I craved,
sought peace and rest;
now thee alone I seek;
give what is best.
This all my
prayer shall be:
More love, O Christ,
to thee;
more love to thee,
more love to thee!
3. Let sorrow do its work,
come grief and pain;
sweet are thy messengers,
sweet their refrain,
when they can
sing with me:
More love, O Christ,
to thee;
more love to thee,
more love to thee!
4. Then shall my
latest breath
whisper thy praise;
this be the
parting cry
my heart shall raise;
this still its
prayer shall be:
More love, O Christ,
to thee;
more love to thee,
more love to thee!
*Benediction
Rev. David Petty
Postlude
Cynthia Hibbetts
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