South Church - November 1, 2026 - Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost

SOUTH CHURCH November 1, 2026 Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost PRELUDE Psalm Preludes, Set 1: Herbert Howells No. 1 - The poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. GREETING, GATHERING AND PASSING THE PEACE Leader: This is the day that the Lord has made. People: Let us rejoice and be glad in it. INTROIT These Are They John Goss CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: There are many who have walked the path toward God before us, showing us the way with their lives. People: We come to give thanks for them. Leader: As they were called, so are we called to follow in the way God shows us through Christ, People: Loving God with our whole being, and loving our neighbor as ourselves. Leader: Like those who have gone before us, we are a strange mix of saint and sinner. People: Yet trusting God’s grace and guidance, we continue to walk the road in faith. GATHERING HYMN “The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want” The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want; He makes me down to lie In pastures green; He leadeth me The quiet waters by. UNISON PRAYER OF INVOCATION Dear God, we thank you that you never forsake us, that you never stop loving us. Trusting in your unfailing love, we have gathered to worship and praise you. Through your Holy Spirit, touch us, renew us, comfort us, challenge us; for we pray in the name of Jesus Christ, who taught us to pray… OUR SAVIOR’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 sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION SCRIPTURE READING Matthew Chapter 22 verses 34-40 A HOLY SURPRISE SCRIPTURE READING Exodus Chapter 20 verses 1-21 Leader: This is the word of God for the people of God. People: Thanks be to God. SERMON “Getting Slavery Out of the People” Rev. Jane H. Rowe SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE We name aloud these who have passed into life eternal since our last Service of Remembrance. Julie Abraham, wife of George Abraham Craig Bacote, friend of Maryliza Morales George Brooks Barlow, Jr., brother of Stacey Barlow Barbara Bertocchi, cousin of Paul Archaski Paul Bibeau, uncle of John Madsen-Bibeau Maryann Biella, member of South Church Velma Brown, mother of LaTonya Thompson Barbara Campbell, member of St. Marks Church Herbert Carlson, Jr., member of South Church Kathryn “Cletus” Cone, mother of Cheryl Rusczyk Carol Costa, community member Rosemary Curran, friend of Barbara Warda Helen Deschamps, resident of the Erwin Home Kym Dziedziula, cousin of Michelle Madsen-Bibeau Militza Gali, friend of Christine Safitri Mark Giuletti, member of St. Mark’s Church Aida Gonzalez, friend of Treda Collier Dickenman Jill Hanson, friend of Meredith Jeffers Jerrell Hargraves, community member Jackie Johnson, uncle of Treda Collier Dickenman Theodore “Ted” Johnson, M.D., former South Church member Masood Karimian, friend of Odesina family William Wilson Keithline, II, father of Wilson Keithline Lina Keller, friend of Maryann Varga James Kidd, son-in-law of Hanna Michalski Alan King, friend of Linda Day Sonya Knapp, friend of Lisa Holmes Bert Madsen, father of Michelle Madsen-Bibeau Barbara Marshall, friend of Belinda May Brenda Martinez, cousin of Maryliza Morales Jacqueline Morales, former member of South Church Donald Moricle, brother-in-law of Richard Coffey Gregory Newth, friend of Lisa Nappi Kenneth Noren, member of South Church Simeon Odesina, brother of Segun Odesina Peter Pratt, former member of South Church James Arthur Price, friend of Treda Collier Dickenman Rose Ramirez, mother of Tony Montez Leo Robinson, brother-in-law of Linda Day Enzo Robinson, child of friends of Lisa & Nancy Whidbee Rex Schirmer, brother-in-law of Judy Olson Joseph Scott, former section leader Betsy Serafin, friend of Christine Boswell Nydra Shelton, sister-in-law of Sally Dickinson Hans-Henrik Sorensen, relative of Linda Nowak Henry “TJ” Tanner, friend of Belinda May Megan Thielman, resident of Erwin Home Paula Titus, mother of Vasselios & Patricia Titus Fred Werner, friend of Wilson Keithline Britney Wilkerson, sister of Rev. Joseph Wilkerson of Living Waters Church ANTHEM A New Heaven Edgar Bainton CELEBRATION OF GENEROSITY PRESENTATION OF GIFTS PRAYER OF DEDICATION HYMN OF COMMUNION “Let Us Break Bread Together” INVITATION TO COMMUNION COMMUNION PRAYER WORDS OF INSTITUTION SHARING THE BREAD AND CUP MUSIC FOR COMMUNION Organ Interlude PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION SENDING HYMN “For All the Saints” BENEDICTION POSTLUDE Concerto in a Antonio Vivaldi (arr. J.S. Bach) I. Allegro Sources: Call to worship written by JHR, inspired by Janice Jean Springer. Prayer of invocation by Ruth C. Duck. Both from Touch Holiness, ed. Ruth C. Duck and Maren C. Tirabassi