sunday October 26, 2025

Fruitland United Methodist Church
Tune in on your car radio 98.1FM
October 26, 2025

*(Please stand if you are comfortably able.)

Prelude: Jim and Iran Trenkel

Welcoming the Light of Christ and inviting the neighborhood to worship.

Welcome and Announcements- Pastor Jorge and Holly

*Call to Worship
Leader: Praise the Lord, O my soul!
People: We will praise the Lord as long as we live.
Leader: God is sovereign and merciful, good and faithful.
People: We see God’s hand at work in our lives.
Leader: God brings new life out of death.
People: We experience joy even amid suffering.
Leader: Despair gives way to hope.
People: Condemnation yields to redemption.
Leader: Needs are met with abundance and grace.
People: Healing comes out of sickness and pain.
Leader: God’s providence is trustworthy and good.
People: Praise the Lord! We will praise the Lord as long as we live!
*Sharing the peace of Christ.

*Gathering Song: “Gather Us In” TFWS 2236

Responsive Scripture – Psalm 63 – Leslie UMH 788

Time With Young Christians – Pastor Letha

Adults, please write your prayer concerns and celebrations on yellow paper for collection.

Time of Community Expressions
    Hymn: “Holy, Holy, Holy” TFWS 2007
    Thanksgiving and Celebration
    Prayers for Healing and Wholeness
    Our Community and World
And now, we pray, as Jesus taught us to pray, “Our Father, who art in
heaven, hallowed be thy name . . . “

*Hymn – “I Need Thee Every Hour” TFWS 397

Invitation to Generosity
    Offertory
*Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow . . . UMH 95

Scripture Reading: Joel 2: 23-32

Message: “It’s a God Thing” Pastor Letha

*Sing: “We’ll Understand It Better By and By.” UMH 525

Benediction: Pastor Letha
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Postlude