sunday october 5, 2025

Fruitland United Methodist Church
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October 5, 2025

*(Please stand if you are comfortably able.)
Prelude- “My Jesus I Love Thee,” by Adoniram Gordon. Arranged by Larry Shackley.

Welcoming the Light of Christ and inviting the neighborhood to worship.
Welcome and Announcements: Pastor Jorge

*Call to Worship- Leona
We come carrying what the world has given us,
But we seek what God longs to plant.
We leave behind the old, and put on new life in Christ.
Where the world says, “Store up,” God says, “Love.”
Our treasure is in heaven.
Come, Lord Jesus, transform our hearts!

*Sharing the peace of Christ. “La paz de Christo sea contigo.”
                                                    “And also with you.”

*Hymn: “De Colores/ Sing of Colors” Insert
Scripture Reading – Psalm 133 UMH 850

Please write down your prayer requests. They will be collected.

Time With Young Christians – Pastor Jorge

Time of Community Expressions
      Hymn: “Holy, Holy, Holy” TFWS 2007
      Testimonios breves sobre inclusion, fe y comunidad
      Thanksgiving and Celebration
      Prayers for Healing and Wholeness
      Our Community and World

*Hymn – “We Are One in Christ Jesus” TFWS 2229
      Invitation to Generosity- Pastor Jorge
      Offertory- “Faith of our Fathers” by Henry Walton.
*Doxology: Praise God, from whom all blessings flow . . . UMH 95

Scripture Reading: Galatians 3: 26-29 Leona

Message: “My Journey as a Hispanic Pastor in White Congregations”

*Proclamation of the Hispanic Creed (Credo Hispano)
Creemos en Dios/ We believe in God.
Creador de cielos y tierra, de todos los pueblos y colores
Creator of heaven and earth, of all peoples and colors.

Creemos en Jesucristo/ We believe in Jesus Christ
Dios encarnado en nuestra carne, nuestra cultura, nuestra historia
God incarnate in our flesh, our culture, our story.

Creemos en el Espiritu Santo/ We believe in the Holy Spirit,
Quien nos da poder para amar, resistir y transformer.
Who empowers us to love, resist, and transform.

Creemos en la Iglesia/ We believe in the church,
Una comunidad de muchos rostros, unida en al amor de Cristo.
A community of many faces, united in Christ’s love.

Creemos en el Reino de Dios / We believe in the Kingdom of God
Donde todos los pueblos celebrant juntos la justicia y la paz.
Where all peoples celebrate justice and peace together.

Y porque creemos / And because we believe
Nos comprometemos a vivir esta fe con Esperanza y accion.
We commit to live this faith with hope and action.

The Great Thanksgiving, Jorge and Letha
The Lord be with you. Y tambien contigo, and also with you,
Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the Lord.
Demos gracias al Senor nuestro Dios. It is right to give our thanks and praise.

And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven, we praise your name
and join their unending hymn.
Holy, holy, holy, Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
And so, in remembrance of these your mighty acts in Jesus Christ, we offer ourselves in
praise and thanksgiving, as a holy and living sacrifice, in union with Christ’s offering for
us, as we proclaim the mystery of faith.
Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again. (Pastor blesses the elements.)

The Lord’s Prayer
Song during Communion- “One Bread, One Body” UMH 620

*Benediction Pastor Jorge
*Song of Blessing “Go Now in Peace” UMH 665

Postlude: “Great is Thy Faithfulness” by William Runyan, arranged by Mariane Kim.