Service Recording and Weekly Bulletin.
20th Sunday After Pentecost
26 October 2025
10:00am
Hampton United Methodist Church
525 Lafayette Road, Hampton, NH 03842
(603) 926-2702
Email: hamptonumc@myfairpoint.net
Website: www.hamptonnhumc.org
The Rev. Sue Frost, Pastor
Andrew Maurice, Director of Music & Organist
WE GATHER
PRELUDE: IV. Slow from “A Little Organ Book” – Alan Gray
Worship recording begins
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Pastor Sue
MUSIC CALLS US TO WORSHIP: Count Your Blessings – Johnson Oatman Jr.
CALL TO WORSHIP (written by Johnson Oatman Jr.)
Pastor: When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed,
People: When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Pastor: Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
People: And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.
*HYMN: Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above Blue Hymnal #126
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
SCRIPTURE READING: Acts 1:1-8 Nancy Philbrick
Reader: May we hear what the Spirit is saying.
People: Thanks be to God.
ANTHEM: I Will Give Jubilant Thanks – Michael Barrett/J. Paul Williams
A TIME FOR THE CHILD IN ALL OF US
*HYMN: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing Blue Hymnal #400
SERMON: We Are Sent Out to Be a Blessing to Others
WE RESPOND TO GOD’S GRACE WITH THANKSGIVING
CALL TO PRAYER: Take Time to Be Holy #395
PASTORAL PRAYER & THE PRAYERS OF ALL
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. 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 RESPONSE: Hear Our Prayer, O Lord #34
THE GIVING OF OUR LIVES TO GOD
OFFERTORY: Gavotte – William Boyce
*THE DOXOLOGY Tune: Old 100th; Blue Hymnal #95
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
O God of all glory and majesty, we give you thanks for the gift of your Son, and his power at work in our lives and our gifts.
Bless these gifts, that they may bring life to others in your name. Bless our lives, that we may be your witnesses to the end of the earth, as we love and serve you; in Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
WE GO FORTH TO SERVE GOD AND OTHERS
*HYMN: Crown Him with Many Crowns Blue Hymnal #327
*BENEDICTION
Worship recording ends & we go out to serve the world
*POSTLUDE: II. March in C from “Cycle of Processionals”
– David N. Johnson
Please join us for coffee & fellowship downstairs in Carter Hall.
WE’RE SO GLAD YOU JOINED US TODAY!
- If you’re visiting, Pastor Sue would love to send you a note. Please include your email address or mailing address in the maroon folder near you.
- We delight in wiggly children in worship! Ask our ushers at the door for a busy bag to take to your seat. Children are also welcome to come forward for the Time for the Child in All of Us part of the worship service.
- Nursery care is available downstairs for children ages 0 to 5. Ask an usher to show you where the nursery is.
- Hearing assistance devices are available at the AV desk in the back.
- Please stand, if you like, when you see this symbol: *
- You are welcome to participate in communion on the first Sunday of each month; the bread & juice are gluten-free and alcohol-free.
- Our worship services are recorded and can be viewed at our website at www.hamptonnhumc.org/virtual-worship-service/ each Sunday evening.
- Want to know what’s happening at our church? Email Laurie Dufour at hamptonumc@myfairpoint.net & ask her to email you the Weekly News & our monthly newsletter.
Everyone is welcome here.
20th Sunday after Pentecost
October 26, 2025
10:00 a.m.
Hampton United Methodist Church
525 Lafayette Road, Hampton, NH 03842
(603) 926-2702
Email: hamptonumc@myfairpoint.net
Website: www.hamptonnhumc.org
The Rev. Sue Frost, Pastor
Andrew Maurice, Director of Music & Organist