Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
October 5, 2025
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Weekly Worship Planning Series
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Worship Series: "Choosing Faith"
from umcdiscipleship.org
Is faith a gift or a choice? Is it something God does in us or something we do for God? You guessed that the answer is "Yes," no doubt. Faith is a mixture of all that and more. It is a partnership with God as we enter into relationship for our good and the good of the world around us, the community around us. We are choosing every day to live by our faith, to be shaped by our faith, and to submit all our actions and relationships to the measure of faith. In this worship series, we invite you to examine what it means to be people of faith. We are the people who are choosing faith.
This is the First service of a 4 service Worship Series from the Discipleship Ministries.
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This Service's Theme:"Faith to Change"The graphics at the top of this page list topics for other services of the Series.
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Liturgical Resources
Worship is a moment in and of itself, but it connects to and feeds other moments in our lives and faith. This week – indeed, every week – focus on those connected moments.
Worship Planning Notes
Preaching Notes
Lectionary Scriptures:
Lamentations 1:1-6; Psalm 137; 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10;
Suggested Hymns . Music Notes . DM Accompaniments Sources of Music for the following hymns are:
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Hymns Suggested For this service: .
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"My Faith Looks Up to Thee"
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"Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying"
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"Faith is Patience in the Night"
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"When Our Confidence Is Shaken"
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"Faith, While Trees Are Still in Blossom"
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"Give Me a Faith Which Can Remove"
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"We Need a Faith"
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"Let All the World in Every Corner Sing"
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"We Are One in Christ Jesus"
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"Come Now O Prince of Peace"