Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost
November 16, 2025
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Worship Series: "The Days Are Surely Coming"
from umcdiscipleship.org
We are bringing Liturgical Year C to an end with this series. Instead of dwelling on the end, however, we are encouraging a look ahead. We return to the promises of God, the promise of a new reality, a new hope, and an ongoing presence that will usher all of creation into this new kingdom and kin-dom of relationship and joy. It is, in a way, a pre-Advent anticipation that ends with a celebration of the Reign of Christ or Christ the King Sunday. Though this series is grounded in the Hebrew scripture lectionary texts, Christ is the center of our worship and the ground of our hope. Let us be reminded that the days are surely coming when every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
This is the second service of a 3 service Worship Series from the Discipleship Ministries.
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This Service's Theme: Rejoice Forever in CreationThe graphics at the top of this page list topics for other services of the Series.
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Liturgical Resources
There are so many directions the worship team could take the theme for this week. “Rejoice Forever in Creation” elicits a host of natural images and creation-based words and invitations, so this Sunday could be a mini “Earth Day” at the end of the year.
Worship Planning Notes
Preaching Notes
Lectionary Scriptures:
Isaiah 65:17-25; Isaiah 12; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19;
Suggested Hymns . Music Notes . DM Accompaniments Sources of Music for the following hymns are:
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"How Firm a Foundation"
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"Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying"
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"Sent Out in Jesus' Name"