Bethel Church Service
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
September 13, 2026
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Prelude "I Need the Every Hour"...Slides 
Craig "announces" the service to the neighborhood...Donnie lights the altar candles
Gathering
Opening
Welcome
Announcements...
Janie reports on dinner after service today...
...next Sunday leadership Committee meeting after church, preparing for charge conference on Oct 5...
...food drive donations in the narthex are going to Second Harvest of Big Bend...
....new Bible Study, Awakened to Grace, will be starting with morning and evening groups.
Let us know your preference.
Appreciation and celebrations
Opening PrayerCall to Worship
Call to Worship, led by Rebecca Linton
Hymn: "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee"
Affirmation of Faith and Gloria PatriaPrayer Concerns
Prayer Concerns
(00:11) Janie speaks of a person in their accounting dept passing away after a heart attack...
...prayers for the department and his family...also person in her craft group has kidney problems...
(01:25) Ellie speaks of the mother of D.S. Catherine Price being in intensive care...
...Catherine was to be with us today but is with her mother...
(02:02) Any "Joy sightings"?...pastor Ellie speaks of new technology in the service this week...
(02:22) Rebecca speaks of surprise availability of new Covid vaccine....
...which she needs for a trip...this Wednesday...
(03:04) God is at work...God is good...we are relatively healthy...thanks be to God...
(03:20).....a moment of silent awareness of God's presence.....
Pastoral Prayer, Lord's Prayer and Passing the Peace
Hymn: "Lord, I Want to Be a Christian"
The Message
Prayer for Illumination read by Rebecca Linton
Message Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35
Message: "Enough is Enough"
The Offering
The offering and Doxology
Prayer for the offering
Hymn: "Freely, Freely"
Gather in center aisle, join hands and sing: Bind Us Together
Benediction and prayer for the mealFellowship Dinner
There were 8 here for the service today