First Congregational Church of San Jose

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. Barack Obama PRELUDE In Verdant Pastures by Robert J. Powell ... 2014 Lorenz Publishing Company GREETING Nancy Lucid PSALM 1 Ellen Cook Happiness comes to those who reject the paths of violence, who refuse to associate with the abusive and those who belittle others. Happiness comes to those who delight in God’s Law and meditate on it day and night. For they are like trees planted by flowing water They bear fruit in every season and their leaves never wither. Everything they do will prosper. OPENING PRAYER SPECIAL MUSIC Good Enough 2020 Lea Morris all publishing rights reserved. Permission given to UCC Congregations to stream online. INTRO SCRIPTURE Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Nancy Lucid SERMON HYMN #434 Today We All Are Called to Be Disciples vs, 1, 3, & 4 With Gwen and Terry Duffy Today we all are called to be disciples of the Lord, To help to set the captive free, make plowshare out of sword, To feed the hungry, quench their thirst, make love and peace our fast, To serve the poor and homeless first, our ease and comfort last. Pray justice may come rolling down as in a might stream, With righteousness in field and town to cleanse us and redeem. For God is longing to restore an earth where conflicts cease, A world that was created for a harmony of peace. May we in service to our God act out the living Word, And walk the road the saints have trod till all have seen and heard. As stewards of the earth may we give thinks in one accord To God who calls us all to be disciples of the Lord. PRAYER MUSIC Listen to the Lambs Spiritual/arr. by Adophus Hailstork 2003 Concordia Publishing House PASTORAL PRAYERS QUESTION & BENEDICTION POSTLUDE Praise to God arr. by James Pethel 2018 Lorenz Publishing Company

The theme for this week's virtual coffee hour is Trick or Treat! With shelter-in-place, celebrating Halloween may be different this year. How do you plan to spend All Hallows’ Eve? Virtual Fellowship Hall Coffee Hour Oct 25, 2020 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)... Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84492107590 Meeting ID: 844 9210 7590 Passcode: Halloween One tap mobile +13462487799,,84492107590#,,,,,,0#,,976052912# US (Houston) Dial by your location +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 844 9210 7590 Passcode: 976052912

Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul like you. Shannon L. Alder PRELUDE In the Garden/Knowing You Arranged by: Carol Tornquist Publisher: Alfred’s Sacred Performer, 2011 ... GREETING Gloria Bordeaux-Pacolec PSALM 96: 1-4 Kitty Nesbitt O sing to our God a new song! Sing to our God all the earth! Sing to our God, bless the Holy Name! Proclaim God’s Love day after day. Declare God’s glory among the nations, God’s marvels to every people. Our God is great and most worthy of praise. OPENING PRAYER HYMN #386 O For a World (vs. 1, 2, 3, & 5) Robert Torrano and Scott Sunseri O for a world where everyone respects each other’s ways, Where love is lived and all is done with justice and with praise. O for a world where goods are shared and misery relieved, Where truth is spoken, children spared, equality achieved. We welcome one world family and struggle with each choice That opens us to unity and gives our vision voice. The poor are rich, the weak are strong, the foolish ones are wise. Tell all who mourn: Outcasts belong, who perishes will rise. INTRO SCRIPTURE 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Gloria Bordeaux-Pacholec REFLECTION NEW MEMBERS INTRODUCTIONS NEW MEMBERS LITANY Members of First Congregational Church of San Jose, in partnership with the United Disciples Fellowship: as part of the covenant with these new members, do you promise to stand with these brothers and sisters, bearing witness to their journey of faith, wherever it may lead them? Do you promise to share your own journey with them, in fellowship and friendship? If so, please say "we will." We will SPECIAL MUSIC God is Still Speaking Mark A. Miller all publishing rights reserved Permission given to UCC congregations to stream online REFLECTION Psalm of Stillness Written by: Craig McKibben Lorenz Publishing Co., 2020 PASTORAL PRAYERS QUESTION & BENEDICTION POSTLUDE I Sing the Mighty Power of God Written by: Penny Rodriquez based on Forest Green, English folk tune Lorenz Publishing Co., 2007

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The theme for this Sunday's virtual coffee hour is Your Journey. How did you find our church community and why did you decide to come the first time? Share your story. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88970077699... Meeting ID: 889 7007 7699 Passcode: Journey One tap mobile +16699006833,,88970077699#,,,,,,0#,,0975330# US (San Jose) Dial in +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 889 7007 7699 Passcode: 0975330