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Weekly Nurture Devotion
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October 25: Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost
Read Matthew 22:34-46
In response to the lawyer’s question as to which commandment was the greatest, Jesus responded with two: Love God with all your being and love your neighbor as yourself. How do you show your love for God? How do you show your love for your neighbor? Share these with someone or write or draw about them.
Worship -October 25 at 10:00 am
We welcome you to in-person or online worship services in the Sanctuary on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 10:00 am. Randy Fife, ALP will be at the pulpit this Sunday. The Sermon is “The Meaning of Everything".
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
Awaken our hearts and minds to your Word, O God. Give us understanding so that, by the power of your Holy Spirit, we are able to do all that you command for love’s sake. Gathered in Christ’s name, gathered around the Word, we pray. Amen.
OLD TESTAMENT Psalm 1
Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked or take the path that sinners tread or sit in the seat of scoffers, but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night. They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper. The wicked are not so but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous, for the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
GOSPEL Matthew 22:34-46
When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, an expert in the law, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question: “What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” He said to them, “How is it then that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet” ’? “If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his
son?” No one was able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
THE WORD OF THE LORD!
Thanks be to God!
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Upcoming Events
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REFORMATION SUNDAY is this Sunday, October 25. It is the Sunday set aside to commemorate the Protestant Reformation and the day Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses in 1517.
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME will end next Sunday, November 1, at 2 a.m. Clocks will "fall back" an hour.
Next Sunday, November 1, we will be celebrating HOLY COMMUNION. For those who will not be able to attend in-person worship, please take time during the coming week to prepare for the Sacrament.
Also, next Sunday, November 1, is FOOD OFFERING SUNDAY. Don’t forget that each Communion Sunday is “Food Offering” Sunday. You may leave your offering in the red wagon in the Narthex. All the collected food will go to Heart and Hand.
Urgent need for food!
Heart and Hand Food Pantry has an urgent need for food. Won't you help?
Their needs list follows:
Fruit, Rice, Beans, Jelly, Ravioli, Spaghetti Noodles, Crackers, Soup, Jiffy Mix, Ramen Noodles, Chicken Noodle Soup, or any other canned or boxed food.
There is also an urgent need for diapers of all sizes.
Bring your offerings to the church or deliver directly to Heart and Hand. We bless our offerings on the first Sunday of every month.