Stout Memorial United Methodist Church 3329 Broad Street | Parkersburg | West Virginia | 26104 www.stoutmemorial.org | (304) 428 - 1179 | stoutmemorial@gmail.com November 2, 2025— Traditional Worship 10:45 AM Ministers Helen R. Oates Pastor The congregation Ministers through Music Terri Bush ~ Choir Director Bonnie Leonhart ~ Organist Ministers Though Service Andrew Mommessin ~ Sound Coordinator Sarah Sisson—Communications Director Danny Stemple—IT Specialist Order of Worship 21st SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST November 2, 2025—ALL SAINTS SUNDAY Welcome and Announcements Rev. Helen R. Oates Prelude For All the Saints arr. by Smith Bonnie Leonhart Choral Introit Let the Words Of My Mouth Chancel Choir by Lloyd Larson based on Psalm 19 Call to Worship Debby Matheny On this All Saints Sunday, we gather to remember teachers and storytellers who made God’s stories come alive for us. We give thanks! We remember choir members, bell ringers, and all the musicians who sang and played your praises.We give thanks! We remember preachers and lay leaders who led our worship through the years. We give thanks! We remember parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and siblings who showed us how to hold fast to the faith. We give thanks! We remember our church families – this one and others we have loved. We remember all those who have been a part of this faith family with whom we grew our faith and our love for God and neighbor. We give thanks! We remember our ancestors in the faith whose courage enables us to be here today. We give thanks for the saints who came before us, are present here with us, and will continue after us. Thanks be to God! Hymn For All the Saints Vs. 1,2,& 4 UMH 711 Opening Prayer Pastor Helen New Testament Reading Ephesians 1:11-23 Debby Matheny Remembering Our Saints bell tolling by Debby Matheny Karen Bumgarner 12/7/2024 Dwight Davis 3/25/2025 Hope Chambers 3/30/2025 Bonnie Riddle 5/21/2025 Les Rothwell 7/3/2025 Carol Gardner 7/7/2025 Jim Villers 8/29/2025 Carolyn Calhoun 10/2/2025 Joys and Concerns Morning Prayer & The Lord’s Prayer Anthem We Gather At One Table Chancel Choir Music by Larry Shackley Lyrics by Pamela Martin Gospel Lesson Luke 6:20-31 Sermon “One Table” Pastor Helen Hymn For the Bread Which You Have Broken Vs.1 & 2 UMH 614 Service of Holy Communion—The Great Thanksgiving pg. 15 Offertory “He Leadeth Me” by Bradbury Bonnie Leonhart Thank you for continuing to support the ministries of Stout Memorial. Those joining us online can take time to give as well. Giving can be done on our website at www.stoutmemorial.org/give. Doxology UMH 94 Prayer of Dedication Along with all your living saints, we present these gifts with love. Use them build your Kingdom now, we pray. Amen Hymn For the Bread Which You Have Broken Vs 3 & 4 UMH 614 Benediction Postlude Let There Be Peace on Earth Bonnie Leonhart Congregational Appreciation The flowers on the altar this morning are given to the glory of God and in honor of Wally and Paula’s birthday this week. Given by the Earnest’s If you would like to help place flowers on the Altar, consider a donation to the flower fund. The altar guild would like to invite you to sponsor the altar flowers. Each vase costs $25. When you sponsor the altar flowers, you may do so in memory or in honor of someone or a special event or anniversary. Go to stoutmemorial.org/altarflowers for more information. The Stout Memorial Altar Flower ministry needs smiling faces to deliver Sunday flowers. A sign-up sheet is on the welcome desk in the Gathering space along with directions for delivery. Presenting flowers helps to create smiles. Our Mission: We exist to see all people find Hope, Healing, and Wholeness through Jesus Christ. All Saints Sunday is one of those celebrations with a bifocal emphasis. On the one hand, it is an in-house event, a celebration of the community of faith and those who have walked as a part of the community and now have entered into God’s eternity. We give thanks for their lives and witness among us, embracing the unique giftedness they shared as a part of the fellowship. On the other hand, All Saints is an opportunity to look beyond the walls of the local congregation and be reminded that, in Christ, we are bound up into a larger fellowship of those who look like us alongside those who do not look like us, sound like us, or gather like us. (from Discipleship Resources) -Discipleship Resources