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WELCOME TO WORSHIP | sunday | october 11, 2026

a diverse, inclusive church experiencing and reflecting the love, hope and joy of Jesus Christ

to each other and our community.

WELCOME | Connie Bookholt, liturgist

WELCOME ONE ANOTHER

PRELUDE
Just a Closer Walk | arr. John F. Wilson
Wes Kassulke, piano; Doug Friend, percussion

* CALL TO WORSHIP
We gather today seeking the wisdom that comes from God.

May that wisdom shape the way we live and the way we love.

Where others are hurting or struggling,

Let us be people of mercy and compassion.

Where differences threaten to divide us,

Let us build bridges of understanding and grace.

Today we worship the one who forms us into a beloved, Christlike community.

With gratitude and hope, we worship the God who makes us one.

* GATHERING HYMN
Maker, in Whom We Live | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 88 (verses 1,2,3,4)
Maker, in whom we live, in whom we are and move,
the glory, power, and praise receive for thy creating love.
Let all the angel throng give thanks to God on high,
while earth repeats the joyful song and echoes to the sky.

Incarnate Deity, let all the ransomed race
render in thanks their lives to thee for thy redeeming grace.
The grace to sinners showed ye heavenly choirs proclaim,
and cry, “Salvation to our God, salvation to the Lamb!”

Spirit of Holiness, let all thy saints adore
thy sacred energy, and bless thine heart-renewing power.
No angel tongues can tell thy love’s ecstatic height,
the glorious joy unspeakable, the beatific sight.

Eternal, Triune God, let all the hosts above,
let all on earth below record and dwell upon thy love.
When heaven and earth are fled before thy glorious face,
sing all the saints thy love hath made thine everlasting praise.

Charles Wesley & George J. Elvey © words and music: public domain

OPENING PRAYER
Gracious God, we come before you today grateful for your love and for the gift of this community of faith. You call us to live with humility, gentleness, and care for one another. Shape us into a church where people can experience the love of Christ—not only in the words we speak, but in how we treat one another. Teach us to see our differences not as things that divide us, but as opportunities to listen, to learn, and to grow together. May the way we live together reflect the love of Christ and offer others a glimpse of the beloved community you call us to be. Amen.

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
all We believe in God,
Creator and giver of every good gift,
whose grace surrounds us
and is always at work within us.

We believe in Jesus Christ,
God’s love made known among us,
who calls us to a faith made visible
in love, mercy, justice, and service.

We believe in the Holy Spirit,
who gives us wisdom,
strength for the journey,
and grace to grow.

We believe faith is meant to be lived:
in the words we speak,
the choices we make,
and the way we love our neighbors.

We do not live this way to earn God’s love.
We live this way because we are already loved.

By the grace of God,
may the faith we proclaim
become the faith we practice,
and may our lives bear witness
to the love of Christ.
Amen.

* GLORIA PATRI
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.

Henry W. Greatorex | public domain | CCLI License # 487103

MUSIC MINISTRY

There are Angels Hov’rin’ ‘Round | arr. Uzee Brown, Jr.
Mel White, bass

contributor: Uzze Brown, Jr. | © 1994 Roger Dean Publishing Company, a division of The Lorenz Corporation | all rights reserved
used with permission under One License #A-726973

PASTORAL PRAYER

THE LORD’S PRAYER 
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

STEWARDSHIP MOMENT
Worship Workshop – Holy Communion

OFFERING
worshiping through the offering of our lives and gifts

Place offerings in the plates or wooden boxes
Give online at christchurchfl.org/give
Text GIVE to 954.880.3885
Mail a check to Christ Church, 4845 NE 25th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

Connect cards may also be placed with your offering. Christ Church is a congregationally supported ministry. We thank you for your faithfulness, which helps the church reflect the love, hope and joy of Jesus to our community.

MUSIC MINISTRY

God, Grant Me to Be Silent | Mark Hill

Chancel Choir
God grant me to be silent before you, that I may hear you; God grant me to be at rest in your, that you may work in me; God grant me to be open to you, that you may enter; God grant me to be empty before you, that you may fill me. Let me be still, and know you are my God. Amen.

Sir Paul Reeves & Mark Hill | © 2003 The Lorenz Publishing Company, a division of The Lorenz Corporation | all rights reserved
used with permission under One License #A-726973

* DOXOLOGY
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Bourgeois & Ken | public domain | CCLI License # 487103

PRAYER BEFORE SCRIPTURE READING
Gracious God, as I open these pages, open my heart to you. Give me wisdom to hear your voice, courage to trust your grace, and strength to live what I believe. Shape my words, my choices, and the way I love my neighbors. May the faith you have planted in me bear fruit in a life of compassion, mercy, justice, and love. Make my faith alive and active, so that through me, others may experience the love of Christ. Amen.

SCRIPTURE
James 3:13–4:10 | New Revised Standard Version, updated edition
13 Who is wise and knowledgeable among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant and lie about the truth. 15 This is not wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish. 16 For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

4 Those conflicts and disputes among you, where do they come from? Do they not come from your cravings that are at war within you? 2 You want something and do not have it, so you commit murder. And you covet something and cannot obtain it, so you engage in disputes and conflicts. You do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, in order to spend what you get on your pleasures. 4 Adulterers! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. 5 Or do you suppose that the scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the spirit that God caused to dwell in us desire envy? 6 But God gives all the more grace; therefore it says,

“God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble.”

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Lament and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

These are the words of God for us, the people of God. Thanks be to God

MESSAGE
Faith Works | Wisdom from Above | Rev. Emily Denmark McGee

* HYMN OF COMMITMENT
They’ll Know We are Christians | The Faith We Sing Hymnal No. 2223 (verses 1,2,3)
We are one in the spirit, we are one in the Lord.
We are one in the spirit, we are one in the Lord.
And we pray that all unity will one day be restored.

(refrain) And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love.
Yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.

We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand.

We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand.
And together we’ll spread the news that God is in our land. (refrain)

We will work with each other, we will work side by side.
We will work with each other, we will work side by side.
And we’ll guard human dignity and save human pride. (refrain)

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* SENDING FORTH

* RESPONSE
Spirit Song | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 347
O let the Son of God enfold you with his Spirit and his love.
Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.
O let him have the things that hold you, and his Spirit like a dove
will descend upon your life and make you whole.

Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill your lambs.
Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill your lambs.

MUSIC FOR CLOSING
Trumpet Tune in D | Paul Fey
Chuck Stanley, organ

* please stand in body or spirit.

Join us next Sunday, when we continue the series, Faith Works, with the message, Trusting God with Tomorrow, based on James 4:13–17.

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