WELCOME TO WORSHIP | sunday | october 18, 2026

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

to each other and our community.

WELCOME  

WELCOME ONE ANOTHER 

PRELUDE 
My Jesus, I Love Thee | David H. Hegarty
Chuck Stanley, organ; Steven Mailloux-Adler, percussion 

Adonirum Judson Gordon & David H. Hegarty | © 1976 Lorenz Publishing Company, a division of The Lorenz Corporation (admin. by Music Services) |all rights reserved | used with permission under One License #A-726973 

* CALL TO WORSHIP | Connie Booth, liturgist
Today we gather as people who do not yet know what tomorrow will bring. 

We come trusting that God will walk with us, even when the way is uncertain. 

God invites us to live with open hearts, ready to follow wherever the Spirit leads. 

We open ourselves to God’s guidance, knowing we cannot walk this path alone. 

In our uncertainty, God is our steady ground; in our questions, God is our faithful companion. 

We acknowledge our dependence on God, who leads us with wisdom and grace. 

Let us worship the God who calls us to trust, to hope, and to step forward in faith. 

With gratitude and confidence, we place our tomorrows in God’s care. 

* GATHERING HYMN 
O God Our Help in Ages Past | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 117 (verses 1,2,3,6) 
O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, 
our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home! 

Under the shadow of thy throne, still may we dwell secure; 
sufficient is thine arm alone, and our defense is sure. 

Before the hills in order stood, or earth received her frame, 
from everlasting, thou art God, to endless years the same. 

Our God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come; 
be thou our guide while life shall last, and our eternal home. 

Isaac Watts | William Croft | © words & music: public domain | CCLI License # 487103 

OPENING PRAYER  
Loving God, we come before you carrying all that rests on our minds and hearts. Some of us look toward tomorrow with hope and anticipation, while others hold questions, worries, or fears about what may come. Teach us to loosen our hold on what we cannot control and to rest in your faithful leading. Open us to the quiet work of your Spirit. Shape our desires, steady our steps, and attune our ears to your voice. Remind us that faith is not certainty about the future, but trust in the one who walks with us. Calm our anxious thoughts and give us hearts ready to follow. Lead us into tomorrow with courage, openness, and hope. 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  

Amazing Grace | arr. Stephen Nelson
Richard Christobal Harris 

WORSHIPCast | contributor: Stephen Nelson | © 2018 GENTRI | all rights reserved 

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 
Trunk or Treat 2026 

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 

Shepherd of My Soul | Susan & Lee Dengler 

Chancel Choir 
Shepherd of my soul, keeper of my heart, guardian of each step I take, lead me in your way. Shepherd of my soul, keeper of my heart, author of each plan I make, lead me in your way. The Lord will always be my shepherd. The Lord will always be my guide; he leads me into pleasant places, and keeps me safe by his side. When I am lost, my shepherd finds me and brings me back into the fold; he speaks to me with words of comfort, and shelters me from the cold. Shepherd of my soul, lead me in your way. 

Susan N. Dengler & Lee Dengler | copyright © 2010 Word Music, LLC (ASCAP) | 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 4:13–17 | New Revised Standard Version, updated edition 
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there, doing business and making money.” 14 Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wishes, we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil. 17 Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do and fails to do it commits sin. 

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

MESSAGE  
Faith Works | Trusting God with Tomorrow | Pastor Jad Denmark 

* HYMN OF COMMITMENT 
My Hope is Built | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 368 (verses 1,2,3,4) 
My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.  
I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus’ name. 

(refrain) On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand;  

all other ground is sinking sand. 

When darkness veils his lovely face, I rest on his unchanging grace.  

In every high and stormy gale, my anchor holds within the veil. (refrain) 

His oath, his covenant, his blood support me in the whelming flood.  

When all around my soul gives way, he then is all my hope and stay. (refrain) 

When he shall come with trumpet sound, O may I then in him be found!  

Dressed in his righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne! (refrain) 

Edward Mote & William Batchelder Bradbury | words & music: public domain | CCLI License # 487103 

WAYS TO CONNECT | christchurchfl.org/ways2connect  
Please see below. 

* 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. 

John Wimber | © 1979 Mercy | Vineyard Publishing | CCLI License #487103 

MUSIC FOR CLOSING 
March in G | Henry Smart
Chuck Stanley, organ 

Franklin Ritter & Henry T. Smart | © 1984 Lorenz Publishing Company, a division of The Lorenz Corporation (Admin. by Music Services) | all rights reserved | used with permission under One License #A-726973 

* please stand in body or spirit. 

Join us next Sunday, when we conclude the series, Faith Works, with the message, Holding One Another Together, based on James 5:7–20. 

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