BETHEL COLLEGE MENNONITE CHURCH
September 7, 2025

Christ Candle Lighting                                                               

Centering Music–Ave Maria (Coccini)- Caleb Garber, cello; Verlene Garber, accompanist   

Welcome & Land Acknowledgment–Esther Kreider Eash

*Hymn–Gathered Here–VT 3

Children and Youth Conversation–Max Ediger

Worship Music–Let Thy Holy Presence (P. Tschesnokoff)
             Chancel Choir; Joel Garber, director; Will Wiebe-Friesen, accompanist

Scripture Reading–Matthew 4:12-25–Brad Born

*Hymn--Tú has vendido a la orilla–VT 283
                      (v. 1 in English, v. 1 in Spanish, v. 2-4 as desired)

Sermon–Our Place in the Story–Joanna Harader

*Hymn–Healer of Our Every Ill–VT 644

Prayers of God’s People

*Hymn–Heart with Loving Heart United–VT 813

*Benediction    

Postlude–Psalm 19 (Benedetto Marcello)         
      Will Wiebe-Friesen 

*You are invited to stand   
VT—Voices Together
Audio-visual—Ken Lamp  

Land Acknowledgement from words by Mark Charles and VT #878 
As we do on the first Sunday of each month,  
  we acknowledge that we worship  
  on the land of the Kanza, Osage, and Wichita.   
We thank them for their care and respect for this land      
  and acknowledge the injustice of their forced removal. 
We ask the Spirit to heal our histories 
  and find new paths of right relationships with them 
  and all of creation.