Worship Guide - All Saints, Year A

Worship with One Click

You can choose to watch all of this Sunday's worship service in a series of linked videos, one after the other, by clicking this link. Just press the button that says "PLAY ALL" and sit back and relax. You can also just click on the graphic to the left.​ Otherwise, proceed as normal through the sections.

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Who are these, robed in white, and where have they come from? … These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
~Revelation 7:13-14
 
Blessed are they, and blessed are you, Jesus tells those who hunger and thirst, the merciful, the peacemakers.
 
We remember those saints who have gone before us this All Saints Sunday. Surely in this moment of such intense suffering and dislocation this is an act of faith—to remember, to look to those who have modeled for us how to live in uncertainty, how to live in the midst of loss and dysfunction, how to work to mend the world. 

To know others have been before us, to remember that we are not alone in this work of being human, to know that God is with us is to begin to name the hope we have as children of the Just and Compassionate One.
 
So prepare for this day. Find a candle, or many and light them. Our preacher will invite us to do just that if you haven’t already. Give thanks for those who have led the way for us, mentored us, guarded and guided us, finished the race. And remember that you are doing the same for others. Be challenged and inspired. Look for the hope that surrounds us. Be that hope for others. Enter into worship. 

Connections with Andrea

If you have prayers you would like to share, please do so here. These will be shared by email to our St Andrew prayer list so that we pray for what you hold by name. This information is not shared online in a searchable form.

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Prelude

Gathering Song

Call to Worship

Song of Praise

Confession and Assurance

S​end a text to a couple of people. Make a call. Who comes to mind for you? Wish them well. More than that, wish them the peace that comes with justice. Then click below.

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The Word

In your Word, O God, show us heaven.
By your Spirit, show us truth;
through Christ, the Living Word,
in whom we see your face. Amen.

Revelation 7:9-17 † Psalm 34:1-10, 22 † 1 John 3:1-3 † Matthew 5:1-12
*In the season after Pentecost (also known as Ordinary Time, or "Proper" Sundays, the first reading can follow one of two tracks—either a semi-continuous track that stays with a story over a number of Sundays or a paired track that companions more closely the gospel reading. This season we are mostly using the paired readings. Today we are using the All Saints reading.

Psalm Response

Meditation

Respond in Song

Offertory: Anthem

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Thanksgiving

If you haven’t already, set the elements—some bread, some juice or wine—in the room or space where you worship in these days with our faith community. Set a table with things that remind you of hope in this world and the world to come—something that symbolizes hope for you, something that will last beyond you. And today a candle. White, to remember those who have come before us.

​If a joy or a concern has come to mind, please share it with the assembly here so you do not carry it alone. These will be shared by email to our St Andrew prayer list so that we pray for what you hold by name. This information is emailed to a curated group, not shared or posted online in a searchable form.

As we respond to God's grace and new life, consider those ways you can express gratitude, thanksgiving and blessing. And remember that we continue to keep our financial commitments to our mission partners and staff. Thank you for remembering to send in your financial pledges and offerings.

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Sending Song

Blessing