Sunday, November 23, 2025

We Give. Nevertheless, We Are Full.

Prelude:                                        

Great Is Thy Faithfulness 

Words by Thomas O. Chisholm; Music by William M. Runyan 
Arranged by Don Marsh 

Cathedral of Hope Orchestra 

© 1923, renewed 1951, Hope Publishing Co.

Call to Worship 

Cathedral of Hope, we come today to celebrate the wondrous gifts that God has given us: 

We give thanks to the God who has blessed us with love and hope;
We give praise to the God who provides for us;
And we show our gratitude by the ways in which we love and care for others. 

So rise, Church, in body or spirit; raise your voices in thanks to God! 

**Processional Hymn

Now Thank We All Our God

Now thank we all our God with heart and hands and voices, 
Who wondrous things has done, in whom this world rejoices. 
Who from our mothers’ arms has blessed us on our way 
with countless gifts of love, and still is ours today. 

O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us, 
With ever joyful hearts and blessed peace to cheer us, 
And keep us still in grace, and guide us when perplexed, 
and free us from all ills in this world and the next. 

All praise and thanks to God the Maker now be given, 
To Christ and Spirit, too, our help in highest heaven, 
The one eternal God, whom earth and heav’n adore, 
For thus it was, is now, and shall be evermore. 

Words: Martin Rinkart, 1686

Translator: Catherine Winkworth

Music: Johann Crüger, 1647

Welcome and Life of the Church

**Sharing of the Peace

Litany of Gratitude

Neil: Today we gather in gratitude for the abundance we have received, remembering the act of giving and receiving that takes place through our Thanksgiving Basket Distribution. These baskets of food are a tangible sign of care, helping to meet the needs of those in our community who face food insecurity. We pray that through this act of service we are living into the call of Christ to feed the hungry. 

All: We give thanks for the abundance we have, and we share it with those in need. 

Julie: For the hands that have prepared these baskets, for those who distribute them, and for those who will receive them, we pray your blessing. 

All: May these meals nourish bodies and spirits, reminding us of your abundant grace.  

Dawson: We acknowledge the reality of food insecurity in our community and beyond, knowing that many go without the basic nourishment they need. 

All: We commit ourselves to working toward a world where no one is hungry, and all have access to the resources that sustain life.  

Julie: For those who hunger for food, and for those who hunger for connection and hope, we offer our prayers and our hands in service. 

All: We seek to be bearers of your abundance, sharing what we have so that all may live fully. 

Dawson: As we give and receive today, may we be reminded of the sacredness of this moment—the act of sharing and being in community.   

All: Together, we proclaim the abundance of life that flows through acts of compassion, gratitude, and love. 

Neil: In the spirit of this abundant life, help us to know that in giving, we receive, and in serving, we reflect your grace. May we continue to be a community where no one is left hungry—physically or spiritually—and where all are invited to the table of your love. We pray all this in the name of Jesus, who taught us to pray: 

The Lord’s Prayer  

Creator/Our Father/Our Mother
which 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 

**For thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory forever. Amen. Amen. 

Words: Matthew 6:9-13

Music: Albert Hay Mallotte

© 1935 (renewed) G. Schirmer, Inc.

**Gospel Lesson: Luke 6:38

One: God be with you. 

All: And also with you. 

One: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke. 

All: Glory to you, O God. 

“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”   

One: This is the Gospel of Hope. 

All: Praise to you, Creator, Christ and Holy Spirit. 

Gloria

Glory to God

Glory to God in the highest, and to all creation, peace!

O God Almighty, we thank you and give praise to you for your glory.

Jesus Christ, Lamb of God, you take away our sin;

for you alone are the Holy One; you alone are Most High.

To Jesus Christ, at God’s right hand, and Holy Spirit, evermore

Be blessing and honor and glory; be all blessing and honor and glory.

Amen, Amen, Amen!   

Words adapted from the Latin Mass by Danny Ray
Music: Danny Ray
©1985 Danny Ray

Sermon

We Give. Nevertheless, We Are Full.

Offering Call       

Offertory  

For the Beauty of the Earth  

Words by F.S. Pierpoint (1835-1917); Music by John Rutter 

Sanctuary Choir and Orchestra 

For the beauty of the earth, for the beauty of the skies, 
for the love which from our birth over and around us lies, 
God of all to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. 

For the beauty of each hour of the day and of the night, 
hill and vale, and tree and flower, sun and moon and stars of light, 
God of all to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. 

For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child, 
friends on earth, and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild, 
God of all to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. 

For each perfect gift of thine, to our race so freely given, 
graces human and divine, flowers of earth and buds of heaven. 
God of all to you we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. 

Words: Folliot Sandford Pierpoint, 1864

Music by John Rutter © 1980 Oxford University Press

Communion   

Words of Institution      

Prayer of Consecration  

Let us pray.

Almighty God, send the power of your Holy Spirit on us gathered here, and on these gifts of grape and grain. Make them be for us holy food that nurtures us in body and spirit, that by sharing this feast, we may know the presence of the living Christ. By your Spirit, make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to all of the world. Through Jesus Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honor and glory be yours, now and forever. Amen.

Invitation 

Music during Communion

Praise and Thanksgiving 

Praise and thanksgiving, God we would offer 
for all things living, created good: 
harvest of sown fields, fruit of the orchard, 
hay from the mown fields, blossom and wood. 

God, bless the labor we bring to serve you, 
that with our neighbor we may be fed. 
Sowing or tilling, we would work with you, 
harvesting, milling for daily bread. 

Then will your blessing reach every people, 
freely confessing your gracious hand. 
Where you are reigning, no one will hunger, 
your love sustaining showers the land. 

Give Thanks 

Give thanks with a grateful heart, give thanks to the Holy One, 
Give thanks because God’s given Jesus Christ, the Son. 

Give thanks with a grateful heart, give thanks to the Holy One, 
Give thanks because God’s given Jesus Christ, the Son. 

And now let the weak say, “I am strong,” 
let the poor say, “I am rich 
because of what the Lord has done for us.” 
And now let the weak say, “I am strong,” 
let the poor say, “I am rich 
because of what the Lord has done for us.” 

Give thanks, give thanks. 

As We Seek Your Face 

As we seek your face, may we know your heart, 
feel your presence, acceptance, as we seek your face. 

At your feet we fall, Sovereign Lord. 
We cry holy, holy; at your feet we fall. 

As we seek your face, may we know your heart, 
feel your presence, acceptance, as we seek your face. 

Words and Music: Dave Bilbrough

© 1990 Dave Bilbrough Songs/Thankyou Music/ Music/worshiptogether.com

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Great is thy faithfulness, God, my Creator, 

there is no shadow of turning with thee;

thou changest not, thy compassions they fail not; 

as thou hast been thou forever wilt be.

**Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness! 

Morning by morning new mercies I see;

All I have needed thy hand hath provided. 

Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!
Great is thy faithfulness, God, unto me!

Words: Thomas O. Chisholm, 1923
Music: William M. Runyan, 1923

**Prayer of Thanksgiving 

**Recessional Hymn:

Let All Things Now Living

Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving 
to God our Creator triumphantly raise; 
Who fashioned and made us protected and stayed us, 
by guiding us on to the end of our days. 
God’s banners are o’er us, pure light goes before us, 
a pillar of fire shining forth in the night: 
Till shadows have vanished, all fearfulness banished, 
as forward we travel from light into light. 

By law God enforces. The stars in their courses, 
the sun in its orbit obediently shine; 
The hills and the mountains, the rivers and fountains, 
the depths of the ocean proclaim God divine. 
We, too, should be voicing our love and rejoicing 
with glad adoration a song let us raise: 
Till all things now living unite in thanksgiving, 
to God in the highest, hosanna and praise. 

Words: Katherine K. Davis, 1939

© 1939, 1966 E.C. Schirmer Music Co.

Music: Traditional Welsh Melody



**Benediction         

Postlude for Dismissal

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The flowers on the chancel are given by Neal Howard in honor and celebration of his husband, Brian Parman as they celebrate their 10^th anniversary.