God’s Plan for Peace
“Micah”
Sunday, November 15, 2026
*Please stand in body or in spirit. Congregational responses are in bold and preceded by "All"
GATHERING
Welcome and Announcements
Invitation and Sharing of Peace
Peace be with you. And also with you.
Prelude Let It Rise Rejuvenate
Call to Worship (Clergy Stuff)
LEADER: With what shall we come before our God?
ALL: With mountains of material possessions?
LEADER: God has told us what is good,
ALL: And it is not what we might expect.
LEADER: What does God require of us?
ALL: Only that we do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with our God.
Opening Prayer (Clergy Stuff)
ALL: God of promise, As the prophet Micah speaks of a coming time of peace, let us also be prophets, not only speaking your words of love and reconciliation to a world in pain, but putting into action our commitment to working for the peace you desire for all of creation. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
*Opening Song Your Grace is Enough
Great is your faithfulness, O God;
You wrestle with the sinner’s restless heart.
You lead us by still waters into mercy
and nothing can keep us apart.
So remember Your people,
remember Your children,
remember your promise, O God.
Your grace is enough,
Your grace is enough,
Your grace is enough for me.
Great is Your love and justice,
God of Jacob
You use the weak to lead the strong.
You lead us in the song
of your salvation,
and all Your people sing along.
So remember Your people,
remember Your children,
remember your promise, O God.
Your grace is enough,
Your grace is enough,
Your grace is enough for me.
Yeah Your grace is enough,
Heaven reaches out to us.
Your grace is enough for me.
God I sing Your grace is enough,
I’m covered in Your love.
Your grace is enough for me.
LISTENING
Scripture Reading Micah 5:2-5a; 6:6-8
LEADER: This is the word of God for the people of God.
ALL: Thanks be to God.
Message for All Ages
Sermon “Micah” Dr.. Tim Thomas
RESPONDING
*Sermon Song O God of Every Nation UMH 435
1. O God of every nation,
of every race and land,
redeem your whole creation
with your almighty hand;
where hate and fear
divide us,
and bitter threats are hurled,
in love and mercy guide us,
and heal our
strife-torn world.
2. From search for
wealth and power
and scorn of truth and right,
from trust in
bombs that shower
destruction through the night,
from pride of race
and station
and blindness to your way,
deliver every nation,
eternal God, we pray.
3. Lord, strengthen
all who labor
that all may find release
from fear of rattling saber,
from dread of war’s increase;
when hope and
courage falter,
Lord, let your voice be heard;
with faith that none can alter,
your servants undergird.
4. Keep bright in us
the vision of
days when war shall cease,
when hatred and division
give way to love and peace,
till dawns the
morning glorious
when truth and justice reign,
and Christ shall
rule victorious
o’er all the world’s domain.
Prayers of the People
Leader: God of mercy, ALL: You hear our prayer.
The Lord’s Prayer (Spoken)
All: 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, and the power, and the glory, forever.
Offertory Craig Nickerson, Organist
*Offering Response Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow (UMH 94)
*Prayer of Dedication (Clergy Stuff)
ALL: Holy God you have told us what is good. In our desire to follow in your way, we offer these simple gifts and commit them to the work of justice, kindness, and humility that you require of us. Bless them that they might multiply your goodness in the world that you have created. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
SENDING
*Closing Song Once in Royal David’s City UMH 250
1. Once in royal David’s city
stood a lowly cattle shed,
where a mother
laid her baby
in a manger for his bed;
Mary, loving
mother mild,
Jesus Christ,
her little child.
2. He came down
to earth from heaven
who is God and Lord of all,
and his shelter
was a stable,
and his cradle was a stall.
With the poor,
the scorned, the lowly
lived on earth
our Savior holy.
3. Jesus is our
childhood’s pattern;
day by day, like us he grew;
he was little,
weak, and helpless,
tears and smiles
like us he knew;
and he feeleth
for our sadness,
and he shareth
in our gladness.
4. And our eyes
at last shall see him,
through his own
redeeming love;
for that child
so dear and gentle is our
Lord in heaven above;
and he leads
his children on
to the place
where he is gone.
*Benediction
Benediction Response
Postlude
Next Week
God’s Plan for Peace
“Reign of Christ: Swords into Plowshares”
November 22, 2026 Isaiah 36:1-3, 13-20; 37:1-7; then 2:1-4
This Week at Arnolia
- Monday, November 16: 7 PM Spiritual Care First Aid (virtual)
- Tuesday, November 17: Thrift Store accepting donations
- Tuesday, November 17: 12 Noon Pastors Study
- Tuesday, November 17: 6:30 PM Bible Study
- Thursday, November 19: 10 AM - 2PM Thrift Store OPEN
- Thursday, November 19: 7:30 PM Chancel Choir
- Friday, November 20: Pastor’s Sabbath – Church Office Closed
- Sunday, November 22: 10 AM: Worship Service
- Sunday, November 22: 11:15 AM SPRC
Copywrite
Let It Rise by Holland Davis, © 1997, 1999 Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, CCLI #2240585, Rejuvenate Used by Permission. CCLI Church Copyright License Number: 1684333 and Streaming License Number: 20155039.
Your Grace is Enough, by Matt Maher, © 2003 Thankyou Music Ltd; SPIRITANDSONG.COM PUBLISHING, CCLI #4477026 Used by Permission. CCLI Church Copyright License Number: 1684333 and Streaming License Number: 20155039.
O God of Every Nation, by David Evans, William France, and William Watkins Reid, Jr., © Words: 1958. Renewed 1986 The Hymn Society; Music: 1927 Oxford University Press, CCLI #1385455, UMH 435 Used by Permission. CCLI Church Copyright License Number: 1684333 and Streaming License Number: 20155039.
Once in Royal David's City, UMH 250, Public Domain
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