Early Worship Service
November 1st, 2026

Prelude

Welcome

Hymn
44 For the Beauty of the Earth

Responsive Reading
Leader: Give judgment for me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people; deliver
me from the deceitful and the wicked.
People: For you are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you? and why do I
go so heavily while the enemy oppresses me?
ALL: Send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me, and bring me to your holy
hill and to your dwelling;
Leader: That I may go to the altar of God, to the God of my joy and gladness.
People: On the harp I will give thanks to you, O God my God.
Leader: Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul? and why are you so disquieted within me?
People: Put your trust in God; for I will yet give thanks to him, who is the help of my
countenance, and my God.

Choral Anthem
Shall Forests Hide Their Beauty?

Hymn
43 This is My Father’s World

Prayers of the People
O God, your Spirit speaks through your prophets, protecting your people from those who
would lead them astray. Raise up new voices in our time to speak with justice and power and
to challenge the complacency that would have us rest easily with sin. Amen.

Hymn
590 God, Our Author and Creator
552 Jesus Is the Song (stanzas 1 & 2 only)

Sermon
1 Thessalonians 2: 9-13

Hymn of Response
 552 Jesus Is the Song (stanza 3 only)

Passing of the Peace

UBC Life

Sending

Postlude

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