ENTRY INTO CELEBRATION (Responsive)
Text in bold is the audience response.

A thousand days are but a moment to God; All flesh is grass, and withers away. Still we treasure our days with those whom we love, And reluctantly give them back to God. On this day, we thank God for the saints in our lives.
Let us worship God.
In the beginning, God called the world into being, saying, “Let there be light!” In the fullness of time, Jesus came from God to us, saying, “I am the Light of the world.” In our everyday life, we see the work of the saints, The ones in whom God’s light shines. So let us give thanks for the saints this day,
And let us worship God.
We gather this morning to remember our call: To do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with God. We bring with us the events of the week in the world and in our lives, Trying to know how to be just and loving and humble in the midst of it all. We gather here, and see those who are doing justice, who are kind beyond measure, who set the example for humility. With gratitude for living saints, with thankfulness for the purpose of faith,
let us worship God. *

*Written by Beth Merrill Neel on her blog, ‘Hold Fast to What Is Good’. Used with permission.

INVITATION TO PRAYER
On All Saints Day, we are invited to consider how we live as followers of Christ – to look at our decisions and our actions straight on, and to hold them up to the example of Christ, and to make amends. In this time of silence, and in our prayer together, let us look at our lives. We pray, first in silence.

Silent Prayer

PRAYER (Unison)

Holy God, Creator of all that is, Donor of Grace, and Giver of Life: Hear our prayer. There are chasms in our lives, deep valleys that separate us From one another and from You. We confess that we have allowed those rifts to grow, For fear of admitting our part in the separation, For fear of being rejected when we reach out. You call us to a reconciled life, to healed relationships, To a wholeness with each other and with You. Mend us, we pray, and make us new creations Through the power and love of Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen.

AFFIRMATION
Friends, the mercy of God is from everlasting to everlasting! Know this, and be at peace.
Thanks be to God.

PASSING THE PEACE (Responsive)
Text in bold is the audience response.

The Peace of Christ be with you all.
And also with you.
Please safely share the peace of Christ

PRAYER OF GREAT THANKSGIVING
The words of response are: We give thanks.

We remember those whose courage enables us to be here today, whose love of God shone before us, and who shared us who God is. For these ancestors of faith, we give thanks, and we pray together the Lord's Prayer:

REMEMBERING THE SAINTS
Alice Furrey
Roger Speece
Darlene Brown
Terry Burns
Susan Allen
John Grabow
Lucy Grablow
John Hedrick
James Louie
Peggy Jeans

THE LORD'S PRAYER (Unison)

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 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.

UNISON PRAYER FOLLOWING COMMUNION
God of all life, we go from this place to the home place, to the workplace, the marketplace; every place living as God's own people. May Your love, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all. May we live as your saints in the world. Amen.