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WELCOME TO WORSHIP | sunday | november 9, 2025

a diverse, inclusive church experiencing and reflecting the love, hope and joy of Jesus Christ

to each other and our community.

PRELUDE
Love Divine All Love Excelling | arr. John Leavitt
Wes Kassulke, piano; Doug Friend, percussion
John Leavitt | © 2002 John Leavitt | all rights reserved | used with permission under One License #A-726973

WELCOME | Pastor Doug Johns

WAYS TO CONNECT | christchurchfl.org/ways2connect
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WELCOME ONE ANOTHER

* CALL TO WORSHIP | Susan Spragg, liturgist
Come, all who have wandered and all who have stayed close.

God’s love calls us home again and again.

Come, all who feel lost and all who feel found.
God’s arms are open wide to receive us.

God’s love is bold, relentless, and extravagant.

Even when we turn away, God searches for us.

Let us open our hearts to the one who welcomes us without condition.

Let us worship with joy the God who restores, renews, and rejoices over us.

* GATHERING HYMN
To God Be the Glory | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 98 (verses 1,2,3)
To God be the glory, great things he hath done!
So loved he the world that he gave us his son,
who yielded his life an atonement for sin,
and opened the lifegate that all may go in.

(refrain) Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father through Jesus the Son,
and give him the glory, great things he hath done!

O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
to every believer the promise of God;
the vilest offender who truly believes,
that moment from Jesus a pardon receives. (refrain)

Great things he hath taught us, great things he hath done,
and great our rejoicing through Jesus the son;
but purer, and higher, and greater will be
our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see. (refrain)

Fanny J. Crosby & William H. Doane | © words & music: public domain | CCLI License # 487103

* OPENING PRAYER
Gracious and loving God, we come with thanksgiving, deeply grateful for the faithfulness and unfailing love you have shown toward us. You are the one who calls us back when we’ve settled into patterns that keep us distant. You are the one who seeks us when we have lost our way. Your love reaches beyond our fears and failures and draws us back into your embrace. We thank you for never giving up on us—for welcoming us home with grace instead of judgment. Open our hearts to the depth of your love. Free us from whatever keeps us distant from you. Remind us of who we are—beloved, sought after, and welcomed by you. Amen.

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
We believe in God the Creator,

who created and is creating everything.

God loves and cares for all creatures great and small,

and provides food to sustain all Creation.

We believe in Jesus, The Christ,

who redeemed and is redeeming all things:

The life, death, and resurrection of Jesus reveals the depth of God’s love for the world. We are all unique, individual and beloved.

We believe in the Holy Spirit,

who guided and is guiding everything:

the universe, the world, the plants and animals, and us.

The Holy Spirit flows through the Church, the Body of Christ,

to bring hope, peace, joy, and love to the world.

We believe that God is present among us, working in and through our lives.
God is continuing to restore all of Creation and make all things new.

* GLORIA PATRI
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.

Henry W. Greatorex | public domain | CCLI License # 487103

MUSIC MINISTRY
My Lord, What a Morning | arr. Jay Althouse
Leigh Neely, soprano

SCRIPTURE
Luke 15:11-32 | New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
¹¹Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. ¹²The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the wealth that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them. ¹³A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant region, and there he squandered his wealth in dissolute living. ¹⁴When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that region, and he began to be in need. ¹⁵So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that region, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs. ¹⁶He would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, and no one gave him anything. ¹⁷But when he came to his senses he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger! ¹⁸I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; ¹⁹I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired hands.” ’ ²⁰So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him. ²¹Then the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ ²²But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly, bring out a robe—the best one—and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. ²³And get the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate, ²⁴for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’ And they began to celebrate.

²⁵“Now his elder son was in the field, and as he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing. ²⁶He called one of the slaves and asked what was going on. ²⁷He replied, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf because he has got him back safe and sound.’ ²⁸Then he became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and began to plead with him. ²⁹But he answered his father, ‘Listen! For all these years I have been working like a slave for you, and I have never disobeyed your command, yet you have never given me even a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends. ³⁰But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!’ ³¹Then the father said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. ³²But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found.’ ”

These are the words of God for us, the people of God. Thanks be to God

MESSAGE
Unstuck | When Plan “B” is Plan “A” | Pastor Doug Johns

OFFERING
worshiping through the offering of our lives and gifts

· Place offerings in the plates or wooden boxes

· Give online at christchurchfl.org/give

· Text GIVE to 954.880.3885

· Mail a check to Christ Church, 4845 NE 25^th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

Connect cards may also be placed with your offering.

Christ Church is a congregationally supported ministry. We thank you for your faithfulness as we reflect the love, hope and joy of Jesus to our community.

MUSIC MINISTRY

Let All the People Say Amen! | Allen Pote
Chancel Choir
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel. Save us, Lord. Gather us together, that we may give thanks to your holy name. From everlasting to everlasting, the steadfast love of God endures. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so! From the east, from the west, from the north, from the south, O give thanks for God is good! Then let all the people say, Amen!

* DOXOLOGY
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Bourgeois & Ken | public domain | CCLI License # 487103

MORNING PRAYER

THE LORD’S PRAYER
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, the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

* HYMN OF COMMITMENT
God, in Christ You Give Salvation | CWM RHONDDA
God, in Christ you give salvation,

And in him, the old has gone.

We are made a new creation;

Now we sing: the new has come!

Side by side, we serve together,

Telling news of what you've done,

Telling news of what you've done!

Called by Christ, we live as brothers,

Strong and faithful, bound to you.

May we reach to lift up others

So that they will know Christ, too.

Side by side, we serve together,

Salt and light in all we do,

Salt and light in all we do!

Sent by Christ, we go with courage,

Feed the hungry, help the poor,

Strengthen families, live your message,

Work for justice, heal, restore.

Side by side, we serve together:

May we daily serve you more,

May we daily serve you more!

* SENDING FORTH

* RESPONSE
Spirit Song | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 347
O let the Son of God enfold you with his Spirit and his love.
Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.
O let him have the things that hold you, and his Spirit like a dove
will descend upon your life and make you whole.

Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill your lambs.
Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill your lambs.

MUSIC FOR CLOSING
Trumpet Tune in D | Paul Fey
Chuck Stanley, organ

* please stand in body or spirit.

Join us next Sunday with the series Things Jesus Never Said with the message Everything Happens for a Reason based on Isaiah 9:2, 6-7.

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