All are Welcome!
- Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
- October 4, 2026
- 10:00 a.m.
- View the livestream
Sermon Reflection Questions
- What has God entrusted to you – your time, relationships, resources, history, or gifts – and how might you use those things to bear kin-dom fruit?
- Where might God already be at work beyond our congregation, and how can we practice greater humility, listening, hospitality and solidarity with others?
Order of Worship
| Prelude “Taste and See” TFWS #2267 Kathy Onishi |
| Welcome of Grace and Greeting Rev. Karen Yokota Love |
| Land Acknowledgement Rev. Karen Yokota Love |
| *Call to Worship Adam Drake |
| *Opening Song “When We Are Living (Pues Si Vivimos)” – V 1 and 2 in English, then in Spanish UMH #356 Eugene and Kathy Onishi |
| Opening Prayer Adam Drake |
| Scripture Reading Matthew 21:33-46 (CEB) Tsutomu Nagoya, Adam Drake |
| Children’s Sermon Sai Hanaoka |
| Special Music “I Will Follow” Chris Tomlin Blaine Praise Band |
| Sermon “The Fruit We Bear” Rev. Karen Yokota Love |
| Hymn of Reflection “One Bread, One Body” UMH #620 Eugene and Kathy Onishi |
| Holy Communion Rev. Karen Yokota Love |
| Introduction to the Offering Rev. Karen Yokota Love |
| Offertory Music “Sacred the Body” TFWS #2228 Kathy Onishi |
| *Doxology “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” UMH #94 |
| *Prayer of Dedication Rev. Karen Yokota Love |
| Announcements Rev. Karen Yokota Love |
| *Closing Hymn “I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me” TFWS #2153 Eugene and Kathy Onishi |
| *Benediction Rev. Karen Yokota Love |
| Postlude “Let Us Be Bread” TFWS #2260 Kathy Onishi |
| Altar Flowers Sharon Maeda |
*Daily Lectionary Readings are provided by Bible Gateway and Vanderbilt University.
Daily Lectionary Readings*
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Dates to Remember
| Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Migrant and Refugee Donation Ministry at Riverton Park UMC | |||
| Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. • Coffee and Prayer with Rev. Karen on Zoom |
Wednesday Morning Coffee and Prayer
- October 7, 2026
- 9 a.m.
- Zoom
Join Rev. Karen for prayer and fellowship Wednesdays on Zoom. Our time together includes brief check-ins, a devotional and prayer. Feel free to bring a cup of coffee or tea and something light to eat. We hope to see you on Wednesday!
Links are usually sent on Tuesdays. Contact office@blaineonline.org to receive the link to Zoom!
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