OUR SAVIOUR’S
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

October 4, 2026

In the Name and Fellowship of Jesus Christ, you are welcomed to our faith community.

We are so glad that you chose to join us this morning to worship with us. Whatever your circumstances: married, single, single again, with or without children, looking for a home church or “just browsing,” you are welcome at Our Saviour’s. Please record your visit with us. Sign the attendance pad and pass it to the other end of the pew. You can also fill out a Connect Card and place it in the offering plate or the office, we'd like to know how we can serve you or minister to you. We’d love to stay in touch with you, and provide you with information about our church ministries and programs, you can also check out our website at www.osumc.org. You are invited to join us for coffee hour where we can get to know you better. Again, thanks for joining us today! We hope to see you again very soon. God bless you.

Words in red type to be read by the congregation.
An asterisk(*) indicates to please stand in body or in spirit, as you are able.

Order of Worship

Announcements

Joyce Kiepura

Prelude

Gather Us In

Martin Haugen

arr. Mark Hayes

Ricardo Pedroza

Call to Worship

Leader (Kirsten Fletcher): On this World Communion Sunday, Jesus Christ gathers us from the north, south, east and west. All of humanity, politically diverse, ethnically diverse, with diverse gifts, Jesus centers us, here today into one body.

People: We come to the Lord’s table because of God’s Grace, and
God’s mercy toward all of us. We have sinned, but because of Jesus
Christ, we know there is no greater love than your sacrifice on the
cross of Calvary. Thank you Jesus!

Leader (by Luz Brinas in Tagalog): From every nation, tribe, language, and people, God is
calling the Church to unity, peace, and love in Christ.

People: We come as one body, redeemed by one savior, Jesus Christ our Lord. HALLELUJAH!

Leader (by Mary Martinez Spanish): This is not our table, but the Table of Jesus Christ, where everyone is welcomed. Everyone is welcomed from all walks of life.

People: Christ our Lord invites us all to come. HALLELUJAH!

Leader (Philip Lee in Thai): Here we remember and may we never forget the life, death, and resurrection story, the empty grave, the encounter with Mary and his disciples, the assertion power of Jesus Christ, and the promise that Christ Jesus will come back again.

People: Today we receive grace for the journey. HALLELUJAH!

Leader (Pastor Heewon Kim, Korean): In this place we join Christians throughout the world.

People: Today we remember, we are many people, yet one body in Jesus Christ. HALLELUJAH!

Leader (Cathy Kostecki in English): Today we will worship our God who knits us together of one body in Jesus Christ.

People: With tremendous gratitude and reverence, today I worship the Lord in spirit and in truth. HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH

*Hymn

One Bread, One Body

United Methodist Hymnal 620

verse 1

Welcome and Prayer

Pastor Heewon Kim

Pastor: Gracious and eternal God, we come with glad hearts
and lifted voices, thanking you for your goodness, your mercy, and
your unfailing love. We bless you for Jesus Christ, our Savior, for
the bread of life and the cup of grace, and for the joy of gathering
at your table on this World Communion Sunday.

Lay Leader: Lord, we thank you for all your creation for the earth
and the heavens, for the seas and the land, for every living thing
that declares your glory. We thank you for your Church throughout
the world, for your people in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America,
South America, Australia, and Antarctica, and for every nation,
every culture, every race, and every language lifting the name of
Jesus.

Lead Pastor: Make us one, O God. In a world too often divided, let
your Church stand as a witness of love, hope, justice, and peace.
Bind us together across every boundary, break down every wall
that divides, and remind us that we are one body in Christ.

Lay Leader: Bless those who are burdened today—the sick,
the grieving, the weary, and the forgotten. Strengthen the weak,
comfort the hurting, guide the leaders of the nations, and pour out
your Spirit on your people everywhere.

Together: Lord, bless your creation, bless your Church, bless
all people everywhere. Feed us with your grace, fill us with your
Spirit, and send us out with joy, courage, and holy love. In the
name of Jesus Christ, the Bread of Life and the Savior of the
world, we pray. Amen

Prayers of the People

Pastor Heewon Kim

Offertory Invitation

Missionary Rev. Philip Lee & Jenny Shin

Offertory

In Remembrance

Buryl Red

Chancel Choir

*Hymn

Give Thanks

The Faith We Sing 2036

*Prayer of Dedication

Generous God, we thank you for every good and perfect gift from Your hand.
Receive our tithes and offerings—signs of our gratitude and trust in You.
Bless these gifts and use them to strengthen Your Church and to bless Your people throughout the world.
May they bring hope to the hurting, food to the hungry, and a faithful witness to the power of Jesus Christ.
Amen.

*Gospel Reading

Mary Legg

Mark 10: 46-52

Healing of blind Bartimaeus

46 Jesus and his followers came into Jericho. As Jesus was leaving Jericho, together with his disciples and a sizable crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, Timaeus’ son, was sitting beside the road. 47 When he heard that Jesus of Nazareth was there, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, show me mercy!” 48 Many scolded him, telling him to be quiet, but he shouted even louder, “Son of David, show me mercy!”

49 Jesus stopped and said, “Call him forward.”

They called the blind man, “Be encouraged! Get up! He’s calling you.”

50 Throwing his coat to the side, he jumped up and came to Jesus.

51 Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?”

The blind man said, “Teacher, I want to see.”

52 Jesus said, “Go, your faith has healed you.” At once he was able to see, and he began to follow Jesus on the way.

Leader: This is the word of God for the People of God
People: Thanks be to God Amen

Message

World Communion Sunday: Hearing Other Voices

Pastor Heewon Kim

Children's Time

Pastor Heewon Kim

Holy Communion

Leader: The Lord be with you.

Unison: And also with you.

Leader: Lift up your hearts.

Unison: We lift them up to the Lord.

Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

Unison: It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Leader: It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, God Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. You have made from one every nation and people to live on all the face of the earth. And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

Unison: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

Leader: Holy are you, and blessed is your Son Jesus Christ. By the baptism of his suffering, death, and resurrection you gave birth to your church, delivered us from slavery to sin and death, and made with us a new covenant by water and the Spirit. He commissioned us to be his witnesses to the ends of the earth and to make disciples of all nations, and today his family in all the world is joining at his holy table.

On the night in which he gave himself up for us, he took bread, gave thanks to you, broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said: "Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."

When the supper was over, he took the cup, gave thanks to you, gave it to his disciples, and said: "Drink from this, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."

And so, in remembrance of these your mighty acts in Jesus Christ, we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving as a holy and living sacrifice, in union with Christ's offering for us, as we proclaim the mystery of faith.

Unison: Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.

Leader: Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here, and on these gifts of bread and wine. Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ, that we may be for the world the body of Christ, redeemed by his blood. Renew our communion with your Church throughout the world, and strengthen it in every nation and among every people to witness faithfully in your name.

By your Spirit make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to all the world, until Christ comes in final victory and we feast at his heavenly banquet.

Through your Son Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in your holy church, all honor and glory is yours, almighty God, now and forever.

Unison: Amen

Leader: And now, with the confidence of children of God, let us pray:

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 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.

Amen.

The Congregation sings together: UMH 620 verses 2-3;
TFWS 2229 (twice times); UMH 628 (three times); TFWS 2269

Passing of the Peace

*Hymn

We've a Story to Tell the Nationsl

United Methodist Hymnal 569

verses 1 and 4

*Blessing

*Hymn

God of Grace and God of Glory

United Methodist Hymnal 577

verse 1

Postlude

St. Fulbert,(No. 25 from "Forty Hymn-Tune Preludes")

C.S. Lang

Ricardo Pedroza