november 23, 2025

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Nov 23, 2025
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Preacher: Rev. Dr. Boon Lin Ngeo

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Prelude: Debbie Deane

Chalice Lighting:

May this flame,

symbol of transformation since time began, fire our curiosity,

strengthen our wills, and sustain our courage

as we seek what is good within and around us.

Opening Hymn: Oh, I Woke Up This Morning SLT 153

Welcome & Announcement

Call to Worship:

In love and joy God calls us together.

And so we meet this day, as friends, as neighbors, as sisters and brothers.

Called together by God, we bring our offerings to God:

Our songs, our hearts, our prayers, our lives.

Grateful for this opportunity to give and receive, let us worship God.

Prayer of Invocation:

First Sacred Reading: Luke 13:10-17

¹⁰Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. ¹¹And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. ¹²When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.” ¹³When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. ¹⁴But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the Sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured and not on the Sabbath day.” ¹⁵But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it to water?¹⁶And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”¹⁷When he said this, all his opponents were put to shame, and the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things being done by him.

Passing of the Peace

Sharing of Our Joys & Concerns

Prayers of the People/Pastoral Prayer

Offering & Doxology: We Give You But Your Own – NCH 785

We give you but your own, what e'er the gift may be; All that we have is yours alone, we give it gratefully

Second Sacred Reading: The Bhagavad Gita

Practice gentleness, seek truth, give up anger, do not slander, and have compassion for all beings. Be gentle, be modest, be useful to others. All these things belong to the one who wishes to see me.

Hymn of Reflection: Spirit of Life SLT 123

Sermon: Help Each Other Stand, Lift Each Other Up!

Closing Hymn: We Would Be One SLT 318

Benediction: Rev. Dr. Boon Lin Ngeo

Postlude: Debbie Deane

All Souls Bethlehem Church

An Open and Affirming Congregation

Pastor: Rev. Dr. Boon Lin Ngeo

Ministers: All Members of ASBC

Minister Emeritus: Rev. Bill Nye

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