UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD
The Community Church Serving Northeast Philadelphia
October 5, 2025
10:30am
10901 Calera Road, Philadelphia, PA 19154
Tel: 215-632-1929 Fax: 215-612-7955
Email: secretary@umcgoodshepherd.org
Website: http://www.umcgoodshepherd.org
Facebook: @goodshepherdumcphila
Rev. Navin Satyavrata, Pastor
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
World Communion Sunday
Prelude Let Us Break Bread Together
Call to Worship
Opening Prayer
*Opening Hymn In Unity We Lift Our Song TFWS 2221
*Responsive Reading Psalm 137
Leader: By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
All: There on the poplars we hung our harps,
Leader: For there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
All: How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a foreign land?
Leader: If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.
All: May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.
Leader: Remember, Lord, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. “Tear it down,” they cried, “tear it down to its foundations!”
All: Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.
Leader: Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
All: Amen.
We Welcome Our Guests
Announcements, Joys / Concerns
Prayers for the People
Hymn Of Response (Be Seated) He Touched Me UMH 367
Worship The Lord With Our Tithes And Offerings
Offertory Grace Greater than Our Sin UMH 365
Second Offering For the Discretionary Fund
*Doxology UMH 95
*Offertory Prayer
Prayer For Illumination UMH 6
Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit, that, as the scriptures are read and your Word proclaimed, we may hear with joy what you say to us today. Amen.
The Scriptures Robert Gurtcheff
Old Testament Lamentations 1:1-16
New Testament 2 Timothy 1:1-14
Exhortation Repent To Be Comforted
*Affirmation Of Faith Apostles Creed UMH 881
Holy Communion UMH 12
Hymn Just As I Am, Without One Plea UMH 357
(During Holy Communion)
*The Lord’s Prayer (sung)
*Benediction
*Benediction Response Threefold Amen
Postlude God Be with You till We Meet Again
* Please stand as able
We are delighted you could join us for worship today.
Please join us again.
Today’s Worship Participants
| Greeter(s) |
Robert Gurtcheff |
| Worship Leader | Dana Natalie |
| Announcements, Joys & Concerns |
Dana Natalie |
| Prayers for the People |
Christine King |
| Ushers |
Christopher John, Cameo John Catherine Tyler, Gretchen Tyler |
| Substitute Ushers | Robert Gurtcheff, Pam Gurtcheff |
| Sound Technicians |
Thomas and Danielle Parker |
| Videographer | Mel Harmon |
| Organist/Choir/Music Director | Alicia Dillow |
Upcoming Schedule
| Wednesday, October 8 | 1:00pm | Bible Study | |
| Thursday, October 9 | 7:00pm | Chancel Choir Practice | |
| Monday, October 13 | 7:00pm | UWFaith Meeting | |
| Wednesday, October 15 | 1:00pm | Bible Study | |
| Thursday, October 16 | 7:00pm | Chancel Choir Practice | |
| Sunday, October 19 | Laity Sunday | ||
| Tuesday, October 21 | 12:00pm | Ruth Circle | |
| Wednesday, October 22 | 1:00pm | Bible Study | |
| Thursday, October 23 | 7:00pm | Chancel Choir Practice | |
| Sunday, October 26 | 5:00pm-7:00pm | Trunk or Treat (parking lot) | |
| Tuesday, October 28 | 7:00pm | Lydia Circle | |
| Wednesday, October 29 | 1:00pm | Bible Study | |
| Thursday, October 30 | 7:00pm | Chancel Choir Practice | |
| Saturday, November 1 | 9:00am | UMM Breakfast | |
| Sunday, November 2 | 2:00am | Daylight Saving Time Ends | |
| Tuesday, November 4 | 6:30pm | Trustees Meeting | |
| Wednesday, November 5 | 1:00pm | Bible Study | |
CHURCH STAFF
| Pastor: Rev. Navin Satyavrata navinsatyavrata@yahoo.com |
| Organist / Choir / Music Director: Alicia Dillow |
| Sexton: Joseph King |
| Administrative Secretary: Paula Direso Office Hours – Wednesday and Saturday |
