All Saints Sunday: God's Saints

Sunday, November 2, 2025
10:30 AM 11:30 AM 10:30 11:30

Union Presbyterian Church 200 E Main St Endicott, NY, 13760 United States (map)

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On the first Sunday in November, we remember the saints of the church who have gone before us in faith and witness. During the service we have a reading of the names of those we love, who have entered into God’s presence within the past year. This is always a very special day, when the joy of our memories combines with our hope for God’s promise of reunion in bliss.

You can join us on Sunday mornings in our beautiful sanctuary at 200 East Main Street, Endicott, NY. Or, you can join here, by clicking on the Youtube screen in this event. You are always welcome!

Memorial of All Saints

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God’s Saints

Psalm 148; Luke 19:1-10

Union Presbyterian Church

November 2, 2025

Sharing the Light of Christ, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Liturgist: Barbara Ann Dailey Preacher: Rev. Pat Raube

Welcome

Announcements Barbara Ann Dailey

Prelude Chris Bartlette

“With the Saints in Glory Shining,” Edward Broughton

Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE.     

* Call to Worship

Jesus said, Blessed are you who are poor,

for yours is the kingdom of God.

Jesus said, “It is finished!”

Into your hands, O God, we commend our spirits.

With the eyes of our hearts enlightened,

May we see the hope to which Christ has called us!

Let us worship God.

* Hymn #17 W & R

“Praise the Lord! O Heavens, Adore Him”

(Public Domain)

Praise the Lord! O heavens, adore him;
Praise him, angels in the height;
Sun and moon, bow down before him;
Praise him, shining stars of light.
Praise the Lord, for he hath spoken;
Worlds his mighty voice obeyed;
Laws which never shall be broken
For their guidance he has made.

Praise the Lord, for he is gracious;
Never shall his promise fail;
God has made his saints victorious;
Sin and death shall not prevail.
Praise the God of our salvation;
Hosts on high, his power proclaim;
Heaven and earth, and all creation,
Laud and magnify his name.

* Call to New Life

Jesus said, Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Let us open our hearts to God’s love and healing.

* Prayer for Wholeness and Peace

Eternal God, in every age you have raised up people to live and die in faith. We confess that we are indifferent to your will. You call us to proclaim your name, but we are silent. You call us to do what is just, but we remain idle. You call us to live faithfully, but we are afraid. Give us courage to follow in your way, that joined with those from ages past, who have served you with faith, hope, and love, we may know the love and justice of your reign. We are grateful that neither death, nor life, nor present things, nor things to come, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord, through the power of the Holy Spirit. Thanks be to God. Amen.

* Words of Assurance

Jesus said,

Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.

In the name of our brother, our Savior, our Lord Jesus Christ,  

We are forgiven. We are free. Alleluia! Amen.  

* Sharing of the Peace

May the peace of God be with you.

And also with you.

Let us offer one another a sign of God’s peace.

Scripture Psalm 148 (NRSVUE)

A reading from the Psalter, Psalm 148.

Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord from the heavens;
    praise him in the heights!

Praise him, all his angels;
    praise him, all his host!

Praise him, sun and moon;
    praise him, all you shining stars!

Praise him, you highest heavens
    and you waters above the heavens!

Let them praise the name of the Lord,
    for he commanded and they were created.

He established them forever and ever;
    he fixed their bounds, which cannot be passed.

Praise the Lord from the earth,
    you sea monsters and all deeps,

fire and hail, snow and frost,
    stormy wind fulfilling his command!

Mountains and all hills,
    fruit trees and all cedars!

Wild animals and all cattle,
    creeping things and flying birds!

Kings of the earth and all peoples,
    princes and all rulers of the earth!

Young men and women alike,
    old and young together!

Let them praise the name of the Lord,
    for his name alone is exalted;
    his glory is above earth and heaven.

He has raised up a horn for his people,
    praise for all his faithful,
    for the people of Israel who are close to him.
Praise the Lord!

Time for Young Disciples Rev. Pat Raube

Music: “Rejoice in God’s Saints” (Public Domain)

Anthem Choir

“Saints Bound for Heaven,” Lee Dengler

Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE.     

Our bondage shall be ended by and by, by and by.

Our bondage shall be ended by and by.

From sin and death set free,

Hail the glorious jubilee

When our Savior we will see by and by, by and by;

When our Savior we will see by and by.

Our deliverer He shall come by and by, by and by.

Our deliverer He shall come by and by;

And our sorrows have an end

With our three-score years and ten,

And His glory crowns the day by and by, by and by;

And His glory crowns the day by and by.

Till the day that Christ returns, we’ll go on, we’ll go on.

Till the day that Christ returns, we’ll go on.

Though our journey hard may be,

We will follow faithfully.

With our God to guide our footsteps, we’ll go on, we’ll go on.

With our God to guide our footsteps, we’ll go on.

We’ll go on through joy and sadness,

Moving forward night and day.

For our God, the source of gladness,

Gives us songs to cheer our way.

Serving boldly, trusting fully,

Resting in the Savior’s love,

For His grace will be sufficient

Till He calls us home above.

Then, with all the happy throng, we’ll rejoice, we’ll rejoice!

Then, with all the happy throng, we’ll rejoice!

Shouting glory to our King

Till the vaults of heaven ring,

And through all eternity, we’ll rejoice, we’ll rejoice;

And through all eternity, we’ll rejoice! Rejoice!

Scripture Luke 19:1-10

He entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way. When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him. All who saw it began to grumble and said, “He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.” Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.” Then Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.”

Response Holy Wisdom, Holy Word:

Thanks be to God!

Sermon God’s Saints Rev. Pat Raube

* Affirmation of Faith The Confession of 1967, 9.54-55

Biblical visions and images of the rule of Christ, such as a heavenly city, a father’s house, a new heaven and earth, a marriage feast, and an unending day culminate in the image of the kingdom. The kingdom represents the triumph of God over all that resists his will and disrupts his creation. Already God’s reign is present as a ferment in the world, stirring hope in humanity and preparing the world to receive its ultimate judgment and redemption.

With an urgency born of this hope, the church applies itself to present tasks and strives for a better world. It does not identify limited progress with the kingdom of God on earth, nor does it despair in the face of disappointment and defeat. In steadfast hope, the church looks beyond all partial achievement to the final triumph of God.

* Hymn # 539 W & R

“O Day of Peace,” Carl P. Daw, Jr.

Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE.     

O day of peace that dimly shines
Through all our hopes and prayers and dreams,
Guide us to justice, truth, and love,
Delivered from our selfish schemes.
May swords of hate fall from our hands,
Our hearts from envy find release,
Till by God's grace our warring world
Shall see Christ's promised reign of peace.

Then shall the wolf dwell with the lamb,
Nor shall the fierce devour the small;
As beasts and cattle calmly graze,
A little child shall lead them all.
Then enemies shall learn to love,
All creatures find their true accord;
The hope of peace shall be fulfilled,
For all the earth shall know the Lord.

MINUTE FOR MISSION Stewardship 3 Susie Chadwick

A Reading from John Donne’s “Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions”

The church is universal, so are all her actions; all that she does, belongs to all.  When she baptizes a child, that action concerns me; for that child is thereby connected to that head which is my head too, and ingraffed into that body, whereof I am a member.  And when she buries a man, that action concerns me; all mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated; God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice; but God's hand is in every translation, and his hand shall bind up all our scattered leaves again, for that library where every book shall lie open to one another; as therefore the bell that rings to a sermon, calls not upon the preacher only, but upon the congregation to come; so this bell calls us all… and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

The Naming of the Saints

Ken Sickler

Marilyn Love

Margaret Vosburg

Martha Coons

Paul Marsh

Charles Goodwin

Paul Ingraham

Jack Smith

Jean Hemmer

Deb Trusky

Rev. Jack Maisch

Steven Englund

Elizabeth “Betty” Zdimal

Jean Weber Warfield

Prayers of the People

We give you thanks, O Lord, for all your saints and servants who have lived justly, loved mercy, and walked humbly with their God.

For all the high and holy ones, who have done wonders and been shining lights in the world, we give you thanks.

For all the meek and lowly ones, who have earnestly sought you in darkness, held fast to their faith in times of trial, and done good as they have had the opportunity, we give you thanks.

Especially we give thanks for those whom we have known and loved who, by their patient obedience and self-denial, steadfast hope and helpfulness in trouble, have shown the same mind that was in Christ Jesus.

As they have comforted and upheld our souls, grant us grace to follow in their steps, and at last to share with them the inheritance of the saints in light; through Jesus Christ our Savior, who taught us to pray,

The Lord’s Prayer (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 debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. 

Prayer Response  # 352 W & R (verse 2)    

“Spirit Song,” John Wimber   

Used by Permission.  CCLI License #CSPL068847   

O come and sing this song with gladness  

As your hearts are filled with joy. 

Lift your hands in sweet surrender to his name. 

O give him all your tears and sadness;  

Give him all your years of pain,  

And you’ll enter into life in Jesus’ name. 

Call for Offering

On this day on which we remember those we love who have gone before us, let us bring our gifts with a renewed sense of honoring them—the Sunday School teachers, the coaches, the wise ones, the ones with twinkles in their eyes, the ones we lost far too soon. Let us honor them as they have strengthened us and shown us what it was to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God.

* Doxology # 145 W & R (verse 1)  

“Glory Be to God, Creator,” Richard K. Carlson 

Used by Permission.  CCLI License #CSPL068847  

Glory Be to God, Creator,

Glory be to God the Son,

Glory be to God the Spirit,

Known as three, yet God the One.

* Prayer of Dedication

The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper/ Prayers of the People

According to the Gospel of Luke,

when our risen Lord was at table with his disciples,

he took the bread, and blessed and broke it,

and gave it to them.

Then their eyes were opened

and they recognized him.

God is with us.

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them up to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right to give our thanks and praise!

O Lord our God, Creator and ruler of the universe,

we praise you for saints and martyrs, for the faithful in every age who have followed your Son and witnessed to his resurrection.

From every race and tongue, from every people and nation,

you have gathered them into your kingdom.

You have shown them the path of life

and filled them with the joy of your presence.

How glorious is your heavenly realm

where the multitude of your saints rejoice with Christ!

Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with angels and archangels,

with prophets, apostles, and martyrs, and with all the faithful of every time and place, who forever sing to the glory of your name:

Sanctus

“Holy, Holy, Holy Lord,” Marty Haugen

Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE.     

Holy, holy, holy Lord, 

God of power, God of might, 

Heaven and earth are filled with Your glory. 

Hosanna in the highest. 

Blessed is He who comes  

In the name of the Lord. 

Hosanna in the highest, 

Hosanna in the highest. 

You are holy, O God of majesty,

and blessed is Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord.

Sent to be our Savior, he took our flesh and dwelt among us,

full of grace and truth.

His words are true. His touch brings healing.

To all who follow him, he gives abundant life.

When evil sought to destroy him, and he lay in the darkness of death,

you raised him from the grave. He is our risen Lord forever!

The Story of the Supper

We give you thanks that the Lord Jesus,

on the night before he died, took bread, and after giving thanks to you,

he broke it, and gave it to his disciples saying:

Take, eat. This is my body, given for you.

Do this in remembrance of me.

In the same way he took the cup, saying:

This cup is the new covenant sealed in my blood,

shed for you for the forgiveness of sins.

Whenever you drink it, do this in remembrance of me.

According to his commandment:

We remember his life and death,

we proclaim his resurrection,

we await his coming in glory.

The Gracious Spirit

Gracious God, pour out your Holy Spirit upon us

and upon these your gifts of bread and the fruit of the vine,

that the bread we break and the cup we bless

may be the communion of the body and blood of Christ.

By your Spirit unite us with the living Christ,

and with all who are baptized in his name,

that we may be one in ministry in every place.

As this bread is Christ’s body for us,

send us out to be the body of Christ in the world.

The Communion

In life and in death we belong to you, our Alpha and Omega.

We thank you that you bring us together

across all time, in communion with Jesus the Lord.

The table is ready. All are welcome.

Music during Communion: “Here from All Nations”

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Prayer After Communion

God of glory, in this holy feast you have made us one with Christ and with that great multitude of the faithful—those who hunger and thirst no more and worship night and day in your temple. Lead us in the paths of righteousness and guide us to the springs of the water of eternal life, until we join the choir of the redeemed, singing: Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb: Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

* Hymn  #529 W & R

“For All the Saints”

(Public Domain)

For all the saints who from their labors rest,
Who thee by faith before the world confessed,
Thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

Thou wast their rock, their fortress and their might;
Thou, Lord, their captain in the well-fought fight;
Thou in the darkness drear, their one true light.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle; they in glory shine.
Yet all are one in thee, for all are thine.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long,
Steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
And hearts are brave again and arms are strong.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day:
The saints triumphant rise in bright array;
The King of glory passes on his way.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

From earth's wide bounds and ocean's farthest coast,
Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost:
Alleluia! Alleluia!

* Benediction  

Postlude  Chris Bartlette

“When the Saints Go Marching In,” Jacob Koller

Used with permission.

Where an * is indicated, please rise in body and/or in spirit.

“W & R” ~ the red Worship and Rejoice hymnal.

“PH” ~ the blue Presbyterian Hymnal

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