Bulletin: November 8, 2026

HYMN: Holy, Holy, Holy………………………..….…..Red 413

HYMN: We Praise You, O God……………….Red 870

Lord, when the day of wrath comes we have no hope except in
your grace. Make us so to watch for the last days that the consummation
of our hope may be the joy of the marriage feast of
your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Amos 5:18-24 Alas for you who desire the day of the LORD! Why
do you want the day of the LORD? It is darkness, not light; as if
someone fled from a lion, and was met by a bear; or went into the
house and rested a hand against the wall, and was bitten by a snake.
Is not the day of the LORD darkness, not light, and gloom with no
brightness in it? I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight
in your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer me your burnt
offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the offerings
of well-being of your fatted animals I will not look upon. Take
away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody
of your harps. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness
like an everflowing stream.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 We do not want you to be uninformed,
brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not
grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus
died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with
him those who have died. For this we declare to you by the word of
the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the
Lord, will by no means precede those who have died. For the Lord
himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel's call and with
the sound of God's trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead
in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be
caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the
air; and so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage
one another with these words.

HYMN: God, Whose Almighty Word……………..…...Red 673

Matthew 25:1-13 Jesus said to the disciples: "Then the kingdom of
heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went
to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were
wise. When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with
them; but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom
was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept. But at
midnight there was a shout, 'Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come
out to meet him.' Then all those bridesmaids got up and trimmed
their lamps. The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil,
for our lamps are going out.' But the wise replied, 'No! there will
not be enough for you and for us; you had better go to the dealers
and buy some for yourselves.' And while they went to buy it, the
bridegroom came, and those who were ready went with him into
the wedding banquet; and the door was shut. Later the other bridesmaids
came also, saying, 'Lord, lord, open to us.' But he replied,
'Truly I tell you, I do not know you.' Keep awake therefore, for you
know neither the day nor the hour."

HYMN: Take My Life ………………………………...Red 685

HYMN: This is My Father’s World……………………Red 824