Sunday Service from Hillside Circuit for October 26th 2025:
Lectionary Theme: The Holiness of God and the call to repentance
Occasion: 20th Sunday after Pentecost
Lectionary readings:
Psalm 84: 1-7
Jeremiah 14: 7-10, 19-22
2 Timothy 4: 6-8, 16-18
Luke 18: 9-14
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Songs:
Here are the songs for Sunday morning service. Click or tap on a song to open it in YouTube.
Holy, Holy, Holy.
My Jesus, my Saviour.
Be lifted up.
O safe to the Rock.
For all the saints.
Be Thou my vision.
To God be the glory.
Prayers:
You can listen and join in with prayers from the English Methodist Service Book. They can be found at the Prayers for worship webpage.
Children’s Address:
[No Children’s Address was received.]
Sermon:
Bible readings:
Psalm 84
1 LORD God All-Powerful, your temple is so lovely!
2 Deep in my heart I long for your temple,
and with all that I am I sing joyful songs to you.
3 LORD God All-Powerful, my King and my God,
sparrows find a home near your altars;
swallows build nests there to raise their young.
4 You bless everyone who lives in your house,
and they sing your praises.
5 You bless all who depend on you for their strength
and all who deeply desire to visit your temple.
6 When they reach Dry Valley, springs start flowing,
and the autumn rain fills it with pools of water.
7 Your people grow stronger,
and you, the God of gods, will be seen in Zion.
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Jeremiah 14
7 Our terrible sins may demand that we be punished.
But if you rescue us, LORD, everyone will see
how great you are.
8 You’re our only hope; you alone can save us now.
You help us one day, but you’re gone the next.
9 Did this disaster take you by surprise?
Are you a warrior with your hands tied?
You have chosen us, and your temple is here.
Don’t abandon us!
10 My people, you love to wander away;
you don’t even try to stay close to me.
So now I will reject you and punish you for your sins.
I, the LORD, have spoken.
19 Have you rejected Judah, LORD? Do you hate Jerusalem?
Why did you strike down Judah with a fatal wound?
We had hoped for peace and a time of healing,
but all we got was terror.
20 We and our ancestors are guilty of rebelling against you.
21 If you save us, it will show how great you are.
Don’t let our enemies disgrace your temple,
your beautiful throne.
Don’t forget that you promised to rescue us.
22 Idols can’t send rain,
and showers don’t fall by themselves.
Only you control the rain,
so we put our trust in you, the LORD our God.
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2 Timothy 4
6 Now the time has come for me to die. My life is like a drink offering being poured out on the altar. 7 I have fought well. I have finished the race, and I have been faithful. 8 So a crown will be given to me for pleasing the Lord. He judges fairly, and on the day of judgment he will give a crown to me and to everyone else who wants him to appear with power.
16 When I was first put on trial, no one helped me. In fact, everyone deserted me. I hope it won’t be held against them. 17 But the Lord stood beside me. He gave me the strength to tell his full message, so that all Gentiles would hear it. And I was kept safe from hungry lions. 18 The Lord will always keep me from being harmed by evil, and he will bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. Praise him forever and ever! Amen.
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Luke 18
9 Jesus told a story to some people who thought they were better than others and who looked down on everyone else:
10 Two men went into the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood over by himself and prayed, “God, I thank you that I am not greedy, dishonest, and unfaithful in marriage like other people. And I am really glad that I am not like that tax collector over there. 12 I go without eating for two days a week, and I give you one tenth of all I earn.”
13 The tax collector stood off at a distance and did not think he was good enough even to look up toward heaven. He was so sorry for what he had done that he pounded his chest and prayed, “God, have pity on me! I am such a sinner.”
14 Then Jesus said, “When the two men went home, it was the tax collector and not the Pharisee who was pleasing to God. If you put yourself above others, you will be put down. But if you humble yourself, you will be honoured.”
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[Did you miss last week’s Sunday Services? They can now be found at Worship Archive – October 19th 2025.]
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