Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Homecoming Service
October 12, 2025
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Homecoming
Homecoming Pictures
Photo album pages from Homecomings in 1959-2024
A Look at Years Past
a "slideshow" prepared for Homecoming 2000
Were You Here?
Look at the directory photo pages for 1994-2020
A History Lesson (08:15)This recording of a children's talk in the 1999 Homecoming service
provides anecedotes about some of Bethel's ministers
This 1999 Minister's Poster
is the one used in the "History Lesson"
Bethel Minister Memoirs
These are short biographical entries entered into Fla. Conference Jornals
for ministers who have passed away.
20 Questions/Answers about Bethel
This document provides several questions (with answers) about Bethel's history.
Some are whimsical, but hopefully most will be interesting and enlightening.
Introducing the 20 Questions (17:15)This recording from the 2001 Homecoming service
introduces the 20 Questions document about Bethel's history
Bethel's Photo Albums
One feature at Bethel's Homecoming for many has been an opportunity
to browse the photo albums laid out on a table in the fellowship hall.
This link from the History page of Bethel's web site offers that same opportunity
to those coming to this online service.
The Church Year/Seasons
Liturgical/Christian Year
Ordinary Time -----------------------------------------------------------------
Bethel Worship Planning Documents
2025 Monthly Worship Calendar
2025 RCL 2 page Summary
2025 Bethel Weekly Worship Planning worksheet
2024 Bethel Weekly Worship Planning worksheet
Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries
Weekly Worship Planning Series
Note: This material from UDM is not the basis for today's message
but is provided here for your personal study and reflection. Click here for suggestions about how to use this material.
Worship Series: "Choosing Faith"
from umcdiscipleship.org
Is faith a gift or a choice? Is it something God does in us or something we do for God? You guessed that the answer is "Yes," no doubt. Faith is a mixture of all that and more. It is a partnership with God as we enter into relationship for our good and the good of the world around us, the community around us. We are choosing every day to live by our faith, to be shaped by our faith, and to submit all our actions and relationships to the measure of faith. In this worship series, we invite you to examine what it means to be people of faith. We are the people who are choosing faith.
This is the Second service of a 4 service Worship Series from the Discipleship Ministries.
The graphics at the top of this page list topics for other services of the Series.
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This Service's Theme:"Whole Faith"The graphics at the top of this page list topics for other services of the Series.
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Liturgical Resources
When Jesus asks in our text this week, “Where are the other nine?” (verse 17), he isn’t fishing for gratitude. Instead, he is declaring that gratitude that leads to praise is part of the way of the disciple.
Worship Planning Notes
Preaching Notes
Lectionary Scriptures:
Jeremiah 29:2,4-7; Psalm 66:1-12; 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-19;
Suggested Hymns . Music Notes . DM Accompaniments Sources of Music for the following hymns are:
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"My Faith Looks Up to Thee"
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"Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying"
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"Faith is Patience in the Night"
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"There Is a Balm in Gilead"
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"Through It All"
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"Give Thanks"
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"Healer of Our Every Ill"