🌸 2026 Flower Calendar
The 2026 Flower Calendar is now available in the Narthex on the green stand. Flower Arrangement: $75. Please sign up and complete a green form. If you are unable to pick up a form, please contact the Church Office for assistance.
🙏 Prayer List Information
If you would like to add or remove a name, please contact a member of the Prayer Group or Maria in the church office. Thank you for allowing us to pray with and for you.
📖 Bible Study Fellowship
Join Pastor K for Scripture study, discussion, and fellowship. When: First and Last Tuesday of each month. Next Bible Study: Tuesday, October 6th, Time: 10:30 AM. Location: Sanctuary Sunset Room Bring your Bible and a notebook. All are welcome! Sign Up: Text 863-563-2494
📺 We’re on YouTube!
Hope Church now has an official YouTube channel! Subscribe to Hope Church Winter Haven to stay connected with worship services, special events, inspiring messages, and church updates. Be sure to like, subscribe, and share with family and friends! Subscribe here: https://youtube.com/@hopechurchwinterhaven?si=yVZrjI7YAsheKNtq
📦 KidsPack Ministry Update
This year, KidsPack will serve students at Eagle Lake Elementary, Pinewood Elementary, South Pointe Elementary, and Garden Grove Elementary. Need a delivery volunteer! If you have a large vehicle and would be willing to assist with Thursday deliveries, please contact Caroline Kaiser at (863) 241-5653. Upcoming Packing Dates. Friday, October 30: 9:00 a.m. to Noon (Unpacking) Saturday, October 31: 9:00 a.m. to Noon (Setup) Sunday, November 1: Following the 10:30 a.m. worship service. Thank you for supporting KidsPack! The Mission Committee.
🍬 Halloween Candy Donation
It’s that spooky time of year again! We’re collecting individually wrapped Halloween candy for our Trunk or Treat event on October 24. Donations can be dropped off at the church office or in the collection bucket located in the sanctuary. Thank you for helping make this a fun and memorable event for our children and community!
💻 Laptop Donation Request for Fellowship Hall Announcements
As we continue to improve communication and keep our congregation informed, the church is seeking a donated laptop to be used for displaying daily announcements, upcoming events, prayer requests, ministry updates, and other important information in the Fellowship Hall. A dedicated laptop would help us provide timely announcements before and after worship services, during fellowship gatherings, and at special church events. This technology will serve as a valuable tool in keeping our church family connected and informed about all that God is doing through the ministries of our congregation. Please contact the church office if you are interested in donating or would like additional information.
🤲 Giving to HOPE
Big News! We’re upgrading our online giving experience and saying goodbye to Square. As HOPE Church continues to grow and expand ministry opportunities, we’re committed to being wise stewards of God’s resources. That’s why we’re transitioning to Subsplash, a secure, church-focused giving platform. Benefits of Subsplash: Lower processing costs, with an option to cover transaction fees. Instant access to giving records and tax statements. Simple recurring giving options. Ability to designate gifts to specific funds, including General Ministry, Missions, Memorial Fund, Flowers, and more. If you need assistance setting up your account or recurring giving, our team will be available after Sunday services or during church office hours. Thank you for your faithful generosity and partnership in the ministry of HOPE Church!
🌍 Global Potluck Luncheon 🍲
Join us this Sunday, October 4 after the worship service as we celebrate Worldwide Communion Sunday! Bring a favorite dish that reflects your heritage or tradition (enough for 8–10people) and enjoy food, fellowship, and community. We encourage everyone to come dressed in their cultural attire. We look forward to sharing flavors from around the world!
⭐ Vote for Our Next Website Spotlight Volunteer!
Help us recognize a dedicated member of our church family by nominating a Volunteer of the Month of October. Vote in Person: Write your nominee’s name on a slip of paper and place it in the voting box on the front table in the Narthex. Vote Online: Scan the QR code on the voting form and submit your nomination electronically. Thank you for helping us celebrate the volunteers who faithfully serve our church community!
Volunteer of the Month – September
Hope Presbyterian Church is proud to recognize Joyce Snively as our Volunteer of the Month for September. Joyce faithfully serves as our beautiful chef, sharing her talents, time, and loving spirit with our church family. Through the meals she prepares and the care she puts into every dish, she helps create fellowship, comfort, and joy for everyone who gathers at Hope Presbyterian Church. Her dedication, generosity, and servant’s heart are a true blessing to our congregation. We are deeply grateful for the many ways Joyce serves and for the warmth she brings to our church community. Congratulations, Joyce, and thank you for all you do! We appreciate you and celebrate you this September as our Volunteer of the Month. “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others.” – 1 Peter 4:10
Upcoming Events, Gathering or Meetings
Sunday, October 4th
8:15 AM Elder’s and Deacons Coffee Hour (McGrath Hall)
10:30 AM Global Potluck Luncheon (McGrath Hall)
ORDER OF WORSHIP
Sunday, October 4th
WELCOME
GREET EACH OTHER WITH THE PEACE OF CHRIST
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come” – arr. Stephen Burtonwood
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
People: For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
Leader: Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
People: For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
All: Come, let us worship God together!
HYMN #394 “Christ is Made the Sure Foundation”
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. Forgive us, we pray, and lead us to a new life of obedience, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
CHILDREN’S TIME
PERSONAL PRAYERS AND CONCERNS
INTERLUDE “Let Us Break Bread Together” – J. Roland Braithwaite
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
PSALM 19:1-14 Responsively Page 677
19 Heaven is declaring God’s glory; the sky is proclaiming his handiwork. 2 One day gushes the news to the next, and one night informs another what needs to be known.3 Of course, there’s no speech, no words— their voices can’t be heard 4 but their sound[a] extends throughout the world; their words reach the ends of the earth. God has made a tent in heaven for the sun. 5 The sun is like a groom coming out of his honeymoon suite; like a warrior, it thrills at running its course. 6 It rises in one end of the sky; its circuit is complete at the other. Nothing escapes its heat. 7 The Lord’s Instruction is perfect, reviving one’s very being. [b] The Lord’s laws are faithful, making naive people wise. 8 The Lord’s regulations are right, gladdening the heart. The Lord’s commands are pure, giving light to the eyes. 9 Honoring the Lord is correct, lasting forever. The Lord’s judgments are true. All of these are righteous! 10 They are more desirable than gold— than tons of pure gold! They are sweeter than honey— even dripping off the honeycomb! 11 No doubt about it: your servant is enlightened by them; there is great reward in keeping them. 12 But can anyone know what they’ve accidentally done wrong? Clear me of any unknown sin 13 and save your servant from willful sins. Don’t let them rule me. Then I’ll be completely blameless; I’ll be innocent of great wrongdoing. 14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing to you, Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
ANTHEM “The Meditations of My Heart” – Elaine Hagenberg
MATTHEW 21:33-46 Page 1200
33 “Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it to tenant farmers and took a trip. 34 When it was time for harvest, he sent his servants to the tenant farmers to collect his fruit. 35 But the tenant farmers grabbed his servants. They beat some of them, and some of them they killed. Some of them they stoned to death. 36 “Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. They treated them in the same way. 37 Finally he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said. 38 “But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come on, let’s kill him and we’ll have his inheritance.’ 39 They grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 “When the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenant farmers?” 41 They said, “He will totally destroy those wicked farmers and rent the vineyard to other tenant farmers who will give him the fruit when it’s ready.” 42 Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the scriptures, The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. The Lord has done this, and it’s amazing in our eyes? [a] 43 Therefore, I tell you that God’s kingdom will be taken away from you and will be given to a people who produce its fruit. 44 Whoever falls on this stone will be crushed. And the stone will crush the person it falls on.” 45 Now when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard the parable, they knew Jesus was talking about them. 46 They were trying to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, who thought he was a prophet.
SERMON
Rejecting Jesus Pastor K
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
COMMUNION HYMN #515 “I Come with Joy”
COMMUNION “Prelude on Pange Lingua” – Kerensa Briggs
OFFERING/STEWARDSHIP TIME Offertory: “Fugue in A Major (Op. 87, no. 7)” – Dmitri Shostakovich
HYMN #465 “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”
THE BENEDICTION DOXOLOGY #609 “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”
POSTLUDE “Psalm XIX” – Marcello/arr. Dubois