Worship for October 25, 2026

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Welcome to the live stream of worship from Church of the Holy Cross for Sunday, October 25, 2026. You will find the service outline below, and you may download and print the PDF to follow more easily. 

Service of Worship October 25, 2026
Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost
All Saints Sunday

Please note that audio and video of this service are being live streamed on the Internet and will be recorded. The right rear section of the sanctuary will not be captured by any cameras. Please be aware that in other sections you may be visible at times.

Prelude: Prelude on Sine Nomine     Kayleen Yuda

Lighting of the Candles

Ringing of the Bell

Welcome: Rev. Eric S. Anderson

* Call to Worship (based on Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17)                  Anna Kennedy

Leader:   God has been our dwelling place in all generations.

People: From everlasting to everlasting, God is God.

Leader:   God gives us birth and returns us to dust, whispering, “Turn back, mortal.”

People:  We are swept away as a dream gives way to the morning.

Leader:   May God satisfy us from dawn until dark with steadfast love.

People:  May the favor of the LORD our God be upon us!

All:           Let us worship God!

* Hymn #383: Come, Let Us Join with Faithful Souls (v. 1 – 4)

* Invocation (based on Psalm 1)       Anna Kennedy

You have blessed us, O God, to know and be loved by those who delighted in you, who were like trees rising by streams of water, like forests whose leaves do not wither. You have gathered them to yourself in new life by the grace of Jesus. We celebrate them today, and pray for your grace to comfort us with their memory and inspire us with their example. In the name of the Crucified and Risen One we pray. Amen.

Please be seated

WE SHARE THE WORD OF GOD

Anthem: Smile                  No Divas

Time with the Children Rev. Eric S. Anderson

Scripture:                           Anna Kennedy

Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

“Speak to all the congregation of the Israelites and say to them: You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.

“You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor. You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand idly by when the blood of your neighbor is at stake: I am the Lord.

“You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin; you shall reprove your neighbor, or you will incur guilt yourself. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

Matthew 22:34-46

When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, an expert in the law, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question: “What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” He said to them, “How is it then that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying,

‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
    until I put your enemies under your feet”’?

“If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?” No one was able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.

Sermon: The Second Greatest Commandment    Rev. Eric S. Anderson

WE RESPOND IN WORD AND DEED

ALL SAINTS DAY CANDLE LIGHTING

We remember those Members and Friends of the Church of the Holy Cross who have gone from our care to God’s in the past year.

Brian Philip Bowman             Eleanore Atherton Chong                  Alan Edwin Fujimoto
Janet Hayashi Fujioka            Joan Kazuko Fukumori                  Katherine Maaike Inouye
Esther Kozue Kodani              George Tadami Kodani                  Sueo Kondo
Doreen Mae Lucas                   Suzi Chi Peng                  Yayoi Ailene Shibata
Kiyoshi Takemoto                   Ethel Kazuko Yoshimasu
Rev. Dr. Barbara Brown Zikmund

As each name is read, our church bell will be tolled and a candle lit in remembrance of each person’s life and in thanks for their new life in Christ. After these names are read the congregation is invited to come forward and light a candle in memory of their loved ones.

Pastoral Prayer              Rev. Eric S. Anderson

Please join me in the Lord’s Prayer                     
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.

* Hymn #539: Won’t You Let Me Be Your Servant? (v. 1-6)

Call to Offering Anna Kennedy

We have lit candles for people who gave us their hearts. Let us give our hearts to God in their honor, and with our hearts, let us present our offerings. Whether you share your gift here in the church today, through a gift online, or via an envelope in the mail, let the offering now be received.

Offertory: This is My Father’s World                       Kayleen Yuda

* Doxology

Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise Him all creatures here below
Praise Him above ye heavenly host
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost – Amen

* Offertory Prayer        Anna Kennedy

These gifts do not match what our saints have given us, O God, let alone what you have given us. Accept them, we pray, not as payment, but as pledge that we will live as saints in celebration of those who have loved us so long and so well. Amen.

* Hymn #299: For All the Saints (v. 1 – 5)

Please be seated

Announcements Rev. Eric S. Anderson

Benediction Rev. Eric S. Anderson

Postlude: Rejoice, the Lord is King   Kayleen Yuda

* Please stand if you are able.

Additional Names for All Saints Day

Please remember these souls who went to God before this past year:

Bunpachi Fujioka             Kosei Fujioka                     Herbert Matayoshi
Mary Y. Matayoshi           Midori Matayoshi             Dr. Zenko Matayoshi
Amy I. Saito                        Kenneth Tanouye, Jr.      Kenneth Tanouye, Sr.

PERMISSIONS

For All the Saints
Prelude on Sine Nomine
Arr. by Phil Lehenbauer
Streamed by permission ONELICENSE A-735890

Come, Let Us Join with Faithful Souls
Text by William G. Tarrant, 1892
Public Domain
Tune AZMON by Carl G. Glazer, 1828
Arr. by Lowell Mason, 1839
Public Domain

Smile
by Charlie Chaplin, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons
Arr. by Ben Bram
© 2017 by Ben Bram
Streamed by permission of the arranger

Won’t You Let Me Be Your Servant?
Text by Richard Gillard, 1977
© 1977 Universal Music,
Brentwood Benson Publishing
Tune SERVANT SONG by Richard Gillard, 1977
© 1977 Brentwood Benson Publishing
Streamed by permission CCLI License #1595965

This is My Father’s World
by Franklin Sheppard
Arr. by Albin C. Whitworth
© 1982 Glory Sound
Streamed by permission ONELICENSE A-735890

For All the Saints
Text by William W. How, 1864
Tune SINE NOMINE by Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906
Public Domain

Rejoice, the Lord is King
by John Darwall
Arr. by Albin C. Whitworth
© 1982 Glory Sound
Streamed by permission ONELICENSE A-735890

IMPORTANT DATES

Leading Worship this Morning

Pastor    Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Moderator                         Lorraine Davis
Vice Moderator               Elwood Kita
Lay Reader                        Anna Kennedy
Chapel Decorations      Laura Ota, in memory of Albert Ota
Organist/Pianist            Kayleen Yuda
Guest Vocalists No Divas
Music Director-Accompanist           Bob Grove
Na Kani O Kalani (Bells) Director Evan Montemayor                 
IYAA Choir Director      Stuart Mori
Sunday School Teacher                      Gloria Kobayashi
Sunday School Aide      Johanna Narruhn
Image Artist                      Sue Smith
Live Stream Director    Ruth Niino-DuPonte  
Sound Engineer & Assistant Director                  Ben Yamaki
Videographers                Eric Tanouye, Mace Peng, Bob
                  Smith, Cindy Debus, Woody Kita
Office Manager                Kahealani Mahone-Brooks

Other Faith Groups that meet at Church of the Holy Cross

• The United Church of Christ, Pohnpei – Sanctuary, 12 noon
•  Rev. Bensis Henry

• Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa – Sanctuary, 2:00 p.m.
• Rev. Sitau Ofoia, Jr.

• The Bedesta Church – Sanctuary, 4 p.m.  
• Rev. Edmes Edwin

We welcome you to worship this day. Church of the Holy Cross seeks to help its members, friends, and visitors follow the guidance of God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit, encouraging all people to love one another according to the teachings of Jesus. We live and teach the faith, speak good news, minister to people near and far, and work with other households of faith and helping agencies to improve our community and our world. To support our ministries, please visit our Donate Page.