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DisciplesNet Worship #809 All Saints Day – (Phelps 11.02.2025)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

We sometimes have this impression that "the saints" refers to those people who lived lives deserving to be honored and imitated, but when the writers of the New Testament used the term, they simply meant "the people of the church." So, the saints are people just like us, people with faults and failings, but people who are trying to live out their life of faith. Pastor Deb speaks to us from Luke 19:1-10 with some other references to help us realize that we too are saints, even when we fall short.
Join us for just over 30 minutes of worship, prayer, scripture, a number of favorite hymns, and communion. You may choose to participate or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us.
(Scroll down for an Order of Worship)

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:

  • Opening music "When the Saints" - Dean Phelps
  • Hymn "When the Saints" - Southport Christian Church
  • Pastor's Prayer with the Lord's Prayer - DisciplesNet stafff
  • Hymn "Precious Lord" - Twana Harris and Phoebe Spier
  • Scripture - Luke 19:1-10 read by Audrey Borschel
  • Hymn "Santo Santo Santo" - Phoebe Spier
  • Message "When the Saints Come Up Short" - Pastor Deb
  • Communion - Pastor Russ
  • Hymn "One Bread One Body" - Phoebe Spier
  • Sending Out - Pastor Deb
  • Credits -- closing music "When the Saints" - Dean Phelps

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you and thank you for joining us!

DisciplesNet Worship #757 All Saints Day – (Borschel 11.03.2024)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

In our lives of faith there are many saints who have gone before us and shown us how to work out our faith. We are thankful for their examples and their instruction. This service is a celebration of those people, especially ones who have already gone into eternity. In this service, one of our saints, Pastor Audrey, will offer a message showing us how we can take our place in the saints from all times and places.
Join us for just over 30 minutes of worship, prayer, scripture, a number of favorite hymns, and communion. You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us.
(Scroll down for an Order of Worship)

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:

  • Opening music: "When the Saints Go Marching In" - Bev Heid
  • Pastor's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Pastor Deb
  • "Blest Be the Tie that Binds" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Revelation 7:13-17 read by Susan McNeely and
    Matthew 5:1-12 read by Janet Spaulding
  • "For All the Saints" - Southport Christian Church
  • Message "Remembering the Saints" - Pastor Audrey
  • "Lord Make Us Instruments" - Southport Christian Church
  • Communion: pastor Blanche and pastor Bob
  • "Come Share the Lord" - DisciplesNet singers
    Credits -- closing music: "When the Saints Go Marching In" - Bev Heid

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you and thank you for joining us!

DisciplesNet Worship #651: Proper 26C All Saints (Shaw 10.30.2022)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

As we seek to live the life of faith, it is often helpful to consider those who have made that effort before us. Those "saints" who faced the same struggles and knew many of the same joys that we do can help us stand firm in our faith. Pastor Bob speaks to us from Luke 19:1-10 and helps us remember those who have gone before us.
This worship service is just over 29 minutes of worship, prayer, scripture, a few favorite hymns, and communion. You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us.

(Scroll down for an Order of Worship)

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:
  • Welcome - background music "When the Saints (Come Marching In)" - Dean Phelps
  • Call to Worship - Pastor Ann
  • Hymn "Gather Us In" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Pastors Prayer with the Lord's Prayer - Pastor Deb
  • "Oh, When the Saints" - Southport Christian Church
  • Luke 19:1-10 ready by Audrey Borschel
  • Message: "Remembering Those Who've Gone Before Us" - Pastor Bob
  • "For All the Saints" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Communion: Elder Susan
  • "Come Share the Lord" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Sending Out - Pastor Bob

  • Credits - background "When the Saints (Come Marching In)" - Dean Phelps

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you and thank you for joining us!

DisciplesNet Worship #545: Proper 26-All Saints (Borschel11.01.2020)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

We all know people who have been important in our lives and helped us to find our way in our journeys of faith. On All Saints Day, we remember those folks and look forward to the time when we'll all be together in God's Peaceable Realm. Pastor Audrey, one of our DisciplesNet saints uses Hebrews 12:1-2 to help us understand the saints in our lives.
Join us for 29 minutes of worship, prayer, scripture, a number of favorite hymns, and communion. You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us.
(Scroll down for an Order of Worship)

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:
1. Opening music: - "When the Saints" - Bev Heid
2. "Oh When the Saints" - Southport Christian Church
3. Pastor's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Pastor Deb
4. "In the Bulb, There is a Flower" - DisciplesNet singers
5. Hebrews 12:1-2 read by Russ Smith & Bob Shaw
6. Message: "All the Saints" - Pastor Audrey
7. "For All the Saints" - Southport Christian Church
8. Communion: Pastor Anita
9. "Come Share the Lord" - DisciplesNet singers
10. Sending Out
--- Credits - background music: - "When the Saints" - Bev Heid

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you, and thank you for joining us!

DisciplesNet Worship #328, “All Saints, All Together” (Smith 11.06.2016)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

Last week and this we’re looking at the Saints of God. Is there any hope for each of us? Last week we learned that saints are not perfect people, but people called to serve and work together. This week we look at that working together part. God equips us and calls each to be part of something far bigger than we could ever imagine. Are you in? Please join us for worship—just over 28 minutes of song, scripture, prayer, praise, and reflection. Our scriptures are Matthew 5: 1-12 and Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-17. Continue reading →

DisciplesNet Worship #327, “The Saints Who Have Gone Before Us” (Shaw 10.30.2016)

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Some who come here grieve the loss of loved ones, ones who were so important in our lives… The New Testament writers speak of the saints among us and those who have gone on to their earthly reward. They are not perfect people, but called in a perfect way by God who gives us the privilege of life and trying to make a difference while here, even as we look forward to the gift of eternal life.

In our worship this week we study, pray, sing, and reflect upon what it means to be saints of this world, of how best to remember the saints of our own lives. We hope that you will help make this time more complete by joining us. Worship is 29 minutes, with so much you won’t want to miss. Please share….and may God bless you richly this week.

As we do every week, our time together includes a time of communion (breaking of the bread) where you may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers are given to extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us. (Scroll down for an Order of Worship)

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:
1. Opening background music: “Great is Thy Faithfulness”
2. Call to Worship and Prayer: Pastor Ann
3. Opening Hymn, “For All the Saints”
4. Pastor's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Pastor Deb
5. Hymn: “Open the Eyes of My Heart”
6. Scripture: Ephesians 1:11-23 NRSV, Pastor Deb
7. Message: “Remembering Those Who Have Gone Before” Pastor Bob Shaw
8. Hymn: “O When the Saints”
9. Communion: Elder Susan
10. Hymn: “In Remembrance of Me”
11. Sending out

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

ABOUT OUR DISCIPLES SHEEP:
You may notice in our videos that we have various stuffed sheep with us in worship. To us, these are not toys, but important parts of our church.
It happened this way: When we began producing worship as DisciplesNet in November 2010, one of the first problems we recognized was that when we are speaking to the people on the other end of a camera and internet, we cannot actually see the people to whom we were speaking. It was easy to speak to the other pastors in the room, but as we prayed and preached and spoke, we instead wanted to be reminded of the people for whom we were serving—including people whose best way to attend worship might be online. We wanted to be speaking to them---and as best we could hearing and telling their stories.

So, on a whim, we set some sheep that we’d used for a children’s sermon in front of our speakers, and found that helped! Before we knew it, their number was growing. They spilled over onto the table as we spoke. They have become dear to us and no longer children’s toys— but representations of all of the sheep of God’s pasture, all of God’s children—the real people like you, whom we may not be able to see in real life, but wish never to forget are there, and are each and everyone loved by God more than we can ever comprehend. Those sheep are why we are here.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you, and thank you for joining us!

DisciplesNet Worship #164, “When Saints Come up Short” (D. Phelps 11.03.2013)

http://youtu.be/JSu-O9WuKYY

Greetings!
We invite you to join us for this week's 32-minute worship with DisciplesNet church, called to be here from around the world and around the clock. This week our Senior Pastor Deb Phelps brings an inspiring message about what happens when the saints of God come up short. Part of the story comes to us in the story of Zacchaeus, in Luke 19:1-10.

Also we hope you will blessed in participating in this worship with a special time of prayer and scripture, accompanied by music and lighting candles at the different stations, each in thanksgiving for those who have made a great difference in our life, and in our faith.

Also, as we do every week, we extend the invitation for you to join as we celebrate the Lord's Supper, also known as breaking of the bread, communion, and the Eucharist. We believe that it is Christ who invites us to the Table, and all who would say "yes" to that invitation may come before us, in reverence to take part.

The Lord's table has a way of bridging the barriers of time, place, and individual differences that may have been keeping separated. If you would like to join with us today, please prepare a small piece of bread or similar item, and some type of drink (we use grape juice, but other liquids including wine and water will work).

As we pray then for the bread and cup, we will pray that our blessing extends to where you are. If you are unable or prefer not to eat or drink with us at this time, you may want to meditate or use mental symbols during the time of remembering Christ.

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part, and will share word about us with others. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

If you are not satisfied with your time with us, we would appreciate knowing that, too, as we are constantly working to improve what we do and connect with people, and your feedback will help us grow better.
May God bless you richly!
ORDER OF WORSHIP:
1. Opening background music and Hymn: "For All the Saints"
2. Welcome: Bob Shaw
3. Song: "For All the Saints, v. 1, 2, 4 Chalice Hymnal #637
4. Special All Saints Candle Lighting and Prayer:
Scripture Hebrews 12:1-12 (NRSV) Anita Cobb
Devotional: Carolynn Miller
Invitation to prayer: Bob Shaw
Station 1: Russ Smith; background: "To God Be the Glory" (Bev Heid)
Station 2: Susan McNeely; background, "Thy Word" (Bev Heid)
Scripture: Isaiah 52:7 (NRSV), Amy Grogan
Station 3: Amy Grogan; background: "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly" (Pam Barksdale)
Station 4: Carolynn Miller, background: "Faith of Our Fathers" (Chalice Press, Favorite Hymns and Prayers)
Station 5: Dean Phelps, background, "Here I Am, Lord," (PB)
Station 6: Deb Phelps, background, Be Thou My Vision, (PB)
Station 7: Deb Phelps, "Shall We Gather at the River, (CP)
Lord's Prayer
5. Song: "Oh, When the Saints, v. 1-3, Southport Christian Church Congregation, Indianapolis
6. Scripture: Luke 19:1-10 (NRSV), Audrey Borschel
7. Message: "When Saints Come Up Short," Rev Deb Phelps
8. Song: ""Oh, When the Saints, v. 1
9. Communion: Rev. Russ Smith
10. Communion song: "One Bread, One Body," CH# 393
11. Sending Out, "Shall We Gather at the River"

Talk with one of our Pastors:
If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org
We are here if you have questions about belief in God, becoming a Christian, following Christ, living as a disciple of Christ, and more.

Invitation to Giving:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church crossing barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world. As we give thanks to those who have helped build the foundation of DisciplesNet church, we extend the invitation to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving either a one-time, or an ongoing gift, including a tithe (10%). Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, have a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ.

We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org.
Our physical address for donations is:
DisciplesNet Church
PO Box 17935
Indianapolis, IN 46217

And emailing address is: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you, and thank you for joining us!

Video editing by Deb Phelps, Russ Smith, Susan McNeely

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Special Tribute: Audrey Borschel, DisciplesNet Worship #108, “Remembering the Saints,” (Borschel, 11.04.2012)

To view this service on YouTube, click here.

Who are the saints in your life?  In our worship today, "Remembering the Saints," Rev. Dr. Audrey Borschel, looks at the way God equips us to receive from and participate as one of God's saints in the world around us.  Saints aren't perfect, but are people with their eyes trained upon God, trying to be faithful servants.
Our worship includes a time of communion (breaking of the bread)--for which we extend the invitation given by Jesus Christ to all who would come.  If you would like to share with us in this time at the table that passes all boundaries of place, time, and walls, then we ask that you prepare a wafer, cracker, or bread and a drink, and we ask that our blessing will extend to where you are.  If you are unable to eat or drink, use a symbolic gesture or mental symbols of joining with us. Continue reading →

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