Source: Site Page, Worship section (PDF available to view and print). Published date not given.

Overview

• Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 4, 2026
• The Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, our parish's namesake
• Marked as Stewardship Season at Saint Francis by the Sea

Order of Worship (as shown in the excerpt)

• Prelude: "All Nature Sings," arr. Lani Smith
• Litany of Thanksgiving for Saint Francis of Assisi: thanks for creation (earth, sky, sea, creatures, birds, flowers and trees) and a prayer to care for it
• Processional Hymn 400: "All creatures of our God and King" (Lasst uns erfreuen); omit verses 5 and 6; refrain may be sung antiphonally, with all joining the final Alleluia
• The Word of God: opening acclamation, Collect for Purity
• Gloria: S277 "Gloria in Excelsis" (Canticle 20, David Hurd)
• Collect of the Day: themes of God's good creation and stewarding "your garden"
• First Reading: Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 (the Ten Commandments)

Notes

• Excerpt is truncated after the first reading; later parts of the service (other readings, Gospel, sermon, Eucharist) are not captured.
• Hymn and Gloria music scores were not included in the source.

Related

• page-3050202 for service times and parish life
• page-3177370 for the monthly newsletter, The Song of St. Francis
• page-3192590 for the prior bulletin (September 20, 2026)

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