Old Testament Lesson Job 42 1-6, 10-12a

Epistle Lesson Romans 3 21-26

Worship Songs in Telugu UECF Choir

Intercessory Prayer & Lord's Prayer Pastor Ravinder

Offertory

*Doxology

Offertory Prayer Pastor Ravinder

Gospel Lesson Mark 10 46-52

Sermon ‘Bartimaeu’s Reformation’ Pastor Ravinder

Holy Communion

*Closing Hymn ‘Amazing Grace’ RCH#202

*Closing Prayer & Benediction Pastor Ravinder

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Thanks to Rev. Dr. David Ravinder for ministering to us today.
• UECF 15^th Anniversary Celebrations will be held on Saturday, Dec 1^st at Mirage Banquet Hall(Outreach Evangelistic event) at 5:00PM and Dec 2^nd at UECF at 5:30PM. Rev. Dr. Ramesh Richard will be the Keynote Speaker. Please invite your family and friends and also non Christian friends and Colleagues for the Outreach Evangelistic program. Your generous designated contributions for this event is appreciated.
• Last Sunday’s offering was $2383.00. We thank you for your support.
• Today’s Fellowship Hour is hosted by UECF.
• Please sign-up the Fellowship Roster if you would like to volunteer to host the Fellowship Coffee Hour.

Birthdays:

• Mr. Krupa Rao Mattegunta 30^th Oct
• Mrs. Udaya Pulipati 30^th Oct
• Mrs. Chinnakanthamma Maddela 01^st Nov
• Mrs. Sanjotha Rapaka 01^st Nov
• Mrs. Anita Merigala 02^nd Nov
• Mr. David Merigala 03^rd Nov
• Ms. Sharon Bushi 03^rd Nov

Anniversary:

• Mrs. Prafulla & Mr. Sunil Robert Vuppula 24^th Oct

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Reformation Day

Most Protestant Christians observe Reformation Day in honor of Martin Luther and other Christians who removed false doctrine and destructive practices from the Christian church.

Because the Roman Catholic Church was desperate to raise money to complete St. Peter's in Rome during the Middle Ages, many clergy used fear as a tool to obtain money from poor and unsophisticated people. They told the people that they had to pay money to the church so that their sins and the sins of their families might be forgiven. The people bought pieces of paper called pardons and indulgences from the church so that they could believe that they would go to heaven when they died.

Luther was deeply disturbed by these and other abuses in the church. At the same time he was aware of his own sins and imperfections, and he tried very hard to make himself into a person that he thought God would like. The harder he tried, the worse he felt. He thought he was growing farther and farther away from God, and that it was becoming impossible for God to like him at all.

In despair, he began a deep study of the Bible, especially the letters in the New Testament that were written by Paul, and he began to understand what Paul had told the early Christians over a thousand years before.

In his preaching and writing, Luther began to emphasize two main points: justification by faith and the priesthood of all believers.

Justification by faith means that Christians can never earn God's love or forgiveness. All that Christians must do is to accept God as God, and God will love and forgive and cherish them.

The priesthood of all believers means that every Christian has his or her own personal relationship with God, reading the Bible and worshiping in his or her own language, and praying directly to God without anyone's going in between.

So Protestant Christians give thanks to God on this day for the opportunity to lead lives of faith, instead of lives of fear.

Reformation Day is observed on the last Sunday of October.

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