September 14, 2025

Call to Worship           

  PRELUDE

  RESPONSIVE READING         “Gather Us”    #22

  PRAYER of INVOCATION    from Psalm 145:16

  SONG of ADORATION     “Only a Holy God”  #11  

Confession and Assurance

READING of GOD’S LAW

    Hear God’s Law, His Will for Your Life, from Matthew 5, 6, & 7

“Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. . . . You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. . . . Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. . . . Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. . . . So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. 

This is the Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

 

PRAYER of CONFESSION     “Agnus Dei”   #109

 

ASSURANCE of PARDON  Zeph 3:14-15, Rom 5:1

Affirm these words of comfort from God:

 P: Sing aloud, O daughter

  of Zion; shout, O Israel!

  Rejoice and exult with

  all your heart,

   O daughter of

  Jerusalem!

 C:  The Lord has taken

  away the judgments

  against you;

  He has cleared away

  your enemies.

 P:  The King of Israel, the

  Lord, is in your midst;

  You shall never again

  fear evil.

 All:  Therefore, since we

  have been justified by

  faith, we have peace

  with God through our

  Lord Jesus Christ.

  Amen.◆

SONG of RESPONSE     “Jesus, What a Friend of Sinners” #255

 

 

Life of Worship

PROFESSION of FAITH The Apostles’ Creed

I believe in God, the Father almighty,

     Creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,

     who was conceived by the Holy Spirit

     and born of the Virgin Mary.

     He suffered under Pontius Pilate,

      was crucified, died, and was buried;

     he descended into hell.

     On the third day he rose again from the dead.

     He ascended into heaven

     and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty.

     From there shall he come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

     the holy Church universal, 

     the communion of saints,

     the forgiveness of sins,

     the resurrection of the body,

     and the life everlasting. 

Amen. ◆

OFFERING

DOXOLOGY    #334

PRAYER of DEDICATION

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE

PASSING of the PEACE

PRAYER OF INTERCESSION

 

Ministry of the Word

SONG  “The Solid Rock” #120

PRAYER for ILLUMINATION #290

SCRIPTURE READING    John 17:2-26   

SERMON   “Marks of Revival: Unity”  Pastor Zach

SONG of DEPARTURE   “Gloria Patri”  #331 
 

BENEDICTION

 

POSTLUDE