September 28, 2025

Call to Worship           

  PRELUDE

  RESPONSIVE READING       “God Delivered Israel” #584

  PRAYER of INVOCATION    “Open Our Mouths, O Lord” #482

  SONG of ADORATION        “Yet Not I . .  . ”        #594

Confession and Assurance

READING of GOD’S LAW

    Hear God’s Law, His Will for Your Life, from Romans 12:9-21:

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another. 

Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

 

This is the Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

 

PRAYER of CONFESSION     William Wilberforce

 Pastor:  Dear God, We cast

  ourselves at the foot of

  the cross, bewailing our

  exceeding sinfulness

 People:  We plead your

  precious promises, and

  earnestly pray to you:

 Pastor:  Shed abroad in our

  hearts more love, more

  humility, more faith,

  more hope, more peace

  and joy;

 All:  In short, fill us with all

  the fullness of God

  and make us worthy to

  be partakers in the

  inheritance of the

  saints in light. Amen.◆

 

ASSURANCE of PARDON        “Set Free” #395

 

SONG of RESPONSE   “Amazing Grace (My Chains . . . )” #393

 

Life of Worship

PROFESSION of FAITHWestminster #1, 3, 24

Leader:  What is the chief end of man?

 All: Man’s chief end is to

  glorify God, and to

  enjoy Him forever.

Leader:  What rule has God

  given to direct us how

  we may glorify and

  enjoy Him?

 All: The Word of God—

  which is contained in

  the Scriptures of the

  Old and New

  Testaments—is the

  only sufficient and

  certain rule to direct us

  how we may glorify

  and enjoy Him.

Leader:  How does Christ give us the ability to fulfill this end?

 All: Christ, our Redeemer,

  is a Prophet, Priest, and

  King. As a Prophet, He

  reveals to us the will of

  God for our salvation.

  As a Priest, He offered

  Himself as a sacrifice to

  satisfy divine justice

  and to reconcile us to

  us to God. And as a

  King, He subdues us to

  Himself, rules and

  defends us, and

  conquers all His and

  our enemies. Amen.◆

OFFERING

DOXOLOGY #334

PRAYER of DEDICATION

MOMENT for MISSIONS

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE

PASSING of the PEACE   (Children age 3-grade 5 may go to Judson Kids.)

PRAYER OF INTERCESSION

 

Ministry of the Word

SONG      “Like a River Glorious” #623

SCRIPTURE READING       John 6:28-29 p. 1059

SERMON    “The Works of God” Pastor Zach

SONG of DEPARTURE       “Glory Be to God the Father”   #333
 

BENEDICTION

 

POSTLUDE