June 21, 2026
Call to Worship
PRELUDE
RESPONSIVE CALL Psalm 86 #12
PRAYER of INVOCATION “Eternal Light” #266
SONG of ADORATION “Before the Throne . . . ” #121
Confession and Assurance
READING of GOD’S LAW
Hear God’s Law, His Will for Your Life, from Galatians 6:1-10—
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. For each will have to bear his own load.
Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches. Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
PRAYER of CONFESSION Psalm 51:1-2, 10 #116
ASSURANCE of PARDON
from Colossians 2 & I Corinthians 15
When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgives us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us, standing opposed to us; He took it away, nailing it to the cross. You now stand, spotless and forgiven before your God.
Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
Amen. ◆
SONG of RESPONSE “Rock of Ages” #405
Life of Worship
PROFESSION of FAITH
The Nicene Creed
We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, of all that exists—seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father before all worlds; Light of Light, True God of True God, begotten, not made, of One Being with the Father. Through Him, all things were made.
For us and for our salvation, He came down from heaven.
By the power of the Holy Spirit, he became incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and was made man.
For our sake, He was crucified under Pontius Pilate. He suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again, in accordance with the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, where he sits at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and His kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord, the Giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and from the Son. With the Father and the Son He is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy, universal, and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism unto the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen.◆
OFFERING
DOXOLOGY #334
PRAYER of DEDICATION
CHILDREN’S CATECHISM
Q20. Did all mankind fall in Adam's
first sin?
A. Yes, since the covenant was made
with Adam and all of his children, all
people descended from him in the
ordinary way sinned in him and fell
with him in his first transgression.
(1 Cor. 15:21,22; Rom. 5:12,18,19)
Ministry of the Word
SONG “Every Promise” #306
PRAYER for ILLUMINATION
O God, source of all light, by your Word you give light to the soul. Pour out upon us the Spirit of Wisdom and understanding that, being taught by you in Holy Scripture, our hearts and minds may be opened to know the things that pertain to life and holiness. Help us to rightly divide Law and Gospel to your glory and our benefit. through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.◆
SCRIPTURE READING John 8:13-18 p. 1062
So the Pharisees said to him, “You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.” Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going. You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one. Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me. In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true. I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.”
SERMON “Your Witness” Pastor Zach
SONG of RESPONSE “He Is Lord” #839
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
