The Order of Worship – August 24, 2025

This is the 236th Day of 2025.
There are 129 days remaining in 2025.

Filled with the Holy Spirit,
we are a people of prayer
committed to love one another
and equipped to share Christ’s love throughout the world.

Prelude:

Welcome & Announcements:
This month’s mission focus is the Methodist Children’s Home
The third focus of this time between Pentecost and Advent is The Life of Devotion
Bible Study is at afaithtalk.com
Five Loaves will return after Labor Day – please consider volunteering.

Call to Worship: Alas and Did my Savior Bleed (F)

Responsive Reading:  Psalm 103:1-8
Crowned with mercy

¹ Bless the LORD, O my soul, 
and all that is within me, 
bless his holy name.

² Bless the LORD, O my soul, 
and do not forget all his benefits–

³ who forgives all your iniquity, 
who heals all your diseases,

⁴ who redeems your life from the Pit, 
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

⁵ who satisfies you with good as long as you live 
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

⁶ The LORD works vindication and justice 
for all who are oppressed.

⁷ He made known his ways to Moses, 
his acts to the people of Israel.

⁸ The LORD is merciful and gracious, 
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
 Praise the LORD!

Opening Hymn: Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken..#731 (Eb)
Verse 1

Glorious things of Thee are spoken,
Zion city of our God;
God, whose word cannot be broken,
formed thee for his own abode.
On the Rock of Ages founded,
what can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation’s walls surrounded,
thou mayst smile at all thy foes.

Verse 2

See, the streams of living waters,
springing from eternal love,
well supply thy sons and daughters,
and all fear of want remove.
Who can faint while such a river ever will their thirst assuage?
Grace which like the Lord the giver, never fails
from age to age.

Verse 3

Round each habitation hovering,
see the cloud and fire appear
for a glory and a covering
showing that the Lord is near!
Thus deriving from our banner
light by night and shade by day,
safe we feed upon the manna
which God gives us when we pray.

Verse 4

Blest inhabitants of Zion,
washed in our Redeemers blood;
Jesus, whom our souls rely on,
makes us monarchs, priests to God.
Us, by his great love, he raises,
rulers over self to reign,
and as a priests his solemn praises
we for thankful offering bring.

Affirmation of Faith:
The Apostle’s Creed..No. 881

I believe in God the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth;
and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord:
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified,
dead,
and buried;
the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence he shall come to judge
the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.

Gloria Patri…Page 70

Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen. Amen.

Praise Song: My Hope is Built…#368 (F)
Verse 1

My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
On Christ the solid rock I stand,
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand. 

Verse 2

When darkness veils his lovely face,
I rest on his unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale,
my anchor holds within the veil.
On Christ the solid rock I stand,
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand. 

Verse 3

His oath, his covenant, his blood
support me in the whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way,
he then is all my hope and stay.
On Christ the solid rock I stand,
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand. 

Verse 4

When he shall come with trumpet sound,
O may I then in him be found
Dressed in his righteousness alone,
faultless to stand before the throne!
On Christ the solid rock I stand,
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

Pastoral Prayer
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The Lord’s Prayer:

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.
Thy Kingdom come,
Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
forever. Amen.

Anthem: Since Jesus Came into my Heart (G)

Offertory

Doxology:

Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly hosts;
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen

Children’s Moment
Children’s Song (Jesus Messiah)
Verse 1

He became sin who knew no sin 
That we might become His righteousness 
He humbled Himself and carried the cross 
Love so amazing
love so amazing 

Chorus

Jesus Messiah 
Name above all names 
Blessed Redeemer 
Emmanuel 
The Rescue for sinners 
the Ransom from heaven 
Jesus Messiah      
Lord of all 

Verse 2

His body the bread 
His blood the wine 
Broken and poured out all for love 
The whole earth trembled and the veil was torn 
Love so amazing
love so amazing 

Chorus

Jesus Messiah 
Name above all names 
Blessed Redeemer 
Emmanuel 
The Rescue for sinners 
the Ransom from heaven 
Jesus Messiah      
Lord of all 

Bridge

All our hope is in You 
all our hope is in You 
All the glory to You God   
the Light of the world 

Chorus

Jesus Messiah 
Name above all names 
Blessed Redeemer 
Emmanuel 
The Rescue for sinners 
the Ransom from heaven 
Jesus Messiah      
Lord of all 

Ending

Jesus Messiah
Lord of all
The Lord of all 
the Lord of all

Prayer for Illumination
Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit, that as the Scriptures are read and your Word is proclaimed, we may hear with joy what you say to us today. Amen.

Gospel Reading: Luke 13:10-17
Jesus heals on the sabbath

¹⁰ Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. ¹¹ And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. ¹² When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.” ¹³ When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God.

¹⁴ But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day.” ¹⁵ But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger, and lead it away to give it water? ¹⁶ And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the sabbath day?”

¹⁷ When he said this, all his opponents were put to shame; and the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things that he was doing.

Leader: The Word of God for the people of God
All: Thanks be to God

New Testament Reading:  Hebrews 12:18-29
Coming to the city of the living God

¹⁸ You have not come to something that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest, ¹⁹ and the sound of a trumpet, and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that not another word be spoken to them. ²⁰ (For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned to death.” ²¹ Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I tremble with fear.”) ²² But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, ²³ and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, ²⁴ and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

²⁵ See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking; for if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject the one who warns from heaven! ²⁶ At that time his voice shook the earth; but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heaven.”

²⁷ This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of what is shaken–that is, created things–so that what cannot be shaken may remain. ²⁸ Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, by which we offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe; ²⁹ for indeed our God is a consuming fire.

Leader: The Word of God for the people of God
All: Thanks be to God

Sermon Text:   Isaiah 58:9b-14
Do not trample the sabbath

^9b If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, ¹⁰ if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness and your gloom be like the noonday.

¹¹ The LORD will guide you continually and satisfy your needs in parched places and make your bones strong, and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water whose waters never fail.

¹² Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to live in.

¹³ If you refrain from trampling the Sabbath, from pursuing your own interests on my holy day; if you call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the LORD honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, serving your own interests, or pursuing your own affairs; ¹⁴ then you shall take delight in the LORD, and I will make you ride upon the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of your ancestor Jacob, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Leader: This is the Word of God for the people of God
All: Thanks be to God

Sermon:  “Unconditional Love Conditional Blessing”

Closing Hymn: God of Love and God of Power…No. 578 
Verse 1

God of love and God of power, grant us in this burning hour
grace to ask these gifts of thee, daring hearts and spirits free.
God of love and God of power, thou hast called us for this hour.

Verse 4

God of love and God of power, make us worthy of this hour;
offering lives if it’s thy will, keeping free our spirits still.
God of love and God of power, thou hast called us for this hour.

Filled Up and Poured Out

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