The Order of Worship – August 31, 2025
This is the 243 Day of 2025.
There are 122 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
Call to Worship: The Heart of Worship
Responsive Reading: Psalm 81:1, 10-16
Honey from the rock
10 Sing aloud to God our strength;
shout for joy to the God of Jacob.
11 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up
out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
But my people did not listen to my voice;
Israel would not submit to me.
12 “So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,
to follow their own counsels.
13 O that my people would listen to me,
that Israel would walk in my ways!
14 Then I would quickly subdue their enemies,
and turn my hand against their foes.
15 Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him,
and their doom would last forever.
16 I would feed you with the finest of the wheat,
and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
Praise the LORD!
Opening Hymn: For the Beauty of the Earth…92 (G)
Verse 1
For the beauty of the earth,
For the glory of the skies
For the love which from our birth,
Over and around us lies
Lord of all, to thee we raise,
this our hymn of grateful praise
Verse 2
For the beauty of each hour, of the day and of the night
hill and vale and tree and flower, sun and moon,
and stars of light;
Lord of all, to thee we raise,
this our hymn of grateful praise
Verse 3
For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind’s delight
for the mystic harmony, linking sense to sound and sight;
Lord of all, to thee we raise, this our hymn of grateful praise
Verse 4
For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth and friends above,
for all gentle thoughts and mild;
Lord of all, to thee we raise, this our hymn of grateful praise
Verse 5
For thy church, that evermore lifteth holy hands above
offering up on every shore, her pure sacrifice of love;
Lord of all, to thee we raise, this our hymn of grateful praise
Verse 6
For Thyself, best Gift Divine, to the world so freely given,
for that great, great love of thine,
peace on earth, and joy in heaven;
Lord of all, to thee we raise, this our hymn of grateful praise.
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: Refiner’s Fire (E)
Purify my heart let me be as gold and precious silver
Purify my heart let me be as gold pure gold
Refiner’s fire my heart’s one desire
is to be holy set apart for You Lord
I choose to be holy set apart for You, my Master
ready to do Your will
Purify my heart cleanse me from within and make me holy
Purify my heart cleanse me from my sin deep within
Refiner’s fire my heart’s one desire
is to be holy set apart for You Lord
I choose to be holy set apart for You, my Master
Ready to do Your will
Ready to do Your will
Refiner’s fire my heart’s one desire
is to be holy set apart for You Lord
I choose to be holy set apart for You, my Master
ready to do Your will
I’m ready to do Your will
Yes, I’m ready to do Your will
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: Anthem: The Servant Song
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.
Old Testament Reading: Jeremiah 2:4-13
Israel forsakes the Lord
4 Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel. 5 Thus says the LORD: What wrong did your ancestors find in me that they went far from me, and went after worthless things, and became worthless themselves?
6 They did not say, “Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and pits, in a land of drought and deep darkness, in a land that no one passes through, where no one lives?”
7 I brought you into a plentiful land to eat its fruits and its good things. But when you entered you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
8 The priests did not say, “Where is the LORD?” Those who handle the law did not know me; the rulers transgressed against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after things that do not profit. 9 Therefore once more I accuse you, says the LORD, and I accuse your children’s children.
10 Cross to the coasts of Cyprus and look, send to Kedar and examine with care; see if there has ever been such a thing. 11 Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for something that does not profit.
12 Be appalled, O heavens, at this, be shocked, be utterly desolate, says the LORD, 13 for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and dug out cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns that can hold no water.
Leader: The Word of God for the people of God
All: Thanks be to God
Gospel Reading: Luke 14:1, 7-14
Invite the poor to your banquet
1 On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely.
7 When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable.
8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by your host; 9 and the host who invited both of you may come and say to you, ‘Give this person your place,’ and then in disgrace you would start to take the lowest place.
10 But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
11 For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
12 He said also to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. 13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. 14 And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
Leader: The Word of God for the people of God
All: Thanks be to God
Sermon Text: Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16
God is with us
1 Let mutual love continue.
2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
3 Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured.
4 Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled; for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
5 Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”
6 So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?”
7 Remember your leaders, those who spoke the word of God to you; consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
15 Through him, then, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.
16 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
All: Thanks be to God
Sermon: “Sacrifices Pleasing to God”
Closing Hymn: Blest Be the Tie that Binds…557 (F)
Verse 1
Blessed be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love;
the fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above.
Verse 4
When we asunder part, it gives us inward pain;
but we shall still be joined in heart, and hope to meet again.
Filled Up and Poured Out
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