The Order of Worship – July 19, 2026
This is the 200th Day of 2026.
There are 165 more 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 Ballas Family Community Kitchen
Bible Study is at afaithtalk.com on Tuesday!
We’re on Revelation now. Full study on Tuesday, Quick study on Thursday.
Next Show is July 26th at 6:00 in Fellowship Hall – Mr. Lazy’s Clock Factory.
Call to Worship: God of Wonders (G)
Responsive Reading: Psalm 86:11-17
Teach me your ways
11 Teach me your way, O LORD,
that I may walk in your truth;
give me an undivided heart
to revere your name.
12 I give thanks to you, O Lord my God,
with my whole heart,
and I will glorify your name forever.
13 For great is your steadfast love toward me;
you have delivered my soul
from the depths of Sheol.
14 O God, the insolent rise up against me;
a band of ruffians seeks my life,
and they do not set you before them.
15 But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding
in steadfast love and faithfulness.
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me;
give your strength to your servant;
save the child of your maidservant.
17 Show me a sign of your favor,
so that those who hate me may see it
and be put to shame,
because you, LORD, have helped me
and comforted me.
Praise the Lord!
Opening Hymn: Come, Ye Thankful People, Come…#694 (F)
Verse 1
Come, ye thankful people, come, raise the song of harvest home;
all is safely gathered in, ere the winter storms begin.
God our Maker doth provide for our wants to be supplied;
come to God’s own temple, come, raise the song of harvest home.’
Verse 2
All the world is God’s own field, fruit as praise to God we yield;
wheat and tares together sown are to joy or sorrow grown;
first the blade and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear;
Lord of harvest, grant that we whole-some grain and pure may be.
Verse 3
For the Lord our God shall come, and shall take the harvest home;
from the field shall in that day all offenses purge away
giving angels charge at last in the fire the tares to cast;
but the fruitful ears to store in the garner evermore.
Verse 4
Even so, Lord, quickly come, bring thy final harvest home;
gather thou thy people in, free from sorrow, free from sin,
there, forever purified, in thy presence to abide
come, with all thine angels, come, raise the glorious harvest home.
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: You Are Near (Yahweh) (G)
Chorus
Yahweh, I know you are near
Standing always at my side.
You guard me from the foe,
And you lead me in ways ever lasting.
Verse 1
Lord, you have searched my heart
And you know where I sit and where I stand
Your hand is upon me
Protecting me from death
Keeping me from harm
Chorus
Yahweh, I know you are near
Standing always at my side.
You guard me from the foe,
And you lead me in ways ever lasting.
Verse 2
Where can I run from your Love?
If I climb to the heavens, you are there;
If I fly to the sunrise
or sail beyond the sea,
Still I’d find you there.
Chorus
Yahweh, I know you are near
Standing always at my side.
You guard me from the foe,
And you lead me in ways ever lasting.
Verse 3
You know my heart and its ways,
You who formed me before I was born,
In secret of darkness
Before I saw the sun,
In my mother’s womb.
Chorus
Yahweh, I know you are near
Standing always at my side.
You guard me from the foe,
And you lead me in ways ever lasting.
Verse 4
Marvelous to me are your works,
How profound are your thoughts, my Lord.
Even if I could count them,
They number as the stars
You would still be there
Chorus
Yahweh, I know you are near
Standing always at my side.
You guard me from the foe,
And you lead me in ways ever lasting.
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: My Lord, What a Morning…719 (F)
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: Here I Am to Worship (D)
Light of the world You stepped down into darkness,
Opened my eyes, let me see
Beauty that made this heart adore You
Hope of a life spent with You
Here I am to worship
Here I am to bow down
Here I am to say that
You’re my God
You’re altogether lovely
Altogether worthy
Altogether wonderful to me
King of all days Oh so highly exalted
Glorious in Heaven above
Humbly You came to the earth You created
All for love’s sake became poor
Here I am to worship
Here I am to bow down
Here I am to say that
You’re my God
You’re altogether lovely
Altogether worthy
Altogether wonderful to me
I’ll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that cross
I’ll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that cross
Here I am to worship
Here I am to bow down
Here I am to say that
You’re my God
You’re altogether lovely
Altogether worthy
Altogether wonderful to me
Here I am to worship
Here I am to bow down
Here I am to say that
You’re my God
You’re altogether lovely
Altogether worthy
Altogether wonderful to me
Here I am to worship
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: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
The parable of the weeds
24 He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. 26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well. 27 And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?’
28 He answered, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The slaves said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’
29 But he replied, ‘No; for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them. 30 Let both of them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’”
36 Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples approached him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”
37 He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; 38 the field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
40 Just as the weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, 42 and they will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone with ears listen!”
Leader: The Word of God for the people of God
All: Thanks be to God
New Testament Reading: Romans 8:12-25
The revealing of the children of God
12 So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh – 13 for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.
15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba! Father!” 16 it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ–if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.
18 I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us.
19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; 20 for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; 23 and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
24 For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
Leader: The Word of God for the people of God
All: Thanks be to God
Sermon Text: Isaiah 44:6-8
There is no other God
6 Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; besides me there is no god. 7 Who is like me? Let them proclaim it; let them declare and set it forth before me. Who has announced from of old the things to come? Let them tell us what is yet to be.
8 Do not fear or be afraid; have I not told you from of old and declared it? You are my witnesses! Is there any god besides me? There is no other rock; I know not one.
Leader: This is the Word of God for the people of God
All: Thanks be to God
Sermon Title: “No Other Rock”
Closing Hymn: Of the Father’s Love Begotten…#189 (D)
Verse 1
Of the Father’s love begotten, ere the worlds began to be,
He is Alpha and Omega, He the source, the ending He,
of the things that are and have been,
and that future years shall see,
evermore and evermore.
Verse 2
O ye heights of heaven, adore Him; angel hosts, His praises sing;
powers, dominions, bow before Him, and extol our God and King.
Let no tongue on earth be silent, every voice in concert ring,
evermore and evermore.
Verse 3
Christ, to Thee with God the Father, and, O Holy Ghost, to Thee,
hymn and chant and high thanksgiving, and unwearied praises be:
honor, glory and dominion, and eternal victory,
evermore and evermore
Filled Up and Poured Out
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