ORDER OF WORSHIP - AUGUST 31ST, 2025
- John T. Redman, CRE
- Aug 26
- 4 min read
ORDER OF WORSHIP
AUGUST 31ST, 2025 10:30 AM
TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
If you have individual prayer requests, please write them on prayer cards in the pews and bring them
up or give them to an usher during the prelude.
**Kindly stand if you are able
PRELUDE Mary Lee Farris, Organ
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP (Adapted from Psalm 112)
Leader: Praise the LORD! Happy are those who fear the LORD, who greatly delight in his commandments.
PEOPLE: Their descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Leader: Wealth and riches are in their houses, and their righteousness endures forever.
PEOPLE: They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright; they are gracious, merciful, and righteous.
Leader: It is well with those who deal generously and lend, who conduct their affairs with justice.
PEOPLE: For the righteous will never be moved; they will be remembered forever.
INVOCATION
Almighty God, we thank you for this day of worship to celebrate the bounty of the harvest that you have provided to us. Lord. we ask that you open our minds, our hearts and our spirits to receive your Grace and the message of Love that is in our savior Jesus Christ, and in His name.
**OPENING HYMN “All Things Bright and Beautiful” Red #57
CALL TO CONFESSION
With so many paths to take, and we go down the wrong ones; so much good we could do if we only reach out a little more. Let us seek a better understanding of how we can learn and serve our mission’s work.
PRAYER FOR UNDERSTANDING
Dear Lord, we come in gratitude for your love and the gift that is Jesus Christ as we struggle to understand the beauty and majesty of your creation and how it shows your love for us, the children. Lead us in pathways of justice and compassion.
(A moment for silent personal confession)
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
Hear the genuine Good News of the Gospels and know that through God’s infinite love we are always forgiven. In his name, Amen.
**GLORIA PATRI (Avery & Marsh, back cover of the Red Hymnal)
**PASSING OF THE PEACE
**AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (Adapted by John Redman)
I Believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was born of a young peasant woman, trained as a carpenter, and baptized by His cousin John. He taught many, He healed many, and He angered many. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He defeated death and He offers us grace and love in the name of God the Father Almighty; from that time through all time to come. I believe in the power of the Holy Spirit; the universal Church of Christ; the Communion of sharing our gifts with others; the forgiveness of our sins; the Grace of God’s love, and that each soul may have life everlasting. Amen.
**HYMN OF PRAISE “Amazing Grace How Sweet the Sound” Red #502
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
God of heaven, you not only provide more than we need in our harvest, but You send the gospel to the ends of the earth and Your messengers to every nation: Send Your Holy Spirit to transform us by the good news of everlasting life in Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
SCRIPTURE READINGS
OLD TESTAMENT READING: Jeremiah 31: 27-34 Cathy McCarty
NEW TESTAMENT READING: HEBREWS 13: 5-8; 15-16
GOSPEL READING: Luke 14: 7-14
SERMON MESSAGE: It’s About Time John Redman, CRE
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE & THE LORD’S PRAYER
And Lord we pray for those in our own hearts whose names you already know, for their own healing and comfort, in your name and that of our redeemer Jesus Christ, who taught to pray, saying:
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 debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS:
We can hoard the gifts with which you bless us, God of generosity, or we can share them with others. May what we offer in these moments be the very blessing, the very hope, the very peace others need. This we pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
OFFERTORY “For the Beauty of the Earth” Red # 353
**DOXOLOGY (Avery & Marsh, back cover of the Red Hymnal)
** PRAYER OF THANKS
We thank you, our Lord for those gifts to us that we send to you for your work and ours in congregation, community, and culture. Guide us in good use as we ask in Jesus’ name. Amen
**HYMN OF PARTING: “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” Red #638
BENEDICTION: An Irish Blessing
POSTLUDE: “The Lord Bless You and Keep You” John Coates, Director
Nancy Miller
Union Singers
John Redman, CRE
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