August 31, 2025

Order of Worship

August 31, 2025

Welcome

Gathering the Family Together

Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go

1. O Love that will not let me go,

I rest my weary soul in thee;

I give thee back the life I owe,

That in thine ocean depths its flow

May richer, fuller be.

2. O light that followest all my way,

I yield my flickering torch to thee;

My heart restores its borrowed ray,

That in thy sunshine’s blaze its day

May brighter, fairer be.

3. O Joy that seekest me through pain,

I cannot close my heart to thee;

I trace the rainbow through the rain,

And feel the promise is not vain,

That morn shall tearless be.

4. O Cross that liftest up my head,

I dare not ask to fly from thee;

I lay in dust life’s glory dead,

And from the ground there blossoms red

Life that shall endless be.

Text by George Matheson. Music by Christopher Miner ©1997 Christopher Miner Music.  

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading:                                                        Proverbs 3:1-12

¹ My son, do not forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commandments,

² for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.

³ Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you;
bind them around your neck;
write them on the tablet of your heart.

⁴ So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.

⁵ Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.

⁶ In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths.

⁷ Be not wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.

⁸ It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.

⁹ Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with the firstfruits of all your produce;

¹⁰ then your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will be bursting with wine.

¹¹ My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline
or be weary of his reproof,

¹² for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,
as a father the son in whom he delights.

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe

His Mercy Is More

1. What love could remember no wrongs we have done;

Omniscient, all knowing, He counts not their sum.

Thrown into a sea without bottom or shore;

Our sins they are many, His mercy is more.

Refrain:     Praise the Lord! His mercy is more.

Stronger than darkness, new every morn;

Our sins they are many, His mercy is more.

2. What patience would wait as we constantly roam;

What Father, so tender, is calling us home.

He welcomes the weakest, the vilest, the poor.

Our sins they are many, His mercy is more.

Refrain:     Praise the Lord! His mercy is more.

Stronger than darkness, new every morn;

Our sins they are many, His mercy is more.

3. What riches of kindness He lavished on us;

His blood was the payment, His life was the cost.

We stood ‘neath a debt we could never afford;

Our sins they are many, His mercy is more.

Refrain:     Praise the Lord! His mercy is more.

Stronger than darkness, new every morn;

Our sins they are many, His mercy is more.

(Repeat Refrain)

Words and Music by Matt Boswell and Matt Papa ©2016 Getty Music Songs, Messenger Hymns and Love Your Enemies Publishing

We Respond to God’s Presence

Only A Holy God

Verse 1:

Who else commands all the hosts of heaven?

Who else could make every king bow down?

Who else can whisper and darkness trembles?

Only a Holy God!

Verse 2:

What other beauty demands such praises?

What other splendor outshines the sun?

What other majesty rules with justice?

Only a Holy God!

Chorus:

Come and behold Him,

The One and the Only.

Cry out, sing holy,

Forever a Holy God;

Come and worship the Holy God!

Verse 3:

What other glory consumes like fire?

What other power can raise the dead?

What other name remains undefeated?

Only a Holy God!

Repeat Chorus

Verse 4:

Who else could rescue me from my failing?

Who else would offer His only Son?

Who else invites me to call Him Father?

Only a Holy God!

Repeat Chorus

Words and Music: Jonny Robinson, Rich Thompson, Michael Farren, and Jesse Reeves. © 2018 City Alight Music, Farren Love and War Publishing, Integrity’s Alleluia! Music. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

He Will Hold Me Fast

1    When I fear my faith will fail, Christ will hold me fast

When the tempter would prevail, He will hold me fast

I could never keep my hold, Through life’s fearful path

For my love is often cold, He must hold me fast

Chorus:     He will hold me fast, He will hold me fast

For my Savior loves me so, He will hold me fast

2    Those He saves are His delight, Christ will hold me fast

Precious in His holy sight, He will hold me fast

He’ll not let my soul be lost, His promises shall last

Bought by Him at such a cost, He will hold me fast

Repeat Chorus

3    For my life He bled and died, Christ will hold me fast

Justice has been satisfied, He will hold me fast

Raised with Him to endless life, He will hold me fast

Till our faith is turned to sight, When He comes at last

Repeat Chorus

— Original Words vv 1-2 by Ada Habershon. New Words and Music by Matt Merker©2013 Getty Music Publishing (BMI) / Matt Merker Music (BMI) (admin by MusicServices.org)

Children’s Lesson

Pastoral Prayer

The basket to receive His tithes and our offerings

is located on the left as you leave the Sanctuary.

We Worship Through Hearing

Today’s Message

“Faithfulness to the End”

Lessons from the Life of Joseph

Genesis 37-50

Jeff Pangborn

Notes

God’s Faithfulness

Joseph’s Responsibility

God’s Purpose

We Are Sent Forth in Worship

to Share the Gospel

Red Hymnal #454                                                         “Trust and Obey”

Benediction