September 28, 2025

Order of Worship

September 28, 2025

Welcome

Gathering the Family Together

Psalm 47

Refrain: Sing out your praise to God, to the King sing out your praise.

1. All peoples, clap your hands, shout your joy to God.

For God above is awesome, King of all the earth. (Refrain)

2. The one who conquers peoples sets them at our feet

Chooses for beloved Jacob a land to be our pride. (Refrain)

3. God ascends the hill to cheers and trumpet blasts.

Sing out your praise to God, to the King sing out your praise. (Refrain)

4. For God rules the earth; sing praise with all your skill.

God rules over nations, high on the sacred throne. (Refrain)

5. Alien rulers join the people of Abraham’s God;

All the powers on earth belong to God on high. (Refrain)

By Hal H. Hopson. Music from Psalms for All Seasons, © 1987, International Committee for English in the Liturgy (ICEL). ARR CCLI #172212.

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading:                                                         I Timothy 2:1-7

¹ First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,

² for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

³ This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

⁴ who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

⁵ For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

⁶ who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.

⁷ For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe

Psalm 143A                                                                Blue Psalter, pg 936

Hear My Prayer, O God

Hear my prayer, O God, and listen to my plea;

Faithful, righteous One, give ear and answer me.

Judge me not, I pray; no merit dare I claim;

Knowing my own faults, I trust in your just Name.

Hounded by a foe who crushed me to the ground,

I am like the dead or those in prison bound.

Hopeless, numbed by fear, I ponder all your care;

Thirsty as parched earth, I lift my hands in prayer.

Answer soon, O God; my spirit faints in me;

Do not hide your face, or I will cease to be.

When the morning dawns, make known your love anew;

Show me how to walk, for I will trust in you.

Keep me safe, O God, and help me learn your will;

Let your Spirit lead through level pathways still.

For your great Name’s sake, my griefs and fears dispel;

Free me from my foes, that I may serve you well.

Words: Carl P. Daw, Jr. © 2005 Hope Publishing Company. Music: Hal H. Hopson © 2006 Hope Publishing Company.

Father, We have Sinned

1. Father, we have sinned in word, and deed, and thought;

Through ignorance, through weakness, through deliberate fault.

We’ve sinned against our neighbors and against You, Lord.

Yet we are truly sorry, and we turn to You once more.

2. Father of the nations, You who bless the poor—

We’re servants of the endless want and strive for more.

We’ve made our greed a virtue, while the children starve;

Come change our joy to sorrow, till our lives reflect Your heart.

Words and Music by Stuart Townend & Keith Getty. Copyright © 2003 Thankyou Music/Adm. by worshiptogether.com songs. excl. UK & Europe, adm. by Kingsway Music. tym@kingsway.co.uk. Used by permission

We Respond to God’s Presence

Red Hymnal #428

Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy

Come, ye sinners, poor and needy, Bruised and broken by the fall;

Jesus ready stands to save you, Full of pardoning love for all.

He is able, He is able, He is willing, doubt no more;

He is able, He is able, He is willing, doubt no more

Let not conscience make you linger, Nor of fitness fondly dream;

All that He requires of sinners Is to turn and trust in Him.

He will save you, He will save you, ‘Tis the gospel’s constant theme.

He will save you, He will save you, ‘Tis the gospel’s constant theme.

Lo! th’incarnate God, ascended, Pleads the merit of His blood;

Venture on Him, venture wholly Let no other trust intrude;

None but Jesus, none but Jesus Can do helpless sinners good.

None but Jesus, none but Jesus Can do helpless sinners good.

Words: Joseph Hart. Music BEACH SPRING “The Sacred Harp” Harmonized by A. Royce Eckhardt.

Holy Spirit, Living Breath of God

Holy Spirit, living Breath of God,

Breathe new life into my willing soul.

Bring the presence of the risen Lord

To renew my heart and make me whole.

Cause Your Word to come alive in me;

Give me faith for what I cannot see;

Give me passion for Your purity.

Holy Spirit, breathe new life in me.

Holy Spirit, come abide within;

May Your joy be seen in all I do—

Love enough to cover ev’ry sin

In each thought and deed and attitude,

Kindness to the greatest and the least,

Gentleness that sows the path of peace.

Turn my striving into works of grace.

Breath of God, show Christ in all I do.

Holy Spirit, from creation’s birth,

Giving life to all that God has made,

Show Your power once again on earth;

Cause Your church to hunger for Your ways.

Let the fragrance of our prayers arise.

Lead us on the road of sacrifice

That in unity the face of Christ

Will be clear for all the world to see.

— Words and Music by Keith Getty & Stuart Townend © 2006 Thank You Music

God of the Word

Out of the babble that surrounds us, out of the chaos that’s within,

Where can we go to find our meaning? Is there a place we can begin?

God of the Word, now let the Word be spoken.

Word of our God, come visit us with grace.

Rise like a fragrance, like a chord of music, filling all this holy place.

Words and Music (SAN FRANCISCO): Ken Medema (b. 1943) © 1993 Ken Medema Music/Brier Patch Music

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

Sermon Series: Guard the Gospel: Shepherd the Flock

“Prayer: A Demonstration of Faith”

I Timothy 2:1-7

Rev. Will McCabe

Notes

We Are Sent Forth in Worship

to Share the Gospel

Now unto Him

Now unto Him who is able to keep you from falling

And to make you stand in His presence

Blameless and with great joy.

To the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ, our Lord,

Be the glory and the majesty, dominion and authority,

Both now and forever. Amen

Give Him the glory and the majesty, dominion and authority,

Both now and forever. Amen                         (Jude 24-25)

Music: David Morris; arranged by Tom Fettke; ©1986 by Integrity’s Hosanna! Music. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Benediction