November 16, 2025

Order of Worship

November 16, 2025

Welcome

Gathering the Family Together

Press On

1. Where two or three are gathered in the name of the Lord,

He is here, He is here in our midst.

And we will sing together, be renewed by the Word.

When we part, may we go in His peace.

Chorus:   Press on, all you saints, press on till the end.

Christ with us, ever with us until He comes again.

Press on, all you saints, run and run to win!

Christ with us, ever with us until He comes again.

2. Now let the Word be scattered like the seed on the soil;

Day by day, watch it grow in His care.

And may you be a shelter as you reach to the lost,

Glad in hope, calm in pain, true in prayer.

Chorus:   Press on, all you saints, press on till the end.

Christ with us, ever with us until He comes again.

Press on, all you saints, run and run to win!

Christ with us, ever with us until He comes again.

3. And may He find us waiting with our lamps burning still;

Keeping watch through the night till He comes.

For soon it will be morning and the sun will appear;

Christ who brought us this far brings us home.

Chorus:   Press on, all you saints, press on till the end.

Christ with us, ever with us until He comes again.

Press on, all you saints, run and run to win!

Christ with us, ever with us---until He comes again.

Oh, until He comes again.

Words and Music by Kristy Getty and Ben Shive Arranged by Samuel Wilson. ©2022 Getty Music Publishing (BMI) / Getty Music Hymns and Songs (ASCAP)/ Junkbox Music (ASCAP) / adm at MusicServices.com

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading:                                                                    Psalm 16

¹ Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.

² I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”

³ As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.

⁴ The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or take their names on my lips.

⁵ The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.

⁶ The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

⁷ I bless the LORD who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.

⁸ I have set the LORD always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

⁹ Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.

¹⁰ For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
or let your holy one see corruption.

¹¹ You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe

God of the Word (A Song to Sing)

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

We Respond to God’s Presence

We Are Called

Verse 1

Come! Live in the light! Shine with the joy and the love of the Lord!

We are called to be light for the kingdom,

to live in the freedom of the city of God.

Refrain

We are called to act with justice.

We are called to love tenderly.

We are called to serve one another,

to walk humbly with God.

Verse 2

Come! Open your heart! Show your mercy to all those in fear!

We are called to be hope for the hopeless

so hatred and blindness will be no more.

Repeat Refrain

Verse 3

Sing! Sing a new song! Sing of that great day when all will be one!

God will reign, and we’ll walk with each other

as sisters and brothers united in love.

Repeat Refrain

Words and Music (WE ARE CALLED) David Haas (b 1957) ©1988 GIA Publications, Inc

Christ Our Wisdom

Verse 1

Christ our wisdom, we are humbled when You hide Your ways from us.

You have purposes un-numbered, each one good and glorious.

Help us trust when we grow weary, free us from our anxious thoughts.

Give us grace to see more clearly. You are God, and we are not.

Verse 2

Christ our wisdom, be our gladness when we fail to understand.

You ordain all joy and sadness to fulfill Your perfect plan.

Help us know You rule with power over every raging flood.

In our most uncertain hour, You are God, and we are loved.

Verse 3

Christ our wisdom, we will follow though the way ahead is veiled.

As we journey through the shadows, grant us faith where sight has failed.

Help us cling to Your commandments,

strengthened by Your faithful Word.

We will never be abandoned. You are God, and we are Yours.

Verse 4

Christ our wisdom, we adore You for the beauty of the cross.

Once in foolishness we scorned You, but Your blood has ransomed us.

Help us sing the endless mercies of Your humble heart to save.

Christ our wisdom, Christ our glory, You are God, forever praised.

Help us sing the endless mercies of Your humble heart to save.

Christ our wisdom, Christ our glory, You are God, forever praised.

Words and Music by Jon Althoff, Bob Kauflin, and Nathan Stiff © 2024 Sovereign Grace Praise/BMI (adm. by Integrity Music) Sovereign Grace Music, a division of Sovereign Grace Churches. All rights reserved. www.SovereignGraceMusic.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

Sermon Series: Guard the Gospel: Shepherd the Flock

“Living the Truth Before the Flock”

I Timothy 4:11-16

Notes

I. _________________ and Exhort the Truth.

(I Timothy 4:11-12)

II. _________________ by Devotion to the Word.

(I Timothy 4:13-14)

III. ________________ Persistently for Progress.

(I Timothy 4:15-16)

We Are Sent Forth in Worship

to Share the Gospel

Psalm 100B                                                                Blue Psalter, pg 626

All People That on Earth Do Dwell

Verse 1:     All people that on earth do dwell,

                  Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice.

Serve him with joy, his praises tell,

Come now before him and rejoice!

Verse 2:    Know that the Lord is God indeed;

                  He formed us all without our aid.

                  We are the flock he comes to feed,

The sheep who by his hand were made.

Verse 3:    O enter then his gates with joy,

                  Within his courts his praise proclaim.

                  Let thankful songs your tongues employ,

O bless and magnify his name.

Verse 4:    Because the Lord our God is good,

His mercy is forever sure.

                  His faithfulness at all times stood

And shall from age to age endure.

Verse 5:    Praise God from whom all blessings flow;

Praise him, all creatures here below;

Praise him above, ye heavenly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Amen. Amen.

Words: Sts 1-4 William Kethe, 1561, alt.; st. 5 Thomas Ken, 1709. MUSIC: (New Doxology (Duke Street variant) traditional Black gospel)

Benediction