February 8, 2026

Order of Worship

February 8, 2026

Welcome and Announcements

Gathering the Family Together

Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine

1. Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!,

O what a foretaste of glory divine!

Heir of salvation, purchase of God,

Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.

Refrain:          This is my story, this is my song,

Praising my Savior all the day long.

This is my story, this is my song,

Praising my Savior all the day long.

2. Perfect submission, perfect delight,

Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;

Angels descending bring from above

Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.                      Repeat Refrain

3. Perfect submission, all is at rest,

I, in my Savior, am happy and blest;

Watching and waiting, loving above,

Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.           Repeat Refrain

Words: Fanny J. Crosby. Music: Phoebe P. Knapp

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading:                                                          I Peter 1:21-25

²¹ Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And you have placed your faith and hope in God because he raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory.

²² You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart.

²³ For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.

²⁴ As the Scriptures say,
“People are like grass;
their beauty is like a flower in the field.
The grass withers and the flower fades.
²⁵ But the word of the Lord remains forever.”

And that word is the Good News that was preached to you.

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe

Westminster Confession of Faith 1.1

Leader:

Our natural understanding and the works of creation and providence so clearly show God’s goodness, wisdom, and power that human beings have no excuse for not believing in him. However, these means alone cannot provide that knowledge of God and of his will which is necessary for salvation. Therefore, it pleased the Lord at different times and in various ways to reveal himself and to declare that this revelation contains his will for his church. Afterwards it pleased God to put this entire revelation into writing so that the truth might be better preserved and transmitted and that the church, confronted with the corruption of the flesh and the evil purposes of Satan and the world, might be more securely established and comforted. Since God no longer reveals himself to his people in those earlier ways, Holy Scripture is absolutely essential.

We Respond to God’s Presence

Shine, Jesus, Shine

Lord, the light of Your love is shining

In the midst of the darkness shining;

Jesus, Light of the World, shine upon us.

Set us free by the truth You now bring us,

Shine on me, shine on me.

Chorus:

Shine, Jesus, shine; Fill this land with the Father’s glory;

Blaze, Spirit, blaze; Set our hearts on fire.

Flow, river, flow; Flood the nations with grace and mercy.

Send forth Your Word, Lord, and let there be light.

Lord, I come to Your awesome presence,

From the shadows into Your radiance;

By the blood I may enter Your brightness.

Search me, try me, consume all my darkness,

Shine on me, shine on me.                              Repeat Chorus

As we gaze on Your kingly brightness,

So our faces display Your likeness;

Ever changing from glory to glory,

Mirror'd here may our lives tell Your story,

Shine on me, shine on me.                              Repeat Chorus

by Graham Kendrick © 1987 Integrity's Hosanna! Music ARR CCLI #172212

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.

Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God Almighty

Holy, holy holy! Lord God Almighty!

Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;

Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!

God in three persons, blessed Trinity!

Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee,

Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;

Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee

Who wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.

Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide Thee,

Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see;

Only Thou art holy – there is none beside Thee

Perfect in power, in love and purity.

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!

All Thy works shall praise Thy name in earth and sky and sea;

Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!

God in three persons, blessed Trinity.

Words: Reginald Heber; Music: John B. Dykes

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

“Qualified to Oversee”

Titus 1:1-9

Notes

I. _______________ of an Authorized Servant.

(Titus 1:1-4)

II. ________________ of an Appointed Elder’s Life.

(Titus 1:4-6)

III. ________________ of an Overseer’s Character.

(Titus 1:7-9)

We Are Sent Forth in Worship

to Share the Gospel

We Are Your Church

God has built His church on one foundation—

Jesus Christ, the Living Cornerstone.

Crucified and risen to redeem us,

We adore and worship Him alone.

Refrain:

We are Your church, Your bride, the people of Your name.

In Your strength we live; we worship, unashamed,

For Your cause we serve; We joyfully proclaim we are Your people;

We are Your church.

Set apart to serve our loving Savior,

given power to share redemption’s plan—

We will tell the world the love of Jesus;

we will preach the cross to every land.          (Repeat Refrain)

With a shout, the Bridegroom is returning.

Heaven’s Prince will come to claim His own.

We will rise to reign with Him forever;

We will sing our praise around His throne.    (Repeat Refrain)

Words: Cheryle Reid. Music by Jonathan Reid and Ron Hamilton. ©2010 by Majesty Music, Inc. All right reserved. Used by permission.CCLI

Benediction