August 2, 2026

Jonah 3

Order of Worship

August 2, 2026

Welcome and Announcements

Gathering the Family Together

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
1. Praise to the LORD, the Almighty, the King of creation!
O my soul, praise him, for he is your health and salvation!

Come, all who hear; brothers and sisters, draw near,

Join me in glad adoration!
1. Praise to the LORD, who o’er all things so wondrously reigning,
Sheltering you under his wings, oh, so gently sustaining.

Have you not seen all that is needful has been

sent by his gracious ordaining.
1. Praise to the Lord, who will prosper your work and defend you.
Surely his goodness and mercy shall daily attend you.

Ponder anew what the Almighty can do

as with his love he befriends you.
1. Praise to the LORD! Oh, let all that is in me adore him!
All that has life and breath, come now with praises before him!

Let the amen sound from his people again.

Gladly forever adore him!

(Public Domain)

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading: Isaiah 55:6-11

⁶ Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;

⁷ let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

⁸ ‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,’ declares the Lord.

⁹ ‘For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

¹⁰ ‘For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

¹¹ ‘so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.’ (ESV).

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe

Westminster Confession of Faith

14.1-3 – Of Saving Faith

I. The grace of faith, whereby the elect are enabled to believe to the saving of their souls, is the work of the Spirit of Christ in their hearts, and is ordinarily wrought by the ministry of the Word, by which also, and by the administration of the sacraments, and prayer, it is increased and strengthened.

II. By this faith, a Christian believes to be true whatsoever is revealed in the Word, for the authority of God Himself speaking therein; and acts differently upon that which each particular passage thereof contains; yielding obedience to the commands, trembling at the threatenings, and embracing the promises of God for this life, and that which is to come. But the principal acts of saving faith are accepting, receiving, and resting upon Christ alone for justification, sanctification, and eternal life, by virtue of the covenant of grace.

III. This faith is different in degrees, weak or strong; may be often and many ways assailed, and weakened, but gets the victory: growing up in many to the attainment of a full assurance, through Christ, who is both the author and finisher of our faith.

We Respond to God’s Presence

May the Peoples Praise You
1. You have called us out of darkest night into Your glorious light
That we may sing the wonders of the risen Christ
1. May our every breath retell the grace that broke into our strife
With boundless love and deepest joy with endless life

Chorus: May the peoples praise You; Let the nations be glad

All Your blessing comes that we may praise

May praise the Name of Jesus
1. All the earth is Yours and all within each harvest is Your own
And from Your hand we give to You to make Christ known
1. May the seeds of mercy grow in us for those who have not heard
May songs of praise build lives of grace to spread Your Word

Repeat Chorus
1. This our holy priv‘lege to declare Your praises and Your name
To every nation, tribe and tongue, Your church proclaims

Repeat Chorus

Bridge: Holy, holy is the Lord Almighty

Worthy, worthy is the Lamb Who was slain

Holy, holy is the Lord Almighty

All creation praise Your glorious Name

Repeat Chorus

— Words and Music by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, David Zimmer, Stuart Townend and Ed Cash ©2016 Getty Music Publishing (BMI) / Townend Songs (PRS) / Alletrop Music (BMI) (admin by MusicServies.org) CCLI #172212

Blessed Be Our God and Father

Verse 1

Blessed be our God and Father who has filled our lives with blessing:

Every gift from heaven’s fullness now is ours in Jesus Christ.

Oh, what riches of His favor poured out freely from His throne!

We rejoice in praise for the glory of His grace.

Verse 2

Blessed be our God and Father who before the world’s foundation

Knew He’d make us pure and blameless, changing sinners into saints.

Oh, what mercy to be chosen and in love to bear His name!

We rejoice in praise for the glory of His grace.

Chorus:

Hallelujah! To Your name be all the glory!

Hallelujah! To Your name be all praise!

Verse 3

Blessed be our God and Father who with unimagined kindness

Gave His only Son to save us for the glory of His name.

Oh, what power in His passion, raised from death to endless reign!

We rejoice in praise for the glory of His grace.

Repeat Chorus twice

Words and music by Jon Althoff and David Zimmer © 2026 Sovereign Grace Praise (BMI), adm. by Integrity Music. Sovereign Grace Music, a division of Sovereign Grace Churches. ARR CCLI #7276929

Have Mercy Upon Me, O God

Have mercy upon me, O God,

according to your loving kindness,

according to your tender mercy.

Blot out my transgressions

and wash me thoroughly.

O cleanse me from my sin.

I hate my transgressions, O God,

and I repent my sins before you.

Against you only have I sinned

and done what is evil

within your sight, O God.

Wash me and make me clean.

For I have rebelled from my birth;

My very bones have gone against you.

O teach me all your truth in secret

And purge me with hyssop;

And then I shall be clean.

O fill me with your joy.

Create in me now a clean heart;

Renew your Spirit in me wholly.

O cast me not away to darkness

And take not your Spirit

from me, O Blessed One.

O Lord, restore my soul.

Open now my lips with praise

And let my mouth show forth your greatness.

Do not despise my broken spirit;

Have mercy upon me,

O God of hosts, I cry.

Cleanse me and make me whole.

Words: Gracia Grindal ©1993 Selah Publishing Company, Inc. Music: Clayton J. Schmit ©1998 Clayton J. Schmit.

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

“Surprising Power and Surprising Mercy

Jonah 3

Rev. David Hinkley

Notes

I. The Surprising Power of the Word of God.

II. God’s Surprising Mercy to the City.

III. God’s Surprising Mercy to the Prophet.

Communion

Prayer of Contrition

Sharing of the Elements

We invite to the Lord’s Table all those who are baptized disciples of Jesus Christ and are under the authority of Christ and His body, the Church. By eating the bread and drinking the wine with us as a visitor, you are acknowledging to the elders of this local church that you are in covenant with God and an active member of a congregation in which the gospel is faithfully confessed, taught, and believed. You also acknowledge that you are a sinner, without hope except in the sovereign mercy of God, and that you are trusting in Jesus Christ alone for salvation. If you have any doubt about your participation, please speak to the elders before or after the service.

Declaration of Forgiveness

We Are Sent Forth in Worship

to Share the Gospel

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.
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. (Repeat Refrain)
1. 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. (Repeat Refrain).
1. 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. (Repeat Refrain).

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

Benediction

Order of Worship

August 2, 2026

Welcome and Announcements

Gathering the Family Together

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
1. Praise to the LORD, the Almighty, the King of creation!
O my soul, praise him, for he is your health and salvation!

Come, all who hear; brothers and sisters, draw near,

Join me in glad adoration!
1. Praise to the LORD, who o’er all things so wondrously reigning,
Sheltering you under his wings, oh, so gently sustaining.

Have you not seen all that is needful has been

sent by his gracious ordaining.
1. Praise to the Lord, who will prosper your work and defend you.
Surely his goodness and mercy shall daily attend you.

Ponder anew what the Almighty can do

as with his love he befriends you.
1. Praise to the LORD! Oh, let all that is in me adore him!
All that has life and breath, come now with praises before him!

Let the amen sound from his people again.

Gladly forever adore him!

(Public Domain)

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading: Isaiah 55:6-11

⁶ Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;

⁷ let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

⁸ ‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,’ declares the Lord.

⁹ ‘For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

¹⁰ ‘For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

¹¹ ‘so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.’ (ESV).

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe

Westminster Confession of Faith

14.1-3 – Of Saving Faith

I. The grace of faith, whereby the elect are enabled to believe to the saving of their souls, is the work of the Spirit of Christ in their hearts, and is ordinarily wrought by the ministry of the Word, by which also, and by the administration of the sacraments, and prayer, it is increased and strengthened.

II. By this faith, a Christian believes to be true whatsoever is revealed in the Word, for the authority of God Himself speaking therein; and acts differently upon that which each particular passage thereof contains; yielding obedience to the commands, trembling at the threatenings, and embracing the promises of God for this life, and that which is to come. But the principal acts of saving faith are accepting, receiving, and resting upon Christ alone for justification, sanctification, and eternal life, by virtue of the covenant of grace.

III. This faith is different in degrees, weak or strong; may be often and many ways assailed, and weakened, but gets the victory: growing up in many to the attainment of a full assurance, through Christ, who is both the author and finisher of our faith.

We Respond to God’s Presence

May the Peoples Praise You
1. You have called us out of darkest night into Your glorious light
That we may sing the wonders of the risen Christ
1. May our every breath retell the grace that broke into our strife
With boundless love and deepest joy with endless life

Chorus: May the peoples praise You; Let the nations be glad

All Your blessing comes that we may praise

May praise the Name of Jesus
1. All the earth is Yours and all within each harvest is Your own
And from Your hand we give to You to make Christ known
1. May the seeds of mercy grow in us for those who have not heard
May songs of praise build lives of grace to spread Your Word

Repeat Chorus
1. This our holy priv‘lege to declare Your praises and Your name
To every nation, tribe and tongue, Your church proclaims

Repeat Chorus

Bridge: Holy, holy is the Lord Almighty

Worthy, worthy is the Lamb Who was slain

Holy, holy is the Lord Almighty

All creation praise Your glorious Name

Repeat Chorus

— Words and Music by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, David Zimmer, Stuart Townend and Ed Cash ©2016 Getty Music Publishing (BMI) / Townend Songs (PRS) / Alletrop Music (BMI) (admin by MusicServies.org) CCLI #172212

Blessed Be Our God and Father

Verse 1

Blessed be our God and Father who has filled our lives with blessing:

Every gift from heaven’s fullness now is ours in Jesus Christ.

Oh, what riches of His favor poured out freely from His throne!

We rejoice in praise for the glory of His grace.

Verse 2

Blessed be our God and Father who before the world’s foundation

Knew He’d make us pure and blameless, changing sinners into saints.

Oh, what mercy to be chosen and in love to bear His name!

We rejoice in praise for the glory of His grace.

Chorus:

Hallelujah! To Your name be all the glory!

Hallelujah! To Your name be all praise!

Verse 3

Blessed be our God and Father who with unimagined kindness

Gave His only Son to save us for the glory of His name.

Oh, what power in His passion, raised from death to endless reign!

We rejoice in praise for the glory of His grace.

Repeat Chorus twice

Words and music by Jon Althoff and David Zimmer © 2026 Sovereign Grace Praise (BMI), adm. by Integrity Music. Sovereign Grace Music, a division of Sovereign Grace Churches. ARR CCLI #7276929

Have Mercy Upon Me, O God

Have mercy upon me, O God,

according to your loving kindness,

according to your tender mercy.

Blot out my transgressions

and wash me thoroughly.

O cleanse me from my sin.

I hate my transgressions, O God,

and I repent my sins before you.

Against you only have I sinned

and done what is evil

within your sight, O God.

Wash me and make me clean.

For I have rebelled from my birth;

My very bones have gone against you.

O teach me all your truth in secret

And purge me with hyssop;

And then I shall be clean.

O fill me with your joy.

Create in me now a clean heart;

Renew your Spirit in me wholly.

O cast me not away to darkness

And take not your Spirit

from me, O Blessed One.

O Lord, restore my soul.

Open now my lips with praise

And let my mouth show forth your greatness.

Do not despise my broken spirit;

Have mercy upon me,

O God of hosts, I cry.

Cleanse me and make me whole.

Words: Gracia Grindal ©1993 Selah Publishing Company, Inc. Music: Clayton J. Schmit ©1998 Clayton J. Schmit.

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

“Surprising Power and Surprising Mercy

Jonah 3

Rev. David Hinkley

Notes

I. The Surprising Power of the Word of God.

II. God’s Surprising Mercy to the City.

III. God’s Surprising Mercy to the Prophet.

Communion

Prayer of Contrition

Sharing of the Elements

We invite to the Lord’s Table all those who are baptized disciples of Jesus Christ and are under the authority of Christ and His body, the Church. By eating the bread and drinking the wine with us as a visitor, you are acknowledging to the elders of this local church that you are in covenant with God and an active member of a congregation in which the gospel is faithfully confessed, taught, and believed. You also acknowledge that you are a sinner, without hope except in the sovereign mercy of God, and that you are trusting in Jesus Christ alone for salvation. If you have any doubt about your participation, please speak to the elders before or after the service.

Declaration of Forgiveness

We Are Sent Forth in Worship

to Share the Gospel

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.
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. (Repeat Refrain)
1. 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. (Repeat Refrain).
1. 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. (Repeat Refrain).

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

Benediction

Bulletin Date: 2026-08-02

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