March 8, 2026

Order of Worship

March 8, 2026

Welcome and Announcements

Gathering the Family Together

Whoever Fears the Lord

Whoever fears the Lord and lives as God intends

Will find the whole of life is filled with gifts he sends.

When work is more than toil and reaps a just reward,

When strength and health are ours, all these are from the Lord!

We celebrate the joys of home and family,

Where love’s enduring bonds provide security.

God nurtures every child for life’s demanding race;

Each day he offers us new fruitfulness, new grace.

His kindness is revealed where bitter conflicts cease;

Far more, within our hearts, his mercy brings us peace.

May God prolong our days to see our children’s heirs,

And may his gracious gifts be ours and also theirs.

Words: Martin Leckebusch © 2003 Kevin Mayhew Ltd. Music (Old Dominion 6.6.6.6 D): Roy Hopp © 2011 Roy Hopp

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading:                                                     Galatians 2:15-21

¹⁵ We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles

¹⁶ know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

¹⁷ But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!

¹⁸ If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.

¹⁹ For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God.

²⁰ I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

²¹ I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe

Westminster Larger Catechism

Leader:

Q. 126: What is the general scope of the fifth commandment?

Congregation:

A: In general, the fifth commandment outlines our obligations to others, depending upon our particular relationship to them, whether over, under, or equal to them.

Leader:

Q. 127: What kind of honor is owed to those over us?

Congregation:

1. Those over us deserve respect in our hearts, our words, and our actions. We must pray and give thanks for them, emulate their virtues and gifts, willingly heed and obey their lawful commands and advice, submit to their correction, be faithful to them, and defend and support their persons and authority, as is appropriate to their rank and position. We must also tolerate their imperfections and infirmities and cover them with our love, so that we will be an honor to them and to their authority.

We Respond to God’s Presence

By Faith

Verse 1:    By faith we see the hand of God

In the light of creation’s grand design

In the lives of those who prove His faithfulness

Who walk by faith and not by sight

Verse 2:    By faith our fathers roamed the earth

With the power of His promise in their hearts

Of a holy city built by God's own hand

A place where peace and justice reign

Refrain:    We will stand as children of the promise

We will fix our eyes on Him our soul’s reward

Till the race is finished and the work is done

We’ll walk by faith and not by sight

Verse 3:    By faith the prophets saw a day

When the longed-for Messiah would appear

With the power to break the chains of sin and death

And rise triumphant from the grave

Verse 4:    By faith the church was called to go

In the power of the Spirit to the lost

To deliver captives and to preach good news

In every corner of the earth

Repeat Refrain

Verse 5:    By faith this mountain shall be moved

And the power of the gospel shall prevail

For we know in Christ all things are possible

For all who call upon His name

Repeat Refrain Twice

Words and Music by Keith & Kristyn Getty  & Stuart Townend. 2009 Thankyou Music   (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) Gettymusic   (Admin. by Music Services, Inc.)

All Praise to Him

Verse 1

All praise to Him, the God of light

Who formed the mountains by His might

All praise to Him Who names the stars

That sing His fame in skies afar

All praise to Him Who reigns in love

Who guides the galaxies above

Yet bends to hear our every prayer

With sovereign pow’r and tender care

Verse 2

All praise to Him whose love is seen

In Christ the Son, the Servant King

Who left behind His glorious throne

To pay the ransom for His own

All praise to Him Who humbly came

To bear our sorrow, sin, and shame

Who lived to die, Who died to rise

The all-sufficient sacrifice

Verse 3

All praise to Him whose pow’r imparts

The love of God within our hearts

The Spirit of all truth and peace

The fount of joy and holiness

To Father, Son, and Spirit now

Our souls we lift, our wills we bow

To You, the triune God, we raise

With loving hearts our song of praise

To Father, Son, and Spirit now

Our souls we lift, our wills we bow

To You, the triune God, we raise

With loving hearts our song of praise

Based on the hymn, “All Praise to Him Who Built the Hills” by Horatius Bonar (1808-1889). Music and additional words by Matt Merker and Bob Kauflin © 2017 Sovereign Grace Praise/BMI (adm. by Integrity Music). Sovereign Grace Music, a division of Sovereign Grace Churches. All rights reserved.

Listen to the Word of the Lord

Verse 1

Listen to the Word of the Lord, listen to the Word of the Lord.

Great and wise, good and kind; listen to the Word of the Lord.

Verse 2

Learn to know the sound of His voice,

learn to know the sound of His voice.

Strong and sure, calm and pure; learn to know the sound of His voice.

Chorus

Hear and believe Him; trust and obey. Walk in His wisdom every day.

Verse 3

Lean on every promise of God, lean on every promise of God.

Tried and true, holding you; lean on every promise of God.

Repeat Chorus

(Instrumental Interlude)

Repeat Chorus

Verse 4

Jesus is the Word of the Lord. Jesus is the Word of the Lord.

Great and wise, good and kind. Jesus is the Word of the Lord.

Jesus is the Word of the Lord.

Words and Music by Bryan Fowler, Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, Jordan Kauflin & Ben Shive © 2024 Getty Music Publishing (BMI), Jordan Kauflin Music (BMI), Beehive Hymns (BMI) (admin at CapitolCMGPublising.com)/Be Essential Songs (BMI) BryanFowlerSongs (BMI) (admin at EssentialMusicPublishing.com)

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

“Teaching Workers to Live the Gospel”

Titus 2:9-10

Notes

I. Christian Workers in Faithful ___________________.

(Titus 2:9a)

II. Christian Workers with Gospel _________________.

(Titus 2:9b-10a)

III. Christian Workers as Gospel ___________________.

(Titus 2:10b)

We Are Sent Forth in Worship

to Share the Gospel

Trust and Obey

When we walk with the Lord In the light of His Word,

What a glory He sheds on our way!

While we do His good will, He abides with us still,

And with all who will trust and obey.

Refrain:   Trust and obey, for there’s no other way

To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey

Not a shadow can rise, Not a cloud in the skies,

But His smile quickly drives it away;

Not a doubt or a fear, Not a sigh or a tear,

Can remain when we trust and obey.                (Repeat Refrain)

Not a burden we bear, Not a sorrow we share,

But our toil He doth richly repay;

Not a grief or a loss, Not a frown or a cross,

But is blest if we trust and obey.                       (Repeat Refrain)

Then in fellowship sweet We will sit at His feet,

Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;

What He says we will do, Where He sends we will go,

Never fear, only trust and obey.                        (Repeat Refrain)

But we never can prove The delights of His love

Until all on the altar we lay;

For the favor He shows And the joy He bestows

Are for them who will trust and obey.              (Repeat Refrain)

Words: James H. Sammis. Music: Daniel B. Towner

Benediction