September 6, 2026

Genesis 2:1-3

Order of Worship

September 6, 2026

Welcome and Announcements

Gathering the Family Together

Everything

(Psalm 150:3-6)
1. Praise the Lord! Praise Him in His sanctuary.
Sing the greatness of His glory. Praise the Lord!
1. Praise the Lord! Praise Him with the cymbals crashing,
Winds and brass and strings and dancing. Praise the Lord!

Chorus: Let everything, everything; let everything that breathes;

Let everything that breathes come praise the Lord!
1. Praise the Lord! Praise the King of all creation.
Sing the song of His salvation. Praise the Lord!

Chorus: Let everything, everything; let everything that breathes;

Let everything that breathes come praise the Lord!
1. Praise the Lord! Praise Him with the voice He’s given,
Everywhere in earth and Heaven, Praise the Lord!

Words and Music by Kristyn Getty, Sandra McCracken & Skye Peterson. © 2024 Getty Music Publishing (BMI), Getty Music Hymns and Songs (ASCAP), Hymns of Hers (ASCAP) (all admin at CapitolCMGPublishing.com)

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading: Mark 2:23-28

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

²³ One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.

²⁴ And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

²⁵ And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him:

²⁶ how he entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?”

²⁷ And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

²⁸ So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.” (ESV).

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe

Westminster Confession of Faith

21.7 – Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day
1. As it is the law of nature, that, in general, a due proportion of time be set apart for the worship of God; so, in his Word, by a positive, moral, and perpetual commandment binding all men in all ages, he hath particularly appointed one day in seven, for a Sabbath, to be kept holy unto him: which, from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, was the last day of the week; and, from the resurrection of Christ, was changed into the first day of the week, which, in Scripture, is called the Lord’s Day, and is to be continued to the end of the world, as the Christian Sabbath.
We Respond to God’s Presence

Red Hymnal #6

This Is My Father's World (Terra Beata)

Verse 1

This is my Father's world, And to my list'ning ears

All nature sings and ‘round me rings The music of the spheres.

This is my Father’s world: I rest me in the thought

Of rocks and trees of skies and seas – His hand the wonders wrought

Verse 2

This is my Father’s world, The birds their carols raise,

The morning light the lily white, Declare their Maker’s praise.

This is my Father’s world: He shines in all that’s fair;

In the rustling grass I hear Him pass, He speaks to me everywhere.

Verse 3

This is my Father’s world, O let me ne’er forget

That though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the Ruler yet

This is my Father’s world: The battle is not done;

Jesus who died shall be satisfied, And earth and heav’n be one.

(Franklin Lawrence Sheppard, Maltbie Davenport Babcock. © Words: Public Domain; Music: Public Domain)

Behold the Lamb

Verse 1

Behold the Lamb who bears our sins away, slain for us—

And we remember the promise made

that all who come in faith find forgiveness at the cross.

So we share in this bread of life,

and we drink of His sacrifice as a sign of our bonds of peace

Around the table of the King.

Verse 2

The body of our Savior Jesus Christ, torn for you—

eat and remember;

The wounds that heal,

the death that brings us life paid the price to make us one.

So we share in this bread of life,

and we drink of His sacrifice as a sign of our bonds of love

Around the table of the King.

Verse 3

The blood that cleanses every stain of sin, shed for you—

drink and remember

He drained death’s cup that all may enter in to receive the life of God.

So we share in this bread of life,

and we drink of His sacrifice as a sign of our bonds of grace

Around the table of the King.

Verse 4

And so with thankfulness and faith we rise to respond—

and to remember

Our call to follow in the steps of Christ as His body here on earth.

As we share in His suffering, we proclaim Christ will come again!

And we’ll join in the feast of heaven

Around the table of the King.

Words and music by Keith & Kristyn Getty & Stuart Townend. Copyright © 2006 Thankyou Music. Used by permission.

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

Series: In the Beginning, God

“God Rested”

Genesis 2:1-3

Notes

I. On the _________________ Day God Rested.

II. On the _________________ Day Israel Rested.

III. On the ________________ Day We Rest.

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

Red Hymnal #389

Let All Things Now Living

Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving

To God the Creator triumphantly raise,

Who fashioned and made us, protected and stayed us,

Who guideth us on to the end of our days.

His banners are o’er us, His light goes before us,

A pillar of fire shining forth in the night,

‘Til shadows have vanished and darkness is banished,

As forward we travel from light into light.

His law He enforces: the stars in their courses,

The sun in His orbit, obediently shines;

The hills and the mountains, The rivers and fountains,

The deeps of the ocean proclaim Him divine.

We too, should be voicing our love and rejoicing,

With glad adoration a song let us raise,

‘Til all things now living unite in thanksgiving

To God in the highest, hosanna and praise!

Words: Katherine K. Davis. Traditional Welsh Melody: Ash Grove.

Benediction

Order of Worship

September 6, 2026

Welcome and Announcements

Gathering the Family Together

Everything

(Psalm 150:3-6)
1. Praise the Lord! Praise Him in His sanctuary.
Sing the greatness of His glory. Praise the Lord!
1. Praise the Lord! Praise Him with the cymbals crashing,
Winds and brass and strings and dancing. Praise the Lord!

Chorus: Let everything, everything; let everything that breathes;

Let everything that breathes come praise the Lord!
1. Praise the Lord! Praise the King of all creation.
Sing the song of His salvation. Praise the Lord!

Chorus: Let everything, everything; let everything that breathes;

Let everything that breathes come praise the Lord!
1. Praise the Lord! Praise Him with the voice He’s given,
Everywhere in earth and Heaven, Praise the Lord!

Words and Music by Kristyn Getty, Sandra McCracken & Skye Peterson. © 2024 Getty Music Publishing (BMI), Getty Music Hymns and Songs (ASCAP), Hymns of Hers (ASCAP) (all admin at CapitolCMGPublishing.com)

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading: Mark 2:23-28

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

²³ One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.

²⁴ And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

²⁵ And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him:

²⁶ how he entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?”

²⁷ And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

²⁸ So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.” (ESV).

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe

Westminster Confession of Faith

21.7 – Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day
1. As it is the law of nature, that, in general, a due proportion of time be set apart for the worship of God; so, in his Word, by a positive, moral, and perpetual commandment binding all men in all ages, he hath particularly appointed one day in seven, for a Sabbath, to be kept holy unto him: which, from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, was the last day of the week; and, from the resurrection of Christ, was changed into the first day of the week, which, in Scripture, is called the Lord’s Day, and is to be continued to the end of the world, as the Christian Sabbath.
We Respond to God’s Presence

Red Hymnal #6

This Is My Father's World (Terra Beata)

Verse 1

This is my Father's world, And to my list'ning ears

All nature sings and ‘round me rings The music of the spheres.

This is my Father’s world: I rest me in the thought

Of rocks and trees of skies and seas – His hand the wonders wrought

Verse 2

This is my Father’s world, The birds their carols raise,

The morning light the lily white, Declare their Maker’s praise.

This is my Father’s world: He shines in all that’s fair;

In the rustling grass I hear Him pass, He speaks to me everywhere.

Verse 3

This is my Father’s world, O let me ne’er forget

That though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the Ruler yet

This is my Father’s world: The battle is not done;

Jesus who died shall be satisfied, And earth and heav’n be one.

(Franklin Lawrence Sheppard, Maltbie Davenport Babcock. © Words: Public Domain; Music: Public Domain)

Behold the Lamb

Verse 1

Behold the Lamb who bears our sins away, slain for us—

And we remember the promise made

that all who come in faith find forgiveness at the cross.

So we share in this bread of life,

and we drink of His sacrifice as a sign of our bonds of peace

Around the table of the King.

Verse 2

The body of our Savior Jesus Christ, torn for you—

eat and remember;

The wounds that heal,

the death that brings us life paid the price to make us one.

So we share in this bread of life,

and we drink of His sacrifice as a sign of our bonds of love

Around the table of the King.

Verse 3

The blood that cleanses every stain of sin, shed for you—

drink and remember

He drained death’s cup that all may enter in to receive the life of God.

So we share in this bread of life,

and we drink of His sacrifice as a sign of our bonds of grace

Around the table of the King.

Verse 4

And so with thankfulness and faith we rise to respond—

and to remember

Our call to follow in the steps of Christ as His body here on earth.

As we share in His suffering, we proclaim Christ will come again!

And we’ll join in the feast of heaven

Around the table of the King.

Words and music by Keith & Kristyn Getty & Stuart Townend. Copyright © 2006 Thankyou Music. Used by permission.

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

Series: In the Beginning, God

“God Rested”

Genesis 2:1-3

Notes

I. On the _________________ Day God Rested.

II. On the _________________ Day Israel Rested.

III. On the ________________ Day We Rest.

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

Red Hymnal #389

Let All Things Now Living

Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving

To God the Creator triumphantly raise,

Who fashioned and made us, protected and stayed us,

Who guideth us on to the end of our days.

His banners are o’er us, His light goes before us,

A pillar of fire shining forth in the night,

‘Til shadows have vanished and darkness is banished,

As forward we travel from light into light.

His law He enforces: the stars in their courses,

The sun in His orbit, obediently shines;

The hills and the mountains, The rivers and fountains,

The deeps of the ocean proclaim Him divine.

We too, should be voicing our love and rejoicing,

With glad adoration a song let us raise,

‘Til all things now living unite in thanksgiving

To God in the highest, hosanna and praise!

Words: Katherine K. Davis. Traditional Welsh Melody: Ash Grove.

Benediction

Bulletin Date: 2026-09-06

View Sermons

Find Directions

September 6, 2026

SHARE THIS