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9:00AM/10:30AM Services
August 17, 2025
SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Sunday, August 17, 2025 9:00AM & 10:30AM
PLEASE SILENCE OR PLACE YOUR CELL PHONE ON VIBRATE.
GATHERING
PRELUDE
WORDS OF WELCOME
MINUTE FOR MISSION
*CALL TO WORSHIP (Psalm 40:1-2)
Leader: I waited patiently for the Lord.
Kenya Trip Update Heather and Hannah Everett
People: He turned and heard my cry.
Leader: He lifted me up and out of the pit, out of the miry clay.
People: He set my feet upon the rock and made my footsteps secure.
Leader: Let us wait patiently for the Lord and turn to Him in prayer.
*PRAYER OF INVOCATION
*HYMN
Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart
*AFFIRMATION
OF FAITH (Apostles’ Creed)
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, The holy catholic church, The communion of saints, The forgiveness of sins, The resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen.
*GLORY BE TO THE FATHER
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Gracious Lord, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo. Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has become for us a burden. Set us free from a past we cannot change; open us to a future in which we can be changed; and grant us the grace to grow more and more in Your likeness and image, through the power of Christ’s love. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON (1 John 1:9)
Leader: If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. Therefore, let us assure one another of God’s pardon. All: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God.
PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION
Spirit of God, speak once again through the Words of Scripture that our listening ears may hear Your voice. Help us to place Your Word in our minds, treasure it in our hearts, choose it with our wills, and live it through our bodies. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
SCRIPTURE
Leader: This is the word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God!
ANTHEM
Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.
Mark 7:1-23
Are the Pure in Heart
Blessed are they! Blessed are they, For they shall see God.
Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall find peace.
Blessed are they! Blessed are they, For they shall find peace.
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They shall ascend the hill of the Lord, And stand in that holy place. They shall receive God’s blessing; They shall look upon God’s face.
Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God. Blessed are they, blessed are they, For they shall see God.
CARING
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
*HYMN Open My Eyes, That I May See
OFFERTORY OFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE
*DOXOLOGY OLD HUNDREDTH
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
SERMON “A Heart Condition”
*HYMN Be Thou My Vision
GOING
*BENEDICTION & RESPONSE Now unto Him
*POSTLUDE
