MORE PEOPLE MORE LIKE CHRIST
9:00AM/10:30AM Services
July 13, 2025
SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Sunday, July 13, 2025 9:00AM & 10:30AM
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GATHERING
PRELUDE
WORDS
OF WELCOME
*CALL TO WORSHIP (from Psalm 122)
Leader: I rejoiced with those who said to me,
People: “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
Leader: Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.
People: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; “May those who love you be secure.
Leader: May there be peace within Your walls and security within Your citadels.
People: For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”
Leader: Let us seek the Lord in prayer.
*PRAYER OF INVOCATION
*HYMN Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation
*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
God of all peoples, may we be Your people in all our thoughts and actions. We are Your wayward children, returning to find rest and renewal. We are also disciples of Christ, eager for new insights and firm direction. Fill us now with the warmth of Your presence that we may find new joy in Your service. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON (2 Corinthians 3:18)
Leader: And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. Therefore, let us assure one another of God’s pardon.
All: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God.
The Chief Cornerstone Summer Choir
Refrain: The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
The guards outside the tomb could not contain His might. Christ broke the seal of death and rose into the light. Refrain
The devil and his lies, the world, the flesh and sin, Cannot defeat Christ now nor hedge His victory in. Refrain
As He was raised from stone we also will be raised To join the heavenly hosts before the throne of grace. Refrain
So sing, angelic choirs, O hosts of heaven sing! Break forth, O earth, in song and praise your Lord and King. Refrain
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!
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
Acts 4:1-22
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CARING
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.
OFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE
OFFERTORY
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION *HYMN
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
GOING
*BENEDICTION & RESPONSE Now unto Him
*POSTLUDE
