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September 7, 2025
Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Music for Gathering:
Brian Jay
Organist
Welcome & Announcements:
Rev. Aaron J. White, Pastor
Grace and peace in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The Lord is our light and our salvation.
Thanks be to God.
Minute for Mission:
Cleveland Evans, Peace & Global Witness Offering
Call to Worship:
There is good and there is wicked in the world.
Lord, help us find the good.
The wicked are perishing. Like chaff, they will not stand before the Lord.
Lord, drive wickedness away with the wind.
The good is like a tree, planted by streams of sweet water.
Lord, let goodness yield its fruit in every season.
Our delight is in the law of the Lord.
Let us meditate upon God’s promises from morning into night.
* Hymn #5 “God the Sculptor of the Mountains”
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* Confession of Sin:
O God, you have given us a firm foundation
in Jesus Christ, yet we have chosen to build on sinking sand. The works of our hands crumble around us, and our best efforts are not good enough; sin is real, and we are powerless before it. Forgive us for thinking we know best. Mend our broken values and create in us hearts that seek your purposes, so that what we build with our lives may give you glory.
Silence for personal confession
Assurance of Pardon
…This is good news!
In Jesus Christ we are forgiven!
Song of Praise: #328 “Praise God, All You Nations”
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* Passing the Peace
Prayer for Illumination:
First Reading:
Jeremiah 18:1-11
Anthem:
PCM Chancel Choir
Second Scripture:
Luke 14:25-33
Time for Children:
Rev. Aaron J. White
Sermon:
Rev. Aaron J. White
* Hymn #735 “I Need Thee Every Hour”
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Pastoral Prayer:
Congregation Response: Hear our prayer
Commissioning Our Teachers and Blessing Our Disciples
Invitation to Discipleship
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 sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
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 #837 “What a Fellowship, What a Joy Divine”
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* Charge & Blessing
…Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier, be with you now and always.
Alleluia! Amen!
Music for Departing
CITATIONS FOR LITURGICAL & MUSICAL ELEMENTS USED IN WORSHIP:
Today’s Scripture readings are from the Inclusive Bible: The First Egalitarian Translation. © 2007 Priests for Equality.
Liturgy for today’s worship service is adapted with permission from the following sources: “Prayer for Illumination” and “Blessing” from Feasting on the Word Worship Companion: Liturgies for Year C, Volume 2 © 2013 Westminster John Knox Press. “Invitation to Discipleship” and “Charge” from Connections Worship Companion, Year C, Volume 2. © 2022 Presbyterian Publishing Corporation. All other liturgy from Call to Worship, Vol 58.1 © 2024 The Office of Theology and Worship of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). All rights reserved.