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September 14, 2025
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Music for Gathering:
Brian Jay
Organist
Welcome & Announcements:
Rev. Aaron J. White
Minute for Mission:
Kristen Oertell – Welcome Table
Call to Worship:
The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance,
that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
Though the strong wind of judgment blows, all is not ended.
God will renew stubborn hearts and soften stiff necks,
for Jesus welcomed sinners and ate with them,
so we boldly come to make an offering of worship to the God of mercy, who seeks and saves the lost.
Let us rejoice in the grace of our Lord!
* Hymn 634 ”To God Be the Glory”
Please see screens for lyrics.
Confession of Sin:
Create in us clean hearts, O God, cast out any transgression you find there—ransack, renovate, redecorate! Deep in our hearts, remove fearful features and restore your original design. The old lamps are dim; bring new light into the darkness. Make your dwelling place deep in our hearts, and teach us wisdom, so the hearts you transform may rejoice.
Silence for personal confession
* Assurance of Pardon:
The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ came into the world to save sinners. Believe the gospel.
In Jesus Christ we are redeemed.
* Song of Praise #328 “Praise God, All You Nations”
Please see Sanctuary screens for lyrics.
* Passing the Peace
Prayer for Illumination:
Michael Osborn – Worship Leader
First Scripture:
Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Anthem:
“Deep River”
PCM Chancel Choir
Soloist: Chris Petersen
Second Scripture:
Luke 15:1-10
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Time for the Children:
Chuck McGavren
Sermon:
Rev. Aaron J. White
* Hymn 739 “O for a Closer Walk with God”
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Pastoral Prayer
Congregation Response: Hear our prayer.
Invitation to Discipleship
The Lord’s Supper:
Invitation
Great Thanksgiving
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
…Therefore we praise you, joining the song of the universal church and the heavenly choir:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, Heaven and earth are full of Your glory.
Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,
Hosanna in the highest, hosanna in the highest.
…great is the mystery of faith:
Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
…God of glory, now and forever.
Amen
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.
The Bread is Broken and the Cup is Filled.
The Communion of the People.
The Prayer After Communion.
* Hymn #833 “O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go”
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* Charge & Blessing
… that God’s grace might spill from our lives, giving hope to a perishing world.
Alleluia! Amen!
* Music for departing
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,” “Invitation to the Lord’s Table,” “The Prayer after Communion,” and “Charge” from Connections Worship Companion, Year C, Volume 2. © 2022 Presbyterian Publishing Corporation. “Words of Institution” and liturgy spoken when “The Bread is Broken and the Cup is Filled” from the Book of Common Worship. © 2018 Westminster John Knox Press. 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.