PRELUDE: Great Is Thy Faithfulness (“Faithfulness”) by William M. Runyan/arr. by Jason D. Payne
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
INTROIT: Prayer for Guidance by Allen Pote
Teach me your ways, make them known to me. Teach me to live according to your truth. Because you are my Savior. All day long I trust in you. O remember your kindness and constant love which you have shown from long ago. Forgive the sins and errors of my youth. Remember me, O Lord. [from Psalm 25]
PRAYER OF PRAISE
HYMN: A Mighty Fortress Is our God [Ein’ Feste Burg]
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
SONG OF GRATEFUL PRAISE: Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy [Cuellar]
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Ephesians 2:8-9
ANTHEM: By Grace Through Faith by Pepper Choplin
God loved the world, He gave His Son; through this gift, love’s work is done. All who believe shall never die. By grace through faith, we’re saved because of God’s great love. We have been saved by grace through faith; not by works lest anyone boast. We have been saved by grace through faith, and grace is a gift from God’s great love. For all have fallen short of the glory of God. And we are justified by grace and love. For God has raised us up with Christ, the holy Lamb, the sacrifice. We are reconciled through God’s great love for us. Through Christ we are lifted up. For we are God’s creation made through Christ. Created for good works, we go and thrive. As God prepares good works for us, let us rise to live for love. Wondrous things will spring from God’s great love for us. Through Christ we are lifted up. By grace through faith, we’re saved by God’s great love. [based on Ephesians 2:8-10]
SERMON: “God’s Gift from Start to Finish”
LITANY
Excerpted from the Nicene Creed (AD 381), Apostles’ Creed (AD 180 ), Scots Confession (AD 1560), Heidelberg Catechism (AD 1563), Second Helvetic Confession (AD 1566), Westminster Confession of Faith (AD 1646), Larger Catechism (AD 1648), Theological Declaration of Barmen (AD 1934), Confession of 1967, Brief Statement of Faith (AD 1983)
HYMN: Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me [Toplady]
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
HYMN: Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound [Amazing Grace]
BENEDICTION
BENEDICTION RESPONSE: O God, our Creator, You Work Every Day by St. Denio/arr. by Charles H. Webb
Christ Jesus, your Spirit gives new work to do, that we, through our serving, may glorify you. Each person’s vocation, each calling, has worth as you send us out to bring Christ’s love on earth. [Carolyn Winfrey Gillette from “Song’s of Grace”]
POSTLUDE: God of Grace (“Cwm Rhondda”) by John Hughes/arr. Paul Manz
ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING
NOMINATIONS FROM THE 2024 NOMINATING COMMITTEE [Committee members: Narin Antoniades, Mary Lou Fourtane, Shelley Hellen, Karen Kennedy, Sharon Siska, Jo Sutton and Rob Langworthy (ex officio) ]
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- The Session for Class of 27: Mary Lou Fourtane, Margaret Hullett, Dan Schneberk, Howard Wray
- The Trustees for the Class of 25: Jen Schwing, Ed Story; of 26: Kris Hall, Jeff Sutton; of 27: Margaret Hullett, Dan Schnerberk
- The Board of Deacons for the Class of 27: Irini Antoniades, Greg Perkins
- At-large Members of the 2025 Nominating Committee: Shelley Hellen, Ray Law, Ivy Mariotta, Sharon Siska
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