Order of Worship

(on a phone, best viewed horizontally) 

August 23, 2026            10:45am

 

The Practical Wisdom of James

Condemning Others

 

GATHERING

Prelude                                   

Welcome

Centering Music                   Great is Thy Faithfulness             Runyan arr. Lockaby

Call to Worship                                                                                                                         

Leader:   We are a covenant people, called to God by God,

                  generation through generation.

People:  We are a covenant people, called to Jesus by Jesus,

                  losing our lives to find true life.

ALL:          We are a covenant people, called to church by the church,

                  weaving together the strong and the weak,

                  the stranger and the friend.

                  Let us worship our Creator!

Hymn                                        Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above              VT 101

Prayer

HEARING GOD’S WORD

Scripture                                  Matthew 12:34-37

                                                    James 4:11-12

Children’s Time                                                                                                                video

Hymn                                        Lord, I Want to Be a Christian                               VT 558

Sermon                                    A Time of Reckoning

Hymn                                        Will You Let Me Be Your Servant                         VT 778

RESPONDING

Time of Sharing

Offering Prayer                                                                                                                      

Musical Offering               He Hideth My Soul with Be Still My Soul

                                                                                                       Kirkpatrick arr. Lockaby

Joys and Concerns

After each time of sharing we respond “Lord, hear our prayer.”

Announcements

Hymn                                        Lord Jesus, You Shall Be My Song                        VT 581

Benediction

Postlude                                  Andantino                                                                      Gluck

 

Worship Leader: Bruce Baergen                                       Preacher: Debbie Bledsoe

Children’s Time Video: Andrew Reid, Justin Stoesz

Musicians: Adela Wedler, Heather Bergen             Joys and Concerns: Debbie Bledsoe

Ushers: Robert Proudfoot, Olivia Neufeldt     Greeter: Valerie Proudfoot