Sunday September 6, 2026 Worship Service
Livestream at 10:00 a.m.

Gathering in God’s Name

Prelude — Trumpet Fanfare 2 in C Major — Paul Fey
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.

Silent Meditation                                                                                                         
Worship is the strategy by which we interrupt our preoccupation with ourselves and attend to the presence of God.   – Eugene Peterson

Call to Worship — from Psalm 119:33-40
Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes,
       and I will observe it to the end.
Give me understanding, that I may keep your law
       and observe it with my whole heart.
Lead me in the path of your commandments,
        for I delight in it.
Turn my heart to your decrees;
       in your righteousness be gracious to me.   Let us worship God!

Praise and Adoration

 *Hymn #459 — O Word of God Incarnate — MUNICH   
(*Please stand, if you are able)

Confession and Pardon

Call to Confession

Prayer of Confession
Lord God, we have judged others harshly, unfairly and casually. We tend to focus on the sin, brokenness and foibles of others, rather than on the growth and work we are called to.  We’ve made assumptions about what others want and need, robbing them of the freedom to speak for themselves. We’ve tuned out the voices bold enough to express views that are different from ours. We’ve relied upon your grace, time and time again, while hastily denying that you are eager to give it not only to us, but to our enemies, also. Help us to see others as you see them; help us to see you with faith and trust.

Silent Prayers of Confession and Petition

Kyrie Eleison — Lord, Have Mercy — SCHUBERT

Assurance of Pardon

*Congregational Response (#581) — Glory Be to the Father — GLORIA PATRI (Greatorex)

*Welcome                                        

The Sacrament of Baptism
Brody Collins-Durant, born on September 9, 2023
Cali Collins-Durant, born on December 7, 2024
Brody and Cali are the children of CJ and Erika Collins-Durant

*Congregation Response: With joy and thanksgiving, we welcome Brody and Cali into Christ’s church to share with us in the one ministry of Christ, for we are all one in Him.

Announcements

Moment for Mission — Amanda DeVries, Heartland Hope Mission

Fellowship of Prayer

Joys and Concerns

Prayers of the People
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.

Anthem — It Is Well with My Soul — arr. Craig Courtney

Proclamation of God’s Word

The Gospel Lesson — John 14: 1-6 — page 877 of the pew Bible

A Lesson from the Psalms — Psalm 119: 33-40 — page 494 of the pew Bible

Sermon — “Keeping on the Right Road” — Dr. Zieman

*Affirmation of Faith — The Apostle’s 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.

Our Response to God’s Word

*Sanctus (#562) — Holy, Holy, Holy — SANCTUS (Schubert)

Presentation of Tithes and Offerings

Offertory — Consecration — John Ness Beck

*Doxology (#609) — Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow — LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow. Praise God, all creatures high and low. Alleluia, Alleluia!
Praise God, in Jesus fully known: Creator, Word, and Spirit one. Alleluia, alleluia! alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

*Prayer of Dedication        
Almighty God, our offerings seem insignificant in light of all that you have offered us.  We give because you gave.  We love because you first loved us.  Receive our gifts and our lives, and use them, we pray, for your reconciling work in the world you love.  Amen

*Hymn of Dedication #61 — Your Law, O Lord, Is Perfect — CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN

*Charge and Benediction

*Benediction Response — Go Now in Peace — Don Besig

Postlude — 49^th Parallel R. Vaughan Williams; — arr. Mark Kanitz