Westminster Presbyterian is Located in Uptown Phoenix, Just Minutes From Downtown.
4735 N. 19th Ave. Phoenix, AZ, 602-274-2122
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Order of Service for Sunday, July 6, 2025, 10:30 AM
Prelude (Kathleen Jones)
Welcome and Call to Worship
Hymn: “Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven” (Presbyterian Hymnal #478)
Prayer of Adoration and Confession
Assurance of Pardon
Song of Praise: “There Is a Redeemer” (Lift Up Your Hearts #78)
We Greet One Another
Scripture Readings
Isaiah 65:17-23 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)
17 For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth;
the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating,
for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy
and its people as a delight.
19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and delight in my people;
no more shall the sound of weeping be heard in it
or the cry of distress.
20 No more shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days
or an old person who does not live out a lifetime,
for one who dies at a hundred years will be considered a youth,
and one who falls short of a hundred will be considered accursed.
21 They shall build houses and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 They shall not build and another inhabit;
they shall not plant and another eat,
for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23 They shall not labor in vain or bear children for calamity,
for they shall be offspring blessed by the Lord—
and their descendants as well.
Romans 8:18-25 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)
I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God, 20 for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its enslavement to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning together as it suffers together the pains of labor, 23 and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what one already sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
Sermon (Gale Watkins, Pastor)
Affirmation of Faith (The Nicene Creed)
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God, begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven,
was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became truly human.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
Song: “Soon and Very Soon” (Lift Up Your Hearts #142)
A Time of Prayer
Answers to Prayer and Prayer Requests
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father …
Offertory
Doxology Praise God …
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
Invitation to the Table
Choir Song: “In Memory of Your Son,” by J.P. Williams & David Lantz
(directed by Carol Fassbender)
Great Prayer of Thanksgiving
Communion
Prayer
Hymn: “Lead On, O King Eternal” (Presbyterian Hymnal #447)
Benediction
Postlude (Kathleen Jones)
Today: Coffee hour in Fellowship Hall after worship
No Game Day today due to holiday
This week:
Monday, July 7 Prayer in the Lounge at 2:45 PM
Sunday, June 13 Class in the Lounge at 9:15 AM
Worship in the Sanctuary at 10:30 AM, followed by coffee hour in Fellowship Hall
Deacons meeting in the Lounge at 12:00 Noon
Prayer Requests
Do you have a prayer request?
If you have a prayer request, please fill out the prayer request form below or halfway down the Contact page.
We will forward prayer requests to our prayer chain when we receive them from the church answering machine, from one of our deacons, from email, or from the Contact page form.