We Welcome You!

Order of Service for Sunday, November 9, 2025, 10:30 AM  

Prelude (Kathleen Jones)

Welcome and Call to Worship

Hymn: “Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!” (Presbyterian Hymnal #138)

Prayer of Adoration and Confession

Assurance of Pardon 

Song of Praise: “I’ve Got Peace Like a River  ” (Presbyterian Hymnal #368)

We Greet One Another

Choir Anthem: “ Hope of the World,” by Lloyd Larson (directed by Carol Fassbender)

Scripture Readings

Psalm 122 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

1 I was glad when they said to me,
    “Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
2 Our feet are standing
    within your gates, O Jerusalem.

3 Jerusalem—built as a city
    that is bound firmly together.
4 To it the tribes go up,
    the tribes of the Lord,
as was decreed for Israel,
    to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
5 For there the thrones for judgment were set up,
    the thrones of the house of David.

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
    “May they prosper who love you.
7 Peace be within your walls
    and security within your towers.”
8 For the sake of my relatives and friends
    I will say, “Peace be within you.”
9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will seek your good.

Luke 19:41-44 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)

As he [Jesus] came near and saw the city, he wept over it, 42 saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 Indeed, the days will come upon you when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround you and hem you in on every side. 44 They will crush you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave within you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

Sermon (Gale Watkins, Pastor)

Hymn: “I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord” (Presbyterian Hymnal #441)

A Time of Prayer

Answers to Prayer and Prayer Requests

Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession

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.

Offertory

Doxology 

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below;

Praise God above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Prayer (from Dionysius of Alexandria, d. 264)

God, good beyond all that is good,
fair beyond all that is fair,

in you is calmness, peace, and concord.

Heal the dissensions that divide us from one another
and bring us back to a unity of love

bearing some likeness to your divine nature.

Through the embrace of love
and the bonds of godly affection,
make us one in the Spirit

by your peace which makes all things peaceful.

We ask this through the grace, mercy, and tenderness
of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Song: “Make Me a Channel of Your Peace” (Lift Up Your Hearts #109)

Benediction

Postlude (Kathleen Jones)

Today:   Coffee hour in Fellowship Hall after worship

 Deacons meeting in the Lounge at 12:00 Noon

This week:   

Monday, November 10  Prayer in the Lounge at 2:45 PM  

Thursday, November 13  Choir practice in the Choir Room at 7:00 PM

Sunday, November 16   Class in the Lounge at 9:15 AM 

Worship in the Sanctuary at 10:30 AM, followed by coffee hour in Fellowship Hall

Game Day in the Lounge at 1:00 PM