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, March 16, 2025, 10:30 AM
Prelude (Kathleen Jones)
Welcome and Call to Worship
Hymn: “Sing Praise to God, Who Reigns Above” (Presbyterian Hymnal #483)
Prayer of Adoration and Confession
Assurance of Pardon
Song of Praise: “Surely It Is God” (Lift Up Your Hearts #81)
We Greet One Another
Choir Anthem: “Heart of God,” arranged by Ruth E. Schram,” (directed by Carol Fassbender)
Scripture Readings:
Psalm 121 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)
I lift up my eyes to the hills— from where will my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
He who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day
nor the moon by night.
The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.
The Lord will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time on and forevermore.
Matthew 6:25-34 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to your span of life? 28 And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ 32 For it is the gentiles who seek all these things, and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.”
Sermon (Gale Watkins, Pastor)
Hymn: “Be Still, My Soul” (Words by Katharina von Schlegel, 1751; Music by Jean Sibelius, 1899)
1. Be still, my soul! the Lord is on your side;
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;
Leave to your God to order and provide;
In ev'ry change he faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul! your best, your heav’nly friend
Thru' thorny ways leads to a joyful end.
2. Be still, my soul! your God does undertake
To guide the future as he has the past;
Your hope, your confidence, let nothing shake;
all now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul! the waves and winds still know
His voice who ruled them while he lived below.
3. Be still, my soul! the hour is hast'ning on
When we shall be forever with the Lord,
When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored.
Be still my soul! when change and tears are past,
All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.
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.
Hymn: “How Firm a Foundation” (Presbyterian Hymnal #361)
Benediction
Postlude (Kathleen Jones)
Today: Coffee hour in Fellowship Hall after worship
Gamesters in the Lounge at 1:00 PM
This week:
Monday, March 17 Prayer in the Lounge at 2:45 PM
Thursday, March 20 Choir practice in the Choir Room at 7:00 PM
Sunday, March 23 Class in the Lounge at 9:15 AM
Worship in the Sanctuary at 10:30 AM, followed by coffee hour in Fellowship Hall
Gamesters in the Lounge at 1:00 PM
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.