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, May 10, 2026, 10:30 AM
Prelude (played by Kathleen Jones)
Call to Worship — Psalm 46:1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 (NRSV)
God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,
though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.
God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved;
God will help it when the morning dawns.
The nations are in an uproar, the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice, the earth melts.
The LORD of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge.
Let us worship God!
Hymn: “God of Compassion, in Mercy Befriend Us” (Presbyterian Hymnal #261)
Prayer of Adoration and Confession
Assurance of Pardon
Song of Praise: “God Has Smiled on Me” (Lift Up Your Hearts #69)
We Greet One Another
Choir Anthem: “Hope of the World,” arranged by Lloyd Larson (directed by Carol Fassbender)
Scripture Readings
Joshua 1:1-9 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)
After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’s assistant, saying, 2 “My servant Moses is dead. Now proceed to cross the Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the Israelites.3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, as I promised to Moses. 4 From the wilderness and the Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, to the Great Sea in the west shall be your territory.5 No one shall be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you. 6 Be strong and courageous, for you shall lead this people to possess the land that I swore to their ancestors to give them. 7 Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to act in accordance with all the law that my servant Moses commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to act in accordance with all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall be successful. 9 I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
John 14:15-21 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. 17 This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him because he abides with you, and he will be in you.
18 “I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. 19 In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21 They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me, and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.”
Sermon (Gale Watkins, Pastor)
Hymn: “Near to the Heart of God” (Presbyterian Hymnal #527)
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
Hymn: “Abide with Me” (Presbyterian Hymnal #543)
Benediction
Postlude (Kathleen Jones)
Today: Congregational meeting after worship. The purpose of this special meeting is to act on the request of Gale Watkins to dissolve the pastoral relationship with Westminster (effective on May 31, 2026). This is a necessary step for us to take in the transition to new pastoral leadership.
Coffee hour in Fellowship Hall after the adjournment of the congregational meeting
This week:
Monday, May 11 Prayer in the Lounge at 3:00 PM
Wednesday, May 13 Deacons meeting in the Lounge at 10:00 AM
Thursday, May 10 Choir practice in the Choir Room at 7:00 PM
Sunday, May 17 Class in the Lounge at 9:15 AM
Worship in the Sanctuary at 10:30 AM, followed by coffee hour in Fellowship Hall
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.