Worship Bulletin

August 9, 2026

Back To School Sunday

WE GATHER TOGETHER FOR WORSHIP

Hello

Praise To The Lord (Joyful, Joyful)  
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty  
The King of creation  
O my soul, praise Him, for He is  
Your health and salvation  
Come all who hear, now to His temple draw near  
Join me in glad adoration  

Praise to the Lord, above all things  
So wondrously reigning  
Shelters thee under His wings and  
So gently sustaining  
Have you not seen all that is needful has been  
Sent by His gracious ordaining  

Praise to the Lord, who will prosper  
Your work and defend you  
Surely His goodness and mercy  
Shall daily attend you  
Ponder anew what the Almighty can do  
If with His love He befriends you  

Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee  
God of glory, Lord of love  
Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee  
Op’ning to the sun above  

Praise to the Lord, oh let all that  
Is in me adore Him  
All that hath life and breath come now  
With praises before Him  
Let the amen sound from His people again  
Gladly forever adore Him  

WE HEAR GOD'S STORY IN OUR LIVES

Blessing Of The Backpacks

Take Down These Walls/ Chancel Choir

 Scripture Reading: John 17: 13-18/ Lisa Gill  
Now I’m coming to you and I say these things while I’m in the world so that they can share completely in my joy. I gave your word to them and the world hated them, because they don’t belong to this world, just as I don’t belong to this world. I’m not asking that you take them out of this world but that you keep them safe from the evil one. They don’t belong to this world, just as I don’t belong to this world. Make them holy in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.  

Sermon: When Life Conflicts With Faith

Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me  
What gift of grace is Jesus my redeemer  
There is no more for heaven now to give 
He is my joy, my righteousness and freedom  
My steadfast love  
My deep and boundless peace  

To this I hold, my hope is only Jesus  
For my life is wholly bound to His  
Oh how strange and divine  
I can sing all is mine  
Yet not I, but through Christ in me  

The night is dark, but I am not forsaken  
For by my side, the Savior He will stay  
I labor on in weakness and rejoicing  
For in my need, His power is displayed  

To this I hold, my Shepherd will defend me  
Through the deepest valley He will lead  
Oh the night has been won  
And I shall overcome  
Yet not I, but through Christ in me  

No fate I dread, I know I am forgiven  
The future sure, the price it has been paid  
For Jesus bled and suffered for my pardon  
And He was raised, to overthrow the grave  

To this I hold, my sin has been defeated  
Jesus now and ever is my plea   
Oh the chains are released 
I can sing, I am free  
Yet not I, but through Christ in me  

With every breath, I long to follow Jesus  
For He has said, that He will bring me home  
And day by day, I know He will renew me  
Until I stand, with joy before the throne  

To this I hold, my hope is only Jesus 
All the glory evermore to Him  
When the race is complete  
Still my lips shall repeat  
Yet not I but through Christ in me  

WE GIVE BACK TO GOD AND OTHERS

Blessing Of Our Tithes And Offerings

Come Ye Sinners  
Come ye sinners, poor and needy  
Weak and wounded, sick and sore  
Jesus, ready stands to save you  
Full of pity, love, and pow’r  

I will rise and go to Jesus  
He’ll embrace me in His arms  
In the arms of my dear Savior  
O there are ten thousand charms  

Come ye thirsty, come and welcome  
God’s free bounty, glorify  
True belief and true repentance  
Ev’ry grace that brings you nigh  

Let not conscience make you linger  
Nor of fitness fondly dream  
All the fitness He requireth  
Is to feel your need of Him  

So come ye, weary, heavy laden  
Lost and ruined by the fall 
If you tarry ‘till you’re better  
You will never come at all  

Doxology  
Praise God from whom all blessings flow  
Praise Him all creatures here below  
Praise Him above ye heavenly host  
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.  

WE OFFER OUR PRAYERS TO GOD

Time Of Prayer

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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.  

Affirmation Of Faith  
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 Spirit,  
Born of the Virgin Mary,  
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,  
Was crucified, dead, and buried;  
The third day he rose from the dead;  
He ascended into heaven  
And sitteth at 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 Spirit,  
The holy catholic church,  
The communion of saints,  
The forgiveness of sins,  
The resurrection of the body,  
And the life everlasting. Amen.  

WE GO OUT TO LIVE AS GOD'S PEOPLE

God So Loved  
Come all you weary, come all you thirsty  
Come to the well that never runs dry  
Drink of the water, come and thirst no more  

Come all you sinners, come find His mercy  
Come to the table, He will satisfy  
Taste of His goodness 
Find what you’re looking for  

For God so loved the world that He gave us  
His one and only Son to save us  
Whoever believes in Him  
Will live forever  

Bring all your failures, bring your addiction  
Come lay them down at the foot of the cross  
Jesus is waiting there with open arms 
See His open arms  

The pow’r of hell forever defeated  
Now it is well, I’m walking in freedom  
For God so loved, God so loved the world  

Praise God, praise God  
From whom all blessings flow 
Praise Him, praise Him  
For the wonders of His love  

Benediction