(Image: “Hand of God” Detail of the Vault of the apse of Sant Climent de Taüll, fresco, Ca 1123, Barcelona, Spain)
©Order of Worship for Sunday September 014, 2025
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
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Prelude ……“A Wilderness Wandering People”……..Greg D.
Words and Music: Jim Strathdee ©1996 Desert Flower Music
Coming of the Light:
Greetings:………………………………………………..Pastor Liz
Announcements:………………………………………Lorri B.
Call to Worship:……………………………………Elizabeth B.
Lord, you are welcome, you’re welcome, you are welcome,
you’re welcome in this place.
Lord, our holy hands we raise to
worship and give you praise.
We invoke your holy presence, O Lord,
to come and fill this place.
Warren Jones, © 2000 GIA Publications, Inc.
Opening Prayer:……………………………………Elizabeth B.
A Refuge amid Distraction
Like an ant on a stick both ends of which are burning,
I go to and fro without knowing what to do,
and in great despair.
Like the inescapable shadow that follows me,
the dead weight of sin haunts me.
Graciously look upon me.
Thy love is my refuge. Amen.
Trad. India
Opening Hymns:……“Standing on the Promises” #374 UMH
Words: R. Kelso Carter, 1886 Music: R Kelso Carter, 1886
1. Standing on the promises of Christ my King,
through eternal ages let his praises ring;
glory in the highest, I will shout and sing,
standing on the promises of God.
Refrain
Standing, standing, standing on the promises
of God my savior, standing, standing, I’m
standing on the promises of God.
2. Standing on the promises that cannot fail,
when the howling storms of doubt and fear assail,
by the living Word of God I shall prevail,
standing on the promises of God.
Refrain
Standing, standing, standing on the promises
of God my savior, standing, standing, I’m
standing on the promises of God.
3. Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord,
bound to him eternally by love’s strong cord,
overcoming daily with the Spirit’s sword,
standing on the promises of God.
Refrain
Standing, standing, standing on the promises
of God my savior, standing, standing, I’m
standing on the promises of God.
4. Standing on the promises I cannot fail,
Listening every moment to the Spirit’s call,
Resting in my Savior as my all in all,
Standing on the promises of God.
Refrain
Standing, standing, standing on the promises
of God my savior, standing, standing, I’m
standing on the promises of God.
“Through It All” #507 UMH
Words and Music: Andraé Crouch, 1971
© 1971 Manna Music, Inc.
Through it all, through it all,
I’ve learned to trust in Jesus,
I’ve learned to trust in God;
through it all, through it all,
I’ve learned to depend upon
God’s word.
Passing of the Peace:……………………………….Pastor Liz
Let us offer signs of reconciliation and peace to one another.
Gloria Patri:…….“Glory Be to the Father”…….#71 UMH
Words: Lesser Doxology, 3rd-4th century
Music: Henry W. Greatorex, 1851
Glory be to the Father
and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen. Amen.
Giving of our tithes and offerings……………..Pastor Liz
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Offertory:………..“Ye Servants of God”…………Handbell Choir
Arr. James D. Kimball, ASCAP
“Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” (The Doxology) #94 UMH
Adapted © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House
Words by Thomas Ken, 1674, adapted by Gilbert Vieira, 1978
Music: Geistliche Kirchengesänge, 1623; harmony by Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise God, all creatures here below:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God, the source of all our gifts!
Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts!
Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Prayer After Receiving:……………………………Pastor Liz
The Prayers of the People:……………………….Pastor Liz
The Lord’s Prayer:
Anthem:……“Spirit of Faith, Come Down”…….Handbell Choir
Arr. James D. Kimball, ASCAP
Scripture Lesson:…….Psalm 14……UMH #746……Elizabeth B.
Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds,
there is none that does good.
The Lord looks down from heaven on all people,
to see if there are any that are wise,
who seek after God.
They have all gone astray, they are all alike perverse;
there is none that does good,
no, not one.
Have they no knowledge, the evildoers
who eat up my people as they eat bread,
and do not call upon the Lord?
There they shall be in great terror,
for God is with the generation of the righteous.
You would confound the plans of the poor,
but the Lord is their refuge.
O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion!
When the Lord restores their fortunes,
Jacob shall rejoice and Israel shall be glad!
Hymn of Preparation:“Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying” #2193 TFWS
Words and Music: Ken Medema © 1973 Hope Publishing Co.
Lord, listen to your children praying,
Lord, send your Spirit in this place;
Lord, listen to your children praying, send us
love, send us power, send us grace.
Message: ………………………….Pastor Liz
Closing Hymn:“May You Run and Not Be Weary” #2282 TFWS
Words and Music: Paul Murakami and Handt Hanson
© 1991 Changing Church Forum
May you run and not be weary.
May your heart be filled with song.
And may the love of God continue to give you hope
and keep you strong. And may you run and not be
weary. May your life be filled with joy! And may the
road you travel always lead you home.
May you run and not be weary.
May your heart be filled with song.
And may the love of God continue to give you hope
and keep you strong. And may you run and not be
weary. May your life be filled with joy! And may the
road you travel always lead you home.
Dismissal with Blessing:……………………………Pastor Liz
Postlude:…………………………………………………….Greg D.
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