09/02/2026
We hope you will be able to join us for our 9 a.m. worship service on Sunday, September 6. We will also be live-streaming.
We are having Communion this Sunday. If you are watching from home you may participate by having with you a small piece of bread or a cracker, and a small amount of juice or water.
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader. O give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name.
People: Make known his deeds among the people.
Leader: Sing praises to him; glory in his holy Name.
People: Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord, rejoice!
Leader: Let us worship the Lord!
*HYMN How Great Thou Art (inside front cover)
CALL TO CONFESSION
Prayer of Confession (Unison) Merciful God, you know that
we are far from perfect. We have often failed you and fallen down. But we know that you forgive us. Strengthen us so that we may do your will and walk in your ways. Amen
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
*Gloria Patri (Inside cover of hymnal, second tune)
OLD TESTAMENT LESSON: Ezekiel 33:7-11
NEW TESTAMENT LESSON: Matthew 18:21-35
*HYMN 66 At the Cross
THE EUCHARIST
Invitation
Leader: The Lord Be With You
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts
People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Leader: It is truly right and our greatest joy to give you thanks and praise, eternal God, creator and ruler of the universe… Therefore, we praise you, joining our voices with the servants around heaven’s throne and with all the faithful of every time and place, who forever sing to the glory of your name
(Unison): Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Leader: You are holy, O God of majesty, and blessed is Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. …. Great is the mystery of faith:
(Unison): Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
Leader: Gracious God, pour out your Holy Spirit upon us and upon these your gifts of bread and w**e … As this bread is Christ’s body for us, send us out to be the body of Christ in the world. … let us pray as our Lord Jesus Christ taught us:
(Unison): 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. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen
WORDS OF INSTITUTION
COMMUNION
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
(Unison): Eternal God, We give you thanks for this holy mystery in which you have given yourself to us. Grant that we may go into the world in the strength of your Spirit, to give ourselves for others in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
*HYMN: 283. It Is Well With My Soul
