08/23/2026
Worship Service – August 23, 2026
Welcome to worship at Christ Presbyterian Church! We’re glad that you are here. Please feel free to greet one another in the comment section.
There is an online / electronic bulletin at:
https://www.cpctoledo.org/_files/ugd/767507_9643153e6d5b4434bb9d65dd3e265fdd.docx?dn=10AM%20Bulletin_Sunday%2C%20August%2023%2C%202026%20FINAL.docx
Old Testament Lesson: Isaiah 51:1-6
Responsive Reading and Congregational Refrain: Psalm 138
Epistle Lesson: Romans 12:1-2
Epistle Lesson: Romans 12:3-8
Epistle Lesson: James 5:1-6
Gospel Lesson: Matthew 16:13-20
Sermon: “Sharing Montreat” – Youth
Peace be with you all, today and all days!
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Today's Worship Leaders: Rev. Ruth E. Clendenin (Pastor); Mark Mathias (Director of Music Ministry); [TBD] (Acolyte); Jody Zaiser (Liturgists/Readers); Jim Burns, Richard Springman, Mike Ehrick (Audio / Video / Computer Support)
Copyrights
I Want to Walk As a Child of the Light -K. Thomerson/M. Burkhardt ©1970, 1975, 1998 Celebration; Give Thanks to God Who Hears Our Cries – Text by Ruth Duck ©2011 GIA Publ. Inc., Music Harm. by R. Proulx ©1975 GIA Publ. Inc.; Forgive Our Sins As We Forgive - Text by Rosamond Herklots ©1969, 1983 Oxford University Press; Light Dawns on a Weary World - Text by Mary Louise Bringle ©2002 GIA Publ., Inc. Music by Willian P. Rowan, ©2000 GIA Publ., Inc.; The Steadfast Love of the Lord – by Edith McNeil ©1974, 1975 Celebration; Longing for Light (Christ, Be Our Light) - ©1993 by Bernadette Farrell, admin. OCP Publ.; Christ, Be Our Light – piano setting by E. Linneweber ©2010 Augsburg Fortress Publ.; Rise, O Church, Like Christ Arisen – Text by S. P. Cherwein, Music by T. J Strand ©2012 MorningStar Music Publ./Birnamwood Publ.; Son of God, Whose Heart Is Peace – Text: Maori hymn; para. Shirley Erena Murray, © 1990 Christian Conference of Asia (admin. GIA Publ., Inc.); Lead Me, Guide Me – by Doris Akers © 1953, ren. (admin. Chappell & Co., Inc./Alfred Publ. Co., Inc.); Go to the World – Text: Sylvia Dunstan ©1991; GIA Publ., Inc.; All Things Bright and Beautiful (ROYAL OAK)- Arr. Marilyn Biery Reprinted under OneLicense.net A-715066 and CCLI 2702020. All rights reserved. Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from One License and CCLI. Call to Worship written by Carolyn Bowers from ProgressiveChristianity.org © 2026. Used with permission. God of All Learning – text by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette ©2015 Carolyn Winfrey Gillette Used with permission. Readings from: “Crossings: Meditations for Worship” by Susan Paolo Cherwien (©2003 MorningStar Music Publishers) and “From Glory Into Glory: Reflections for Worship" by Susan Paolo Cherwien (©2009 MorningStar Music Publishers).
