10:30am Order of Worship

Order of Worship

October 11th 2026 ~ Twentieth Sunday after the Pentecost

Prelude

Zion hort die Wachter singen from BWV 140
J.S. Bach

Welcome

Hymn of Praise

There’s A Wideness In God’s Mercy (Wellesley)

Verse 1
There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
Like the wideness of the sea
There’s a kindness in His justice
Which is more than liberty

Verse 2
There is welcome for the sinner
And more graces for the good
There is mercy with the Saviour
There is healing in His blood

Verse 3
For the love of God is broader
Than the measure of our mind
And the heart of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind

Verse 4
If our love were but more simple
We should take Him at His word
And our lives would be all sunshine
In the sweetness of our Lord

CCLI Song # 123216 © Words: Public Domain | Music: Public Domain
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License # 3154366

Gathering Prayer

Special Music

Scripture Reading

Genesis 1:26

Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.’

Matthew 22:15-22

The Question about Paying Taxes

Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said. So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, ‘Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality. Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?’ But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, ‘Why are you putting me to the test, you hypocrites? Show me the coin used for the tax.’ And they brought him a denarius. Then he said to them, ‘Whose head is this, and whose title?’ They answered, ‘The emperor’s.’ Then he said to them, ‘Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.’ When they heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away.

The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Sermon

Family Affair
The Rev. Billy Tweedie

Offertory

Walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself for us, an  offering and sacrifice to God.   

– Ephesians 5:2

Communion

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. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Closing Hymn

Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing

Verse 1
Come Thou fount of ev’ry blessing
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace
Streams of mercy never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet
Sung by flaming tongues above
Praise the mount I’m fixed upon it
Mount of Thy redeeming love

Verse 2
Here I raise mine Ebenezer
Hither by Thy help I’m come
And I hope by Thy good pleasure
Safely to arrive at home
Jesus sought me when a stranger
Wand’ring from the fold of God
He to rescue me from danger
Interposed His precious blood

Verse 3
O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be
Let Thy grace Lord like a fetter
Bind my wand’ring heart to Thee
Prone to wander Lord I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Here’s my heart Lord take & seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above

John Wyeth, Robert Robinson
CCLI Song #108389
Words: Public Domain; Music: Public Domain
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
CCLI License #3154366

Blessing

Postlude

Sheep May Safely Graze
J.S. Bach

Our love in action now begins…

This Sunday’s Special Music is brought to you
by Henry Whitaker, Andrew Miller, & Marnie White.

Thank you to all our Volunteers for stepping up to serve this Sunday!

Greeters : Bailey Adger
Scripture Reader: Pam Cathcart
Communion: Marion Garrett, Jeannette Cohen & Pam Cathcart
Offering : Marion & Jeannette

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