Grace Presbyterian Church WOrship Bulletin
August 31, 2025
Order of Worship
August 31, 2025 - Order of Worship
Holy Habits: Service
Rev. Dr. Joanne Sizoo, Pastor
Brad Ward, Elder on Call
Grace Presbyterian Church
Following Jesus, we love, welcome, and serve.
Welcome & Announcements
Prelude "Make Me a Servant” arr. C. Tornquist
Call to Worship:
This day is God’s gift to us –
a gift of community and Sabbath,
a gift of doing nothing more than offering thanks and basking in the divine presence.
This time is our gift to God –
a gift of song, and prayer, and silence,
a gift of offering our lives in service to our Maker.
Surrounded by all these gifts,
let us worship God.
**Hymn #729 “Lord, I Want to Be a Christian”
**Affirmation of Faith
In life and death we belong to God. We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God. We trust in God, whom Jesus called Abba, Father. In sovereign love God created the world good and makes everyone equally in God’s image, of every race and people, to live in one community. We trust in God the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life. With believers in every time and place, we rejoice that nothing in life or in death can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Anthem (10:15) "Answer to the Call" Grace Notes Choir
Time with Young Disciples (10:15)
Scripture Mark 10: 42-45; John 13: 3-5, 12-14; James 2: 14-17
Message
Prayers of the People with 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us, not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
**Hymn #697 “Take My Life" (vs. 1-3, 5-6)
**Benediction
**Choral Blessing (face center aisle to bless one another)
May the road rise to meet you, may the wind blow at your back, may the sun shine warmly on your face, may the rain fall softly on your field, and, until we meet again, until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of God’s hand.
Postlude
**congregation standing in body or spirit
congregational responses in bold
lyrics printed with permission under One License #A-737483 and CCLI License #2545718
Call to Worship written by Beth Merrill Neel on her blog, ‘Hold Fast to What Is Good’. Used with permission.
Prelude "Make Me a Servant” arr. C. Tornquist
Call to Worship:
This day is God’s gift to us –
a gift of community and Sabbath,
a gift of doing nothing more than offering thanks and basking in the divine presence.
This time is our gift to God –
a gift of song, and prayer, and silence,
a gift of offering our lives in service to our Maker.
Surrounded by all these gifts,
let us worship God.
**Hymn #729 “Lord, I Want to Be a Christian”
**Affirmation of Faith
In life and death we belong to God. We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God. We trust in God, whom Jesus called Abba, Father. In sovereign love God created the world good and makes everyone equally in God’s image, of every race and people, to live in one community. We trust in God the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life. With believers in every time and place, we rejoice that nothing in life or in death can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Anthem (10:15) "Answer to the Call" Grace Notes Choir
Time with Young Disciples (10:15)
Scripture Mark 10: 42-45; John 13: 3-5, 12-14; James 2: 14-17
Message
Prayers of the People with 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us, not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
**Hymn #697 “Take My Life" (vs. 1-3, 5-6)
**Benediction
**Choral Blessing (face center aisle to bless one another)
May the road rise to meet you, may the wind blow at your back, may the sun shine warmly on your face, may the rain fall softly on your field, and, until we meet again, until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of God’s hand.
Postlude
**congregation standing in body or spirit
congregational responses in bold
lyrics printed with permission under One License #A-737483 and CCLI License #2545718
Call to Worship written by Beth Merrill Neel on her blog, ‘Hold Fast to What Is Good’. Used with permission.