May 31, 2026
Call to Worship
PRELUDE
RESPONSIVE CALL Psalm 95:1-7 #1
PRAYER of INVOCATION Open Our Mouths, O Lord” #482
SONG of ADORATION “Only a Holy God” #11
Confession and Assurance
READING of GOD’S LAW
Hear God’s Law, His Will for Your Life, from Psalm 119:1-18
Blessed are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of the Lord!
Blessed are those who keep his testimonies,
who seek him with their whole heart,
who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways!
You have commanded your precepts
to be kept diligently.
Oh that my ways may be steadfast
in keeping your statutes!
Then I shall not be put to shame,
having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.
I will praise you with an upright heart,
when I learn your righteous rules.
I will keep your statutes;
do not utterly forsake me!
How can a young man keep his way pure?
By guarding it according to your word.
With my whole heart I seek you;
let me not wander from your commandments!
I have stored up your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.
Blessed are you, O Lord;
teach me your statutes!
With my lips I declare
all the rules of your mouth.
In the way of your testimonies I delight
as much as in all riches.
I will meditate on your precepts
and fix my eyes on your ways.
I will delight in your statutes;
I will not forget your word.
Deal bountifully with your servant,
that I may live and keep your word.
Open my eyes, that I may behold
wondrous things out of your law.
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
PRAYER of CONFESSION St. Augustine
O Lord, the house of my soul is narrow; enlarge it that You may enter in. It is ruined. O, repair it! It displeases Your sight; I confess it, I know. But who shall cleanse it, or to whom shall I cry but unto You?
Cleanse me from my secret faults, O Lord, and spare Your servant from sin.
Amen. ◆
ASSURANCE of PARDON from I John 1:9
Receive these words of comfort from God:
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Brothers and sisters, by the command of Christ and the power of his promises, we are forgiven and stand before God clothed in spotless linen, the righteousness of Christ. Amen. ◆
SONG of RESPONSE “Man of Sorrows! What a Name!” #226
Life of Worship
PROFESSION of FAITH
The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended into hell.
On the third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty.
From there shall he come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy Church universal,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen. ◆
OFFERING
DOXOLOGY #334
PRAYER of DEDICATION
CHILDREN’S TIME
Q.17 Did our first parents
continue in the state of
innocence in which they
were created?
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No, our first parents, being
left to the freedom of their
own will, fell from the state
of righteousness and
freedom by sinning.
(Gen. 3:6; Eccles. 7:29; Rom. 5:12)
PASSING of the PEACE
(Children age 3 through grade 2 may go to Judson Kids.)
PRAYER OF INTERCESSION
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in 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. ◆
Ministry of the Word
SONG of RESPONSE “Breathe on Me, Breath of God” #870
PRAYER for ILLUMINATION #290
SCRIPTURE READING
John 7:53-8:11
They went each to his own house, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”
SERMON “So What Do You Say?”
SONG of DEPARTURE “My Friends, May You Grow in Grace”
My friends, may you grow in grace,
And in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior.
My friends, may you grow in grace,
And in the knowledge of Jesus Christ.
To God be the glory, now and forever!
Now and forever, Amen! (Repeat)
Meaney / Demey / Kett © 2000 Timothy James CCLI #3071858
POSTLUDE
