August 9, 2026
Call to Worship From Psalm 9:1-2; 118:28
Pastor: I will praise You, O Lord,
with my whole heart;
I will be glad and rejoice in
You.
People: I will sing praise to Your
name, O Most High.
Pastor: You are my God.
People: And I will praise You.
Pastor: You are my God.
People: And I will exalt You.
Pastor: I have trusted in Your
mercy.
All: I will praise the name of
God with a song, and will
magnify Him with thanks-
giving. ◆
PRAYER of INVOCATION Jeremiah 9:23-24 #432
SONG of ADORATION “I Stand Amazed” #187
Confession and Assurance
READING of GOD’S LAW
Hear God’s Law, His Will for Your Life, from Gal 1-10-
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. For each will have to bear his own load.
Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches. Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
PRAYER of CONFESSION “Like Lost Sheep” #95
ASSURANCE of PARDON Psalm 130:3-4, 7-8 #118
SONG of RESPONSE “His Mercy Is More” #123
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
Ministry of the Word
HYMN “To God Be the Glory” #152
PRAYER for ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE READING John 8:37-40 p. 1063
I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
They answered him, “Abraham is our father.”
Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
SERMON “Who’s Your Daddy?” Pastor Zach
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
BENEDICTION
