August 17, 2025

CHIMING OF THE HOUR

WELCOME

SILENT PRAYER OF PREPARATION Patrick of Ireland

May the strength of God pilot us; May the power of God preserve us; May the wisdom of God instruct us; May the way of God direct us; May the shield of God defend us, May the host of God guard us against the snares of evil and the temptations of the world.

May Christ be with us, Christ before us, Christ in us, Christ over us. May your salvation, O Lord, be always ours this day and forevermore. Amen

CALL TO WORSHIP

Give to thy winds thy fears, hope and be undismayed.

God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears, God shall lift up thy head.

Leave to God’s sovereign sway to choose and to command,

So shall thou wondering own God’s way, how wise, how strong God’s hand

*HYMN No. 393 O Day of Rest and Gladness

*CALL TO CONFESSION

*CONFESSION OF SIN

Merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart and mind and strength. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.

In your mercy forgive what we have been, help us amend what we are, and

direct what we shall be, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name.

*SILENT CONFESSION

*ASSURANCE OF PARDON

*RESPONSE No. 647 Give Thanks

*PEACE OF CHRIST

SPECIAL MUSIC

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE

PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION

SCRIPTURE Luke 12: 22-31

SERMON Neither Worry Nor Fear

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH The Apostles’ Creed

*HYMN No. 177 I Will Come To You

PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYER

ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRESENTATION OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY

*RESPONSE No. 609 Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION

*HYMN No. 819 Be Still My Soul

*BENEDICTION

*POSTLUDE