Sunday, August 3, 2025

For Reflection and Preparation 

   Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.                                                                       II Thessalonians 2:16-17 

   In daring to write about the cross, there is of course a great danger of presumption.  This is partly because what actually happened when “God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ” is a mystery whose depths we shall spend eternity plumbing; and partly because it would be most unseemly to feign a cool detachment as we contemplate Christ’s cross.  For willy-nilly we are involved.  Our sins put him there. So, far from offering us flattery, the cross undermines our self-righteousness. We can stand before it only with a bowed head and a broken spirit.  And there we remain until the Lord Jesus speaks to our hearts his word of pardon and acceptance, and we, gripped by his love and brimful of thanksgiving, go out into the world to live our lives in his service.                                                                                           John Stott -The Cross of Christ                 

Call to Worship                                     Revelation 5:11-14 

Song of Praise        

Is He Worthy?

Prayer of Invocation & Confession

Assurance of God’s Grace                                  I Peter 1:3-5

     Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,  to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,  who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 

Fellowship Greeting

Hymn of Praise           

Crown Him with Many Crowns                                    #30

Confessing Our Faith                     The Apostles’ Creed

I Believe in God the Father, Almighty,

Maker of heaven and earth;

And in Jesus Christ His only Son, our Lord,

Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

Born of the virgin Mary,

Suffered under Pontius Pilate,

Was crucified, dead, and buried:

He descended into hell;

The third day He arose again from the dead;

He ascended into heaven,

And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty,

From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I Believe in the Holy Spirit;

The holy catholic church;

The communion of saints,

The forgiveness of sins,

The resurrection of the body;

And the life everlasting.  Amen.           

Message from the Word                 Galatians 3:1-9

Worship at His Table

Hymn of Testimony

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross                              #158

Benediction   

All songs used by permission; CCLI #332045  Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. 

 Communion Service

Today at  the close  of the Worship Service we will celebrate together at the Lord’s table.  As a part of the family of believers you are invited to come with your heart prepared to worship our great Savior.

Covered Dish Dinner!

This Week at Grace

Monday   6:00pm Grace Group

    @ TJ & Barb Neely’s

Wednesday 10:30am RCC Bible Study

  5:30pm Choir Rehearsal

Saturday   8:00am Men’s Group

11:30am Ladies’ Tea

Sunday   9:00am Pray for Our Church

  9:30am Sunday School  

 10:30am Worship Service

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