Morning Worship Service
Sunday, May 10, 2026
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Welcome and Announcements
‡Introit – "All Ye Weary and Distressed”
Welcome! Welcome! Sinner, here! Hang not back through shame or fear;
Doubt not, nor distrust the call; mercy is proclaimed to all.
Welcome to the offered peace; welcome prisoner, to release-
Burst thy bonds; be saved; be free, “Rise and come -He calleth thee.”
Welcome, weeping, penitent; grace has made thy heart relent;
Welcome, long-estranged child; God in Christ is reconciled.
(Chorus)
All ye weary and distressed, welcome to relief and rest!
All is ready: hear the call. There is ample room for all.
O the virtue of that price, that redeeming sacrifice!
Come, ye bought, but not with gold; welcome to the sacred fold!
Welcome to the cleansing fount, springing from the sacred mount;
Welcome to the feast divine, bread of life and living wine.
‡The Call to Worship (Hebrews 12:28-29)
Pastor: Therefore, let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.
‡Hymn No. 498 – “Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners!”
Jesus! what a Friend for sinners! Jesus! lover of my soul;
Friends may fail me, foes assail me, He, my Savior, makes me whole.
Refrain
Hallelujah! what a Savior! Halleluiah! what a Friend!
Saving, helping, keeping, loving, He is with me to the end.
Jesus! what a strength in weakness! Let me hide myself in Him;
Tempted, tried, and sometimes failing, He, my strength, my vict’ry wins. (Refrain)
Jesus! what a help in sorrow! While the billows o’er me roll,
Even when my heart is breaking, He, my comfort, helps my soul. (Refrain)
Jesus! what a guide and keeper! While the tempest still is high,
Storms about me, night o’er-takes me, He, my pilot, hears my cry. (Refrain)
Jesus! I do now receive Him, more than all in Him I find;
He hath granted me forgiveness, I am His, and He is mine. (Refrain)
‡Prayer of Invocation
Old Testament Reading
Micah 7:7-8 --- McLeod Meek
But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. 8 Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.
‡Hymn - “His Mercy is More”
What love could remember no wrongs we have done
Omniscient all knowing He counts not their sum
Thrown into a sea without bottom or shore
Our sins they are many His mercy is more (Chorus)
Chorus
Praise the Lord His mercy is more
Stronger than darkness new every morn
Our sins they are many His mercy is more
What patience would wait as we constantly roam
What Father so tender is calling us home
He welcomes the weakest, the vilest, the poor
Our sins they are many His mercy is more (Chorus)
What riches of kindness He lavished on us
His blood was the payment His life was the cost
We stood 'neath a debt we could never afford
Our sins they are many His mercy is more (Chorus)
New Testament Reading and Congregational Prayer
Luke 16:19-31 --- Brian Finnegan
“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21 who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, 23 and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. 24 And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’ 27 And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house— 28 for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ 30 And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ 31 He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”
‡Confession of Faith: 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 Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose 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 Ghost; the holy catholic* church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
*Universal, world-wide.
Offertory Prayer
‡Hymn No. 460 – “Amazing Grace”
Amazing grace how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see.
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed!
Thro’ many dangers, toils, and snares, I have already come;
'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.
When we've been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun,
We've no less days to sing God's praise, than when we've first begun.
Children’s Moment
Philippians 4:13: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Children dismissed for Little Worship at this time
(K4 – K5)
Reading of the Holy Scripture: Luke 23:50-56
Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man, 51 who had not consented to their decision and action; and he was looking for the kingdom of God. 52 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 53 Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and laid him in a tomb cut in stone, where no one had ever yet been laid. 54 It was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning. 55 The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid. 56 Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
Sermon: “Holy Saturday: The Silence and Waiting of Following Jesus” - Dr. Ed Hartman
‡Hymn – “Christ is Mine Forevermore”
Mine are days that God has numbered. I was made to walk with Him.
Yet, I look for worldly treasure, and forsake the King of kings.
But mine is hope in my Redeemer. Though I fall, His love is sure.
For Christ has paid for every failing. I am His forevermore.
Mine are tears in times of sorrow, darkness not yet understood.
Through the valley I must travel where I see no earthly good.
But mine is peace that flows from heaven and the strength in times of need.
I know my pain will not be wasted; Christ completes His work in me.
Mine are days here as a stranger. Pilgrim on a narrow way.
One with Christ I will encounter harm and hatred for His name.
But mine is armor for this battle. Strong enough to last the war.
And He has said He will deliver safely to the golden shore.
And mine are keys to Zion city where beside the King I walk.
For there my heart has found its treasure, Christ is mine forevermore.
Come; rejoice now, O my soul. For His love is my reward.
Fear is gone and hope is sure, Christ is mine forevermore!
Come; rejoice now, O my soul. For His love is my reward.
Fear is gone and hope is sure, Christ is mine forevermore!
And mine are keys to Zion city where beside the King I walk.
For there my heart has found its treasure, Christ is mine forevermore.
Christ is mine forevermore. Christ is mine forevermore.
‡Benediction
‡Congregation standing