August 31st, 2025
Call to Worship
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:1-2
Our help is in the name of the LORD,
who made heaven and earth.
—Psalm 124:8, NRSV
Welcome & Announcements
- Officer Nominations
- Prayer Meeting
Confession and Pardon
-Invitation
-Unison Confession:
Let us confess our sin before God and one another.
God of everlasting love,
we confess that we have been unfaithful to our covenant with you and with one another.
We have worshiped other gods: money, power, greed, and convenience.
We have served our own self-interest
instead of serving only you and your people.
We have not loved our neighbor as you have commanded, nor have we rightly loved ourselves.
Forgive us, gracious God,
and bring us back into the fullness
of our covenant with you and one another.
Through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
-Silent prayer
-Assurance of Pardon:
Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Happy are those to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
—Psalm 32:1-2, NRSV
You are forgiven and free because of Christ Jesus
Songs of Praise
#115 All Creatures of Our God and King
In Christ Alone
Greeting Time
Pastoral Prayer followed by the Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
-Matthew 6:9-13
Song of Praise
Jesus, Strong and Kind
Receiving God’s Word
Message: Song of the Sea
Scripture: Exodus 15:1-21
-Rev. Joe Kim
-Prayer
Offering
-Invitation
-Offertory
-Doxology
-Prayer for Gifts
Communion
-Invitation to the Table
-Prayer of Consecration
-Jesus’ Words at the Table
-Receiving the Elements
-Prayer
Affirmation of Faith
New City Catechism #49
Q. What does Christ's resurrection mean for us?
A. Christ triumphed over sin and death by being physically resurrected, so that all who trust in him are raised to new life in this world and to everlasting life in the world to come. Just as we will one day be resurrected, so this world will one day be restored. But those who do not trust in Christ will be raised to everlasting death.
Closing Hymn
#92 A Mighty Fortress