August 9th, 2026
Call to Worship
Open up, ancient gates!
Open up, ancient doors,
and let the King of glory enter.
Who is the King of glory?
The Lord of Heaven’s Armies—
He is the King of glory.
Psalm 24:9-10
God is good
All the Time
All the time
God is good
Welcome & Announcements
- Youth Group Restarting
- Meal next week
Confession and Pardon
-Invitation
-Unison Confession:
Let us confess our sin before God and one another.
Almighty God of the prophets,
you have called us to glorify your name
through our love for you and for one another.
We confess that our praise is more on our lips than with our lives.
We profess repentance while we resist change;
We talk of peace while we prepare for war;
We sing of love but we curse our enemies;
We pray your will be done but insist on our way.
Have mercy upon us, tender God, and cleanse and forgive our selfish ways.
May Jesus Christ, who came long ago, come once more into our lives.
Help us to be at peace with you, one another, and ourselves
as members of your kingdom,
which is now at hand—through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
-Silent prayer
-Assurance of Pardon:
This is the message we have heard from God
and proclaim to you,
that God is light and in God there is no darkness at all.
If we walk in the light, as God is in the light,
we have fellowship with one another,
and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
—from 1 John 1:5, 7, NRSV
I declare to you who trust in Jesus, you are forgiven and free!
Songs of Praise
How Great is Our God
Our God is Awesome
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
Blessed Assurance #693
Receiving God’s Word
Message: Covenantal Love
Scripture: Ruth 2:17-23
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
Westminster Shorter Catechism Question 107
Q. What does the conclusion of the Lord’s prayer teach us?
A. The conclusion of the Lord’s prayer, which is, “For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.” teaches us to take our encouragement in prayer only from God, and in our prayers to praise him, ascribing kingdom, power and glory to him. And in testimony of our desire and our assurance of being heard, we say Amen.
Closing Hymn
Go Forth for God