Front Royal Presbyterian Church
July 20, 2025, 10:30 am
Liturgist – Usi Mix
Minister - Rev. Jaci Smith Patman
Prelude Simple Gifts from Old American Songs, Set. 1
Trad. American/Aaron Copland
Karen Young, clarinet
Welcome and Announcements
Opening Prayer & Gathering #391 Take My Life, vs. 1
Take my life, and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Take my moments and my days;
Let them flow in ceaseless praise,
Let them flow in ceaseless praise.
Call to Worship
Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth;
sing the glory of God’s name; give God glorious praise.
Say to God:
How awesome are your deeds!
Because of your great power, your enemies cringe before you.
All the earth worships you; they sing praises to you, sing praises to your name.
Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds among mortals.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have understanding. God’s praise endures forever.
Opening Hymn #281 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
(Please remain standing through the Gloria Patri)
Call to Confession
God promises mercy for all those who repent. Trusting in the grace of Jesus Christ, let us confess our sin.
Prayer of Confession
Compassionate Christ, you send us to cure the sick, but we blame the sick for their choices. You ask us to restore the unclean, but we separate them into high-risk pools. You compel us to raise the dead, but we insist some are beyond help. In your patient and persistent mercy, forgive us, O Lord. Teach us to heal without condition and help without limitation. Enable us to love one another as you love us, that as recipients of unmerited grace, we may freely shower care upon all people.
Assurance of Pardon
In the name of the One who restores the lost, raises the dead, and reigns on high, I proclaim to you that your sins are forgiven. Believe the good news of the gospel:
In Jesus Christ we are forgiven, healed, and made whole.
May the peace of Christ be with you; And also with you.
Please exchange the peace of Christ with your neighbors.
Gloria Patria
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be, world without end.
Sermon for Faith Builders Children are invited to go to Children’s Worship with our Children’s Worship Leader, Ms. Marisa. Children will return during the final hymn.
Prayers of the People & The Lord's Prayer
Call to Offering
Offertory Interlude Christopher Uehlein
Doxology
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen
Prayer of Dedication
Hymn #339 Be Thou My Vision
Scripture Reading John 16:7-15
Special Music Zion's Walls Aaron Copland
Karen Young, clarinet
Sermon Being God’s Person in Messy Times: Flourish While You Wait Jeremiah 29:1,4-14
Affirmation of Faith - (Adapted from the Confession of 1967, 9.32–33)
The life, death, resurrection, and promised coming of Jesus Christ has set the pattern for the church’s mission. His human life involves the church in the common life of all people. His service to men and women commits the church to work for every form of human well-being. His suffering makes the church sensitive to all suffering of humanity so that it sees the face of Christ in the faces of persons in every kind of need. His crucifixion discloses to the church God’s judgment on the inhumane way that humans can relate to one another, and the awful consequences of the church’s own complicity in injustice. In the power of the risen Christ and the hope of his coming, the church sees the promise of God’s renewal of human life in society and of God’s victory over all wrong. The church follows this pattern in the form of its life and in the method of its action. So to live and serve is to confess Christ as Lord.
Closing Hymn #275 God of Our Life
Benediction
Postlude Our God, Our Help in Ages Past
William Croft/Heinrich Fleischer
