Front Royal Presbyterian Church

September 07, 2025, 10:30 am

Liturgist – Usi Mix

Minister - Rev. Jaci Smith Patman

Prelude    Abide with Me        William H Monk/Franklin D Ashdown

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 (from Psalm 36:5-7)

Your steadfast love, O Lord, is as great as all the heavens.

Your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds.

Your justice is as solid as God’s mountains.

Your decisions are as full of wisdom as the oceans are with water.

How precious is your constant love, O God!

Opening Hymn #2220 We Are God's People

(Please remain standing through the Gloria Patri)

Call to Confession (Isaiah 30:15, 18)

In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it. Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of Justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!

Prayer of Confession

Righteous God, we who own more than we use, proclaim more than we experience, and request more than we need, come asking your forgiveness. We seek your salvation, then act like we save ourselves. We beg your forgiveness, then repeat our errors. We experience your grace, then act defeated. We rely on your power, but only in hard times. We have become confused and misguided. Forgive our every failure. Bring us to an unbroken commitment and a steady trust, through Jesus Christ, who is the way of hope, the truth of God, and the life of love, now and always. Amen.

Assurance of Forgiveness and Exchange of Peace

(based on Isaiah 1:18)

“Come now, let us argue it out, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be like snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.” Believe the good news – in Jesus Christ you are forgiven. Take hold of this forgiveness and be at peace.

May the peace of Christ be with you; And also with you.

Please exchange the peace of Christ with your neighbors.

Gloria Patri

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

Call to Offering

Offertory   Interlude II          Henry Smart

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 #522 Lord, When I Came Into This Life 

Scripture Reading Psalm 119:17-24

Anthem The Grace Divine    Charles Wesley/Trad. Amer./Roger Price

Sermon   Letters From Jesus:Hold Fast

Revelation 2:18-29

Sacrament of Communion

This table is open to all who seek to follow Jesus in faith, repentance, and love.

Prayer of Thanksgiving

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Blessed are you, O Lord our God: We give thanks, O Lord, that the days are surely coming when all the world will see the fulfillment of your promised salvation. Therefore we praise you, joining the song of the universal church and the heavenly choir, saying:

Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might; Heaven and Earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord.

Blessed is Jesus Christ, our Savior, by whose blood the New Covenant has been sealed. In Christ, those who were not your people you now call your people; and the one who was not beloved you now call beloved.*

Remembering your goodness and grace, we offer ourselves to you with gratitude as we share this joyful feast. Great is the mystery of faith: Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ shall come again.

Pour out your Holy Spirit upon us and upon this bread and cup; make us one in the body and blood of Jesus Christ our Lord. Through Him, in the unity of the Spirit, we bless you, God of glory, now and forever. Amen.

Words of Institution

Sacrament Given and Received

Prayer after Communion and The Lord’s Prayer

Closing Hymn #2158 Just a Closer Walk with Thee 

Benediction

Postlude       Center of My Life       Paul Inwood/Lynn Trapp