August 23rd, 2026
Sunday Morning Order of Worship
Sunday Morning Order of Worship
ORDER OF WORSHIP
August 23, 2026
*Indicates those able may stand
When the prelude begins, please quiet your hearts in preparation for worship
Prelude
“Vater unser im Himmelreich” (BWV 636) J.S. Bach (Our Father in heaven)
“Prelude on ‘Windsor’” H. Willan (Great God, how infinite Thou art)
Welcome and Announcements Dr. Drew DiNardo
Preparation for Worship Dr. Stuart Sacks
*Call to Worship (Adapted from Isaiah 55:6-7)
One: Seek the LORD while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near.
All: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts.
One: Let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion on him—and to our God, for He will
abundantly pardon.
*Invocation
*Hymn 302 “Come, Christians, Join to Sing”
1 Come, Christians, join to sing
Alleluia! Amen!
loud praise to Christ our King;
Alleluia! Amen!
let all, with heart and voice,
before his throne rejoice;
praise is his gracious choice.
Alleluia! Amen!
2 Come, lift your hearts on high,
Alleluia! Amen!
let praises fill the sky;
Alleluia! Amen!
he is our Guide and Friend;
to us he’ll condescend;
his love shall never end.
Alleluia! Amen!
3 Praise yet our Christ again,
Alleluia! Amen!
life shall not end the strain;
Alleluia! Amen!
on heaven’s blissful shore,
his goodness we’ll adore,
singing forevermore,
"Alleluia! Amen!”
Call to Confession
Time of Silent Confession Rev. Nathan Titus Words of Assurance
*The 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. Amen.
*4th Sunday Confession of Faith (taken from Westminster Confession of Faith)
We believe God requires of us faith in Jesus Christ and repentance unto life to escape the wrath and curse of God due to us for sin;
We believe by His free grace we are effectually called, justified, and sanctified, and gathered into the visible church out of which there is no ordinary possibility of salvation;
We believe that we also are given in this life such accompanying benefits as assurance of God’s love, peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Spirit, increase of grace, and perseverance therein to the end.
We believe that at death, we are made perfect in holiness and immediately pass into glory; we shall openly be acknowledged and acquitted in the Day of Judgment, and we believe we are made perfectly blessed in the fully enjoying of God for all eternity. Amen.
Psalter Reading (Psalm 63) Page 807
O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.
Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.
My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.
They who seek my life will be destroyed; they will go down to the depths of the earth.
They will be given over to the sword and become food for jackals.
But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by God will praise him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced.
Pastoral Prayer and 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. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Offertory "His Eye is on the Sparrow"
(Jocelyn Crosby & Lisa Burns, flute)
*Doxology
Sermon Text Mark 3:20-35 Page 838
Sermon “The Family of Christ” Dr. Drew DiNardo
*Closing Hymn 460 “Amazing Grace”
1 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.
2 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved;
how precious did that grace appear
the hour I first believed!
3 Thro' many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
'tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
and grace will lead me home.
4 The Lord has promised good to me,
his Word my hope secures;
he will my shield and portion be,
as long as life endures.
5 And when this flesh and heart shall fail,
and mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess within the veil
a life of joy and peace.
6 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.
*Benediction
*Congregation Three-fold Amen
*Postlude “Fugue in F” (BWV 540b) J.S. Bach
Sunday Morning Order of Worship
ORDER OF WORSHIP
August 23, 2026
*Indicates those able may stand
When the prelude begins, please quiet your hearts in preparation for worship
Prelude
“Vater unser im Himmelreich” (BWV 636) J.S. Bach (Our Father in heaven)
“Prelude on ‘Windsor’” H. Willan (Great God, how infinite Thou art)
Welcome and Announcements Dr. Drew DiNardo
Preparation for Worship Dr. Stuart Sacks
*Call to Worship (Adapted from Isaiah 55:6-7)
One: Seek the LORD while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near.
All: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts.
One: Let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion on him—and to our God, for He will
abundantly pardon.
*Invocation
*Hymn 302 “Come, Christians, Join to Sing”
1 Come, Christians, join to sing
Alleluia! Amen!
loud praise to Christ our King;
Alleluia! Amen!
let all, with heart and voice,
before his throne rejoice;
praise is his gracious choice.
Alleluia! Amen!
2 Come, lift your hearts on high,
Alleluia! Amen!
let praises fill the sky;
Alleluia! Amen!
he is our Guide and Friend;
to us he’ll condescend;
his love shall never end.
Alleluia! Amen!
3 Praise yet our Christ again,
Alleluia! Amen!
life shall not end the strain;
Alleluia! Amen!
on heaven’s blissful shore,
his goodness we’ll adore,
singing forevermore,
"Alleluia! Amen!”
Call to Confession
Time of Silent Confession Rev. Nathan Titus Words of Assurance
*The 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. Amen.
*4th Sunday Confession of Faith (taken from Westminster Confession of Faith)
We believe God requires of us faith in Jesus Christ and repentance unto life to escape the wrath and curse of God due to us for sin;
We believe by His free grace we are effectually called, justified, and sanctified, and gathered into the visible church out of which there is no ordinary possibility of salvation;
We believe that we also are given in this life such accompanying benefits as assurance of God’s love, peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Spirit, increase of grace, and perseverance therein to the end.
We believe that at death, we are made perfect in holiness and immediately pass into glory; we shall openly be acknowledged and acquitted in the Day of Judgment, and we believe we are made perfectly blessed in the fully enjoying of God for all eternity. Amen.
Psalter Reading (Psalm 63) Page 807
O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.
Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.
My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.
They who seek my life will be destroyed; they will go down to the depths of the earth.
They will be given over to the sword and become food for jackals.
But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by God will praise him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced.
Pastoral Prayer and 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. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Offertory "His Eye is on the Sparrow"
(Jocelyn Crosby & Lisa Burns, flute)
*Doxology
Sermon Text Mark 3:20-35 Page 838
Sermon “The Family of Christ” Dr. Drew DiNardo
*Closing Hymn 460 “Amazing Grace”
1 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.
2 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved;
how precious did that grace appear
the hour I first believed!
3 Thro' many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
'tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
and grace will lead me home.
4 The Lord has promised good to me,
his Word my hope secures;
he will my shield and portion be,
as long as life endures.
5 And when this flesh and heart shall fail,
and mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess within the veil
a life of joy and peace.
6 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.
*Benediction
*Congregation Three-fold Amen
*Postlude “Fugue in F” (BWV 540b) J.S. Bach
August 23, 2026