August 30th, 2026

ORDER OF WORSHIP 

August 30, 2026 

*Indicates those able may stand 

When the prelude begins, please quiet your hearts in preparation for worship 

Prelude 

“Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt” (BWV 637) J.S. Bach (Through Adam’s fall are all corrupt) 

“Nettleton” C. Callahan (Come, Thou Fount of ev’ry blessing) 

Welcome and Announcements Dr. Drew DiNardo

Preparation for Worship Dr. Stuart Sacks 

*Call to Worship (Adapted from 1 Chronicles 16) 

One: Sing to the LORD, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day after day. 

All: Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. 

One: For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods. 

*Invocation 

*Hymn 535 “O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus!”  

1 O the deep, deep love of Jesus! 

Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free; 

rolling as a mighty ocean 

in its fullness over me.

Underneath me, all around me, 

is the current of thy love; 

leading onward, leading homeward, 

to thy glorious rest above. 

2 O the deep, deep love of Jesus! 

Spread his praise from shore to shore; 

how he loveth, ever loveth, 

changeth never, nevermore; 

how he watches o'er his loved ones, 

died to call them all his own; 

how for them he intercedeth, 

watcheth o'er them from the throne. 

3 O the deep, deep love of Jesus! 

Love of ev'ry love the best: 

'tis an ocean vast of blessing, 

'tis a haven sweet of rest. 

O the deep, deep love of Jesus! 

'tis a heav'n of heav'ns to me; 

and it lifts me up to glory, 

for it lifts me up to thee. 

Call to Confession Rev. Nathan Titus

Time of Silent Confession 

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.

*5th Sunday Global Mission Confession of Faith  

(Adapted from various statements, rewritten, and organized by Pastor Drew)  We believe the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of God, the complete revelation of God’s will for the salvation of man and the divine and final authority for all Christian faith, life, and conduct.  We believe the scripture teaches that all men everywhere  are lost and face the judgment of God, and that the atoning  death of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only  ground of justification and salvation for all who believe.  We believe the scripture teaches only those who the Holy Spirit regenerates and receive Jesus Christ by grace through faith are forgiven of their sin, declared righteous  and sealed for the day of redemption; wherein the believer  will be resurrected unto eternal life and the unbeliever unto  eternal damnation.  

We believe the scripture teaches that all Christians must  commit themselves to the ministry of evangelism and  discipleship as Jesus commanded in His great  commission in Matthew 28.  

Therefore, we believe it is the responsibility of our Church to dedicate ourselves to the ministry of local and global missions, through prayer, giving, sending, or being sent all for the glory of God and the expansion of Christ’s Church  and Kingdom. 

Global Missions Scripture Reading Matthew 9:35-38 

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 “This Little Light of Mine” arr. J. Raney (Jocelyn Crosby, flute) 

*Doxology 

Sermon Text Mark 4:1-17 Page 839

Sermon “The Parable of the Sower” Dr. Drew DiNardo

*Hymn 453 “All Authority and Power” 

1 All authority and power,  

every status and domain  

now belongs to him who suffered  

our redemption to obtain;  

Angels, demons, kings and rulers  

over all shall Jesus reign!  

2 All the nations owe him worship;  

every tongue shall call him Lord.  

How are men to call upon him  

if his name they have not heard?  

Therefore go and make disciples,  

preach his gospel, spread his word.  

3 All the clear commands of Jesus  

must be heeded and obeyed;  

full provision for our weakness 

in his teaching he has made:  

in the gospel words and symbols  

saving truth to us conveyed. 

4 All the time he will be with us,  

always, to the end of days  

with his own believing people  

who keep steadfast in his ways.  

God the Father, Son and Spirit  

bless us, and to him the praise! 

*Benediction 

*Congregation Three-fold Amen 

*Postlude “Prelude in D major” (BWV 532a) J.S. Bach