Worship Guide
November 9, 2025
Call to Worship
Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O LORD. How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.
Psalm 36:5-9(ESV)
Worshiping God by Singing
O Love that Will Not Let Me Go
O Love that will not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in Thee;
I give Thee back the life I owe
That in Thine ocean’s depths its flow
May richer, fuller be.
O Light that followest all my way
I yield my flickering torch to Thee,
My heart restores its borrowed ray
That in Thy sunshine’s blaze its day
May brighter, fairer be.
O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to Thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain
And feel the promise is not vain
That morn shall tearless be
O Cross that liftest up my head
I dare not ask to fly from Thee
I lay in dust life’s glory dead,
And from the ground there blossoms red
Life that shall endless be
George Matheson | Christopher Miner
© 1997 Christopher Miner Music
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Worshiping God by Confessing Our Sins
Almighty and most merciful Father,
we are thankful that your mercy is higher than the heavens, wider than our wanderings, deeper than all our sin.
Forgive our careless attitudes toward your purposes, our refusal to relieve the suffering of others, our envy of those who have more than we have, our obsession with creating a life of constant pleasure, our indifference to the treasures of heaven, our neglect of your wise and gracious law.
Help us to change our way of life so that we may desire what is good, love what you love, and do what you command, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Worshiping God by Confessing Our Hope
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20
Worshiping God by Singing
Not What my Hands
Not what my hands have done
can save my guilty soul;
not what my toiling flesh has borne
can make my spirit whole.
Not what I feel or do
can give me peace with God;
not all my prayers and sighs and tears
can bear my awful load.
These guilty hands are raised,
filthy rags are all I bring
And I have come to hide beneath your wings
These holy hands are raised,
washed in the fountain of your grace
And now I wear your righteousness.
Thy work alone, oh Christ,
can ease this weight of sin
Thy blood alone, oh Lamb of God,
can give me peace within
Thy love to me, oh God,
not mine, oh Lord, to thee
Can rid me of this dark unrest
and set my spirit free
These guilty hands are raised,
filthy rags are all I bring
And I have come to hide beneath your wings
These holy hands are raised,
washed in the fountain of your grace
And now I wear your righteousness
Thy grace alone, oh God,
to me can pardon speak
Thy power alone, oh Lamb of God,
can this sore bondage break
No other work save thine,
no other blood will do
No strength but that which is divine
can bear me safely through
These guilty hands are raised,
filthy rags are all I bring
And I have come to hide beneath your wings
These holy hands are raised,
washed in the fountain of your grace
And now I wear your righteousness
I praise the God of grace;
I trust his truth and might
He calls me his, I call him mine,
My God, my Joy, my Light
My Lord has saved my life
and freely pardon gives;
I love because he first loved me,
I live because he lives.
Copyright ©1997 Karl Digerness music
Words by Horatius Bonar, Music & alt. text by Karl Digerness
CCLI License #1243365
Worshiping God by Singing
He Will Hold Me Fast
When I fear my faith will fail,
Christ will hold me fast
When the tempter would prevail,
He will hold me fast
I could never keep my hold
through life's fearful path
For my love is often cold,
He must hold me fast.
He will hold me fast
He will hold me fast
For my Savior loves me so
He will hold me fast
Those He saves are His delight,
Christ will hold me fast
Precious in His holy sight,
He will hold me fast
He'll not let my soul be lost,
His promises shall last
Bought by Him at such a cost,
He will hold me fast.
He will hold me fast
He will hold me fast
For my Savior loves me so
He will hold me fast
For my life He bled and died,
Christ will hold me fast
Justice has been satisfied,
He will hold me fast
Raised with Him to endless life,
He will hold me fast
Till our faith is turned to sight,
When He comes at last.
He will hold me fast
He will hold me fast
For my Savior loves me so
He will hold me fast
© 2013 Getty Music Publishing (Admin. by Music Services, Inc.)
Matthew Merker Music (Admin. by Music Services, Inc.)
Ada Ruth Habershon | Matthew Merker
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Prayer
Missionary of the Week: Bill and Cheryl Nikides
PEF Ministry
Community Church of the Week: Alice Drive Baptist Church
Presbytery Church of the Week: Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church
Rev. Stacey Severance
Worshiping God by Hearing His Word
Series: High Hopes
Sermon: A Living Hope
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 1:3-5
All who trust in Jesus have a ____________ ____________.
This hope is “____________” because ____________ is ____________.
Because Jesus has been raised from the dead, we who believe have ____________ ____________ as well.
This living hope contains the promise that we are ____________ by God’s ____________ for the glorious ____________ of our ____________ ____________.
So let’s ____________ ____________ this ____________ ____________ we have in Christ.
Worshiping God by Singing
Because He Lives (Amen)
I believe in the Son
I believe in the Risen One
I believe I overcome
By the power of His blood
Amen, amen
I'm alive, I'm alive because He lives
Amen, amen
Let my song join the one that never ends
Because He lives
I was dead in the grave
I was covered in sin and shame
I heard mercy call my name
He rolled the stone away
Amen, amen
I'm alive, I'm alive because He lives
Amen, amen
Let my song join the one that never ends
Because He lives I can face tomorrow
Because He lives ev'ry fear is gone
I know He holds my life
My future in His hand
Amen, amen
I'm alive, I'm alive because He lives
Amen, amen
Let my song join the one that never ends
Because He lives
Amen, amen
I'm alive, I'm alive because He lives
Amen, amen
Let my song join the one that never ends
Because He lives
Because He lives
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Chris Tomlin, Daniel Carson, Ed Cash, Gloria Gaither, Jason Ingram,
Matt Maher, William J. Gaither
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Benediction
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Romans 15:13