Grace Presbyterian Church WOrship Bulletin
October 19, 2025
Order of Worship
October 19, 2025 - Order of Worship
Rev. Dr. Stephen A. Kisslinger, Guest Preacher
Frank Cicciarello, Elder on Call
Grace Presbyterian Church
Following Jesus, we love, welcome, and serve.
Welcome & Announcements
Prelude "I Will Serve Thee” arr. F. Bock
Call to Worship:
Almighty God, our Creator, we give you thanks that you rested after your creative work on the seventh day. Jesus, Son of God, Redeemer, we thank you for teaching us that the Sabbath is made for the blessing and benefit of human beings and all creatures. Holy Spirit, sustainer and renewer of life, we give you thanks for centering our lives in You. Like spokes in a wheel: work, rest, worship, relationship, nurture, learning, laughter, and play balance our lives. Holy Spirit, we rely on your intervention to follow Jesus in Loving God and Neighbor with deeds, words, feelings, thoughts, songs, and prayer. Come let us worship the God of Service and Sabbath. Let the service of worship begin!
**Hymn #644 “Give Thanks, O Christian People"
**Affirmation of Faith
In life and death we belong to God. We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God. We trust in God, whom Jesus called Abba, Father. In sovereign love God created the world good and makes everyone equally in God’s image, of every race and people, to live in one community. We trust in God the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life. With believers in every time and place, we rejoice that nothing in life or in death can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Moment for Stewardship John Douds
Time with Young Disciples (10:15) Dimes for Hunger Collection
Anthem (10:15) "Take My Life and Let It Be Consecrated" Grace Notes Choir
Scripture Genesis 3: 8-21 - Adam and Eve. Work is a curse, and so is childbearing …
Proverbs 31: 10-31 - The exceptional value of a hardworking and virtuous wife
Matthew 9: 36-38 - Work is sharing in Jesus' mission … laborers
1 Corinthians 12: 4-7, 12-13 - Christian service does recognize our uniqueness; different gifts … one body
Message “Can Christians Ever Retire?”
Prayers of the People with the 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.
**Hymn #824 “Near to the Heart of God"
**Benediction
**Choral Blessing (face center aisle to bless one another)
May the road rise to meet you, may the wind blow at your back, may the sun shine warmly on your face, may the rain fall softly on your field, and, until we meet again, until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of God’s hand.
Postlude
**congregation standing in body or spirit
congregational responses in bold
lyrics printed with permission under One License #A-737483 and CCLI License #2545718
Prelude "I Will Serve Thee” arr. F. Bock
Call to Worship:
Almighty God, our Creator, we give you thanks that you rested after your creative work on the seventh day. Jesus, Son of God, Redeemer, we thank you for teaching us that the Sabbath is made for the blessing and benefit of human beings and all creatures. Holy Spirit, sustainer and renewer of life, we give you thanks for centering our lives in You. Like spokes in a wheel: work, rest, worship, relationship, nurture, learning, laughter, and play balance our lives. Holy Spirit, we rely on your intervention to follow Jesus in Loving God and Neighbor with deeds, words, feelings, thoughts, songs, and prayer. Come let us worship the God of Service and Sabbath. Let the service of worship begin!
**Hymn #644 “Give Thanks, O Christian People"
**Affirmation of Faith
In life and death we belong to God. We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God. We trust in God, whom Jesus called Abba, Father. In sovereign love God created the world good and makes everyone equally in God’s image, of every race and people, to live in one community. We trust in God the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life. With believers in every time and place, we rejoice that nothing in life or in death can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Moment for Stewardship John Douds
Time with Young Disciples (10:15) Dimes for Hunger Collection
Anthem (10:15) "Take My Life and Let It Be Consecrated" Grace Notes Choir
Scripture Genesis 3: 8-21 - Adam and Eve. Work is a curse, and so is childbearing …
Proverbs 31: 10-31 - The exceptional value of a hardworking and virtuous wife
Matthew 9: 36-38 - Work is sharing in Jesus' mission … laborers
1 Corinthians 12: 4-7, 12-13 - Christian service does recognize our uniqueness; different gifts … one body
Message “Can Christians Ever Retire?”
Prayers of the People with the 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.
**Hymn #824 “Near to the Heart of God"
**Benediction
**Choral Blessing (face center aisle to bless one another)
May the road rise to meet you, may the wind blow at your back, may the sun shine warmly on your face, may the rain fall softly on your field, and, until we meet again, until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of God’s hand.
Postlude
**congregation standing in body or spirit
congregational responses in bold
lyrics printed with permission under One License #A-737483 and CCLI License #2545718