First United Presbyterian Church

Outdoor Worship

10:00am Sunday, September 13, 2020

Bailey Retreat
106th Avenue & 95th Street
Coal Valley, Illinois

Since printed bulletins will not be provided today, you are encouraged to print the order of service at home and bring it with you to the Bailey retreat, or access this page with your smartphone during the service.

For those who cannot join us at Bailey Retreat, we understand. We love you and miss you. The sermon will be shared with you via email and posted online.

Giving of Tithes and Offerings

An offering will not be taken during the worship service today. You are able to give online, through the mail, or through your bank’s bill pay service. In this time of need, your financial support is greatly appreciated.

Prelude

Jim Sanderlin, Director of Worship

Welcome & Announcements

Call to Worship

Psalm 104:1, 33-34
Leader: Bless the Lord, O my soul!
    O Lord my God, you are very great!
People: I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
    I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
All: May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.
Leader: Amen! Let us worship God!

hymn of praise

O Worship the King (based on Psalm 104)
words: Robert Grant
music: J. Michael Haydn

O worship the King all-glorious above,
and gratefully sing his power and his love:
our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days,
pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise.

O tell of his might and sing of his grace,
whose robe is the light, whose canopy space.
His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,
and dark is his path on the wings of the storm.

Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;
it streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
and sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.

Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
in Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail.
Thy mercies, how tender, how firm to the end,
our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend!

Prayer of Adoration

Confession and Assurance

Individual Prayer

Corporate Prayer God, Be Merciful to Me (Psalm 51)
words: The Psalter, 1912, alt.
music: Richard Redhead

God, be merciful to me,
on Your grace I rest my plea;
Your compassions overflow;
blot out my transgressions now;
wash me, make me pure within,
cleanse, O cleanse me from my sin.

My transgressions I confess,
grief and guilt my soul oppress;
I have sinned against Your grace
and provoked You to Your face;
I confess Your judgment just,
speechless, in Your mercy trust.

Broken, humbled to the dust
by Your wrath and judgment just,
let my contrite heart rejoice
and in gladness hear Your voice;
from my sins, O hide Your face,
blot them out in boundless grace.

Gracious God, my heart renew,
make my spirit right and true;
let me not abandoned be,
let Your Spirit dwell in me;
Your salvation’s joy impart,
steadfast make my willing heart.

Assurance of Pardon Isaiah 44:21b-23

21b I formed you; you are my servant;
    O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
22 I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud
    and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.

23 Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it;
    shout, O depths of the earth;
break forth into singing, O mountains,
    O forest, and every tree in it!
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
    and will be glorified in Israel.

Hymn of Assurance

Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)
original words: John Newton
original music: American folk tune
additional words and music: Chris Tomlin & Louis Giglio
©2006 sixsteps Music

Amazing grace! how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost, but now I'm found;
Was blind, but now I see.

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!

My chains are gone! I've been set free.
My God, my Savior, has ransomed me,
And like a flood His mercy rains
Unending love, amazing grace.

The Lord has promised good to me.
His word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine,
But God who called me here below
Will be forever mine,
Will be forever mine.
You are forever mine.

OLD Testament Reading

Psalm 119:161-168 Ron Barman

161 Princes persecute me without cause,
    but my heart stands in awe of your words.
162 I rejoice at your word
    like one who finds great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood,
    but I love your law.
164 Seven times a day I praise you
    for your righteous rules.
165 Great peace have those who love your law;
    nothing can make them stumble.
166 I hope for your salvation, O Lord,
    and I do your commandments.
167 My soul keeps your testimonies;
    I love them exceedingly.
168 I keep your precepts and testimonies,
    for all my ways are before you.  

Congregational Prayer and the lord’s prayer

Greg Lehmann

Sermon

Pursuing Peace
Romans 14:13-19
Matt Hampson, Youth Director

13 Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. 14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean. 15 For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died. 16 So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. 19 So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

20 Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. 21 It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble. 22 The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves. 23 But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.

hymn of response

Like a River Glorious
words: Frances Havergal
music: James Mountain

Like a river glorious, is God’s perfect peace,
Over all victorious, in its bright increase;
Perfect, yet it floweth, fuller every day,
Perfect, yet it groweth, deeper all the way.

Stayed upon Jehovah, hearts are fully blest
Finding, as He promised, perfect peace and rest.

Hidden in the hollow of His blessed hand,
Never foe can follow, never traitor stand;
Not a surge of worry, not a shade of care,
Not a blast of hurry touch the spirit there.

Every joy or trial falleth from above,
Traced upon our dial by the Sun of Love;
We may trust Him fully all for us to do.
They who trust Him wholly find Him wholly true.

Benediction

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