First United Presbyterian Church
Outdoor Worship
6:00pm Sunday, September 6, 2020
Bailey Retreat
106th Avenue & 95th Street
Coal Valley, Illinois
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Giving of Tithes and Offerings
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Prelude
Lisa Mizeur
Welcome & Prayer
Doug Peterson
Call to Worship
Psalm 136 1-9, 26
Thank GOD! He deserves your thanks.
His love never quits.
Thank the God of all gods,
His love never quits.
Thank the Lord of all lords.
His love never quits.
Thank the miracle-working God,
His love never quits.
The God whose skill formed the cosmos,
His love never quits.
The God who laid out earth on ocean foundations,
His love never quits.
The God who filled the skies with light,
His love never quits.
The sun to watch over the day,
His love never quits.
Moon and stars as guardians of the night,
His love never quits.
Thank God, who did it all!
His love never quits!
hymns of praise
And Can it Be that I Should Gain
words: Charles Wesley
music: Thomas Campbell
And can it be that I should gain
An interest in the Savior's blood?
Died He for me, who caused His pain--
For me, who Him to death pursued?
Amazing love! How can it be,
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?
Amazing love! How can it be,
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?
He left His Father's throne above,
So free, so infinite His grace!
Emptied Himself and came in love,
And bled for Adam's helpless race!
'Tis mercy all, immense and free,
For O my God, it found out me!
'Tis mercy all, immense and free,
For O my God, it found out me!
Long my imprisoned spirit lay,
Fast bound in sin and nature's night.
Thine eye diffused a quickening ray;
I woke- the dungeon flamed with light;
My chains fell off, my heart was free,
I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.
My chains fell off, my heart was free,
I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.
No condemnation now I dread:
Jesus, and all in Him, is mine!
Alive in Him, my living Head,
And clothed in righteousness divine.
Bold I approach th'eternal throne,
And claim the crown, through Christ my own.
Bold I approach th'eternal throne,
And claim the crown, through Christ my own.
All Glory Be to Christ
words: Dustin Kensrue
music: traditional Scottish
©2012 We Are Younger We Are Faster Music
Should nothing of our efforts stand,
No legacy survive;
Unless the Lord does raise the house
In vain its builders strive.
To you who boast tomorrow’s gain,
Tell me what is your life?
A mist that vanishes at dawn,
All glory be to Christ!
All glory be to Christ our king!
All glory be to Christ!
His rule and reign will ever sing,
All glory be to Christ!
His will be done, His kingdom come,
On earth as is above;
Who is Himself our daily bread,
Praise Him the Lord of love.
Let living water satisfy
The thirsty without price;
We’ll take a cup of kindness yet,
All glory be to Christ!
When on the day the great I AM,
The Faithful and the True;
The Lamb, who was for sinners slain,
Is making all things new.
Behold our God shall live with us
And be our steadfast light,
And we shall ere his people be,
All glory be to Christ!
Confession and Assurance
Individual Prayer
Corporate Prayer
Assurance of Pardon Psalm 103:8-12
GOD is sheer mercy and grace;
not easily angered, he’s rich in love.
He doesn’t endlessly nag and scold,
nor hold grudges forever.
He doesn’t treat us as our sins deserve,
nor pay us back in full for our wrongs.
As high as heaven is over the earth,
so strong is his love to those who fear him.
And as far as sunrise is from sunset,
he has separated us from our sins.
Friends, believe the Good News, the Gospel:
In Jesus Christ we are forgiven.
Hymn of Assurance
The Power of the Cross
by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend
©2005 Thankyou Music
Oh, to see the dawn
Of the darkest day:
Christ on the road to Calvary.
Tried by sinful men,
Torn and beaten, then
Nailed to a cross of wood.
Oh, to see the pain
Written on Your face,
Bearing the awesome weight of sin.
Ev'ry bitter thought,
Ev'ry evil deed
Crowning Your bloodstained brow.
This, the pow'r of the cross:
Christ became sin for us;
Took the blame, bore the wrath;
We stand forgiven at the cross.
Now the daylight flees;
Now the ground beneath
Quakes as its Maker bows His head.
Curtain torn in two,
Dead are raised to life;
"Finished!" the vict'ry cry.
This, the pow'r of the cross:
Christ became sin for us;
Took the blame, bore the wrath;
We stand forgiven at the cross.
Oh, to see my name
Written in the wounds,
For through Your suffering I am free.
Death is crushed to death;
Life is mine to live,
Won through Your selfless love.
This, the pow'r of the cross:
Son of God slain for us.
What a love! What a cost!
We stand forgiven at the cross.
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPEr
Invitation Bob Dontje
Words of Institution
Prayer
Communion
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Affirmation of Faith The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord;
who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
born of the Virgin Mary;
suffered under Pontius Pilate;
was crucified, dead and buried;
He descended into hell;
the third day He rose from the dead;
He ascended into Heaven and
sits at the right hand of God
the Father Almighty;
from thence He shall come
to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost;
the holy *catholic church;
the communion of saints;
the forgiveness of sins;
the Resurrection of the body;
and the life everlasting.
*universal
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.
OLD Testament Reading
Psalm 133 Jeff Havenner
1 Behold, how good and pleasant it is
when brothers dwell in unity!
2 It is like the precious oil on the head,
running down on the beard,
on the beard of Aaron,
running down on the collar of his robes!
3 It is like the dew of Hermon,
which falls on the mountains of Zion!
For there the LORD has commanded the blessing,
life forevermore.
Congregational Prayer and the lord’s prayer
Bob Dontje
Sermon
Pursue Reconciliation
Matthew 18:15-20
Jim Sanderlin
15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. 18 Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 19 Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
hymn of response
It is Well With My Soul
words: Horatio Spafford
music: Philip P. Bliss
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control:
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
My sin- oh, the bliss of this glorious thought-
My sin- not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so—it is well with my soul.
Benediction
Numbers 6:24-26
24 The LORD bless you and keep you;
25 the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
26 the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
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