Sunday, August 22, 2021

Prelude

Welcome & News of the Church

Call to Worship

Opening Hymn - (#466) "What a Friend We Have in Jesus"

Children's Message, presented by Keri Scroggins

Confession, Assurance, and Gloria Patri, led by Rev. Sharon Yagerlener

Praise Songs

Sermon - "Character Matters" (Esther 4:1-3, 12-16) - by Rev. Jason Griffice

Hymn of Response - (#495) "It Is Well with My Soul"

Offertory - "Chariot's Comin'!" (arr. Don Besig) - by Sam Allen and Brian Cich

Doxology

Pastoral Prayer, led by Rev. Sharon Yagerlener

Sending Hymn - (#402) "O Jesus, I Have Promised"

Benediction

Postlude

What a Friend We Have in Jesus

What a friend we have in Jesus, 

All our sins and griefs to bear! 

What a privilege to carry 

Everything to God in prayer! 

O what peace we often forfeit, 

O what needless pain we bear, 

All because we do not carry 

Everything to God in prayer. 

Have we trials and temptations? 

Is there trouble anywhere? 

We should never be discouraged—

Take it to the Lord in prayer! 

Can we find a friend so faithful, 

Who will all our sorrows share? 

Jesus knows our every weakness—

Take it to the Lord in prayer! 

Are we weak and heaven-laden, 

Cumbered with a load of care? 

Precious Savior, still our refuge—

Take it to the Lord in prayer! 

Do thy friends despise, forsake thee? 

Take it to the Lord in prayer! 

In His arms He'll take and shield thee—

Thou wilt find a solace there. 

It Is Well with My Soul

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, 

When sorrows like sea billows roll— 

Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, 

It is well, it is will with my soul. 

CHORUS: 

It is well (it is well)

With my soul (with my soul)

It is well, it is well with my soul.

My sin—O the joy of this glorious thought—

My sin, not in par, but the whole, 

Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more: 

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul. 

[CHORUS]

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. 

[CHORUS]

O Jesus, I Have Promised

O Jesus, I have promised 

To serve The to the end; 

Be Thou forever near me, 

My Master and my Friend; 

I shall not fear the battle 

If Thou art by my side, 

Nor wander from the pathway 

If Thou wilt be my Guide. 

O let me feel Thee near me, 

The world is ever near; 

I see the sights that dazzle, 

The tempting sounds I hear; 

My foes are ever near me, 

Around me and within; 

But, Jesus, draw Thou nearer, 

And shield my soul from sin. 

O Jesus, Thou hast promised 

To all who follow Thee 

That where Thou art in glory 

There shall Thy servant be; 

And, Jesus, I have promised 

To serve Thee to the end; 

O give me grace to follow 

My Master and my Friend

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