Blessings
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Sunday, August 24th, 2025
Call to Worship and Prayer: Isaiah 8:9-10
Hymn #118, “A Mighty Fortress is Our God”
Offering and Doxology
Hymn #117, “A Shelter in the Time of Storm”
Praise and Prayers
Responsive Scripture: Isaiah 8:11-22
11 This is what the Lord says to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people:
13 The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread.
14 He will be a holy place; for both Israel and Judah he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare.
15 Many of them will stumble; they will fall and be broken, they will be snared and captured.”
16 Bind up this testimony of warning and seal up God’s instruction among my disciples.
17 I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my trust in him.
18 Here am I, and the children the Lord has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the Lord Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.
The Darkness Turns to Light
19 When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
20 Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
21 Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.
22 Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.
Hymn #120, “He Hideth My Soul”
Special Music: “Wanted”
by Danny Gokey
Sermon, “Wanted”
Hymn #18, “The Love Of God”
Prayers:
Mary Sherwood, Don and Mike Shipley, Sherrie Thompson, cancer, Davie Warren - cancer, back, Dr. Woltemath - cancer, Lynn Handy - at home, bad back, Barb Handy - caregiver, Bev Powles - back surgery, Betty Moyer - procedure, Chris Auten - health concerns, Rich Hobbfast - Jan’s friend, not well, Lucy Roth - lymphatic leukemia (Beth’s friend), Mindy’s Dad, Zane Burge - looking for employment, Damon Birkby - Hungary for work (4 months), Penny - a lot of shoulder pain, Ellie - caregiver, Linda and Ray Hendrickson - alzheimers, The Art Smith Family (Diane Birkby’s Father), Unspoken and personal prayers
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September 7th: Sunday School begins
Old churches must not simply stand as monuments to the past but as spiritual grandparents that have invested in the future by passing on their life to others and releasing their offspring to form new congregations. ~ unknown
Today's Sunday Church Share...
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Percy's Tidbit
Pray before you overthink.
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Have a great week
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