The center of our faith, the center of our week.
Our worship is intergenerational, radically inclusive, and open to everyone
Worship at Indianola
Down-to-earth | Casual | Traditional | Contemplative | Creative
IPC's worship service is filled with beautiful historic and contemporary music and inspiring, relevant messages for all ages.
Each week we reconnect with God and one another through song, prayer, art, and scriptural reflection & dialogue.
We believe faith is something best practiced and shaped in community
and that worship is the best laboratory we have for God to shape us and allow us to experiment with and grow in faith!
Sundays at 10:30 am
Sunday Worship
Join us at 10:30am for worship and community.
Parking is available across the street in our lot.
Online Worship
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Our sanctuary and worship format leans a bit “traditional,”
but you will always find here:
- rich, spirit-filled music drawing from contemporary & historic sources -
- a relevant scriptural message steeped in liberation theology as well as the reformed tradition -
- a radically warm, welcoming, and inclusive community -
- a place to “come-as-you-are” -
Kids of all ages are always welcome to join parents in the sanctuary for all parts of worship on Sunday. God put the wiggles in children, don’t feel you have to suppress it in God’s house. All kids are invited to come down for a special message just for them before the sermon.
For younger kids and nursing parents
At the back of our sanctuary is our Kid’s Carpet with rockers, toys, books, coloring materials and plenty of space for ambitious crawlers and wandering toddlers.
For older kids
At the front of the sanctuary are our Kid’s Table, stocked with activities to engage kids in worship. Parents are encouraged to sit in the front pew and continue to help your child worship.
Kids in Church!
- Worship This Sunday -
March 8, 2026
WE GATHER IN AWE AND PRAISE
PRELUDE “Oh, What Songs of the Heart” arr. Sara Jonassen
WELCOME Rev. Charlotte O’Neil
One: This is the day that the Lord has made
All: Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
*CALL TO WORSHIP based on Psalm 95
One: Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord.
All: We come with gratitude, with longing, with praise.
One: Let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
All: We lift our voices, the strong ones and the trembling ones alike.
One: Let us come before God with thanksgiving, with music and with song.
All: For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all.
One: This morning, we need not be more than we are.
All: We come as we are, and we come to worship.
*HYMN 32 “I Sing the Mighty Power of God” ELLACOMBE
*PRAYER OF CONFESSION Robert Bird
Gracious God, too often we have withheld our praise, waiting until we felt
worthy, waiting until our lives felt orderly, waiting until we had something
impressive to offer. We have silenced our own voices out of shame and grown
distant from you out of fear. Forgive us for forgetting that you are not a
demanding audience, but a loving shepherd. Receive us now, not as we wish we were, but as we are. Amen
*ASSURANCE OF PARDON
*RESPONSE OF PRAISE 851 “Come, Bring Your Burdens to God” Woza Nomthwalo Wakho
*PASSING OF THE PEACE
One: The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all,
All: And also with you.
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE Psalm 95:1-7 THE VOICE
Come, let us worship in song, a joyful offering to the Eternal.
Shout! Shout with joy to the rock of our liberation.
Come face-to-face with God, and give thanks;
with loud and joyful voices, praise Him in songs.
For the Eternal is a great God,
and a great King, supreme over all gods.
Within His control are the very depths of the earth;
the mountaintops too—they all belong to Him.
The sea belongs to Him, for He created it—scooped and filled it—
with His hands He made the dry land—every valley and mountain.
Come, let us worship Him. Everyone bow down;
kneel before the Eternal who made us.
For He is our God
and we are His people, the flock of His pasture,
His sheep protected and nurtured by His hand.
One: Holy wisdom, Holy Word,
All: Thanks be to God
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE Chris Dent
MUSICAL OFFERING Mass No. 2 in G Franz Schubert
Chris McManus, conductor
WE RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE followed by the Lord’s Prayer
Time of Offering online giving is available at www.indianolapres.org/give
OFFERTORY “Andante” from Piano Sonata in E Minor Florence Price
*OFFERTORY RESPOPNSE 698 “Take, O Take Me as I Am” TAKE ME AS I AM
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
Gracious God, we return to you what was always yours. Though these gifts come from hands that are not always steady and hearts that are not always sure, they are given with love. Use them beyond what we can imagine, as you have done with every honest offering brought to you in faith. Amen.
*HYMN 821 “How Can I keep from Singing?” HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING
TIME OF COMMUNITY SHARING
CHARGE & BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE “I Sing the Mighty Power of God” arr. Ashley Qurollo
Acknowledgments: Unless otherwise indicated, all texts and music are printed and broadcast under OneLicense.net license #A-702452
