August 2, 2026

WE GATHER IN AWE AND PRAISE

PRELUDE                                                                         “Morning Has Broken”                                                    arr. Melody Bober

                                                                                                             Guest Musician: Lynn Singleton                                                                              

WELCOME                                                                    Rev. Trip Porch

One: This is the day that the Lord has made

All: Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

*CALL TO WORSHIP

One: Come into God’s sanctuary, out from the burdensome realities of our world
‍ ‍Many: We come, the gathered and the scattered, the steady and the tired.
‍ ‍One: You do not have to be the strongest one here.
‍ ‍Many: We come as we are, and grace is enough.
‍ ‍One: God has been saying your name since before you could answer.
‍ ‍Many: So we worship the One who chose us first. Amen.

*HYMN 741                                                                                         “Guide My Feet”                                                               GUIDE MY FEET

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION                                                                               Rebekah Gayley

God of grace, For too long we’ve tried to be strong enough on our own. We size up what we are facing and decide we do not measure up. We forget that our strength was never the point.

You have offered us grace we cannot earn and community to hold us up and still we reach with our own hands first. Turn us back to you. Hold us when we cannot hold ourselves and teach us to lean on the One who does not quit. Amen.

*ASSURANCE OF PARDON

*RESPONSE OF PRAISE 582   “Glory to God, Whose Goodness Shines on Me”   GLORY TO GOD

*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

MUSCAL OFFERING                       “How Great Thou Art”                                     arr. Ann Britt Guest Musician: Lynn Singleton 

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE                                                        Sharon Renkes

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

SCRIPTURE   2 Timothy 2:1-2; 8-15   CEB

So, my child, draw your strength from the grace that is in Christ Jesus. Take the things you heard me say in front of many other witnesses and pass them on to faithful people who are also capable of teaching others.

Remember Jesus Christ, who was raised from the dead and descended from David. This is my good news. This is the reason I’m suffering to the point that I’m in prison like a common criminal. But God’s word cannot be imprisoned. This is why I endure everything for the sake of those who are chosen by God so that they too may experience salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. This saying is reliable:

“If we have died together, we will also live together.

       If we endure, we will also rule together.
        If we deny him, he will also deny us.
If we are disloyal, he stays faithful”
    because he can’t be anything else than what he is.

Remind them of these things and warn them in the sight of God not to engage in battles over words that aren’t helpful and only destroy those who hear them. Make an effort to present yourself to God as a tried-and-true worker, who doesn’t need to be ashamed but is one who interprets the message of truth correctly.

SERMON                                                                                               Rev Trip Porch

WE RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD

*HYMN 69                                                         “Here I Am, Lord”                                                                  HERE I AM

ORDINATION/INSTALLATION   David Blackmore/Elder, Kate Wilkinson, Deacon

TIME OF OFFERING   online giving is available at  www. indianolapres.org/give

 On Sundays where uncredited African American Spirituals are sung, any loose offering will go to support the Columbus Cultural Orchestra, whose mission is to advance a collective of multi-generational musicians of color by performing high-quality jazz, classical, and hip-hop music.

OFFERTORY                           “Aria” from Magnificat, BWV 243                              Johann Sebastian Bach

                                                                                                     Guest Musician: Lynn Singleton                                      arr. Donald Waxman

COMMUNION

INVITATION TO THE TABLE

GREAT PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

SHARING OF BREAD AND CUP    507             “Come to the Table of Grace”                                       TABLE OF GRACE

      PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

Faithful God, you have fed us at a table we did not set, with grace we could not earn.

Send us back out to hold on and to endure. May we carry what we have received to the next hungry, overlooked, waiting person. You have never quit on us. Make us people who will not quit on each other. Amen.

*HYMN 536                        “Rise, O Church, like Christ Arisen”                                           SURGE ECCLESIA

TIME OF COMMUNITY SHARING

Charge & Benediction

POSTLUDE                              “Joyous Sound”                          Robert D. Vandall

Guest Musician: Lynn Singleton

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