July 26, 2026

WE GATHER IN AWE AND PRAISE

PRELUDE                                               “I Bind Unto Myself Today”                         arr.  Valerie A. Floeter

INTROIT                                 “This Is the Day”                                            Pablo Sosa

WELCOME                                                                 Rev. Charlotte O’Neil

One: This is the day that the Lord has made

All: Let us rejoice and be glad in it. l

*CALL TO WORSHIP                                                                                  

        Once:  We come to worship knowing that we do not always worship you the way we ought.

All:  Yet the Spirit assists us where we are weak.

One:  We know that all things work together for those who trust you.

All:  For there is nothing in all creation that can separate us from your love.

*HYMN 410                             “God Is Calling Through the Whisper”                                       W ŻLOBIE LEŻY

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION                                                             Bob Concitis

As we come to admit those things that separate us from God and one another, we are met with grace. Humbly let us pray together:

Spirit of grace, you are beyond our understanding, the one from whom we come and the one to whom we will go. You delight in us; you accept us. Yet so often we find it hard to accept your forgiveness. So once again, we come to your fountain of grace.

Forgive us when we find it difficult to follow your leading into new places. Forgive us for withholding grace from others. Forgive us when we allow our mistakes and messes to guide us instead of trusting in your faithfulness. Breathe new life into us that we might join in your work of renewal of justice for all people. Amen.

 *ASSURANCE OF PARDON

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

*PASSING OF THE PEACE                                                               

     One: The peace of Christ be with you!

     All:      And also with you.

WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD

ANTHEM                               “Let All the World in Every Corner Sing”                          Calvin Hampton

                                                           Mary Rebekah Fortman, Guest Conductor                                   

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE                                                         Mary Rebekah Fortman

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

SCRIPTURE     2 Timothy 1:1-14     NRSVUE

 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, for the sake of the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,

To Timothy, my beloved child:

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

 I am grateful to God—whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did—when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.  Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.  I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, lives in you. For this reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands, for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.

 Do not be ashamed, then, of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel, in the power of God,  who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace, and this grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,  but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.  For this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher,  and for this reason I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that day the deposit I have entrusted to him. Hold to the standard of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.  Guard the good deposit entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit living in us. 

One: Holy wisdom, Holy Word,

All: Thanks be to God

SERMON                                                                         Rev. Charolotte O’Neill

WE RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD

*HYMN 694                                      “Great God of Every Blessing”                                                     AURELIA

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE  followed by the Lord’s Prayer using debts and debtors.

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

OFFERTORY                                     “Breathe on Me, Breathe of God”                                         arr. Mark Hayes

*OFFERTORY RESPONSE  709              “God, We Honor You”                                    ABUNDANT BLESSINGS

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION 

God of power and love, you did not give us a spirit of fear. So we bring these gifts without holding back. Fan them into flame. Use them to guard what is good and to pass on the faith we have received, as it was handed to us by those who came before. We offer our money, our courage, and our lives. Amen.

*HYMN 6                                  “I Bind Unto Myself Today”                                         ST PATRICK: DEIRDRE

TIME OF COMMUNITY SHARING 

CHARGE & BENEDICTION                                                

POSTLUDE                                 “Great God of Every Blessing”                                     arr. Frances McLaren 

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