September 20, 2026
WE GATHER IN AWE AND PRAISE
PRELUDE “Morning Has Broken” arr. Lisa Hoekstra
INTROIT "Make a Joyful Noise" Karle Erikson
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 by Rev. Daniel B. Randall
One: We are met in the presence of God
All: And we do not meet alone.
One: With the angels in the highest heaven
All: We gather to worship the Lord.
One: With Abraham and Sarah
All: We gather to worship the Lord.
One: With the saints of every age
All: We gather to worship the Lord.
One: We embark on our own journey of faith
All: God’s Holy name be praised.
One: God makes of us a people of blessing
All: God’s Holy name be praised.
One: In the desert and in the den, in barrio or basilica
All: God’s Holy name be praised.
One: We journey in the presence of God.
All: And we do not journey alone.
One: Let us worship God.
*HYMN 291 “Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness” SPIRIT
*PRAYER OF CONFESSION Ed Kinschner
God of the long road, we confess that we like to stay put. We would rather guard what we have than open our hands and let it go. We build fences where you asked for tables. We hold on to good things until they spoil in our grip. We have been generous when it was easy and cautious when it cost us something.
Forgive us. Loosen our hands. Set us moving again that you might bless the world through our living.
Silence is kept for individual confession… 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
ANTHEM “Draw the Circle Wide” Mark Miller
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE Jeremy Carroll
PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE Genesis 12:1-9 CEB
The Lord said to Abram, “Leave your land, your family, and your father’s household for the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation and will bless you. I will make your name respected, and you will be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you, those who curse you I will curse; all the families of the earth will be blessed because of you.”
Abram left just as the Lord told him, and Lot went with him. Now Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran. Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all of their possessions, and those who became members of their household in Haran; and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan, Abram traveled through the land as far as the sacred place at Shechem, at the oak of Moreh. The Canaanites lived in the land at that time. The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I give this land to your descendants,” so Abram built an altar there to the Lord who appeared to him. From there he traveled toward the mountains east of Bethel and pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshipped in the Lord’s name. Then Abram set out toward the arid southern plain, making and breaking camp as he went.
SERMON Rev Trip Porch
WE RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD
*HYMN INSERT “Lord, You Have Lavished on Your Land” MELITA
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE followed by the Lord’s Prayer
TIME OF OFFERING online giving is available at www. indianolapres.org/give
OFFERTORY “The God of Sarah Praise” arr. James Michael Stevens
*OFFERTORY RESPONSE 709 “God, We Honor You” ABUNDANT BLESSINGS
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
God, we have been blessed so that we might be a blessing. Take what we return to you and send it out past us, farther than we will ever see. Amen.
*HYMN INSERT “The God of Sarah Praise” LEONI
TIME OF COMMUNITY SHARING
CHARGE & BENEDICTION
BENEDICTION RESPONSE "The Grace of Our Lord Jesus" James A. Brown Jr.
arr. K. Lee Scott
POSTLUDE “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” arr. Brent Edstrom
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