Sunday, June 8, 2025
Morning Worship in the Great Auditorium at 10:30 AM
ORDER OF WORSHIP
Please silence cell phones
* During items marked with an asterisk, those who are able will please stand
PRELUDE
“Prelude in G”
Felix Mendelssohn
RINGING OF THE BELL
CHORAL INTROIT
“When Morning Gilds the Skies”
Caswall/Barnby
CALL TO WORSHIP
Mrs. Nancy Ann Gillan
President
Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association
Inspired by Psalm 93 NIV
Leader:
The Lord reigns. He is robed in majesty and armed with strength.
People:
The seas have lifted up their voice, Lord!
Leader:
The seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
People:
Mightier than the thunder
of the great waters.
Leader:
Mightier than the breakers
of the sea.
People:
The Lord on high is mighty !
Leader:
Your statutes, Lord, stand firm
Together:
Holiness adorns Your house
for endless days!
*HYMN
“Come, We That Love the Lord”
Isaac Watts / Aaron Williams
Come, we that love the Lord,
and let our joys be known;
Join in a song with sweet accord,
and thus surround the throne.
Let those refuse to sing
who never knew our God;
But children of the heavenly King
may speak their joys abroad.
The hill of Zion yields
a thousand sacred sweets
Before we reach the heavenly fields,
or walk the golden streets.
Then let our songs abound,
and every tear be dry;
We’re marching through Emmanuel’s ground,
to fairer worlds on high.
*APOSTLES’ CREED
I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth: and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day He arose from the dead;
He ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen
PRAYER AND LORD’S PRAYER
Rev. Joe Tiedemann
Lead Pastor, St. Paul’s Ocean Grove Church
GREETING
Mrs. Nancy Ann Gillan, President, OGCMA
OFFERTORY
Laura Zahn, Mezzo-Soprano
“Love Bade Me Welcome”
Ralph Vaughan Williams
*USHERS’ MARCH and DOXOLOGY
Praise God from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him all creatures here below:
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Amen
Please remain standing for the singing of the hymn
*HYMN
“Fill Me Now”
Elwood H. Stokes / John R. Sweney
Hover o’er me, Holy Spirit,
Bathe my trembling heart and brow;
Fill me with Thy hallow’d presence,
Come, O come and fill me now.
Refrain:
Fill me now, fill me now,
Jesus, come and fill me now;
Fill me with Thy hallowed presence —
Come, O come and fill me now.
Thou canst fill me, gracious Spirit,
Tho I cannot tell Thee how;
But I need Thee, greatly need Thee,
Come, O come and fill me now. [refrain]
I am weakness, full of weakness,
At Thy sacred feet I bow;
Blest, divine, eternal Spirit,
Fill with pow’r, and fill me now. [refrain]
Cleanse and comfort, bless and save me,
Bathe, O bathe my heart and brow;
Thou art comforting and saving,
Thou art sweetly filling now. [refrain]
ANTHEM
“We Lift Our Voices”
Robert S. Cohen & Ronald Cadmus
We lift our voices, the world rejoices,
With thankful hearts we sing, hearts we sing.
In celebration glorify God’s name
with songs of praise.
God’s grace and majesty proclaim.
Here in our worship and adoration,
We offer God our love.
We lift our vision to see our mission,
The Word of life to share.
Master, Creator, our humble Savior,
We bow before our King, our King.
In reverent silence we seek God’s will,
To live as Christ,
forgiving, serving, sharing, loving.
The Holy Spirit fills us with power,
In faithful ministry.
We lift our voices the world rejoices,
With thankful hearts we sing, hearts we sing.
You are our God and King.
You are our God and King.
SERMON
Dr. DeForest B. Soaries, Jr.
DeForest Soaries Solutions
Somerset, NJ
“Choose the Right Pool”
*CLOSING HYMN
“My Hope Is Built”
Edward Mote / William B. Bradbury
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
Refrain:
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In ev’ry high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil. [refrain]
His oath, His covenant, His blood
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay. [refrain]
When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh may I then in Him be found!
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne! [refrain]
BENEDICTION
“Amen”
C. Wiltse
POSTLUDE
Improvisation on “The Solid Rock”
G. Turk
After- Service Prayer:
You are welcome to come to the altar rail for prayer
