Sunday, June 15, 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
Pastorale
J. Clokey
“He Leadeth Me! O Blessed Thought”
W. Bradbury / Turk
RINGING OF THE BELL
CHORAL INTROIT
“Come, Thou Almighty King”
Giardini
CALL TO WORSHIP
Mr. Jeff Downing
Trustee, OGCMA
Inspired by 1 Chronicles 16:8-12
Leader: Give praise to the Lord. Proclaim His name!
People: Let us make known among the nations what God has done.
Leader: Sing to God, sing praise to Him!
People: Let us tell of all His wonderful acts.
Leader: Look to the Lord and His strength. Seek His face always.
People: Let us remember the wonders and miracles He has done!
Leader: Glory in His holy name!
People: Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
*HYMN
“Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”
Henry Van Dyke / Ludwig Van Beethoven
Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee,
God of glory, Lord of love;
Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, opening to the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;
drive the dark of doubt away.
Giver of immortal gladness,
fill us with the light of day!
All Thy works with joy surround Thee,
earth and heaven reflect Thy rays,
Stars and angels sing around Thee,
center of unbroken praise.
Field and forest, vale and mountain,
flowery meadow, flashing sea,
Chanting bird and flowing fountain,
call us to rejoice in Thee.
Thou art giving and forgiving,
ever blessing, ever blest,
Well-spring of the joy of living,
ocean depth of happy rest!
Thou our Father, Christ our brother,
all who live in love are Thine;
Teach us how to love each other,
lift us to the joy divine.
Mortals, join the mighty chorus
which the morning stars began;
love divine is reigning o’er us,
binding all within its span.
Ever singing, march we onward,
victors in the midst of strife;
joyful music leads us sunward,
in the triumph song of life.
*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
Mrs. Nancy Ann Gillan
President, OGCMA
GREETING
Mr. Jeff Downing
Trustee, OGCMA
OFFERTORY
Ronald Naldi
Tenor
“The Lord’s Prayer”
A. H. Malotte
*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
“Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee”
Bernard of Clairvaux / John B. Dykes
Jesus, the very thought of thee
with sweetness fills the breast;
but sweeter far thy face to see,
and in thy presence rest.
O hope of every contrite heart,
O joy of all the meek,
to those who fall, how kind thou art!
How good to those who seek!
But what to those who find? Ah, this
nor tongue nor pen can show;
the love of Jesus, what it is,
none but his loved ones know.
Jesus, our only joy be thou,
as thou our prize wilt be;
Jesus, be thou our glory now,
and through eternity.
ANTHEM
“When in Our Music God Is Glorified”
Stanford arr. Ziegenhals
When, in our music God is glorified,
And adoration leaves no room for pride,
It is as though the whole creation cried, Alleluia!
How often, making music, we have found
A new dimension in the world of sound,
As worship moved us to a more profound Alleluia!
So has the Church in liturgy and song,
In faith and love, through centuries of wrong,
Borne witness to the truth in every tongue, Alleluia!
And did not Jesus sing a Psalm that night
When utmost evil strove against the Light?
Then let us sing, for whom He won the fight: Alleluia!
Let every instrument be tuned for praise!
Let all rejoice who have a voice to raise!
And may God give us faith to sing always: Alleluia! Alleluia!
SERMON
Dr. David Ashcraft
President & C.E.O.
Global Leadership Network
*CLOSING HYMN
“To God Be the Glory”
Fanny J. Crosby / William H. Doane
To God be the glory, great things He hath done!
So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,
Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
And opened the life-gate that all may go in.
Refrain:
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
let the earth hear His voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father, thro’ Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory,
great things He hath done!
O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
To every believer the promise of God,
The vilest offender who truly believes,
That moment from Jesus a pardon receives.
[REFRAIN]
Great things He hath taught us,
great things He hath done,
And great our rejoicing
through Jesus the Son;
But purer, and higher and greater will be
Our wonder, our transport,
when Jesus we see. [REFRAIN]
BENEDICTION
“To God Be the Glory” (reprise)
POSTLUDE
Sketch in F Minor, Op. 58 № 3
R. Schumann
After- Service Prayer:
You are welcome to come to the altar rail for prayer
