Sunday, July 6, 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
“O God, Our Help in Ages Past”
W. Croft / W. T. Best
“Morning Has Broken”
Traditional Tune
RINGING OF THE BELL
CHORAL INTROIT
“All Praise to Our Redeeming Lord”
Charles Wesley / C. Glaser arr. L. Mason
CALL TO WORSHIP
Mrs. Nancy Ann Gillan
President, OGCMA
Inspired by 2 Chronicles 7:14
Leader: If God’s people,
who are called by His name,
will humble themselves and pray…
People: The Lord God will hear from heaven.
Leader: If God’s people will humble themselves and seek His face…
People: The Lord God will forgive our sin.
Leader: If God’s people will humble themselves and turn from their wicked ways…
People: The Lord God will heal our land.
Leader: Lord, may Your eyes be open to Your children offering prayers in this place.
People: Lord, may Your ears be attentive to our prayers offered in this place!
*HYMN
“God of the Ages”
Daniel C. Roberts / George W. Warren
God of the ages, whose almighty hand
Leads forth in beauty all the starry band
Of shining worlds
in splendor through the skies,
Our grateful songs before Thy throne arise.
Thy love divine hath led us in the past;
In this free land with Thee our lot is cast;
Be Thou our ruler, guardian, guide, and stay,
Thy Word our law,
Thy paths our chosen way.
From war’s alarms, from deadly pestilence,
Be Thy strong arm our ever sure defense;
Thy true religion in our hearts increase;
Thy bounteous goodness
nourish us in peace.
Refresh Thy people on their toilsome way;
Lead us from night to never-ending day;
Fill all our lives with love and grace divine,
And glory, laud, and praise be ever Thine.
*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
Mr. Richard Deetz, Esq.
Trustee, OGCMA
GREETING
Mrs. Nancy Ann Gillan
President, OGCMA
OFFERTORY
Laura Zahn
Mezzo-Soprano
“On Eagle’s Wings”
Michael Joncas / arr. Mark Hayes
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
“America the Beautiful”
Bates / Ward
O beautiful for spacious skies,
for amber waves of grain;
For purple mountain majesties
above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
from sea to shining sea.
O beautiful for heroes proved
in liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life!
America! America! May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness
and every gain divine.
O beautiful for patriot dream
that sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam,
undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self control,
thy liberty in law.
ANTHEM
“The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
Arr. P. Wilhousky
Mine eyes have seen the glory
of the coming of the Lord.
He is trampling out the vintage
Where the grapes of wrath are stored.
He hath loosed the fateful lightning
Of His terrible swift sword.
His truth is marching on.
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching on!
I have seen Him in the watchfires
of a hundred circling camps.
They have builded Him an altar
in the evening dews and damps.
I can read His righteous sentence
By the dim and flaring lamps,
His day is marching on.
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching on!
In the beauty of the lilies,
Christ was born across the sea.
With a glory in His bosom
that transfigures you and me.
As He died to make men holy,
Let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching on!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching on!
Amen.
SERMON
Pastor Vito Aiuto
Lead Pastor & Elder
Lower Manhattan Community Church
*CLOSING HYMN
“God of Grace and God of Glory”
Fosdick / Hughes
God of grace and God of glory,
on Thy people pour Thy power;
Crown Thine ancient church’s story;
Bring her bud to glorious flower.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,
For the facing of this hour,
for the facing of this hour.
Lo! the hosts of evil round us
scorn Thy Christ, assail His ways!
Fears and doubts too long have bound us;
Free our hearts to work and praise.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,
For the living of these days,
for the living of these days.
Cure Thy children’s warring madness,
Bend our pride to Thy control;
Shame our wanton, selfish gladness,
Rich in things and poor in soul.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,
Lest we miss Thy kingdom’s goal,
lest we miss Thy kingdom’s goal.
Save us from weak resignation
to the evils we deplore;
Let the search for Thy salvation
be our glory evermore.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,
Serving Thee whom we adore,
serving Thee whom we adore.
BENEDICTION
Reprise, “God of Grace and God of Glory”
POSTLUDE
Amen
Dresden
After- Service Prayer:
You are welcome to come to the altar rail
for prayer
