Sunday, July 13, 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
“Voluntary in G”
Maurice Greene
“Air and Gavotte”
Samuel Wesley
RINGING OF THE BELL
CHORAL INTROIT
“Come, Christians, Join to Sing”
Christian Bateman /
trad. melody arr. Benjamin Carr
CALL TO WORSHIP
Kelly Mooij
Development Committee Chair,
Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association
Inspired by Psalm 23
Leader: Lord, You are my shepherd,
I lack nothing.
People: You make me lie down
in green pastures.
Leader: You lead me beside quiet waters.
People: You refresh my soul.
Leader: You guide me along the right paths for Your name’s sake.
People: Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil.
Leader: For You, Lord, are with me.
Your rod and Your staff:
they comfort me.
People: Surely Your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Your house forever.
*HYMN
“Jesus Shall Reign”
Isaac Watts / John Hatton
Jesus shall reign where’er the sun
Does its successive journeys run;
His kingdom spread from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
To Jesus endless prayer be made,
And endless praises crown His head;
His name like sweet perfume shall rise
With every morning sacrifice.
People and realms of every tongue
Dwell on His love with sweetest song;
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on His name.
Blessings abound where’er He reigns;
All prisoners leap and loose their chains;
The weary find eternal rest,
And all who suffer want are blest.
Let every creature rise and bring
Honors peculiar to our King;
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the loud amen!
*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
Dr. Paul Booker
Trustee, OGCMA
GREETING
Kelly Mooij
Development Committee Chair,
OGCMA
OFFERTORY
Justin Beck
Bass-baritone
“I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked”
Geoffrey O’Hara
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
“The King of Love My Shepherd Is”
Henry Baker / Irish Melody
The King of love my shepherd is,
whose goodness faileth never.
I nothing lack if I am his,
and he is mine forever.
Where streams of living water flow,
my ransomed soul he leadeth;
and where the verdant pastures grow,
with food celestial feedeth.
Perverse and foolish, oft I strayed,
but yet in love he sought me;
and on his shoulder gently laid,
and home, rejoicing, brought me.
In death’s dark vale I fear no ill,
with thee, dear Lord, beside me;
thy rod and staff my comfort still,
thy cross before to guide me.
And so through all the length of days,
thy goodness faileth never;
Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise
within thy house forever.
ANTHEM
“Empty Now”
Joseph Martin
There is a manger far away
where once a tiny child was laid,
where angels sang and shepherds bowed,
long ago, far away; the manger is empty now.
There is a temple far away
where once a teacher went to pray.
He spoke of truth to an angry crowd,
long ago, far away; the temple is empty now.
There is a cross far away
where once a Lamb for sin was slain.
A crown of thorns adorned His brow;
the cross is empty, the cross is empty now.
There is a tomb far away
where once the Lord of Life was laid.
Come and see His linen shroud.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
The tomb is empty now!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
SERMON
Pastor Christian Andrews
Lead Pastor, Renaissance Church
Springfield, NJ
“Follow Me” — Luke 9:23–25
*CLOSING HYMN
“Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross”
Fanny J. Crosby / William H. Doane
Jesus, keep me near the cross,
there a precious fountain
Free to all, a healing stream,
flows from Calvary’s mountain.
In the cross, in the cross,
be my glory ever,
Till my raptured soul shall find
rest beyond the river.
Near the cross, a trembling soul,
love and mercy found me;
There the bright and Morning Star
sheds its beams around me.
In the cross, in the cross,
be my glory ever,
Till my raptured soul shall find
rest beyond the river.
Near the cross! O Lamb of God,
bring its scenes before me;
Help me walk from day to day
with its shadow o’er me.
In the cross, in the cross,
be my glory ever,
Till my raptured soul shall find
rest beyond the river.
Near the cross I’ll watch and wait,
hoping, trusting ever,
Till I reach the golden strand
just beyond the river.
In the cross, in the cross,
be my glory ever,
Till my raptured soul shall find
rest beyond the river.
*BENEDICTION
Reprise, “Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross”
POSTLUDE
“March in F”
Alexandre Guilmant
After- Service Prayer:
You are welcome to come to the altar rail
for prayer
