Sunday, August 24, 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

Grand Chorus

G.F. Handel

Larghetto

Handel

RINGING OF THE BELL

CHORAL INTROIT

“Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart”

Plumptre / Messitery

CALL TO WORSHIP

Mrs. Nancy Ann Gillan

President, OGCMA

Inspired by Jeremiah 29:11-14
and Acts 4:11-12

Leader: “For I know the plans I have for you”, declares the Lord.

People: Plans to prosper and not to harm.

Leader: Plans to give hope.   
Plans to give a future.

People: When we come,
call on and pray to the Lord…

Leader: and when we seek God with all our heart…

People: God will be found.

Leader: Salvation is found in no one else.     
Jesus has become the cornerstone.

People: For there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved!

*HYMN

“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”

Charles Wesley / John Zundel

Love divine, all loves excelling,

Joy of heaven, to earth come down;

Fix in us Thy humble dwelling,

All Thy faithful mercies crown!

Jesus, Thou art all compassion,

Pure, unbounded love Thou art;

Visit us with Thy salvation;

Enter ev’ry trembling heart.

Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit

Into ev’ry troubled breast!

Let us all in Thee inherit,

Let us find that second rest.

Take away our bent to sinning;

Alpha and Omega be;

End of faith, as its beginning,

Set our hearts at liberty.

Come, Almighty to deliver,

Let us all Thy life receive;

Suddenly return and never,

Never more Thy temples leave.

Thee we would be always blessing,

Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,

Pray and praise Thee without ceasing,

Glory in Thy perfect love.

Finish, then, Thy new creation;

Pure and spotless let us be.

Let us see Thy great salvation

Perfectly restored in Thee;

Changed from glory into glory,

Till in heav’n we take our place,

Till we cast our crowns before Thee,

Lost in wonder, love, and praise..

*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. Chris Giammona

Trustee, OGCMA

GREETING

Mrs. Nancy Ann Gillan

President, OGCMA

OFFERTORY

Mr. John C. Burke

Tenor

“If With All Your Heart”

F. Mendelssohn

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

“Shall We Gather at the River”

Robert Lowry

Shall we gather at the river,

where bright angel feet have trod,

with its crystal tide forever

flowing by the throne of God?

Yes, we’ll gather at the river,

the beautiful, the beautiful river;

gather with the saints at the river

that flows by the throne of God.

On the margin of the river,

washing up its silver spray,

we will walk and worship ever,

all the happy golden day.

Yes, we’ll gather at the river,

the beautiful, the beautiful river;

gather with the saints at the river

that flows by the throne of God.

Ere we reach the shining river,

lay we every burden down;

grace our spirits will deliver,

and provide a robe and crown.

Yes, we’ll gather at the river,

the beautiful, the beautiful river;

gather with the saints at the river

that flows by the throne of God.

Soon we’ll reach the shining river,

soon our pilgrimage will cease;

soon our happy hearts will quiver

with the melody of peace.

Yes, we’ll gather at the river,

the beautiful, the beautiful river;

gather with the saints at the river

that flows by the throne of God.

ANTHEM

“Give Me Jesus”

arr. Douglas Wagner

I hear a mourner say, I heard a mourner say,

I heard a mourner say: “Give me Jesus,

Give me Jesus, Give me Jesus,

You may have all this world, Give me Jesus.”

O, when I come to die, O, when I come to die,

O, when I come to die, Give me Jesus.

Give me Jesus, Give me Jesus,

You may have all this world, Give me Jesus.

Dark midnight was my cry,

Dark midnight was my cry,

Dark midnight was my cry, Give me Jesus.

Give me Jesus, Give me Jesus,

You may have all this world, Give me Jesus.

In the morning when I rise,
In the morning when I rise,
In the morning when I rise, Give me Jesus.

Give me Jesus, Give me Jesus,
You may have all this world, Give me Jesus.

Give me Jesus, Give me Jesus, Give me Jesus!

SERMON

Dr. Rob Pacienza

Senior Pastor
Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

“In the World, But Not of the World.”

Jeremiah 29:4-14 ESV

*CLOSING HYMN

“Great Is Thy Faithfulness”

Thomas Chisholm / William Runyan

Great is Thy faithfulness, O God, my Father,

There is no shadow of turning with Thee;

Thou changest not,

Thy compassions they fail not;

As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.

Great is Thy faithfulness!

Great is Thy faithfulness!

Morning by morning new mercies I see;

All I have needed Thy hand hath provided —

Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me!

Summer and winter,
and springtime and harvest,

Sun, moon and stars in their courses above

Join with all nature in manifold witness

To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

Great is Thy faithfulness!

Great is Thy faithfulness!

Morning by morning new mercies I see;

All I have needed Thy hand hath provided —

Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me!

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,

Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;

Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,

Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!

Great is Thy faithfulness!

Great is Thy faithfulness!

Morning by morning new mercies I see;

All I have needed Thy hand hath provided —

Great is Thy faithfulness,
great is Thy faithfulness,
great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me!

*BENEDICTION

Reprise: “Give Me Jesus”

POSTLUDE

Allegro Maestoso (Water Music)

G.F. Handel

After- Service Prayer: 

You are welcome to come to the altar rail

for prayer