Sunday, July 5, 2026
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
Dr. Gordon Turk
Two Hymn Meditations
H.A. Matthews
“Come Thou Almighty King”
“When Morning Gilds the Skies”
GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nancy Ann Gillan
President, OGCMA
RINGING OF THE BELL
CHORAL INTROIT
“Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart”
E. Plumptre /A. Messiters
CALL TO WORSHIP
Nancy Ann Gillan
President, OGCMA
Leader: Show me your ways, Lord,
People: Teach me your paths.
Leader: Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior.
People: My hope is in you all day long.
Leader: Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,
Do not remember my rebellious ways.
People: According to your love remember me,
for you, Lord, are good.
Inspired by Psalm 25:4-7 NIV
*HYMN
“God of the Ages”
D. Roberts / G. 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
REFLECTION CHORUS
“Spirit of the Living God”
D. Iverson
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me.
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me.
Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me.
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me.
OFFERING PRAYER
Nancy Ann Gillan
President, OGCMA
OFFERTORY
“A Mighty Fortress is Our God”
arr. M. Dicke
The Brass Ensemble
for this morning’s service
is underwritten by a generous gift
in memory of Carol J. Livingstone
given by Bonnie Greaves
Andrew Conover
Trumpet 1
Sean Hack
Trumpet 2
Bryan Meyer
Horn
Noreen Baer
Trombone
Benjamin Kauffman
Tuba
Mason Tramm
Timpani/Percussion
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
“Eternal Father, Strong to Save”
William Whiting / John B. Dykes
Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bidst the mighty ocean deep
its own appointed limits keep:
O hear us when we cry to Thee
for those in peril on the sea.
O Christ, Whose voice the waters heard,
and hushed their raging at Thy word,
Who walkedst on the foaming deep,
and calm amid the storm didst sleep:
O hear us when we cry to Thee
for those in peril on the sea.
O Holy Spirit, Who didst brood
upon the waters dark and rude,
and bid their angry tumult cease,
and give, for wild confusion, peace:
O hear us when we cry to Thee
for those in peril on the sea.
O Trinity of love and power,
our brethren shield in danger’s hour;
from rock and tempest, fire and foe,
protect them whereso’er they go:
thus everymore shall rise to Thee
glad hymns of praise from land and sea.
PRAYER and THE LORD’S PRAYER
Matthew Mitchell
Trustee, OGCMA
SCRIPTURE READING
Romans 15:1-6
ANTHEM
“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 Christian Andrews
Lead Pastor
Renaissance Church, Springfield, NJ
“Harmony — Ethics and Eschatology”
*CLOSING 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.
BENEDICTION
“America, the Beautiful” (reprise)
POSTLUDE
Fanfare — “A Song of Triumph”
Oliphant Chuckerbutty
After- Service Prayer:
You are welcome to come to the altar rail
for prayer
