Sunday, August 2, 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
“In Thee is Gladness”
J.S. Bach
“Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us”
Bradbury/Turk
GREETING and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nancy Ann Gillan
President, OGCMA
RINGING OF THE BELL
CHORAL INTROIT
“Blessed Be the Name”
trad. Camp Meeting Chorus
CALL TO WORSHIP
Nancy Ann Gillan
President, OGCMA
Leader: Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand,
O God. Do not forget the helpless.
People: You, God, see the trouble of the afflicted. You consider their grief and take it in hand.
Leader: The victims commit themselves to you.
You are the helper of the fatherless.
People: The Lord is King for ever and ever.
The nations will perish from His land.
Leader: You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted.
People: You encourage them, and you listen to their cry, defending the fatherless and the oppressed.
Inspired by Psalm 10:12-18 NIV
*HYMN
“How Firm a Foundation”
Selection of Hymns (1787) /
Early USA melody
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say
than to you He hath said,
To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?
“Fear not, I am with thee; O be not dismayed,
For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid;
I’ll strengthen and help thee,
and cause thee to stand,
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.”
“When through the deep waters
I call thee to go,
The rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.
“When through fiery trials
thy pathways shall lie,
My grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.”
“The soul that on Jesus still leans for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
That soul, though all hell
should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no, never, no never forsake!”
*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
“Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”
J.S. Bach
Leo Grinhauz
cello
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
“Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
Chisholm/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.
Refrain:
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. (refrain)
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!
(refrain)
Final Refrain:
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!
SCRIPTURE READING
Matthew 14:22-28
PRAYER and THE LORD’S PRAYER
Katie Suter
Coordinator
OGCMA Fitness, Faith, & Fun
ANTHEM
“Leaning on the Everlasting Arms”
Hoffman, arr. Eric Nelson
Leo Grinhauz, cello
Crispian Fordham, flute
Tom Molessa, piano
Gordon Turk, conductor
What a fellowship, what a joy divine,
leaning on the everlasting arms;
what a blessedness, what a peace is mine, leaning on the everlasting arms.
Leaning, leaning,
safe and secure from all alarms;
leaning, leaning,
leaning on the everlasting arms.
Oh, how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way, leaning on the everlasting arms;
Oh, how bright the path grows from day to day, leaning on the everlasting arms.
Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come.
What have I to dread, what have I to fear, leaning on the everlasting arms?
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near, leaning on the everlasting arms.
Leaning, leaning,
safe and secure from all alarms;
leaning, leaning,
leaning on the everlasting arms.
SERMON
Rev. Jeff Quinn
Lead Pastor
Valley View Chapel, Long Valley, NJ
“Scary New Thing”
*CLOSING HYMN
“Marching to Zion”
I. Watts/R. Lowry
Come, we that love the Lord,
And let our joys be known;
Join in a song with sweet accord,
Join in a song with sweet accord
And thus surround the throne,
And thus surround the throne.
Refrain:
We’re marching to Zion,
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We’re marching upward to Zion,
The beautiful city of God.
Let those refuse to sing
Who never knew our God;
But children of the heavenly King,
But children of the heavenly King
May speak their joys abroad,
May speak their joys abroad. (refrain)
The hill of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets
Before we reach the heavenly fields,
Before we reach the heavenly fields,
Or walk the golden streets,
Or walk the golden streets. (refrain)
Then let our songs abound,
And every tear be dry;
We’re marching through Emmanuel’s ground,
We’re marching through Emmanuel’s ground,
To fairer worlds on high,
To fairer worlds on high. (refrain)
BENEDICTION
“Marching to Zion” (reprise)
POSTLUDE
March in F
A. Guilmant
After- Service Prayer:
You are welcome to come to the altar rail
for prayer
