Sunday, August 30, 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
“Rhythmic Trumpet”
Seth Bingham
“Adagio in E Major”
Frank Bridge
GREETING and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Elisabeth O’Brien
Trustee, OGCMA
RINGING OF THE BELL
CHORAL INTROIT
“Morning Has Broken”
E. Farjeon/Gaelic Melody/arr. Young
CALL TO WORSHIP
Elisabeth O’Brien
Trustee, OGCMA
Leader: Praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord, Oh my soul.
People: I will praise the Lord all my life.
I will sing praise to my God
as long as I live.
Leader: Do not put your trust in princes,
in human beings, who cannot save.
People: When their spirit departs, they return to the ground. On that very day their plans come to nothing.
Leader: Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
People: Whose hope is in the Lord their God.
Inspired by Psalm 146:1-5 NIV
*HYMN
“Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise”
W. Smith/Welsh melody/
adapted J. Roberts
Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
Most blessed, most glorious,
the Ancient of Days,
Almighty, victorious,
Thy great name we praise.
Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
Nor wanting, nor wasting,
Thou rulest in might:
Thy justice like mountains
high soaring above
Thy clouds which are fountains
of goodness and love.
To all, life Thou givest,
to both great and small;
In all life Thou livest,
the true life of all;
We blossom and flourish
as leaves on the tree,
And wither and perish,
but naught changeth Thee.
Thou reignest in glory;
Thou dwellest in light;
Thine angels adore Thee,
all veiling their sight;
All laud we would render:
O help us to see
‘Tis only the splendor
of light hideth Thee!
*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
Elisabeth O’Brien
Trustee, OGCMA
OFFERTORY
“How Beautiful upon the Mountains”
F. Flaxington Harker
Monica Ziglar
Soprano
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
“I Am Thine, O Lord”
F. Crosby/W. Doane
I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith
and be closer drawn to Thee.
Refrain:
Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
to the cross where Thou hast died.
Draw me nearer, nearer,
nearer, blessed Lord,
to Thy precious bleeding side.
Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
by the power of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope, and my will be lost in Thine. (refrain)
O the pure delight of a single hour
that before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God,
I commune as friend with friend! (refrain)
There are depths of love that I cannot know till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach till I rest in peace with Thee. (refrain)
SCRIPTURE READING
Acts 1:1–8 NKJV
PRAYER and THE LORD’S PRAYER
Jamie Ross
Associate Trustee, OGCMA
ANTHEM
“The Storm is Passing Over”
Tindley/arr. B. Baker
Have courage my soul and let us journey on.
For the night is dark and I am far from home.
Thanks be to God the morning light appears.
The storm is passing over.
The storm is passing over.
The storm is passing over, Hallelu.
Halleluia, Halleluia, Halleluia,
The storm is passing over, Hallelu!
SERMON
Rev. Dr. Harold Dean Trulear
Associate Professor, Applied Theology
Howard University School of Divinity
Washington, DC
“Moving from Performance to Presence”
*CLOSING HYMN
“Blessed Assurance”
F. Crosby/P. Knapp
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
Refrain:
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.
Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love. (refrain)
Perfect submission, all is at rest;
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.
(refrain)
BENEDICTION
“Blessed Assurance” (reprise)
POSTLUDE
“Tuba Tune”
C.S. Lang
After- Service Prayer:
You are welcome to come to the altar rail
for prayer
