Worship May 17, 2026 Well done, thou good and faithful servant. Matthew 25:21 Gather Tolling the Hour Prelude Blessed Assurance (arr. Sondra K. Tucker) South Main Bronze Call to Worship Brad Jernberg, Minister for Administration Praise Hymn 488 Come, All Christians, Be Committed Reflect Scripture Reading 1 Peter 4:7–11 Trevor McLaughlin and Uli Negrete Hymn 619 Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine (During the hymn, children in 2nd grade and younger are invited to the organ side to leave with Miss Alyssa, Minister to Children.) Good News Steve Wells, Pastor Respond Hymn 494 Take My Life, Lead Me, Lord Offertory Dorian Dance (Michael Joy) South Main Bronze Family Ministry Milestone Celebration Family Covenant with the Clavenna Family Jake Hill Clavenna Numbers 6:24–26 Litany of Family Covenant Pastor: Brian and Haley, when you joined this church, we pledged ourselves to be the family of God for you in this place. Congregation: You do not walk the path of parenthood alone. Child: When Jake learns to talk, to play, to sing, and to pray, we will be with you. Brian and Haley: And we with you. Youth: When Jake feels love, feels joy, feels sadness, anger, or doubt, we will be with you. Brian and Haley: And we with you. Young Adult: When you, as his parents, feel love, feel joy, feel sadness, anger, or doubt, we will be with you. Brian and Haley: And we with you. Adult: As Jake grows in wisdom and stature, we covenant to be with you. Brian and Haley: And we with you. Minister: Brian, Haley, Evie, and Jake, let us etch our stories together into God’s story each day, each week, each year … Congregation: So that, by God’s grace, Jake shall be your son and our brother. Amen. Doxology (OLD HUNDREDTH) 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. Offertory Prayer Anne Tülek Share Welcoming and Covenant with New Members In response to your decision, we pledge ourselves to be the family of God for you in this place. We offer you our love, our care, our kinship, and our hopes. We hope to learn from you, give to you, and receive from you by God’s grace. Personnel Recognition Sung Benediction Traveling Mercies (arr. Kurt Kaiser) Family Ministry Combined Choir Go in peace, live in grace, Trust in the arms that will hold you. Go in peace, live in grace, Trust God’s love. Take bread for the journey and strength for the fight, Comfort to sleep through the night, Wisdom to choose at the fork in the road, And a heart that knows the way home. And for the faithful, and for the weary, And for the hopeful, here is my prayer. Postlude Toccata on How Firm a Foundation (Craig Phillips) Yuri McCoy, Organist PERFORMmusic License #3560; WORSHIPcast License #35601; CCLI:1763254
