Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors
Order of Worship
September 6, 2026
Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost
*ENTRANCE OF LIGHT OF CHRIST Acolyte Ministry
*PROCESSIONAL Music Ministry
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS Greeters Ministry
PASSING OF PEACE AND NOTICES Pastor Evelyn Austria
*CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 Cassie Ruger
LEADER- Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; Let us shout aloud to the rock of our salvation.
CONGREGATION-Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.
LEADER- Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our maker;
CONGREGATION- For He is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.
LEADER- Today, if only you would hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness.
ALL- Where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
OPENING PRAYER Cassie Ruger
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH The Apostles’ Creed - UMH 881 Congregation
*OPENING HYMN "Alas! And Did My Saviour Bleeed" - UMH #359 Congregation
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER Kathy Jackson
THE LORD’S PRAYER Congregation
*READING OF THE SCRIPTURE Matthew 18:15-20 Shelia Fults
SONG OF PRAISE Music Ministry
OFFERING/OFFERTORY Pastor Evelyn Austria
*DOXOLOGY "Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow" - UMH 94 Congregation
SONG OF PREPARATION Music Ministry
SERMON Correction with Grace: The Jesus Way of Handling Conflict Pastor Evelyn Austria
INVITATION TO DISCIPLESHIP Pastor Evelyn Austria
THE CELEBRATION OF THE HOLY COMMUNION
*CLOSING SONG "Go Ye Therfore" Congregation
*DISMISSAL WITH BLESSING Pastor Evelyn Austria
*RECESSIONAL Music Ministry
*Stand if able