The Holy Trinity June 15, 2025
Welcome & Announcements
*Call to Worship: Psalm 8 (pg. 531)
*Opening Prayer …………………………………………….. pg. 2
THE OPENING HYMN ------------------------------------------- # 113
“Jesus All Glorious”
*Confession of Sins …………………….……………............ pg. 2
*Kyrie …………………………………………………….…. pg. 3
*Declaration of Grace …………………………………..…… pg. 3
HYMN --------------------------------------------------------------- # 377
“Forgive Me, God for Things I Do”
Scripture Lessons: 1st Reading: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 (pg. 631)
2nd Reading: Acts 2:14a, 22-36 (pg. 1081)
*The Gospel: John 8:48-59 (pg. 1063)
*Response to the Gospel …………………………………..… pg. 3
*Confession of Faith - The Apostles’ Creed ………………... pg. 4
*Gloria Patri …………………………………………………. pg. 4
The Offering
*Response: “Create in Me A Clean Heart O God” ……..….. pg. 17
*Prayers of the Church
HYMN --------------------------------------------------------------- # 407
“Jesus Paid it All”
Sermon: Philemon – “Forgiveness Matters”
THE CLOSING HYMN ------------------------------------------ # 513
“Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners”
*The Lord’s Prayer ………………………………………….. pg. 5
*The Benediction ………………………………..…………... pg. 5
*Three-fold Amen ………………………………...…………. pg. 5
THE DOXOLOGY ……………………………...………….. # 390
Organ Postlude
WE CORDIALLY WELCOME all who have come to worship with us this morning, especially our guests and visitors. May our Father’s mercy in Jesus assure you of the forgiveness of all your sins. If you have not established your church home in our area, we are anxious to share with you all the blessings which God gives us through His Word. We ask that you please sign our guest book, and we hope that you return to worship with us again soon.
Announcements
Monthly hymn #407: "Jesus Paid it All"
Memory verse: Romans 10:9 "If you confess
with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that
God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved."
1 Timothy has 6 chapters and will be the next in our series of New Testament books to read. Have 1 Timothy chapter 1 read for next week's sermon time.
Missionary Event, 7pm Wednesday, June 25th we will be hosting AFLC missionaries to Paraguay, Zach and Carey Ritland. There will be a potluck meal beforehand at 6pm that evening. All are welcome to participate and attend.
This week’s activities:
18th – Wed. – WMF Bible Study, 7:00 pm
22nd – Sun. – Worship, 9:00 am, (1 Timothy 1)
CHURCH CLEANING: June 16 – 22 Danielle Revoir & Joanne Hartmann
*Call to Worship: Psalm 8
8 O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is
your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the
heavens.
2 Out of the
mouth of babies and infants,
you have established strength
because of your foes,
to still the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I look at your heavens, the
work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have
set in place,
4 what is man
that you are mindful of him,
and the son of man that you care
for him?
5 Yet you have made him a little
lower than the heavenly beings
and crowned him with glory and
honor.
6 You have given
him dominion over the works of your hands;
you have put all
things under his feet,
7 all
sheep and oxen,
and also the beasts of the field,
8 the birds of the heavens, and the
fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
9 O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
1st Reading: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31
8 Does not wisdom call?
Does
not understanding raise her voice?
2 On the
heights beside the way,
at the crossroads she takes her
stand;
3 beside the gates in front
of the town,
at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:
4 “To you, O men, I call,
and my
cry is to the children of man.
22 “The Lord possessed me at the
beginning of his work,
the first of his acts of old.
23 Ages ago I was set up,
at the
first, before the beginning of the earth.
24 When
there were no depths I was brought forth,
when there were no
springs abounding with water.
25 Before
the mountains had been shaped,
before the hills, I was
brought forth,
26 before he had made
the earth with its fields,
or the first of the dust of the
world.
27 When he established the
heavens, I was there;
when he drew a circle on the face of
the deep,
28 when he made firm the
skies above,
when he established the fountains of the deep,
29 when he assigned to the sea
its limit,
so that the waters might not transgress his
command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
30 then I was beside him, like a
master workman,
and I was daily his delight,
rejoicing
before him always,
31 rejoicing in
his inhabited world
and delighting in the children of man.
2nd Reading: Acts 2:14a, 22-36
14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them:
22 “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know— 23 this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. 24 God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. 25 For David says concerning him,
“‘I saw the Lord always before me,
for he is at my right
hand that I may not be shaken;
26 therefore
my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;
my flesh also will
dwell in hope.
27 For you will not
abandon my soul to Hades,
or let your Holy One see
corruption.
28 You have made known to
me the paths of life;
you will make me full of gladness with
your presence.’
29 “Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, 31 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. 33 Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. 34 For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says,
“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
35 until I make your enemies your
footstool.”’
36 Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
*The Gospel: John 8:48-59
48 The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” 49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. 50 Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge. 51 Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.” 52 The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’ 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?” 54 Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’ 55 But you have not known him. I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and I keep his word. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.” 57 So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?” 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” 59 So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.