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September 6, 2026
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Gathering Song
There's Nothing That Our God Can't Do (Stanfill)
Verse 1
Just one word,
You calm the storm that surrounds me.
Just one word,
The darkness has to retreat.
Just one touch,
I feel the presence of heaven.
Just one touch,
My eyes were opened to see.
My heart can't help but believe:
Chorus
There's nothing that our God can't do,
there's not a mountain that He can't move.
Oh, praise the name that makes a way!
There's nothing that our God can't do.
Verse 2
Just one word,
You heal what's broken inside me.
Just one word,
And you revive ev'ry dream.
Just one touch,
I feel the power of heaven.
Just one touch,
my eyes were opened to see.
My heart can't help but believe:
Chorus
There's nothing that our God can't do,
there's not a mountain that He can't move.
Oh, praise the name that makes a way!
There's nothing that our God can't do.
There's nothing that our God can't do,
there's not a prison wall He can't break through.
Oh, praise the name that makes a way!
There's nothing that our God can't do.
Bridge (3x)
I will believe for greater things.
There's no power like the power of Jesus.
Let faith arise. Let all agree:
There's no power like the power of Jesus.
Chorus
There's nothing that our God can't do,
there's not a mountain that He can't move.
Oh, praise the name that makes a way!
There's nothing that our God can't do.
There's nothing that our God can't do,
there's not a prison wall He can't break through.
Oh, praise the name that makes a way!
There's nothing that our God can't do.
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Affirmation of Faith
The Apostles' Creed UMH 881
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 rose 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.
(*universal)
Worship through Song
I Stand Amazed In the Presence (Gabriel)
Verse 1
I stand amazed in the presence
of Jesus the Nazarene,
and wonder how He could love me,
a sinner, condemned, unclean.
Chorus
How marvelous! How wonderful!
And my song shall ever be:
How marvelous! How wonderful
is my Savior's love for me!
Verse 2
For me it was in the garden
He prayed: Not My will, but Thine.
He had no tears for His own griefs,
but sweat drops of blood for mine.
Chorus
How marvelous! How wonderful!
And my song shall ever be:
How marvelous! How wonderful
is my Savior's love for me!
Verse 3
In pity angels beheld Him,
and came from the world of light
to comfort Him in the sorrows
He bore for my soul that night.
Chorus
How marvelous! How wonderful!
And my song shall ever be:
How marvelous! How wonderful
is my Savior's love for me!
Verse 4
He took my sins and my sorrows,
He made them His very own;
He bore the burden to Calvary,
and suffered and died alone.
Chorus
How marvelous! How wonderful!
And my song shall ever be:
How marvelous! How wonderful
is my Savior's love for me!
Verse 5
When with the ransomed in glory
His face I at last shall see,
'twill be my joy through the ages
to sing of His love for me.
Chorus
How marvelous! How wonderful!
And my song shall ever be:
How marvelous! How wonderful
is my Savior's love for me!
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Surrounded (Fight My Battles) (Elyssa Smith)
Verse 1 (2x)
There's a table that You've prepared for me
in the presence of my enemies.
It's Your body and Your blood You shed for me.
This is how I fight my battles.
Pre-Chorus
And I believe You've overcome,
and I will lift my song
of praise for all You've done.
Chorus (2x)
This is how I fight my battles,
this is how I fight my battles,
this is how I fight my battles.
This is how.
Verse 2
In the valley I know that You're with me
and surely Your goodness and Your mercy follow me.
So my weapons are praise and thanksgiving.
This is how I fight my battles.
Pre-Chorus
And I believe You've overcome,
and I will lift my song
of praise for all You've done.
Chorus
This is how I fight my battles,
this is how I fight my battles,
this is how I fight my battles.
This is how.
Bridge (4x)
It may look like I'm surrounded,
but I'm surrounded by You.
Chorus
This is how I fight my battles,
this is how I fight my battles,
this is how I fight my battles.
This is how.
Bridge
It may look like I'm surrounded,
but I'm surrounded by You.
Scripture Reading
Ephesians 3:11-16 (NRSV) [Read in Context]
11This was in accordance with the eternal purpose that he has carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12in whom we have access in boldness and confidence through faith in him. 13I pray, therefore, that you may not lose heart over my sufferings for you; they are your glory.
14For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. 16I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit…
The word of God for the people of God.
All: Thanks be to God!
Kid's Message
Christie Erwin
Sermon
Pastor Whitney Peper
Communion
Pastor:
Christ our Lord invites to his table all who love him,
who earnestly repent of their sin
and seek to live in peace with one another.
Therefore, let us confess our sin before God and one another.
All:
Merciful God,
we confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart.
We have failed to be an obedient church.
We have not done your will,
we have broken your law,
we have rebelled against your love,
we have not loved our neighbors,
and we have not heard the cry of the needy.
Forgive us, we pray.
Free us for joyful obedience,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
(All pray in silence)
Pastor:
Hear the good news:
Christ died for us while we were yet sinners;
that proves God's love toward us.
In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
All:
In the name of Jesus Christ, WE are forgiven!
Glory to God.
Amen.
Pastor:
The Lord be with you.
All:
And also with you.
Pastor:
Lift up your hearts.
All:
We lift them up to the Lord.
Pastor:
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
All:
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
It is right, and a good and joyful thing,
always and everywhere to give thanks to You,
Almighty God, creator of heaven and earth.
You formed us in Your image and breathed into us the breath of life.
When we turned away, and our love failed,
Your love remained steadfast.
You delivered us from captivity,
made covenant to be our sovereign God,
and spoke to us through the prophets.
And so,
with Your people on earth
and all the company of heaven
we praise Your name and join their unending hymn:
All:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Holy are You, and blessed is Your Son Jesus Christ.
Your Spirit anointed Him to preach good news to the poor,
to proclaim release to the captives
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
and to announce that the time had come
when You would save your people.
He healed the sick, fed the hungry,
and ate with sinners.
By the baptism of His suffering, death, and resurrection
You gave birth to Your Church,
delivered us from slavery to sin and death,
and made with us a new covenant by water and the Spirit.
When the Lord Jesus ascended,
He promised to be with us always,
in the power of Your Word and Holy Spirit.
On the night in which He gave himself up for us,
He took bread, gave thanks to You, broke the bread,
gave it to His disciples, and said:
Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.
When the supper was over He took the cup,
gave thanks to You, gave it to His disciples, and said:
Drink from this, all of you;
this is my blood of the new covenant,
poured out for you and for many
for the forgiveness of sins.
Do this, as often as you drink it,
in remembrance of me.
And so,
in remembrance of these Your mighty acts in Jesus Christ,
we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving,
as a holy and living sacrifice,
in union with Christ's offering for us,
as we proclaim the mystery of faith.
All:
Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here,
and on these gifts of bread and wine.
Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ,
that we may be for the world the body of Christ,
redeemed by his blood.
By your Spirit make us one with Christ,
one with each other,
and one in ministry to all the world,
until Christ comes in final victory,
and we feast at his heavenly banquet.
Through your Son Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit in your holy Church,
all honor and glory is yours, almighty God,
now and for ever.
And now, with the confidence of children of God,
let us pray:
All:
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
forever. Amen.
Because there is one loaf,
we, who are many, are one body,
for we all partake of the one loaf.
The bread which we break is a sharing in the body of Christ.
The cup over which we give thanks is a sharing in the blood of Christ.
Giving the Bread and the Cup
Taste And See (Lake/Carnes/Mooring)
Verse 1 (2x)
Taste and see that the Lord is good,
and His love endures forever.
Pre-Chorus
On and on and on Your love goes.
On and on and on Your love goes.
On and on and on and on,
on and on and on.
Chorus (2x)
Great is the Lord,
great is the Lord
and greatly to be praised,
and greatly to be praised.
Verse 2
Those who seek You, those who see You
are satisfied forever.
Those who love You, those who trust You
are satisfied forever.
Pre-Chorus (2x)
On and on and on Your love goes.
On and on and on Your love goes.
On and on and on and on,
on and on and on.
Chorus (4x)
Great is the Lord,
great is the Lord
and greatly to be praised,
and greatly to be praised.
Bridge 1 (4x)
Where can I run?
Where can I hide?
I can't escape
the goodness of God.
Bridge 2 (2x)
I can't outrun,
I cannot hide,
I can't escape
the goodness of God.
Pre-Chorus
On and on and on Your love goes.
On and on and on Your love goes.
On and on and on and on,
on and on and on.
Chorus
Great is the Lord,
great is the Lord
and greatly to be praised,
and greatly to be praised.
Bridge 1
Where can I run?
Where can I hide?
I can't escape
the goodness of God.
Bridge 2
I can't outrun,
I cannot hide,
I can't escape
the goodness of God.
Pre-Chorus
On and on and on Your love goes.
On and on and on Your love goes.
On and on and on and on,
on and on and on.
Chorus
Great is the Lord,
great is the Lord
and greatly to be praised,
and greatly to be praised.
Eternal God Prayer
All:
Eternal God, we give You thanks for this holy mystery
in which You have given Yourself to us.
Grant that we may go into the world
in the strength of Your Spirit,
to give ourselves for others,
in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
Benediction
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Our Values
Inspiring Inclusion: We believe that there is a seat at the table for everyone. We seek to create an environment where all are not only made to feel welcome but also experience a sense of belonging.
Authentic Community: We believe that God calls us to be in community with one another with our full selves. We seek to create community, in small and large groups, where all people can bring their full selves and grow alongside one another.
Joyful Service: We believe that God calls us to serve alongside our neighbors to further the Kingdom of God on earth. We seek to find new and innovative ways to meet the needs of our community to guarantee equity and justice for all God's people.
