September 20, 2026
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP:
Leader: We gather as people who belong.
People: With God, with each other, with the world.
Leader: God of the past who has created and nurtured us,
All: we are here to thank you.
Leader: God of the future, who is always ahead of us,
All: we are here to thank you.
Leader: God of the present who is here in the midst of us,
All: we are here to thank you.
Leader: God of life who is beyond us and within us,
All: we rejoice in your glorious love
OPENING SONG: “How Great Is Our God”
The splendor of a King - clothed in majesty
Let all the earth rejoice - all the earth rejoice
He wraps himself in light - and darkness tries to hide
And trembles at His voice - trembles at His voice
CHORUS:
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God
Age to age He stands - and time is in His hands
Beginning and the end - Beginning and the end
The Godhead Three in One : Father, Spirit, Son
The lion and the lamb - the lion and the lamb
CHORUS:
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God
BRIDGE
Name above all names
Worthy of our praise
My heart will sing
How great is our God
Name above all names
Worthy of our praise
My heart will sing
How great is our God
CHORUS:
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God
PRAYER OF CONFESSION:
Lord Jesus Christ, you came to serve.
As you came to a blind man and gave him sight,
come to us in our darkness and show us the things we cannot see.
As you came to a man tormented in his mind and gave him peace and healing, come to us in our tensions and make us whole.
As you came to Lazarus, who was dead, and brought him from the grave, come to us in our deadness and bring us to real life now with our living Lord.
Lord Jesus Christ, you came not to be served, but to serve.
But we see life the other way round:
to get where we do not give, to exploit whom we have not helped, to use what we have not earned.
As you came to a dying thief and promised him paradise, come to us now in forgiveness and give us hope. In your name, Lord, we pray: AMEN
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Please observe a brief moment of silence to rest in God’s presence, to listen to God’s voice and to experience God’s peace
STORYTELLING: OUR EXPERIENCE OF “WITH”’
SONG OF BLESSING:
The Lord bless you, and keep you
And give you peace
The Lord bless you and keep you
And give you peace
PASSING OF THE PEACE:
Leader: The peace of Christ be with you
Response: And also with you
SCRIPTURE READING I: Psalm 88:1-7
1 O Lord, God of my salvation,
at night, when I cry out before you,
2 let my prayer come before you;
incline your ear to my cry.
3 For my soul is full of troubles,
and my life draws near to Sheol.
4 I am counted among those who go down to the Pit;
I am like those who have no help,
5 like those forsaken among the dead,
like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom you remember no more,
for they are cut off from your hand.
6 You have put me in the depths of the Pit,
in the regions dark and deep.
7 Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah
Leader: The Word of the Lord
All: Thanks be to God
SONG: “You Are My All In All”
You are my strength when I am weak
You are the treasure that I seek
You are my all in all.
Seeking You as a precious jewel
Lord to give up, I'd be a fool
You are my all in all.
Jesus, Lamb of God, worthy is Your name
Jesus, Lamb of God, worthy is Your name
Taking my sin, my cross, my shame
Rising again, I bless Your name
You are my all in all.
When I fall down, You pick me up
When I am dry, You fill my cup
You are my all in all.
Jesus, Lamb of God, worthy is Your name
Jesus, Lamb of God, worthy is Your name
You are my strength when I am weak
You are the treasure that I seek
You are my all in all.
Seeking You as a precious jewel
Lord to give up, I'd be a fool
You are my all in all.
Jesus, Lamb of God, worthy is Your name
Jesus, Lamb of God, worthy is Your name
Jesus, Lamb of God, worthy is Your name
Jesus, Lamb of God, worthy is Your name
Worthy is Your name.
SCRIPTURE READING II: John 11:17-37
17 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus[a] had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home. 21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.[b] Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” 27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah,[c] the Son of God, the one coming into the world.” 28 When she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary and told her privately, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” 29 And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet come to the village but was still at the place where Martha had met him. 31 The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw Mary get up quickly and go out. They followed her because they thought that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 32 When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. 34 He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus began to weep. 36 So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” 37 But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
Leader: The Word of the Lord
All: Thanks be to God
SERMON:
Austin Pemberton
SONG: “Breathe”
This is the air I breathe
This is the air I breathe
Your holy presence living in me.
This is my daily bread
This is my daily bread
Your very word spoken to me.
And I, I’m desperate for you
And I, I’m lost without you.
This is the air I breathe
This is the air I breathe
Your holy presence living in me.
This is my daily bread
This is my daily bread
Your very word spoken to me.
And I, I’m desperate for you
And I, I’m lost without you.
And I, I’m desperate for you
And I, I’m lost without you.
This is the air I breathe.
CLOSING SONG: “And All The People Said Amen”
You are not alone, if you are lonely
When you feel afraid, you're not the only
We are all the same, in need of mercy
To be forgiven and be free
It's all you got to lean on but thank God it's all you need
CHORUS:
And all the people said Amen, woah
And all the people said Amen
Give thanks to the Lord for His love never ends
And all the people said Amen
If you're rich or poor, well it don't matter
Weak or strong, you know love is what we're after
We're all broken, but we're all in this together
God knows we stumble and fall
And He so loved the world, He sent His son to save us all
(REPEAT CHORUS)
BRIDGE:
Blessed are the poor in spirit who are torn apart
Blessed are the persecuted and the pure in heart
Blessed are the people hungry for another start
For this His the kingdom, the kingdom of God
And all the people said Amen, woah
And all the people said Amen
Give thanks to the Lord for His love never ends
And all the people said Amen (REPEAT)
And all the people said Amen.
BENEDICTION
REPRISE: “And All The People Said Amen”
OFFERING
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE/ LORD’S PRAYER:
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 sins as we forgive those who sin 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