Sunday, August 17, 2025
Welcome to our Order of Service page! Each week, a team of pastors and staff get together to collaborate on the liturgy, or order of service, for Sunday. Every element is prayerfully and carefully crafted so that the Gospel, God’s redemptive story to save a people for Himself in and through His Son Jesus Christ, would be clear and compelling. We hope you’ll enjoy following along with us as we present and rehearse the Gospel again this morning.
Order of Service
WELCOME, CALL TO CORPORATE WORSHIP & PRAYER
Senior Pastor: David W. Hegg
ADORATION
How Great Thou Art
RESPONSIVE SCRIPTURE READING
Ps. 9:1–2, 9–10; Ps. 35:5; Heb. 12:2
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
THANKSGIVING & PRAISE
Is He Worthy
PRAYER FOR THE OFFERING
Pastor of Equipping: Joe Keller
OFFERTORY
The STREAM: Todd & Diane Brooks
SCRIPTURE READING
Rick Dennis
Matthew 24:32–51
PROCLAMATION
The Book of Matthew: The King & His Kingdom
Everyday Faithfulness | Matt. 24:32–51
Senior Pastor: David W. Hegg
TESTIMONY & BAPTISMS
Bilet Babasi (baptized by Pastor of Outreach & Connections: Jared Burkholder)
ANNOUNCEMENTS & BENEDICTION
Senior Pastor: David W. Hegg
The Simple Sermon
“Faithful Christian living means being prepared every day for the likelihood that Jesus Christ’s return could happen suddenly.”
Why do we baptize believers?
We baptize followers of Jesus because He commanded his followers to be baptized, by his authority, and in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:18-20)
The water is not divine nor spiritually advantageous to the believer, rather baptism is a demonstration of obedience, and a dramatization of salvation. For the witnessing church family, it’s a reminder of the power of the gospel that saved the believer into the life of Christ. (1 Peter 3:21)
The Grace Family observes and receives the one being baptized into the fellowship, recognizing that the declaration of salvation through baptism corresponds to membership into our church family. (1 Corinthians 12:13)