Sunday, August 24, 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 & PRAYER
Pastor of Congregational Care: Alan Berthiaume
CALL TO CORPORATE WORSHIP
Pastor of Corporate Worship: Ryan Foglesong
Ephesians 1:3–6
ADORATION
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Only a Holy God
RESPONSIVE SCRIPTURE READING
Rev. 15:4; 1 Chronicles 17:20; Ps. 73:25–26
DEVOTION & THANKSGIVING
Christ is Mine Forevermore
PETITION: PRAYER FOR THE OFFERING
Pastor of Outreach & Connections: Jared Burkholder
OFFERTORY
When Christ Our Life Appears
Soon and Very Soon
SCRIPTURE READING
Carrie Carmichael
Matthew 25:1–30
PROCLAMATION: INSTRUCTION FROM GOD’S WORD
The Book of Matthew: The King & His Kingdom
Everyday Preparedness & Stewardship
Matt. 25:1–30
Senior Pastor: David W. Hegg
2ND SERVICE: TESTIMONY & BAPTISM
Pastor of Family Ministries: Christian Delgado
ANNOUNCEMENTS & BENEDICTION
Senior Pastor: David W. Hegg
“Faithful Christian living demands we live every day prepared for Jesus’ return, even as we strive as stewards to use and improve what he has entrusted to us.”
Why do we sing these songs?
Scripture commands the church to sing “psalms and hymns and spiritual songs” (Col. 3:16) together as one of our acts of corporate worship. These different kinds of music reflect songs that come directly from Scripture (the Book of Psalms), as well as new songs written by the church that reflect the truth of God and the gospel as revealed in Scripture.
At Grace Baptist, we sing ancient hymns that connect us to the generations of God’s people who have gone before us, we sing modern songs in an attempt to be faithful to God who calls us to “sing a new song” (Psalm 33:3), and we also sing new arrangements of classic hymns.
What is most important is that in singing together, we are proclaiming Christ’s excellencies as His covenant people for our good and for His glory.