Sunday, October 18, 2026
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 & PASTORAL PRAYER
Senior Pastor: David W. Hegg
INVITATION TO SING
Come, Christians, Join to Sing
CONFESSION & ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Christus Victor (Amen)
RESPONSIVE SCRIPTURE READING
Rev. 5:12b; 1 Cor. 15:57; Rom. 8:28; Ps. 73:26
THANKSGIVING & TRUST
His Glory and My Good
PETITION: PRAYER FOR THE OFFERING
Pastor of Outreach & Connections: Jared Burkholder
OFFERTORY
Deepest Valley
SCRIPTURE READING
Corporate Worship Associate: Michael Museler
Genesis 33:1–20
PROCLAMATION: INSTRUCTION FROM GOD’S WORD
Genesis: Foundations of Our Story
Jacob Comes Home & Finds Peace…at least for now | Gen. 33:1–20
Pastor of Equipping: Aaron Miller
CLOSING PRAYER
Pastor of Equipping: Aaron Miller
TESTIMONY & BAPTISMS
1st Service: Robert Rueda | Baptized by Pastor Jared Burkholder
2nd Service: Artem Tyslyuk | Baptized by Pastor Christian Delgado
ANNOUNCEMENTS & BENEDICTION
Pastor of Congregational Care: Alan Berthiaume
The Simple Sermon
“Those who have received peace with God should become people who pursue peace with others.”
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)