Sunday, February 1, 2026
Good morning and 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 WORSHIP
Senior Pastor: David W. Hegg
Psalm 40:4–8
ADORATION
How Great Thou Art
RESPONSIVE SCRIPTURE READING
Ps. 8:1, 19:1–2; Col. 1:16–17; Isa. 53:6; Rev. 5:12
CONFESSION & ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Lamb of God
COMMITMENT & TRUST
Rock of Ages
PRAYER FOR THE OFFERING
Pastor of Congregational Care: Alan Berthiaume
OFFERTORY
Christ is Mine Forevermore
PASTORAL PRAYER
Pastor of Corporate Worship: Ryan Foglesong
SCRIPTURE READING
Lyn Caldwell
Genesis 4:1–16
PROCLAMATION: INSTRUCTION FROM GOD’S WORD
Genesis: Foundations of Our Story
The Effects of Sin | Genesis 4:1–26
Senior Pastor: David W. Hegg
EXPIATION
The Lord’s Supper
Senior Pastor: David W. Hegg
OUTREACH PARTNER UPDATE & BENEDICTION
Pastor of Outreach & Connections: Jared Burkholder
The Simple Sermon
“The presence of sin in every descendant of Adam is the root cause of unrighteousness in our world. Those who refuse the saving grace of Christ will find that the brokenness of this life is simply a preview of what awaits them eternally under the judgment of Almighty God.”
Why do we observe the Lord’s Supper?
Every first Sunday of the month, the family of Grace Baptist Church takes time to celebrate the communal meal known as The Lord's Supper, sometimes referred to as The Lord’s Table or Communion.
On the night he was betrayed, Jesus was celebrating the traditional Passover meal with his disciples. But, as he administered the bread and cup, Jesus re-purposed their symbolism to focus not on the deliverance of Israel from slavery in Egypt but on the deliverance he, himself, would accomplish on the cross. He would deliver his people from the slavery of sin through his death.
As he handed out the bread, he said, "this is my body, which is given for you." What did he mean? Simply, that his entire incarnational mission was purposeful. Jesus, the Son of God, came to us as a man in order to be the perfect substitute for us.
As the cup of wine was passed, he told his disciples that it represented the blood he would shed as the Lamb of God, sacrificed in our place and for our benefit.
And then Jesus commanded that his people – the church – should reenact this simple communal meal as a solemn time of remembrance, personal examination, and joyous celebration of his redemptive mission, which secured our salvation.
If you are a follower of the Lord Jesus, we invite you to partake of the bread and cup with us as fellow members of the church, the Body of Christ.
For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. (1 Corinthians 11:23–26 ESV)