The Lord’s Day Worship – February 23, 2025

Prelude

Welcome and Announcements

Apostolic Greeting

*Call to Worship

*Opening Hymn:  "And Can It Be That I Should Gain"   #431

*Prayer of Invocation

The 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 debts as we forgive our debtors;

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,

For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.” Amen.

Word of God: Ephesians 2:1-10

Pastoral Prayer

The Nicene Creed

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds;
God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God;
begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.

Who, for us men and for our salvation, came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; he suffered and was buried; and the third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; and he shall come again, with glory, to judge the living and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.
        

And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life; who proceeds from the Father and the Son;
who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets.
   

And I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church.
   

I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.

*Hymn:  “O God, Be Merciful”     #56

Tithes and Offerings

*Doxology:

"Praise God from whom all blessings flow;

praise him, all creatures here below;

praise him above, ye heave'nly host;

praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen." 

Word of God: Isaiah 42:1-9

Preaching of God’s Word: “A Difficult Task”

Hymn of Response:    “How Vast the Benefits Divine” #426

*Benediction

*Postlude      

(*Please stand if able)

Sunday School & Worship Hours

•  9:45 a.m. -  Sunday School for all ages  
• 11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship
•  6:00 p.m. - Evening Worship

Morning and Evening Worship Services are live streamed at:

www.graceopcfairlawn.org

https://youtube.com/@grace-opc

Worship Serving Schedule

This Week:

Ushers: Glenn Crothers and Tom Del Casale

Nursery: Krystal Jimenez and Kerith Teschon

Media Broadcast: John Hemrick

Coffee Hour Refreshments: Krystal Jimenez

Next Week:

Ushers: Leo Baratta. and Donny Jerie

Nursery: Silvia Prince and HaeSung Keegan

Media Broadcast: Georgi Kanev

Coffee Hour Refreshments: Nancy Hemrick

WELCOME TO GRACE OPC! 

On behalf of the session of Grace OPC, I want to extend our warmest greetings to you.  It is my hope and prayer that as we gather together this Lord’s Day to worship our Triune God and Redeemer, you will be encouraged to cast your cares upon the Lord and to draw near to God by faith in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. If you are new here in Fair Lawn, please join us for fellowship following the benediction, and be sure to sign our guestbook.  We look forward to personally speaking with you, and if there are any prayer concerns in your heart, don’t hesitate to bring them to our attention.   

                                                             Pastor John Keegan 

This morning in Isaiah 42:1-9, we will see how the Servant of the Lord, endowed with the Spirit, alone is able to overcome the death-grip that sin, Satan, and the world has over men and women, and restore the Creator/creature covenant relationship He purposed for mankind in the beginning.

This evening in Mark 9:38-50, we will consider the spiritual meaning to Jesus’ hyperbolic hard sayings about the need for radical spiritual surgery for the disciple of Christ to be a wholehearted follower of Christ.

Next Sunday: The Lord’s Supper. All who may participate in the Lord’s Supper are those who have publicly confessed faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who continue steadfastly in that faith, who are members of good standing in a particular disciplined and Bible believing manifestation of His Church, and who, in accordance with the Scriptures, have duly examined their hearts before the Lord.

If you are a visitor unknown to us and wish to participate in the Lord’s Supper we ask you, if it is possible, to make yourself known to a member of Session before the beginning of worship. The ushers will happily assist you in so doing.

Reception of New Members and Baptism

Corey & Sara O’Neill, having met with the Session and having been examined as to their profession of faith in Christ, will be received into membership of Grace OPC Fair Lawn, during the Lord’s Day morning worship of March 9, upon their reaffirmation of faith in accordance with BOCO Directory for the Public Worship of God IV.E. and will present their son Joseph Jacob for baptism in accordance with BOCO Directory for the Public Worship of God III.B.1.

2025 Women’s Prayer Breakfast & Book Study

The women of Grace OPC will start a new book, “Prayers of the Bible” by Susan Hunt on Saturday, March 1^st, 2025. Please see HaeSung or book stand for the book($10) and more details on the flyer in the bulletin board.

Calendar Events and Notes for this week: see details on the church calendar

• Monday, 2/25- Calendar Coordinators Meeting
• Tuesday, 2/26 - Dinaro Homegroup
• Wednesday, 2/27- Keegan Homegroup
• Friday, 2/28- Friday Night Men’s Fellowship & Book Study
• Saturday, 3/1- Women’s Prayer Breakfast & Book Study

Prelude

Welcome and Announcements

Apostolic Greeting

*Call to Worship

*Opening Hymn: “God, in the Gospel of His Son”   #170

*Prayer of Invocation

Word of God: Psalm 4:1-8

Pastoral Prayer

*Hymn: “Teach Me, O Lord, Your Way of Truth”  #119E

Tithes and Offerings

Word of God: Mark 9:38-50

Preaching of God’s Word: “Radical Spiritual Surgery”

*Hymn of Response:  “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”  #429

*Benediction

*Postlude    

  (*Please stand if able)