8/23/2026 Morning Worship Bulletin

August 23, 2026

Proper 16

Announcements 

Invocation

Scripture: Exodus 1:8-2:10

⁸ Now a new king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph. ⁹ He said to his people, “Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and more powerful than we. ¹⁰ Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase and, in the event of war, join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.” ¹¹ Therefore they set taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor. They built supply cities, Pithom and Rameses, for Pharaoh. ¹² But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread, so that the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites. ¹³ The Egyptians subjected the Israelites to hard servitude ¹⁴ and made their lives bitter with hard servitude in mortar and bricks and in every kind of field labor. They were ruthless in all the tasks that they imposed on them.

¹⁵ The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, ¹⁶ “When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.” ¹⁷ But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live. ¹⁸ So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this and allowed the boys to live?” ¹⁹ The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.” ²⁰ So God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very strong. ²¹ And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families. ²² Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall throw into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.”

2:1 Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. ² The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she hid him three months. ³ When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the river. ⁴ His sister stood at a distance, to see what would happen to him.

⁵ The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her attendants walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid to bring it. ⁶ When she opened it, she saw the child. He was crying, and she took pity on him. “This must be one of the Hebrews’ children,” she said. ⁷ Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” ⁸ Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Yes.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother. ⁹ Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed it. ¹⁰ When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, “because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”

“Revive Us Again”

Hymn #719

We praise Thee, O God,

For the Son of Thy love-

For Jesus, who died and is now gone above.

Hallelujah!

Thine the glory!

Hallelujah! Amen!

Hallelujah!

Thine the glory!

Revive us again!

We praise Thee, O God,

For Thy Spirit of Light,

Who has shown us our Savior

and scattered our night.

Hallelujah!

Thine the glory!

Hallelujah! Amen!

Hallelujah!

Thine the glory!

Revive us again!

All glory and praise

To the Lamb that was slain,

Who has borne all our sins

And has cleansed ev’ry stain.

Hallelujah!

Thine the glory!

Hallelujah! Amen!

Hallelujah!

Thine the glory!

Revive us again!

Revive us again;

Fill each heart with Thy love.

May each soul be rekindled

with fire from above.

Hallelujah!

Thine the glory!

Hallelujah! Amen!

Hallelujah!

Thine the glory!

Revive us again!

“Victory in Jesus”

Hymn #352

I heard an old, old story,​

How a Savior came from glory,​

How He gave His life on Calvary​

To save a wretch like me.​

I heard about His groaning,​

Of His precious blood’s atoning.​

Then I repented of my sins​

And won the victory.​

O victory in Jesus, My Savior forever!​

He sought me and bought me​

With His redeeming blood.​

He loved me ere I knew Him,​

And all my love is due Him.​

He plunged me to victory​

Beneath the cleansing flood.​

I heard about His healing,​

of His cleansing pow’r revealing,​

How He made the lame​

to walk again​

And caused the blind to see.​

​ And then I cried, “Dear Jesus,​

Come and heal my broken spirit”; ​

And somehow Jesus​

Came and brought​

To me the victory.​

O victory in Jesus, My Savior forever!​

He sought me and bought me​

With His redeeming blood.​

He loved me ere I knew Him,​

And all my love is due Him.​

He plunged me to victory​

Beneath the cleansing flood.​

I heard about a mansion​

He has built for me in glory,​

And I heard about​

The streets of gold​

Beyond the crystal sea,​

​ About the angels singing,​

And the old redemption story;​

And some sweet day​

I’ll sing up there​

The song of victory.​

O victory in Jesus, My Savior forever!​

He sought me and bought me​

With His redeeming blood.​

He loved me ere I knew Him,​

And all my love is due Him.​

He plunged me to victory​

Beneath the cleansing flood.​

Scripture: Romans 12:1-8

12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, on the basis of God’s mercy, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable act of worship. ² Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.

³ For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. ⁴ For as in one body we have many members and not all the members have the same function, ⁵ so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. ⁶ We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith; ⁷ ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching; ⁸ the encourager, in encouragement; the giver, in sincerity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.

Tithes & Offering

Doxology

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; 

Praise Him, all creatures here below; 

Praise Him above, ye heav'nly host; 

Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Joys & Concerns

Pastoral Prayer

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-20

¹³ Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” ¹⁴ And they said, “Some say John the Baptist but others Elijah and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” ¹⁵ He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” ¹⁶ Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” ¹⁷ And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but my Father in heaven. ¹⁸ And I tell you, you are Peter^] and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. ¹⁹ I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” ²⁰ Then he sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

“One Thing Remains”

Higher than the mountains that I face

​Stronger than the power of the grave​

Constant through the trial and the change

​One thing remains​one thing remains​

Your love never fails, and never gives up

​It never runs out on me ​

Your love never fails, and never gives up

​It never runs out on me ​

Your love never fails, and never gives up​

It never runs out on me ​

Because on and on and on and on it goes

​Before it overwhelms and satisfies my soul​

And I never, ever, have to be afraid​

One thing remains​one thing remains​

Your love never fails, and never gives up

​It never runs out on me ​

Your love never fails, and never gives up​

It never runs out on me ​

Your love never fails, and never gives up

​It never runs out on me ​

In death, and in life​

I'm confident and cleansed by the power of your great love​

My debt is paid, there's nothing that can separate ​My heart from Your great love​

Your love never fails, and never gives up​It never runs out on me ​

Your love never fails, and never gives up​It never runs out on me ​

Your love never fails, and never gives up​It never runs out on me ​

Because on and on and on and on it goes

​Before it overwhelms and satisfies my soul​

And I never, ever, have to be afraid​

One thing remains​one thing remains​

our love never fails, and never gives up​

It never runs out on me ​

our love never fails, and never gives up

​It never runs out on me ​

our love never fails, and never gives up​

It never runs out on me ​

Higher than the mountains that I face​

Stronger than the power of the grave​

Constant through the trial and the change​

One thing remains

​one thing remains​

“How He Loves”

He is jealous for me​

Love’s like a hurricane, I am a tree

​Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy​

When all of a sudden​I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory

​And I realize just how beautiful You are​

And how great Your affections are for me​

Oh, how he loves us so

​Oh, how he loves us

​How he loves us so​

Yea he loves us​

Oh how He loves us

​Oh how He loves us​

Oh how He loves​

So we are His portion and He is our prize

​Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes​

If grace is an ocean we’re all sinking

​So heaven meets earth like a unforseen kiss​

And my heart turns violently inside of my chest

​I don’t have time to maintain these regrets when I think about the way​

Oh, how he loves us so​

Oh, how he loves us

​How he loves us so​

Yea he loves us

​Oh how He loves us​

Oh how He loves us

​Oh how He loves​

Scripture: Psalm 138

¹ I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise;

² I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted your name and your word above everything.

³ On the day I called, you answered me; you increased my strength of soul.

⁴ All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O Lord, for they have heard the words of your mouth.

⁵ They shall sing of the ways of the Lord, for great is the glory of the Lord.

⁶ For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he perceives from far away.

⁷ Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve me against the wrath of my enemies; you stretch out your hand, and your right hand delivers me.

⁸ The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.

Message: Pastor Ryan

“Hesed”

Benediction