Order of Service Nov 15@11am Eastern
Second Presbyterian Church Oil City, Pennsylvania
November 15, 2026 25th Sunday After Pentecost
Prelude Tech Team
Welcome and Announcements
Call to Worship (based on Psalm 119:129-136)
L/God’s statutes are wonderful and I choose to obey them; the unfolding of God’s Words into actions gives Light and Understanding of God’s ways.
P/ I will follow God’s commands to love and show mercy. I will turn to God and bring justice and care to all of God’s people.
L/ Direct my footsteps O Lord according to Your Word. Let not sin but praise rule my lips. Let me not oppress but bring life and goodness to those all around me.
P/ Make your face O God shine upon us and teach us your Ways. Make us to show your way even if the world around us does not follow. Open our hearts to those you uphold in all the world.
Hymn of Praise: # 284 They’ll Know We are Christians
Confession and Assurance
L/ Let us take a moment to contemplate our need for the forgiveness and healing of Jesus…
L/Holy One, Source of Justice, we confess that we are deeply tangled in systems that break your world. We confess that our comfort is sometimes bought with another person's poverty. Our safety is sometimes secured by another’s oppression. Our silence has allowed hate to find a home.
P/ Forgive us for when we choose lack of conflict over justice. Forgive us for looking away because looking closely costs too much or makes us uncomfortable. Wake us up from our apathy. Move us from guilt into action, that we may dismantle the walls that divide us and build a table where all are truly welcome.
L/ Hear these words of scripture: “Make sure that you do not fail to see the grace of God and guard against bitter roots growing up to cause trouble and sin again. (Hebrews 12: 15)” I declare we are forgiven and bound together into the covenant community by the blood of Jesus.
Doxology: “Glory be to the Father…”
Offertory
We Worship by Our Tithes of Time, Talent, and Resources
Hymn: Praise God from Whom All Blessing Flow
Prayers of the People
Lord’s Prayer (using debts, debtors)
Reading Scripture
Prayer for Illumination
New Testament: Mattew 25: 31-46
Sermon in action—Packing Shoeboxes
Blessing of Boxes and Benediction
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