Second Presbyterian Church

Second Presbyterian Church Oil City

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Order of Service Sept 13@11am Eastern

Second Presbyterian Church Oil City, Pennsylvania
September 13, 2026 16th Sunday After Pentecost

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Welcome and Announcements

Call to Worship (based on Psalm 103)
L/ The Lord is compassionate and full of mercy, slow to anger and abounding in love.
P/ God does not hold grudges, nor does God languish in anger. God does not treat us as our sins show we deserve, but God shows grace and mercy.
L/ As high as the heavens are above the earth so great is God’s love for those who fear Him. As far as the East is from the West so far has God removed our sins from us.
P/ Praise the Lord for God’s love is from everlasting to everlasting and God will wash us from all our sins if we but keep God’s commandments and follow in the Way.

Hymn of Praise: #20 All People That on Earth do Dwell

Confession and Assurance
L/ Let us take a moment of silence to reflect on our need for forgiveness…

P/ You tell us to forgive. We take so long to do so, acting as if we never do wrong and are somehow innocent ourselves. Help us to confess our faults with sincerity and awaken in us the truth of your forgiveness. We confess that we sin. We confess that we have withheld forgiveness. We confess that we are selfish and do not follow the covenant life. Send your Spirit that we might really learn to forgive our neighbors and bring love as you do. Convict us of how love works by the example of Jesus.

L/ Hear these words of scripture: “The sting of sin is death and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Corinthians 15: 56-57) I declare that we are forgiven and free because of the blood of the Lamb, Jesus. Now go and serve the Lord, giving God the glory and living in God’s grace.

Doxology “Glory Be to the Father…”

Special Music Pam Keverline

Passing of the Peace

Children’s Chat Tammy Botts

Reading Scripture
Prayer for Illumination
Old Testament: Leviticus 19: 15-18
New Testament: Matthew 18: 21-35

Sermon ”How can I forgive like That?” Rev. Dr. Tim Harmon

Affirmation of Faith: (Confession of 1967, PCUSA Book of Confessions, 9.31-32)
All/ To be reconciled to God is to be sent into the world as God’s reconciling community. This community, the church universal, is entrusted with God’s message of reconciliation and shares Christ’s labor of healing the divisions which separate human from God and from each other. Christ has called the church to this mission and given it the gift of the Holy Spirit. This means the church maintains continuity with the apostles and with the chosen people of Israel by faithful obedience to this call. The life, death, resurrection, and promised coming of Jesus Christ has set the pattern for the church’s mission: Jesus’s coming as a human means the church is involved in the common life of humans. Jesus’ service commits the church to work for human well-being. Jesus’ suffering connects the church then with all those who suffer and means the church should see the face of Christ in all those in need. His crucifixion commits the church to call out inhumanity and injustice in all its forms. His resurrection and promised coming again unites the church in the hope of God’s promises and the renewal of Life in society and individual lives, rejoicing and proclaiming God’s victory and salvation.

We Offer Our Tithes of Time, Talent, and Resources
Special Music Pam Keverline
Hymn: Praise God from Whom All Blessing Flow

Prayers of the People
Pastor: God of all kindness, you gave us Your Son because You loved the world! Hear now to our prayers in His name.

Deacon: We pray for the peace of the world…Move among us by your Spirit, break down barriers of fear, suspicion, and hatred. Heal the human family of its divisions and unite us in bonds of justice and peace.
P/ Lord hear us.

Deacon: We pray for our country…enrich our common life, strengthen te forces of truth and goodness, teach us to measure prosperity in your way and to share what we have. May we work together that those who are marginalized, impoverished, or outcast will pass from need and despair to dignity and joy. Guide us into Your ways.
P/ Lord hear us

Deacon: We pray for those who suffer…surround them with your love, support them with your strength, console them in your comfort. Bring your healing in body, mind, or spirit. Please take a moment to aloud name those for who you would pray…Bring Healing Lord.
P/ Lord hear us

Deacon: We pray for our families and loved ones…Protect us in our homes and help those without a home. Support those in difficulty or anxiety and bring an end to abuse and neglect. We pray for those lonely and those who struggle with belonging and those who are estranged from their families. Teach them to rely on you and teach all of us to stand together with all our siblings, acknowledging all the family of God not just those we would choose or to whom we belong by kinship.
P/ Lord hear us

Deacon: We pray for the church universal…Keep us true to the Gospel of Jesus. Protect us from the false gospels of nationalism, prosperity, and the belief that only we are the saved ones in our particular church groups. Make us instead your hands and feet, spreading your love and mercy. Teach us your Ways.
P/ Lord hear us.

Pastor: God of mercy, you have promised to hear what we ask in the name of Christ. Accept and hear our prayers, not as we might ask in ignorance or as we deserve in our sinfulness but as you know and love us, forgiven and redeemed by Jesus.
P/ Amen

Lord’s Prayer (using debts, debtors)

Benediction

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