Second Presbyterian Church

Second Presbyterian Church Oil City

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Order of Service Aug 9, 2026@10am Eastern

Second Presbyterian Church Oil City, Pennsylvania
August 9, 2026 11th Sunday After Pentecost

Prelude Tech Team
Welcome and Announcements

Call to Worship (based on Psalm 85)
L/ Show us your unfailing love, O Lord, and grant us your salvation.
P/ Listen to God who promises true wholeness to His people; Let the people trust in God and not return to folly.
L/ Surely God’s salvation is near to those who fear the Lord, those who show God’s glory in the land.
P/ Love and faithfulness are the fruit of God’s salvation; righteousness comes from heaven and not earthly might.
L/ The Lord brings what is good and rescues the land--
P/ righteousness and justice prepare the way of the Lord God.

Hymn of Praise: # 2 Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

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

P/Dear Lord, you call us to see you and trust in you. We confess that we take our eyes from you and become overly worried about the concerns of the world. You call us to follow you upon the waters embracing your hand in faith. We confess that we become alarmed by the task and focus only on our own ability and weakness. Convict us of the truth—You are God and You are the one who orders reality. Teach us to turn our eyes to you and trust in your ability and your ways active in us by the Spirit. Teach us to humbly follow your loving grace.

L/ Hear these words of scripture: “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10: 9) Beloved this is the Good News! Jesus has come and washed us in His blood and we are free now to love and serve Him! Amen!

Passing of Peace

Doxology

Special Music Pam Keverline

Children’s Chat Tammy Botts

Reading Scripture
Prayer for Illumination
Old Testament: Job 9: 1-12
New Testament: Matthew 14: 22-34

Sermon “Walking on the Waves” Rev. Dr. Tim Harmon

Affirmation of Faith: (1562, The Heidelberg Catechism, PCUSA Book of Confessions 4.001)
L/ Q1-What is your only comfort in life and death?
All/ My only comfort is that I am not my own but belong—body and soul, in life and death—to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ. He has paid fully for all my sins with His precious blood and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil. He watches over me in such a way, that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven, in fact all things must work together for my salvation. Because I belong to Him, Christ, by His Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for Him.

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
Lord’s Prayer (using debts, debtors)

Prayer of Thanksgiving (from our Reformed Heritage)
L/ God of compassion, in gratitude we commend ourselves to you, in whom we live and exist and know. Be the goal of all my pilgrimage journey and the only rest along the way. May we take refuge from the crowds of turmoil and may we find peace in our hearts from the sea of restless waves. For only in your hands are we safe. (Augustine of Hippo, bishop, 415)

Benediction

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Second Presbyterian Church Oil City

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Presbyterian Disaster Assistance is responding to the wildfires in Washington state. Initial assistance grants have been disbursed, and PDA will continue to monitor the situation and deploy National Response Team members when it is safe to do so, at the invitation of the presbytery.

Please join us in praying for the thousands of people evacuating, the first responders working tirelessly, the wildlife and sacred lands that are impacted. May we be good stewards of our earth and provide compassionate care for our siblings in need.

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