Worship Services
Second Presbyterian enjoys a full worship service every Sunday. Please join us each week for:
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11:00AM Worship (Winter Hours)
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Order of Service Nov 1@11am Eastern
Second Presbyterian Church Oil City, Pennsylvania
November 1, 2026 All Saint Sunday
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Welcome and Announcements
Call to Worship (based on Psalm 43)
L/ Rescue us O God from an ungodly nation; save us from deceitful and wicked men.
P/ God, you are our stronghold. Why does it feel like you’ve gone away from us and dropped us into this chaos?
L/ Send us your light and truth that they might guide us. Bring us to your temple that we might dwell with you in your kingdom.
P/ Let us go in and praise God at the altar, the altar of joy and delight. Let us be about the righteousness and justice of God and not self-serving men.
L/ Why are we so disturbed by the world? Hear this—put your hope in God alone, for only God is our Savior and Lord.
Hymn of Praise: # 34 The God of Abraham Praise
Confession and Assurance
L/ Let us take a moment of silence to reflect on our need for forgiveness…
P/ We confess that we forget about your Word. We want to end hardship. We want to be in the right. And so, we turn so easily toward justifying our own positions and accepting the ways of the world. We lie, but only a little. We take what we want and refuse to call it stealing. We give up on helping others because it’s too hard or we do not think we have enough power. We look away from violence to keep it from finding us. And in the process, we lose your community and settle for quiet. Forgive us. Cause us to stand together in your way. By your Spirit’s gifts make us witnesses to Jesus.
L/ Hear these words of scripture: “Such confidence as this comes through Christ. Not that we are competent in ourselves but we know our competence comes from God.” (2 Corinthians 3: 4-5) 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!
Hymn: #513 O How He Loves You and Me” (verse 1 only)
Passing of the Peace
Doxology “Praise God…”
Children’s Chat Tammy Botts
Reading Scripture
Prayer for Illumination
Old Testament: Micah 3: 5, 8-12
New Testament: 1 Thessalonians 2: 6b-13
Sermon ”Faith is not always Safe” Rev. Dr. Tim Harmon
Affirmation of Faith: (The Apostles’ Creed, PCUSA Book of Confessions,180 AD)
All/ I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord. Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again from the dead. Jesus ascended into heaven and now sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From there He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
We Offer Our Tithes of Time, Talent, and Resources
Hymn: Praise God from Whom All Blessing Flow
Prayers of the People
Sacrament of the Lord’s Table
Words of Institution 1 Corinthians 11: 23-26
Invitation
L/ The Lord be with you P/ And also with you
L/ Lift your hearts P/ We lift them to God
L/ Worship and give thanks P/ We worship God and sing praise
L/ We give thanks and praise, O God our Father, for your saving love poured out in all of human history—the blessing of your Word and Spirit at creation, the deliverance of your people from the flood, the way of justice rolling down like water in the prophets, the river of life that flows from your throne eternally.
We give you thanks and praise especially for Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. He poured out your love on the cross, a love not just for us but for all the world! Through baptism, teaching, and service, he taught us in love. Through his death and resurrection, He feeds us and remakes us. Through his ascension He sends us to bring the Good News in word and deed, witnesses to the love and grace that flows through Him from you, O Father.
We give thanks for the Holy Spirit. The Spirit pours out your love into our hearts and spurs us to service, transforming us by the Gospel of Salvation through the Font of New Life, and the Feast of our Redemption by the Lamb, and by the preaching of your Word that promises Jesus’s coming again.
So let our voices join with those who have been, are now, and will be some day gathered around your throne singing the song of heaven:
P/ Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, Heaven and earth are full of your glory. (Isaiah 6: 3; Revelation 4:8) Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is the one that comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest! (Psalm 118:25; Matthew 21:9)
L/ We remember on the night Jesus showed us the depth of God’s love, when He gathered with his friends at Table…
L/ So we gather again at the Table, united as His people and fed by His love. Only say the word Lord, for we are not worthy (Matthew 8:8). Lord, we believe, help our unbelief (Mark 9:24)
P/ Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ, by the power of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is Yours Almighty Father, forever and ever. Amen. (Romans 11:36)
Lord’s Prayer (using debts, debtors)
Communion
The Elders and Deacons will bring the bread and cup. Please take and pass, holding each until we can eat or drink them together. We do not limit age but leave that to parents. All may receive who seek Jesus.
Prayer of Thanksgiving (from our Reformed Heritage)
L/ God of glory, in this holy feast you have made us one with Christ and joined us to the faithful multitude. Make us aware of the joy of being the ones who hunger and thirst no more, who are called to worship you without ceasing. Lead us on the paths of righteousness and guide us to the eternal springs of the waters of Life, until we join together in the song of the redeemed singing, “Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and the Lamb, Jesus Christ!” (PCUSA Book of Common Worship, 2018)
Benediction
Closing Hymn: # 452 Make Me a Blessing
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Our Mission:
Led by the Spirit, we as a worshipping body of Christ, discern God’s will so as to participate in God’s mission at home, in our neighborhood and wherever HE sends us in the world.