Westminster Presbyterian is Located in Uptown Phoenix, Just Minutes From Downtown.
4735 N. 19th Ave. Phoenix, AZ, 602-274-2122
Order of Service for Sunday, September 6, 2026, 11:00 AM
Westminster Presbyterian Church
(602) 274-2122
Rev. Dan Albertson- Pastor
CELL (602) 430-0147
pastorwestminsterpresphx@gmail.com
Order of Service for 15th Sunday after Pentecost, September 06, 2026, 11:00 AM
PRELUDE: “Let Us Break Bread Together” based on a Spiritual, arranged by Gordon Young. Played by Kathleen Jones.
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Next week:
Monday September 7 Prayer group Lounge at 3:00 pm
Thursday September 10 Choir Practice at 7pm
Sunday, September 13 Bible Study in the Lounge at 9:30am (Led by Debby Holmes)
Sunday, September 13 Worship in the Sanctuary at 11am, followed by coffee hour
In the Fellowship Hall
MORNING PRAYER IN UNISON (in unison)
Gracious and loving God, thank You for bringing us together today.
Open our hearts to Your Word, give us ears to hear Your call, and courage to follow where You lead. In Jesus' name. Amen.
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Come, let us worship the God who calls us to be His people.
People: We come with open hearts, ready to listen.
Leader: God calls us to remember His faithfulness and to follow His ways.
People: We come ready to obey and to serve.
Leader: Where two or three are gathered in Christ's name, Christ is among us.
People: Let us worship God together!
*HYMN: “Jesus Calls Us”
CALL TO CONFESSION
God calls us to live as His people, but too often we choose our own way. We hold on to anger. We avoid difficult conversations. We remember offenses but forget grace.
We hear God's Word but sometimes fail to obey it. Let us come before God honestly, trusting in His mercy. Let us pray.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION (In unison)
Merciful God, we confess that we do not always listen when You call. Forgive us when we choose our own way, hold on to resentment, or fail to love others as Christ has taught us. Give us humble hearts and willing spirits to follow You faithfully.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
(Silent Prayer)
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Hear the good news: God does not call us because we are perfect.
God calls us because He loves us.
In Jesus Christ, our sins are forgiven, our relationships can be restored, and we are given a new opportunity to walk in God's ways.
People: Thanks be to God! Amen.
*RESPONSE HYMN: “I Will Sing of the Mercies” (Lift Up Your Hearts Hymnal #75)
*SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
PASTOR: May the Peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you
All: And also, with you.
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
Holy God, open our hearts to Your Word. Help us to hear Your call and give us courage to obey. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
FIRST READING: Exodus 12:1–14
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, 2 “This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb[a] for his family, one for each household. 4 If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. 5 The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. 6 Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. 7 Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. 8 That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast. 9 Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head, legs and internal organs. 10 Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must burn it. 11 This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord’s Passover.
12 “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. 13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.
14 “This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord—a lasting ordinance.
Leader: This is the word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God
GOSPEL READING Matthew 18:15–20
“If your brother or sister[a] sins,[b] go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. 16 But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’[c] 17 If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.18 “Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be[d] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[e] loosed in heaven.19 “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them
PASTOR: This is the Gospel of our Lord
All: Praise to You, O Christ.
SERMON: “God Calls, We Obey " - Pastor Dan Albertson
Three points:
1. GOD CALLS US TO REMEMBER
2. GOD CALLS US TO DO THE HARD THING
3. GOD CALLS US TO OBEY TOGETHER
COMMUNION ANTHEM: “I Will Dwell in You” (by Cynthia Gray)
THE APOSTLES’ CREED (Traditional Version)
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell;
the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
Invitation to the Lord’s Table
Prayer of Thanksgiving
LEADER: The Lord be with you.
ALL: And also, with you.
LEADER: Lift up your hearts.
ALL: We lift them to the Lord.
LEADER: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
ALL: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
PROPER PREFACE.
PASTOR: It is indeed right, our duty and our joy, that we should at all times and in all places give thanks ……...
And so, with all the choirs of angels, with the church on earth and the hosts of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn:
All: HOLY HOLY HOLY God of power and might heaven and earth are full of your glory hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord Hosanna in the highest.
WORDS OF INSTITUTION.
PASTOR: In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread......
This is the mystery of faith.
ALL: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
PASTOR: This table belongs to Jesus Christ. It doesn’t belong to the pastor, Westminster Presbyterian Church or anyone else. It belongs to Jesus, so everyone is invited to come experience the very real presence of God’s grace.
Come, taste, and see that the Lord is good.
Communion of the People
Prayer After Communion
OFFERTORY
Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
PRAYER OF DEDICATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS (in Unison)
*Prayer of Dedication of Tithes and Offerings (Unison)
Gracious God, receive these gifts with our gratitude. Use them to serve Your church, help those in need, and share the love of Christ. Teach us to give faithfully and follow Your call. Amen.
JOYS & CONCERS
PASTOR: Lord, in Your mercy.
All: Hear our prayer.
Prayers of the People and the Lord’s prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
*HYMN: “Revive Us Again”
*Charge and Benediction
POSTLUDE: “Prelude in F Major,” by J. S. Bach and played by Kathleen Jones.
Church leaders are available to join you in personal prayer in front of the sanctuary immediately after the postlude.
Prayer Requests
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If you have a prayer request, please fill out the prayer request form below or halfway down the Contact page.
We will forward prayer requests to our prayer chain when we receive them from the church answering machine, from one of our deacons, from email, or from the Contact page form.