_{A Congregation of the Reformed Church in America}

                                                             Our Life, Ministry, and Mission:  To Have Hearts Centered on Christ and Hearts Open to our Neighbors  

  This is the day that the Lord has made.

February 1, 2026                                                                                                                       10:00 AM

  Our Approach to God  

Prelude                                             

Welcome 

Opening Prayer 

Children’s Message                                                                                                   

*Call to Worship                                                      from Psalm 24:1-4

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;

for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters. 

Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place?

The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,  who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false god.  

*Opening Praise Songs 

“Rock of My Salvation”                                                                              -CCLI #30756

“You are Our God; We are Your People”                           -Hymn #35, CCLI #82261

Call to Confession               -Psalm 14 

Silent Prayer of Confession

Words of Assurance

People of God, Hear the Good News of the Gospel!

      By the love of God, by the blood of Christ, by the power of the Spirit, your sins are forgiven!

     Thanks be to God! 

Guide for Grateful Living                               -Psalm 15

Offering 

Doxology

               Praise God, from whom all blessings flow.

Praise Him, all creatures here below.

            Praise Him above, ye heavenly host.

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Amen. 

The Word of God in Proclamation 

Prayer of Inspiration 

Scripture       Genesis 6:9 – 7:24  (NIV Pew Bible, Pages 8-10)

        This is the Word of the Lord.

      Thanks be to God.

 Sermon                                                         “COVENANT 1” 

Prayer of Application 

Our Response to God 

Profession of Faith  (Our World Belongs to God:  A Contemporary Testimony of the RCA) 

As followers of Jesus Christ, living in this world –

Which some seek to control, and others view with despair,

We declare with joy and trust:  Our world belongs to God! 

While justly angry, God did not turn away from a world

bent on destruction but turned to face it in love.

With patience and tender care, the Lord set out on the long

road of redemption to reclaim the lost as his people and the

world as his kingdom. 

When evil filled the earth, God judged it with a flood

but rescued Noah and his family and animals of every kind.

He covenanted with all creatures that seasons will continue

and that such destruction will not come again until the last

day when the Lord returns to make all things new. 

*Hymn of Application               “O God, Our Help in Ages Past”                     -Hymn #405 

Sharing of Joys and Concerns 

Prayers of the People   

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.

*Closing Hymn                      “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”                   -Hymn #575

*Benediction   

Postlude                                                                                                                                       

     Prayer Leader is available after the service, by the front door of the Sanctuary, to pray for your needs.