Order of Worship - November 16, 2025 -

Welcome and Announcements

Land Acknowledgement

We want to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples: Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam Nations.

Let us prepare our hearts to worship God

Prelude: "My Heart is filled with Jesus' Love" by Doris Akers

Lighting the Candle - A Litany

In the beginning, there was darkness, and the world was without hope, without light.

But the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

The prophets foretold a coming King, a ruler whose kingdom would have no end.

You, O Lord, are our everlasting light, our God, our glory.

From a throne of endless glory, to a cradle in the dirt, the King of kings came running with mercy in His eyes, to redeem the whole creation.

We light this candle to remember Jesus Christ, the Light of the World, who conquered death and fear.

The Light of Christ now shines in our hearts and in the world through the power of His Spirit.

May our lives reflect Your light, that the world may know the wonder of Your love.

Let us now join all of heaven and earth in praise to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the God of glory and majesty!

(The Candle is lit.)

Praise forever to the King of kings! Amen.

Praise and Worship in Song:

Call to Worship and Adoration: "King of kings"

Prayer of Confession (silent prayer)

Assurance of God's love and pardon: "His mercy is more"

The Apostles' Creed

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come again 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.

Passing of the Peace

Westminster Shorter Catechism

Question 45. Which is the first commandment?

The first commandment is, You shall have no other gods before me.

Question. 46. What is required in the first commandment?

The first commandment requires us to know and acknowledge God to be the only true God, and our God; and to worship and glorify him accordingly.

Song: "Only a Holy God"

Prayer for understanding

Scripture readings:

Exodus 14:19-31 (NRSV)

¹⁹ The angel of God who was going before the Israelite army moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from in front of them and took its place behind them. ²⁰ It came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel. And so the cloud was there with the darkness, and it lit up the night; one did not come near the other all night.

²¹ Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The LORD drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night, and turned the sea into dry land; and the waters were divided. ²² The Israelites went into the sea on dry ground, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left. ²³ The Egyptians pursued, and went into the sea after them, all of Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and chariot drivers. ²⁴ At the morning watch the LORD in the pillar of fire and cloud looked down upon the Egyptian army, and threw the Egyptian army into panic. ²⁵ He clogged their chariot wheels so that they turned with difficulty. The Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the Israelites, for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt.”

²⁶ Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and chariot drivers.” ²⁷ So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at dawn the sea returned to its normal depth. As the Egyptians fled before it, the LORD tossed the Egyptians into the sea. ²⁸ The waters returned and covered the chariots and the chariot drivers, the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea; not one of them remained. ²⁹ But the Israelites walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.

³⁰ Thus the LORD saved Israel that day from the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. ³¹ Israel saw the great work that the LORD did against the Egyptians. So the people feared the LORD and believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses.

Matthew 18:21-35 (Lexham English Bible)

²¹ Then Peter came up to him and said, “Lord, how many times will my brother sin against me and I will forgive him? Up to seven times?” ²² Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven!

²³ “For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man—a king—who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves. ²⁴ And when* he began to settle them,* someone was brought to him who owed ten thousand talents. ²⁵ And because he did not have enough to repay it, the master ordered him to be sold, and his wife and his children and everything that he had, and to be repaid. ²⁶ Then the slave threw himself to the ground and began to do obeisance to him, saying, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay back everything to you!’ ²⁷ So the master of that slave, because he had compassion, released him and forgave him the loan. ²⁸ But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii, and taking hold of him, he began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back everything that you owe!’ ²⁹ Then his fellow slave threw himself to the ground and began to implore him, saying, ‘Be patient with me and I will repay you!’ ³⁰ But he did not want to, but rather he went and threw him into prison until he would repay what was owed. ³¹ So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were extremely distressed, and went and reported to their master everything that had happened. ³² Then his master summoned him and* said to him, ‘Wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you implored me! ³³ Should you not also have shown mercy to your fellow slave as I also showed mercy to you?’ ³⁴ And because he was angry, his master handed him over to the merciless jailers until he would repay everything that was owed. ³⁵ So also my heavenly Father will do to you, unless each of you forgives his brother from your hearts!”

Sermon: “Forgiven to Forgive: Lessons from the Sea and the Servant”

Song: "Yet not I, but through Christ in me"

Offertory: "Voluntary in C" by Samuel Jackson

Doxology and Prayer of Thanksgiving

Prayers of the People

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever.
Amen.

November 16, 2025 - 23rd Sunday after Pentecost

Speaker: The Rev. Dr. Victor C. Gavino

Reader: Elias Lim

Music: Yeo-Jung Kim

10:30 - 11:30 AM at the Sanctuary