Worship for September 14, 2025

Thank you for joining us for this live stream (or recording, as the case may be) of Sunday worship. May it bless you! You may need to click “Play” to launch the stream, which will be live around 9:50 AM.

Welcome to the live stream of worship from Church of the Holy Cross for Sunday, September 14, 2025. You will find the service outline below, and you may download and print the PDF to follow more easily. 

Rev. Eric S. Anderson, Pastor

WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD

Lighting of the Candles

Ringing of the Bell

Welcome                            Rev. Eric S. Anderson

*Call to Worship: (based on Psalm 14)      Ming Peng

Leader:   There are people in the world who acknowledge no authority over them.

People:  All too often, they will not restrain their actions, and those around them suffer.

Leader:   God looks upon the earth and wonders: Are there any who are wise? Are there    any who seek God?
People:  Sometimes it is hard to find even one who does good, even one.

Leader:   While some would confound the plans of the poor, the LORD is their refuge.
People:  May deliverance come to us all from the grace and strength of our God!

All:           Let us worship God!

* Hymn #459: Come, O fount of Every Blessing (v. 1-3)

*Invocation: (based on Psalm 51:1-10)      Ming Peng

Have mercy on us, O God, according to your steadfast love. We are not perfect. We have taken our own roads when your direction was clear. We have sinned against you, and stand guilty. Teach us wisdom in our inmost heart. Purge us from sin. Wash us clean, and we shall lift our voices in gladness and joy. Create in us a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within us. Amen.

WE SHARE THE WORD OF GOD

Anthem: Simple Gifts     Kayleen Yuda

Time with the Children           Rev. Eric S. Anderson

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Ming Peng
 I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he judged me faithful and appointed me to his service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost. But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display the utmost patience, making me an example to those who would come to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Luke 15:1-10
Now all the tax-collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, ‘This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.’

So he told them this parable: ‘Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, “Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.” Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

 ‘Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, “Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.” Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.’

Sermon: One Silver Coin           Rev. Eric S. Anderson

WE RESPOND IN WORD AND DEED

Pastoral Prayer              Rev. Eric S. Anderson

Please join me in 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 and ever. Amen

* Hymn #547: Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound (v. 1-5)

Call to Offering                Ming Peng  

Jesus asks a great deal of us, but also forgives an enormous amount in us. We may struggle from day to day and week to week, but Jesus will always love us. Let us respond to that love with our offerings today. Whether you share your gift here in the church today, through a gift online, or via an envelope in the mail, let the offering now be received.

Offertory: Morning Song          Kayleen Yuda

* 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

*Offertory Prayer          Ming Peng

O God of mercy, accept these gifts from your grateful people. As you receive them, bless them so that others may hear more easily and more effectively of your love and grace. Amen.

* Hymn #553: There Is a Balm in Gilead (v. 1-3)

Announcements             Rev. Eric S. Anderson

Benediction                      Rev. Eric S. Anderson

Postlude: Elizabethan Postlude         Kayleen Yuda

PERMISSIONS

IMPORTANT DATES

Month of September – Foodland’s Give Aloha — donate to Church of the Holy Cross at any of your local Foodland or Sack N Save

Today, September 14— Council meeting after worship in the lounge

Mondays, 11:30 a.m. -Pickleball lessons; contact Connie 808-936-7534 or
Ruth at rnduponte07@gmail.com to sign up.

Saturday, Sept 20: Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Lili`uokalani Gardens, 8:00 AM. Come and join as a walking participant, or donate to our church’s walking group (on-line, or by check/cash to a walker.)

We welcome you to worship this day. Church of the Holy Cross seeks to help its members, friends, and visitors follow the guidance of God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit, encouraging all people to love one another according to the teachings of Jesus. We live and teach the faith, speak good news, minister to people near and far, and work with other households of faith and helping agencies to improve our community and our world. To support our ministries, please visit our Donate Page.