Prelude

Hosanna to the Living Lord arr. Jeremy Strong

Hosanna to the living Lord! Hosanna to the Incarnate Word! To Christ, Creator, Savior King, let earth, let heav’n hosanna sing! Hosanna, Lord! Hosanna in the highest! O Savior, with protecting care abide in this Thy house of prayer, where we Thy parting promise claim, assembled in Thy sacred name. But, chiefest, in our cleansed breast, eternal, bid Thy Spirit rest and make our secret soul to be a temple pure and worthy Thee. So in the last and dreadful day, when earth and heav’n shall melt away, Thy flock, redeemed from sinful stain, shall swell the sound of praise again.

Rise Up, O Men of God arr. Tracey Ann Biddle

Rise up, O men of God! Have done with lesser things. Give heart and soul and mind and strength to serve the King of kings. Rise up, O men of God! His kingdom tarries long; bring in the day of brotherhood and end the night of wrong. Rise up, O men of God! The church for you doth wait, Her strength unequal to her task, rise up and make her great! Lift high the cross of Christ! Tread where His feet have trod; as brothers of the Son of Man, rise up, O men of God!

Men’s Choir

Call to Worship

•Doxology (Trinity Hymnal 731) Old Hundredth

Praise God from Whom all blessings flow; praise Him, all creatures here below;

Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

•Prayer of Confession

O God, our Father in heaven, we come to You in penitence, confessing our sins. Create in us a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within us. Restore to us the joy of Your salvation, and uphold us with your free Spirit. Forgive us, Lord, for the wrong we have done, for the unkind words we have said, for our evil thoughts. Forgive us for forgetting You, for our selfishness, for our neglect of others. Lord, hear our prayer, guide us and help us, to do better and to be better, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

•Words of Comfort and Pardon of the Gospel: Ephesians 2:4–5

God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ. By grace you have been saved.

•Invocation

•Hymn 4: All Praise to God, Who Reigns Above Mit Freuden Zart

Responsive Reading: Psalm 54 (page 475)

•Gloria Patri (Trinity Hymnal 734) Meineke

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, Amen.

•Apostles’ Creed

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.

Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession

Announcements

Living Church: Trustees Report

•Hymn 660: O God beyond All Praising Thaxted

(In the 11:00 service, Praisemakers, ages 4–5, may go to B2 & B3; KLICK, grades 1–2, may go to B1)

•Offering Prayer

Offertory: Psalm 20 Heinrich Schütz/arr. Colin Howland

The Lord hear thee in troubled times, may Jacob’s God defend thee, and send out strength from Zion’s hill and from His sanctuary. May He recall thine offerings, with all thy sacrifices, and grant thee all thy heart’s desire, fulfilling all thy purpose, as His good grace suffices.

We will rejoice; salvation comes! In God’s name lift our banners. May God fulfill all thy requests and lift up all thy banners. Thus now I know God saves his own, God saves His own anointed. He always hears, with His right hand He comes from heaven above us, and in the strength appointed.

Some always trust in chariots and others trust in horses, but we recall our Lord and God, strong past our own resources. Our enemies have fallen low but we are held and upright. So save us, Lord, our God and King as we in trouble call Thee.

Men’s Choir

Scripture Reading: Hebrews 12:14 (page 1009)

Sermon: Hebrews...The Beatific Vision Dr. Liam Goligher

•Hymn 295: Crown Him with Many Crowns Diademata

•Benediction

Postlude: Fanfare and Procession Keith Chapman

Serving this morning:
Rev. Enrique Leal, 9am platform
Rev. Deryck Barson, 11am platform
Colin Howland, organ