Prelude

Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken Franz Joseph Haydn/arr. Stuart Sacks

Glorious things of Thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God; He, Whose word cannot be broken, formed thee for His own abode: on the Rock of Ages founded, what can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation’s walls surrounded, thou may’st smile at all thy foes.

Bist du bei mir Johann Sebastian Bach/arr. Walter Beeler

Be Thou with me, dear Lord and Father; my life and soul dost Thou restore. Oh, how blest are we, Thy children, when in Thy spirit living, moving, Thy pow’r to prove forevermore!

St. Theodulph March Melchior Teschner/arr. Kile Smith

O Father, You are sovereign in all the worlds You made; Your mighty word was spoken and light and life obeyed. Your voice commands the seasons and bounds the ocean’s shore, sets stars within their courses and stills the tempest’s roar.

Westminster Brass

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

Lord, we have sinned, without considering how much You love us. You see our sins more clearly than we can ourselves. Lord, You know when we are indifferent to Your Word; how often we forget to pray; the times we come unwillingly to worship; and yet we turn to You when we are in trouble. Lord, You know when we are untruthful and when we think evil of others. You see our anger and unfairness to our friends. You know how hard it is for us to forgive. Forgive us and make us clean, so that we can obey Your call to take up Your cross and follow You. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

•The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: Psalm 103:8, 10–12

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

•Invocation

•Hymn 53: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty Lobe Den Herren

Responsive Reading: Psalm 56 (page 476)

•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

Reception of New Members

9am

Allison Giardinelli, Metropolitan
Nicholas Giardinelli, Metropolitan
Erin Hernick, New Jersey
John Hernick, New Jersey
Azubuike Michael Ogbuehi, Northern Tier

11am

Jillian Brown, Metropolitan
Robert Haas, Metropolitan
Alison Novak, Metropolitan
Audra Ouellette, Metropolitan
Greg Ritcher, New Jersey

•Hymn 577: Stand Up, My Soul; Shake Off Your Fears Waltham

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

•Offering Prayer

Offertory: O God, My Faithful God Ahasuerus Fritsch/arr. Luke Carlson

O God, my faithful God, true fountain everflowing, without Whom nothing is, all perfect gifts bestowing: give me a healthy frame, and may I have within a conscience free from blame, a soul unstained by sin.

Scripture Reading: Hebrews 12:18–21 (page 1009)

Sermon: Hebrews...Approaching the Living God Dr. Liam Goligher

•Hymn 463: A Debtor to Mercy Alone Trewen

•Benediction

Postlude: Sing Praises, Ye Faithful from Cantata No. 172J. S. Bach/arr. Donald Rotermund Westminster Brass

Serving this morning:
Jared Cochrum, 9am platform
George McFarland, 11am platform
Colin Howland, organ