Soli Deo Gloria: Hymn Sing Norman Carter, piano

Call to Worship

Invocation

•Hymn 73: Rejoice, All People, Homage Give Truro

•Prayer of Confession

Eternal God, You do not change. You have revealed Yourself to us in Your Word. You call us to worship You in spirit and in truth. But we confess that we often worship not Your true self but who we wish you to be. We too often ask You to bless what we do rather than seeking to do what You bless. Forgive us for seeking concessions when we should be seeking guidance. Forgive us when our worship shapes You into what we want instead of shaping us into what You want. Help us to meet You here, that we might bow before Your unspeakable majesty and so live for You now and ever, in Christ. Amen.

•The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: 1 Peter 2:9–10

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

•Doxology (Trinity Hymnal 732) Tallis’ Canon

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.

Prayer of Preparation

God’s Word Read: Mark 2:23–3:6 (page 838)

•Hymn 635: How Good It Is to Thank the Lord St. Petersburg

•Offering Prayer

Offertory: Behold the Lamb of God George Frideric Handel

Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.

Tenth Church Choir
Kevin Dibble, conductor

Sermon: Read Mark Learn...The Lord of the Sabbath Dr. Liam Goligher

Prayer

•Hymn 390: Lord of the Sabbath, Hear Us Pray Germany

•Benediction

Postlude: Improvisation on a Theme by Handel Darwin Wolford

Serving this evening:
Rev. Deryck Barson, platform
Colin Howland, organ

About Worship

The Call to Worship

By a scriptural Call to Worship we understand that God welcomes us to His presence and invites us to participate in His purposes. Though we are weak, He is welcoming; though our iniquities are great, He remains inviting. The Call to Worship necessarily and simultaneously commends God’s worthiness and consoles us in our unworthiness. We can come to Him; He wants us, and He delights in our praise. All this reminds us that God has established our relationship with Him by grace and—far from releasing us from all holy obligation—that grace now compels our response of worship. In the Call to Worship, God calls us to give Him praise, but the command is not onerous. It is an invitation to respond to God’s revelation of Himself and His grace. In offering this invitation God is both host and honoree, and God’s people are both invited and compelled by His mercy to give Him glory.

Bryan Chapell, Christ Centered Worship: Letting the Gospel Shape Our Practice, p. 162