Soli Deo Gloria

Psalm-Prelude (Psalm 139:12) Herbert Howells

Even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.

Adagio in E Frank Bridge Aaron Patterson, organ

Call to Worship

Invocation

•Hymn 83: O Praise the Lord, for He Is Good Richmond

•Prayer of Confession

O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, be the God of your people today! We confess that we have worshipped all too many other gods. We have devoted ourselves to all too many different values. Turn our hearts to you again! We confess that we have visited all to many sanctuaries. We have tried to find the sources of life in all too many other places. We have made idols of our occupations, our recreations, and our homes. We turn to You, and to You alone, to be our God, our only God. Give us spiritual integrity. Give us wholeness and holiness. Answer us, O Lord, answer us, that we be in truth Your people. All honor and power be to You, O Christ, forever and ever. Amen.

•The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: Micah 7:18–19

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love. He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

•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 4:1–20 (page 839)

•Hymn 437: O God, to Us Show Mercy Meirionydd

•Offering Prayer

Offertory: Give Us the Wings of Faith James Whitbourn

Give us the wings of faith to rise within the veil, and see the saints above, how great their joys, how bright their glories be. We ask them whence their victory came: they, with united breath, ascribe their quest to the Lamb, their triumph to His death. They marked the footsteps that He trod, His zeal inspired their breast, and, following their incarnate God, they reached the promised rest.

Tenth Church Choir
Timothy Renner, conductor

Sermon: Read Mark Learn...Of Seeds and Soils Dr. Liam Goligher

Prayer

•Hymn 173: Praise Him! Praise Him! Joyful Song

•Benediction

Postlude: I Love Thee, My Lord George Shearing

Serving this evening:
Jared Cochrum & Tim Merkel, platform
Aaron Patterson, guest organist