Prelude

O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing arr. Kurt Kaiser

Come, Ye Disconsolate arr. Kurt Kaiser

Cassia Harvey, cello

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 most just and holy God, we confess before your great majesty that we are sinners by nature, and have willingly disobeyed your commandments in thought, word, and deed. We have not loved you with our whole heart, nor have we loved our neighbor as ourselves. We come to you, Lord, not to make excuses or claim any merit of our own, but to cast ourselves upon your tender mercy, hoping and trusting in the merit and mediation of Christ alone. Amen.

•The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: Romans 5:8–9

God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.

•Invocation

•Hymn 381: Brethren, We Have Met to Worship Holy Manna

Responsive Reading: Psalm 76:1–12 (page 487)

•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 Intercession (concluding with 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. Amen.

Announcements

•Hymn: God of Grace Keith Getty and Jonathan Rea

•Offering Prayer

Offertory: Thy Word Is Like a Garden, Lord arr. Kurt Kaiser Cassia Harvey, cello

Scripture Reading: Ezra 1:1–4 (page 389)

Sermon: No Small Endeavor (Ezra-Nehemiah and Jesus) Dr. Liam Goligher

•Hymn 457: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing Nettleton

•Benediction

•Postlude: Hyfrydol Healey Willan

Serving this morning:
Rev. Gavin Lymberopoulos, 9am platform

George McFarland, 11am platform
Colin Howland, organist