Prelude Tenth Church Choir

Come, Christians, Join to Sing (Trinity Hymnal 302) Gilbert Martin

O Jesus, I Have Promised (Trinity Hymnal 654) Evelyn Larter

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

Righteous Father, if you would mark iniquities, how could we stand before you? Even as we open our mouths to praise you, we realize our tongues are a restless evil, a deadly poison, full of unrighteousness. Our very words often reveal the truth of what is inside us; we are proud sinners, unmerciful, unkind, and ungracious towards others, promoting ourselves. We lament how our words damage relationships, divide your Church, and defame your great name before a watching world. Lord, have mercy upon us, and grant that the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts would be increasingly pleasing in your sight, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen.

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

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.

•Invocation

•Hymn 300: Blessing and Honor and Glory and Power O Quanta Qualia

Responsive Reading: Psalm 83 (page 492)

•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: My Heart Is Filled with Thankfulness Townend/Getty

(In the 11am service, Praisemakers, ages 4–kindergarten, may go to B2; CLICK, grades 1–2, may go to B1)

•Offering Prayer

Offertory: God, We Praise You Jack Schrader

God, we praise you! God, we bless you! God, we name you Sovereign Lord! Mighty King whom angels worship, Father, by your church adored: all creation shows your glory, heav’n and earth draw near your throne singing “Holy, holy, holy, Lord of hosts and God alone!” True apostles, faithful prophets, saints who set their world ablaze, martyrs, once unknown, unheeded, join one growing song of praise, while your church on earth confesses one majestic Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, God, our hope eternally. Jesus Christ, the King of glory, everlasting Son of God, humble was your virgin mother, hard the lonely path you trod. By your cross is sin defeated, hell confronted face to face, heaven open to believers, sinners justified by grace. Christ, at God’s right hand victorious, you will judge the world you made; Lord, in mercy help your servants for whose freedom you have paid: raise us up from dust to glory, guard us from all sin today; King enthroned above all praises, save your people, God, we pray. God, we praise you! God, we bless you! God, we name you Sovereign Lord!

Tenth Church Choir

Scripture Reading: Ezra 5:1–2 (page 392)

Sermon: No Small Endeavor Dr. Liam Goligher

•Hymn 353: I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord St. Thomas

•Benediction

•Postlude: Fugue in C Major Johann Sebastian Bach

Serving this morning:
Rev. Greg Hobaugh, 9am platform
Dr. George McFarland, 11am platform
Colin Howland, organist