Prelude: Great Is Thy Faithfulness William Runyan Brigida Norris, soprano

Announcements Kelci Rose, Director of Christian Education & Women's Ministries (11am)

Living Church: Nominating Committee Kyle Sollie

Call to Worship

Doxology 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

Have mercy on us, O God, according to your unfailing love. According to your great compassion, blot out our transgressions. Wash away all our iniquity and cleanse us from our sin. Against you, you only, have we sinned and done what is evil in your sight. Wash us, that we may be whiter than snow, for a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Restore us to fellowship with you, that we may walk in the full assurance of your promises, and in the freedom of knowing that you care for us and have brought us to yourself by the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, in whose strong name we pray. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: John 3:16–17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Invocation

Hymn 455: And Can It Be That I Should Gain Sagina

Responsive Reading: Psalm 80 (pew Bible p. 491)

Gloria Patri 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.

Hymn 629: What a Friend We Have in Jesus What A Friend

Offering Prayer Jim Sweet, ruling elder (9am)
Frank Harder, ruling elder (11am)

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Offertory: Here Is Love William Rees/Robert Lowrey

Brigida Norris, soprano

Here is love, vast as the ocean, lovingkindness as the flood, when the Prince of Life, our Ransom, shed for us His precious blood. Who His love will not remember? Who can cease to sing His praise? He can never be forgotten throughout Heaven's eternal days. On the mount of crucifixion fountains opened deep and wide; through the floodgates of God's mercy flowed a vast and gracious tide. Grace and love, like mighty rivers, poured incessant from above; and Heaven's peace and perfect justice kissed a guilty world in love. Let me, all Thy love accepting, love Thee ever all my days; let me seek Thy kingdom only, and my life be to Thy praise; Thou alone shalt be my glory, nothing in the world I see; Thou hast cleansed and sanctified me, Thou Thyself hast set me free. In Thy truth Thou dost direct me by Thy Spirit through Thy Word; and Thy grace my need is meeting, as I trust in Thee, my Lord. Of Thy fullness Thou art pouring Thy great love and power on me, without measure, full and boundless, drawing out my heart to Thee.

Scripture Reading: Mark 14 (pew Bible p. 820)

Sermon: The Hour and Power of Darkness Dr. Liam Goligher

Hymn 453: All Authority and Power Neander

Benediction

Postlude

Serving today:
9am platform: Keith Bennett, Jim Sweet
11am platform: Brock Garrigan, Frank Harder
Organist: Colin Howland

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