Prelude: Old Hundredth arr. Sterling Procter Nicaea Brass

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

Living Church: Nominating Committee Ralph Bremerman
(Submit nominations for Elder, Deacon, and Deaconness at tenth.org/nominate)

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

Loving Father, You are the keeper of our souls. You hem us in behind and before, and there is no place we can flee from Your presence. But Lord, we are so prone to wander. We go astray in our thinking and in our deeds. We follow our feelings rather than Your Word. Pride takes priority over Your precepts. Selfishness motivates instead of love. Legalism binds our conscience where grace should free us. By Your Holy Spirit, remove the remaining shackles of sin. Enlighten our minds in the knowledge of Christ, that we might serve and enjoy You to the fullest every day. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: Romans 8:1

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Invocation

Hymn 53: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty Lobe Den Herren

Responsive Reading: Psalm 89:1–18 (pew Bible p. 495)

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.

Sacrament of Baptism (11am)
Jaime SeoJin Marren born February 5, 2023 to Sean Marren and Esther Kim.

Hymn 335: Gracious Spirit, Dwell with Me Redhead

Offering Prayer Bill Langford, ruling elder (9am)
George McFarland, ruling elder (11am)

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Offertory: O Taste and See (9am) Ralph Vaughan Williams/arr. Colin Howland

Festival Anthem on Ellacombe (11am) arr. David Lantz III
Tenth Church Choir

Scripture Reading: Matthew 3:2

Sermon: The Kingdom of God and Repentance Dr. Stephen Tong

Hymn 298: The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns St. Magnus

Benediction

Postlude: Now Thank We All Our God Douglas Wagner/arr. Jonathan Smith
Nicaea Brass

Serving today:
9am platform: Dr. Liam Goligher, Bill Langford
11am platform: Dr. Liam Goligher, George McFarland
Organist: Aaron Patterson

Nicaea Brass
Nathaniel Hepler, trumpet
Eric Schweingruber, trumpet
Kathryn Mehrtens, horn
Paul Arbogast, trombone
Brian Brown, tuba

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Hymns used by permission: CCLI# 2486853