Morning Worship Service

Prelude: This Joyful Eastertide Charles Wood/arr. Todd Marchand
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Announcements

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

Almighty God, who are rich in mercy to all those who call upon you, hear us as we come to you humbly confessing our sins and transgressions, and imploring your mercy and forgiveness. We have broken your holy laws by our deeds and by our words, and by the sinful affections of our hearts. We confess before you our disobedience and ingratitude, our pride and willfulness, and all our failures and shortcomings toward you and toward our fellow men. Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father, and of your great goodness grant that we may hereafter serve and please you in newness of life; through the merit and mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: 1 Peter 2:24–25

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Invocation

Hymn 369: Shout, for the Blessed Jesus Reigns Truro

Responsive Reading: Psalm 111 (pew Bible p. 509)

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)

Rosalyn Jane O’Meara born September 14, 2021 to Bill and Molly O'Meara.

Hymn 470: How Vast the Benefits Divine St. Matthew

(During the 11am service, children ages 4-7 may go to the Catacombs for Praisemakers music.)

Offering Prayer Andrew Fletcher, ruling elder (9am)

Jim Sweet, ruling elder (11am)

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Offertory: Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (9am) Charles Wood/arr. Colin Howland
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To the Lamb on the Throne (11am) Dan Forrest
Tenth Church Choir

Scripture Reading: Psalm 27 (pew Bible p. 460)

Sermon: The Reason You Exist Rev. Josiah Vanderveen

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

Benediction

Postlude: Alleluia Johann Sebastian Bach
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Serving today:
9am platform: Frank Harder, Andrew Fletcher
11am platform: George McFarland, Jim Sweet
Organist: Aaron Patterson

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Trumpets: Nathaniel Hepler, Eric Schweingruber
Horn: Kathryn Mehrtens
Trombone: Paul Arbogast
Tuba: Brian Brown