Evening Worship Service

Prelude: Prayer Perfect Oley Speaks
Priscilla Braithwaite, mezzo–soprano

Dear Lord, kind Lord! Gracious Lord! I pray Thou wilt look on all I love tenderly today! Weed their hearts of weariness; scatter ev'ry care, cover them beneath thy wings, keep them from despair. Dear Lord, kind Lord! Gracious Lord! I pray Thou wilt look on all I love tenderly today. Bring unto the sorrowing all release from pain, let the lips of laughter overflow again. And for all the needy, o provide, I pray, give to them their daily bread, grant content today! Dear Lord, kind Lord! Gracious Lord! I pray Thou wilt look on all I love tenderly today.

Call to Worship

Invocation

Hymn 32: Great Is Thy Faithfulness Faithfulness

Prayer of Confession

O Lord our God, no day of our lives passes that does not prove us guilty in your sight. Even our best efforts are as filthy rags before you. We ask you to forgive our sin because he who knew no sin was made to be sin for us; that in Christ we might be fully pardoned and restored. Grant that, by resting in his righteousness alone, we may hereafter walk in newness of life, and run with endurance the race that is set before us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only 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.

Doxology 733 Lasst Uns Erfreuen

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; alleluia, alleluia!
Praise him above, ye heav’nly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

Prayer of Illumination

Old Testament Reading: Exodus 24:1–11 (pew Bible p. 64)

Hymn 510: Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose Stella

Confession of Faith: Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 9

Question: What is the work of creation?
Answer: The work of creation is, God’s making all things of nothing, by the word of his power, in the space of six days, and all very good.

Offering Prayer

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Offertory: Nearer, My God, to Thee arr. Susan W. Henry
Priscilla Braithwaite, mezzo–soprano

Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me. Still all my song shall be nearer my God, to thee, nearer to thee! Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, darkness be over me, my rest a stone, yet in my dreams I'd be nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! There let the way appear, steps unto heav'n; all that thou sendest me, in mercy giv'n; angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!

New Testament Reading: 1 John 5:1–5 (pew Bible p. 1023)

Sermon: Victory Rev. Tim Geiger

Psalm 384: Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing Sicilian Mariners

Benediction

Postlude: Improvisation Aaron Patterson, organ

Serving this evening:

Platform: Frank Harder
Organist: Aaron Patterson

Hymns used by permission: CCLI# 2486853

The Lord’s Supper

The Lord's Supper will be observed next Sunday, July 21, during the evening service. Please use this week to prepare to receive the sacrament by prayerfully examining your life before God, and by acknowledging your need for the redemption purchased by Christ.