Morning Worship Service

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

Prelude: Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy George Shearing

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 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 361: O Praise Ye the Lord Laudate Dominum

Responsive Reading: Psalm 119:113–128 (pew Bible p. 515)

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.

Reception of New Members (9am)

Matt D'Alesio (Metro)

Alexandra Knowles (Metro)

Annie Thompson (Metro)

Sacrament of Baptism (11am)

Zoe Margaret Vanderveen born July 26, 2024 to Josiah and Braelyn Vanderveen.

Hymn 700: Come, We That Love the Lord St. Thomas

Offering Prayer George McFarland, ruling elder

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Offertory: Improvisation Aaron Patterson, organ

Scripture Reading: Revelation 21:9–27 (pew Bible p. 1041)

Sermon: The New Jerusalem Rev. Garry Vanderveen

Hymn 310: Rejoice, the Lord Is King Darwall

Benediction

Postlude: Improvisation Aaron Patterson, organ

Serving today:
9am platform: Dr. Enrique Leal, George McFarland
11am platform: Rev. Josiah Vanderveen, George McFarland
Organist: Aaron Patterson

Rev. Garry Vanderveen has been the senior pastor of Christ Covenant Church since 1999. He is a graduate of Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and completed his internship at Westminster Presbyterian Church under the care of Pastor Brent Bradly. He currently serves as the chair of the Credentials Committee of Canada West Presbytery and serves on the board of JEEP (a missions organization) and Providence Christian College. He also teaches biblical studies at New Antioch College.