Morning Worship Service

Announcements Kelci Rose, Director of Christian Education & Women's Ministries

Prelude: Fairest Lord Jesus arr. Diane Bish

Living Church: Leadership Russ Pfeifer

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, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and our Father, we praise you for your loving, wise, and powerful protection and provision. You work all things for good for those you have called according to your purpose. Yet, O God, we have failed to recognize your gracious hand in all things, and have not given you glory. We worry and fear, not trusting wholly in your strength or your promises. As your children of old, we grumble when things do not go according to our liking. Lord, forgive our ingratitude and our lack of faith. Strengthen us by your Spirit, that we might better comprehend the depth of your love for us through Christ Jesus our Savior. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: Psalm 32:5

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.

Invocation

Hymn 111: This Is My Father's World Terra Beata

Responsive Reading: Psalm 121 (pew Bible p. 516)

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 163: At the Name of Jesus King's Weston

Offering Prayer John Ward, ruling elder (9am)
Jim Sweet, ruling elder (11am)

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Offertory: Lord, I Want to Be A Christian arr. Gilbert Martin

Scripture Reading: Psalm 8 (pew Bible p. 450)

Sermon: Ruler of Creation’s Glory Dr. Jonathan Gibson

Hymn 122: God, All Nature Sings Thy Glory St. Helens

Benediction

Postlude: Praise to the Lord arr. Craig Phillips

Serving today:
9am platform: Dr. Enrique Leal, John Ward
11am platform: Rev. Brock Garrigan, Jim Sweet
Organist: Rev. Colin Howland

Rev. Dr. Jonathan Gibson (PhD, Cambridge University) is associate professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary. Dr. Gibson previously served as associate minister at Cambridge Presbyterian Church in England. He is a contributor to and co-editor of From Heaven He Came and Sought Her: Definite Atonement in Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspective. His PhD was published as Covenant Continuity and Fidelity: A Study of Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Malachi (Bloomsbury).