Morning Worship Service

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

Prelude: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing arr. Mark Hayes

Living Church: Tenth Preschool and Outreach Pam Nothacker, Director of Tenth Preschool

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

Our God and Father, you see our deeds, but you also know every motive of our hearts. We confess that underneath our good works often lies a cold and stony heart. You have given us so much, yet we attempt to use your gifts without love. Forgive us for being secretly self-serving; for the times we manipulate our kindnesses to make ourselves look good. Forgive us for giving reluctantly, for not wanting to get our hands dirty, for not being willing to sacrifice. Help us to take up our cross daily, dying unto self, and living for Christ. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: Ephesians 2:8–9

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Invocation

Hymn 5: God, My King, Thy Might Confessing Stuttgart

Responsive Reading: Psalm 122 (pew Bible p. 517)

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 166: Wondrous King, All-Glorious Wunderbarer König

Offering Prayer Kevin Little, ruling elder (9am)
Keith Bennett, ruling elder (11am)

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Offertory: Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee (9am) arr. Tedd Smith

Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (11am) arr. John Rutter
Tenth Church Choir

Scripture Reading: Psalm 45 (pew Bible p. 471)

Sermon: A Love Song for the King Dr. Jonny Gibson

Hymn: Psalm 45 Thaxted

Benediction

Postlude: Joyful, Joyful arr. Christina Harmon

Serving today:
9am platform: Dr. Enrique Leal, Kevin Little
11am platform: Rev. Josiah Vanderveen, Keith Bennett
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).