Prelude: Intermezzo Herbert Sumsion

Call to Worship

Invocation

Hymn 4: All Praise to God, Who Reigns Above Mit Freuden Zart

Prayer of Confession

O Lord, great God, whom we behold in awe and wonder, who has kept covenant and steadfast love with your people from age to age: we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and ordinances. We have known in our hearts what is right, and yet we did wrong anyway. We have been fascinated by evil, delighted with pleasing ourselves, satisfying our desires, pampering ourselves with pleasures. O Lord, great God, have mercy on us according to your steadfast love. We know you are a God who delights in goodness. Grant that we too might delight in goodness. These prayers we present to you, O Father, in the name of Jesus, the lamb who was slain and yet lives forever more. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: Hebrews 9:26–28

But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for 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

New Testament Reading: Hebrews 12:18–29 (pew Bible p. 1009)

Hymn 463: A Debtor to Mercy Alone Trewen

Confession of Faith: Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 16

Question: Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first transgression?
Answer: The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself, but for his posterity; all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him in his first transgression.

Offering Prayer

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Offertory: Allegretto Herbert Sumsion

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

Sermon: Becoming God's People Rev. Colin Howland

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

Benediction

Postlude: Ceremonial March Herbert Sumsion

Serving this evening:

Platform: Andrew Fletcher
Organist: Aaron Patterson

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