Morning Worship Service

Announcements

Prelude: Meditation Charles-Marie Widor

Living Church: Trustees Report Keith Bennett, ruling elder

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

Merciful God, we confess that we have disobeyed your holy law in our thoughts, words, and deeds. We pray your Holy Spirit would impress us deeply with the severity of our sin. Our senses have become dull to sin’s effects, and our hearts seldom feel the weight of our transgressions. We confess the pleasure we often find in sinning; it allures and attracts us, promising satisfaction or reward, but really it only deceives and enslaves us. Father, take away our love of sinning! Expose the lies which tempt us, and by your grace keep us from the evil one. Draw us to yourself in Christ, that we might walk in righteousness and truth all our days. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: Romans 6:22–23

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Invocation

Hymn 103: Holy God, We Praise Your Name Grosser Got, Wir Loben Dich

Responsive Reading: Psalm 130 (pew Bible p. 518)

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: I Asked the Lord that I Might Grow O Waly, Waly

(During the 11am service, children ages 4-7 may be dismissed to Basement Room 5 for Praisemakers music.)

Offering Prayer John Ward, ruling elder (9am)
Frank Harder, ruling elder (11am)

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Offertory: Andante Moderato (9am) Robert Hebble

O for a Closer Walk with God (11am) Charles Stanford
Tenth Church Choir

Scripture Reading: Psalm 51 (pew Bible p. 474)

Sermon: A Lesson on Confession Dr. Jonny Gibson

Hymn 460: Amazing Grace! Amazing Grace

Benediction

Postlude: Laudate Dominum Malcolm Archer

Serving today:
9am platform: Keith Bennett, John Ward
11am platform: Jim Sweet, Frank Harder
Organist: Rev. Colin Howland

Called Congregational Meeting

A meeting of the Congregation of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia is called for Friday, December 6, 2024 for the purpose of electing Elders, Deacons, and Deaconesses; adopting the Outreach Budget for 2025; to vote on a Nominating By-Law change; to hear a report and vote on a recommendation for the process and structure to create a Pulpit Committee to search for a Senior Minister; and to consider any other business that may properly come before the meeting. The meeting will be held in the Sanctuary at 7:00 pm.

By order of the Session,
George K. McFarland, Clerk