Prelude: Christmas Carol Sing (6:15pm) Rev. Colin Howland, piano

Call to Worship

Invocation

Hymn 214: Angels We Have Heard on High Gloria

Prayer of Confession

O most great, most just and gracious God; you are of purer eyes than to behold iniquity, but you have promised mercy through Jesus Christ to all that repent and believe in Him. We confess that we have all sinned and come short of the glory of God. We have neglected your holy worship. We have not sought first your kingdom. You have revealed your wonderful love to us in Christ and offered us pardon and salvation in him, but we have turned away. We have run into temptation, and the sin that we should have hated, we have committed. Have mercy on us, most merciful Father! In your Son is our salvation, in your promises our hope. Take us for your children and give us the Spirit of your Son, through Jesus Christ our only Savior.

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.

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: Revelation 19:11–21 (pew Bible p. 1040)

Hymn 219: All Praise to Thee, Eternal Lord Canonbury

Confession of Faith:

Westminster Larger Catechism Question 45: How does Christ execute the office of a king? 
Answer: Christ executes the office of a king, in calling out of the world a people to himself, and giving them officers, laws, and censures, by which he visibly governs them; in bestowing saving grace upon his elect, rewarding their obedience, and correcting them for their sins, preserving and supporting them under all their temptations and sufferings, restraining and overcoming all their enemies, and powerfully ordering all things for his own glory and their good: and also in taking vengeance on the rest, who know not God, and obey not the gospel.

Heidelberg Catechism, Question 32: Why are you called a Christian?
Answer: Because I am a member of Christ by faith and thus share in his anointing, so that I may as prophet confess his name, as priest present myself a living sacrifice of thankfulness to him, and as king fight with a free and good conscience against sin and the devil in this life, and hereafter reign with him eternally over all creatures.

Offering Prayer

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Offertory: Interlude on the Coventry Carol W.S. Lloyd Webber

Old Testament Reading: Psalm 110 (pew Bible p. 509)

Sermon: Jesus Our King Rev. Josiah Vanderveen

Hymn 225: Once in Royal David’s City Irby

Benediction

Postlude: Joy to the World arr. Virgil Fox

Serving this evening:

Platform: Collin Gibboney
Organist: Rev. Colin Howland