Morning Worship Service

Announcements Kelci Rose, Director of Christian Education & Women's Ministries (11am)

Living Church: Session Transition Plan Rev. Josiah Vanderveen

Prelude: I Need Thee Every Hour arr. Dale Wood

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

O Lord, let not your law be a cursing to our consciences, but rather give us grace under this extreme and heavy burden of sin, to be fully persuaded, that you by your death have taken away all our sins, and fulfilled the law for us, and by this means have delivered us from the curse of the law and paid our ransom; and then we, being thus fully persuaded, my have quiet and settled hearts, and a free conscience, and glad desiring wills to forsake this wicked world. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: Ezekiel 36:25–26

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

Invocation

Hymn 103: Holy God, We Praise Your Name Grosser Gott

Responsive Reading: Psalm 150 (pew Bible p. 526)

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.

Nicene Creed

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made. Who, for us and our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered death and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the living and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end. And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life; who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spake by the prophets. And I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. (continued on next page)

I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. 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 304: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say Vox Dilecti

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

Offering Prayer Kevin Little, ruling elder (9am)
Jamin Ferner, ruling elder (11am)

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Offertory: O Jesus, King Most Wonderful (9am) arr. Dale Wood

Above All Praise and Majesty (11am) Felix Mendelssohn
Tenth Church Choir

Above all praise and majesty, Lord, thou reignest ever more, hallelujah.

Scripture Reading: Mark 2:23–28 (pew Bible p. 838)

Sermon: Lord of the Sabbath Dr. Jonny Gibson

Hymn 390: Lord of the Sabbath, Hear Us Pray Germany

Benediction

Prayerful Reflection

Postlude: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty arr. Craig Phillips

Serving today:
9am platform: Kevin Little, Christopher Pontius
11am platform: Jamin Ferner, Dr. Enrique Leal
Organist: Rev. Colin Howland

The Lord’s Supper

The Lord's Supper will be observed next Sunday, June 1, during the 9am, 11am, and 2pm services. Please use this week to prepare to receive the sacrament by prayerfully examining your life before God, and by acknowledging your need for the redemption purchased by Christ