Evening Worship Service

Prelude: Our Father in Heaven Dietrich Buxtehude

Call to Worship

Invocation

Hymn 115: All Creatures of Our God and King Lasst Uns Erfreuen

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: John 3:16–17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Doxology 732 Tallis' Canon

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.

Prayer of Illumination

New Testament Reading: Hebrews 2 (pew Bible p. 1001)

Hymn 66: God Is Known Among His People Lauda Anima

Confession of Faith: Westminster Larger Catechism Question 30

Question: Does God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?
Answer: God does not leave all men to perish in the estate of sin and misery, into which they fell by the breach of the first covenant, commonly called the Covenant of Works; but of his mere love and mercy delivers his elect out of it, and brings them into an estate of salvation by the second covenant, commonly called the Covenant of Grace.

Offering Prayer

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Offertory: Erhalt Uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort Dietrich Buxtehude

Scripture Reading: Joshua 1:10–18 (pew Bible p. 178)

Sermon: The Makings of a Good Soldier Rev. Josiah Vanderveen

Hymn 575: Soldiers of Christ, Arise Diademata

Benediction

Postlude: Prelude, Fugue, and Chaconne Dietrich Buxtehude

Serving this evening:

Platform: Andrew Fletcher
Organist: Rev. Colin Howland

Hymns used by permission: CCLI# 2486853

The Lord’s Supper

The Lord's Supper will be observed next Sunday, October 19, during the 6:30pm service. 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.