Morning Worship Service

Announcements & Living Church: Elder Candidate Lunch and Forums Rev. Josiah Vanderveen

Prelude: Crusader's Hymn arr. Frederick Swann

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

Father God, the source of every good and perfect gift, we humbly implore your help. You know our faults, our failings, our necessities, the dullness of our understanding, the waywardness of our affections, the perverseness of our will. When we neglect to practice what we know, visit us we pray with your grace; enlighten our minds, rectify our desires, correct our wanderings, and pardon our omissions, so that by your guidance we may be preserved from making shipwreck of our faith; help us to keep a good conscience and so may we at length be landed safe in the haven of eternal rest; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: 1 Peter 2:24–25

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Invocation

Hymn 100: Holy, Holy, Holy! Nicaea

Responsive Reading: Psalm 22:1–18 (pew Bible p. 457)

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.

Sacrament of Baptism (11am)

Paul Teofilo Garcia born May 14, 2025 to Alexander Garcia and Danielle Kristen Garcia.

At the direction of the minister, please join in singing "Jesus Loves Me."

Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so;
Little ones to him belong, they are weak but he is strong.
Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.

Hymn 648: My Jesus, I Love Thee Caritas

Offering Prayer Norman Carter, ruling elder (9am)
Christopher Pontius, ruling elder (11am)

(Give online at tenth.org/give or mail checks to: 1701 Delancey Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103)

Offertory: Come, Ye Disconsolate (9am) arr. Joyce Jones

Steal Away (11am) arr. Howard Helvey
Tenth Choir
Norman Carter, piano

Steal away, steal away, steal away to Jesus. Steal away, steal away home, I ain’t got long to stay here. My Lord, He calls me, He calls me by the thunder, the trumpet sounds within my soul, I ain’t got long to stay here.

Scripture Reading: 1 Timothy 3:1–7 (pew Bible p. 992)

Sermon: Good Men for a Good Work Dr. Jonny Gibson

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

Benediction

Prayerful Reflection

Postlude: Little Fugue in G Minor Johann Sebastian Bach

Serving today:
9am platform: Norman Carter, Michael Miller
11am platform: Rev. Josiah Vanderveen, Christopher Pontius
Organist: Rev. Colin Howland

Called Congregational Meeting

A special meeting of the Congregation of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia is called for Sunday, November 16, 2025 for the purpose of receiving a report from the Pulpit Committee and voting upon their recommendation to approve Dr. Jonathan Gibson as our next minister. The meeting will be held in the Sanctuary immediately after the 10:30am worship service.

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

Schedule for November 16

9am Bible School

10:30am Morning Worship Service

Congregational meeting and lunch to follow the service. Please RSVP for lunch at tenth.org/events.

The following events are cancelled: Coffee Hour, Coffee Hour Choir, Sunday Connections, Special Needs Bible School, ESL Class, and the 2pm Service.