Evening Worship Service

Prelude: Adoro Te Devote arr. Gilbert Martin

Call to Worship

Invocation

Hymn 420: At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing St. George's, Windsor

Prayer of Confession

O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, be the God of your people today! We confess that we have worshipped all too many other gods. We have devoted ourselves to all too many different values. Turn our hearts to you again! We confess that we have visited all too many sanctuaries. We have tried to find the source of life in all too many other places. We have made idols of our occupations, our recreations, and our homes. We turn to you, and to you alone, to be our God, our only God. Give us spiritual integrity. Give us wholeness and holiness. Answer us, O Lord, answer us, that we be in truth your people. All honor and power be to You, O Christ, forever and ever, amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: Ephesians 2:4–7

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

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. Amen.

Prayer of Illumination

Scripture Reading: Joshua 5:1–12 (pew Bible p. 180)

Sermon: Visible Words Rev. Josiah Vanderveen

Hymn 585: Take My Life, and Let It Be Consecrated Hendon

Offering Prayer

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Offertory: Prayer Joseph Jongen

Question of Preparation: Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 88

Question: What are the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of redemption?
Answer: The outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of redemption are, his ordinances, especially the Word, Sacraments, and prayer; all which are made effectual to the elect for salvation.

Sacrament of the Lord's Supper

The Sursum Corda (Lift up your hearts)

The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
Lift up your hearts!
We lift them up to the Lord!
Let us give thanks unto our Lord God.
It is right to give Him thanks and praise.
It is right and good and a joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks unto You, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God. Therefore, with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify Your glorious Name; evermore praising You, and saying:

“Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of Your glory. Hosanna in the highest.”

Words of Institution

Distribution of the Bread

Distribution of the Cup

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Proclamation of the Mystery of our Faith: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again!

Hymn 384: Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing Sicilian Mariners

Benediction

Postlude: Maestoso Marcel Dupré

Serving this evening:

Platform: George McFarland
Organist: Rev. Colin Howland

Hymns used by permission: CCLI# 2486853