Prelude

Welcome

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.

Invocation

Hymn 98: Now Thank We All Our God Nun Danket

Prayer of Confession

O God, our hearts are restless within us; help us to find our rest in you. True blessing can only come from you, yet we seek happiness in so many other things. We mistake material prosperity for your favor, and often harbor feelings of entitlement. Discontent marks our lives; even little things can make us irritable and hard to live with. We envy others and covet their belongings, jobs, or status. We confess in all of this our lack of faith and trust in you. Please forgive us, and give us grateful hearts, for the sake of Christ, who is our peace. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: Romans 5:1–2

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

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.

Responsive New Testament Reading: Colossians 3:12–17

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Hymn 714: We Plow the Fields Wir Pflugen

Offering Prayer

Offertory

Scripture Reading: Psalm 136 (pew Bible p. 520)

Sermon: Title Dr. Jonny Gibson

Hymn 3: Give to Our God Immortal Praise Warrington

Benediction

Postlude: Now Thank We All Our God arr. Virgil Fox

Colin Howland, organ

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