Prelude: Symphony No. 2, Adagio Charles-Marie Widor

Call to Worship

Invocation

Hymn 181: We Come, O Christ, to You Darwall

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: 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.

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

New Testament Reading: Colossians 2 (pew Bible p. 983)

Hymn 647: How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds St. Peter

Confession of Faith: Westminster Larger Catechism Question 39

Question: Why was it requisite that the Mediator should be man?
Answer: It was requisite that the Mediator should be man, that he might advance our nature, perform obedience to the law, suffer and make intercession for us in our nature, have a fellow-feeling of our infirmities; that we might receive the adoption of sons, and have comfort and access with boldness unto the throne of grace.

Offering Prayer

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Offertory: O Taste and See Ralph Vaughan Williams

Scripture Reading: Psalm 145 (pew Bible p. 524)

Sermon: The King's Chorus Rev. Colin Howland

Hymn 305: Arise, My Soul, Arise Lenox

Benediction

Postlude: Toccata from Suite Gothique Leon Böellmann

Serving this evening:

Platform: Nathaniel Fletcher, Bradley Jefferies
Organist: Josh Kraybill

Scripture quotations are from the ESV®Bible, copyright©2001 by Crossway. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Hymns used by permission: CCLI# 2486853

The Lord’s Supper

The Lord's Supper will be observed next Sunday, January 18, 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.