Prelude: Chant de Paix Jean Langlais
Call to Worship
Invocation
Hymn 32: Great Is Thy Faithfulness Faithfulness
Prayer of Confession
Holy Lord, we are not fit to come before you. We have no righteousness of our own to offer and we possess nothing to sacrifice that is worthy of the great debt that we owe you. We have not done what is just and right, but instead have frequently sinned in our words and our actions. We have not loved kindness and delighted our souls in doing others good. We have not walked humbly and wisely before you, but have walked in our own wisdom and followed the counsel of the world around us. Father, forgive us. Holy Spirit, take away our stony hearts and create in us true goodness and beauty. Give us grace to walk in your statutes out of the thankfulness for the rich salvation we have in Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: 1 Timothy 2:5–6
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
Doxology 733 Lasst Uns Erfreuen
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; alleluia, alleluia!
Praise him above, ye heav’nly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Prayer of Illumination
New Testament Reading: Hebrews 12:1–17 (pew Bible p. 1008)
Hymn 645: Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee St. Agnes
Confession of Faith: Westminster Larger Catechism Question 60
Question: Can they who have never heard of the gospel, and so know not Jesus Christ, nor believe in him, be saved by their living according to the light of nature?
Answer: They who, having never heard the gospel, know not Jesus Christ, and believe not in him, cannot be saved, be they never so diligent to frame their lives according to the light of nature, or the laws of that religion which they profess; neither is there salvation in any other, but in Christ alone, who is the Savior only of his body the Church.
Offering Prayer
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Offertory: Symphony V, Adagio Charles-Marie Widor
Scripture Reading: Colossians 1:15–23 (pew Bible p. 983)
Sermon: By Him, Through Him, and For Him Rev. Brock Garrigan
Hymn 295: Crown Him with Many Crowns Diademata
Benediction
Postlude: Prelude in G, BWV 557 Johann Sebastian Bach
Serving this evening:
Platform: Michael Miller
Organist: Josh Kraybill
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Hymns used by permission: CCLI# 2486853