Prelude: Come Home (Trinity Hymnal #479) Craig Courtney
Todd Thomas, baritone

Call to Worship

Invocation

Hymn 179: Hallelujah! Thine the Glory Thine The Glory

Prayer of Confession

Our great God and Father, who can stand in your holy presence? Our sins deserve your righteous judgment. We transgress your commandments every day in what we do, think, and say. Our very motives are tainted with sin; often we cannot even discern our own errors. We cast ourselves upon your mercy which flows from the cross of our Savior Jesus. We look to him to be free from condemnation, guilt, and shame. By your Holy Spirit, grant us faith to trust him more. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: Colossians 1:13–14

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

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 12:18–29 (pew Bible p. 1009)

Hymn 10: Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Alleluia

Confession of Faith: Westminster Larger Catechism Question 61

Question: Are all they saved who hear the gospel, and live in the Church?
Answer: All that hear the gospel, and live in the visible Church, are not saved; but only they who are true members of the Church invisible.

Offering Prayer

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Offertory: An Offering Dan Forrest
Todd Thomas, baritone

O Christ, Who spared not any cost, nor any grace withheld, but poured forth Your redeeming blood in love unparalleled; what would you have me offer, Lord? What must I count as loss that I may taste the fellowship that brings me near the cross? Why should I cling to gifts You give? Why grasp in foolish pride what You who gave Yourself for me now bid me lay aside? To know You is my highest gain, worth any sacrifice, a treasure worthy to possess at any earthly price. Yet if behind my open hands, my heart shrinks from the cost, teach me that nothing offered You is ever truly lost. A hundredfold reward awaits in one glimpse of Your face, my sacrifice forgotten in the riches of Your grace.

Scripture Reading: Colossians 1:24–2:5 (pew Bible p. 983)

Sermon: Paul's Ministry Mission Rev. Brock Garrigan

Hymn 518: Christ, of All My Hopes the Ground Hendon

Benediction

Postlude: Symphony No. 2, Final Charles Marie Widor

Serving this evening:

Platform: Nathaniel Fletcher
Organist: Rev. Colin Howland

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