Morning Worship Service

Announcements & Living Church: Global Partner Update Rev. Bruce McDowell

Prelude: Be Thou My Vision (Trinity Hymnal #642) Bob Chilcott
Kaitlyn Bonsell, soprano

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.

Prayer of Confession

Almighty and most merciful Father; we have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against your holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and there is no health in us. But you, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare those, O God, who confess their faults. Restore those who are penitent; according to your promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O merciful Father, for his sake; that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life; to the glory of your holy name. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: Micah 7:18–19

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love. He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Invocation

Hymn 55: To God Be the Glory To God Be The Glory

Responsive Reading: Psalm 46 (pew Bible p. 471)

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.

Apostles' Creed

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

Prayer of Intercession (concluding with The Lord’s Prayer)

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Reception of Communicant Members (11am)

Rhiannon Magin

Hymn 575: Soldiers of Christ, Arise Diademata

Offering Prayer Norman Carter, ruling elder (9am)
John Ward, ruling elder (11am)

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Offertory: I Will Sing of Thy Great Mercies from St. Paul Felix Mendelssohn
Kaitlyn Bonsell, soprano

I will sing of Thy great mercies, O Lord, of Thy mercies, O Lord, my Savior, and of thy faithfulness evermore.

Scripture Reading: Matthew 28:16–20 (pew Bible p. 835)

Sermon: Keep Going Dr. Enrique Leal

Hymn 439: Christ Shall Have Dominion St. Gertrude

Benediction

Prayerful Reflection

Postlude: Fugue in G, BWV557 Johann Sebastian Bach

Serving today:
9am: Rev. Josiah Vanderveen, Norman Carter
11am: Dr. Steve Carter, John Ward
Organist: Josh Kraybill