Morning Worship Service

Announcements

Prelude: St. Clement Alison Willis

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 God, our heavenly Father, we have sinned against you and against other people, in thought and word and deed, through negligence, through weakness, through our own deliberate fault. We are truly sorry and repent of all our sins. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, who died for us, forgive us all that is past; and grant that we may serve you in newness of life to the glory of your name. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: 1 John 4:10

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Invocation

Hymn 300: Blessing and Honor and Glory and Power O Quanta Qualia

Responsive Reading: Psalm 50 (pew Bible p. 472)

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.

Hymn 457: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing Nettleton

Offering Prayer Christopher Pontius, ruling elder (9am)
Michel Hatem, ruling elder (11am)

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Offertory: Behold the Lamb Stuart Townend/Keith Getty

Scripture Reading: Psalm 30 (pew Bible p. 461)

Sermon: The Morning After Mourning Dr. Stephen Fix

Hymn 598: Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah Cwm Rhondda

Sacrament of the Lord's Supper

Words of Institution

Distribution of the Bread

Distribution of the Cup

Wine is in the outer ring in clear cups. Grape juice is in the inner rings in darker cups. Please register your attendance for communion on one of the golden slips of paper and place in one of the oak boxes when you leave the church or log into tenth.org/communion.

Proclamation of the Mystery of our Faith: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.

Hymn 521: My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less Solid Rock

(Please remain seated while the deacons’ offering is received. Stand for the final stanza.)

Benediction

Doxology: His Name Forever Shall Endure (Psalm 72:17–19) Effingham

Postlude: Prelude in Bb, BWV 560 Johann Sebastian Bach

Serving today:
9am: Dr. Enrique Leal, Christopher Pontius
11am: Rev. Josiah Vanderveen, Michel Hatem
Organist: Josh Kraybill

Dr. Stephen Fix (Ph.D., Catholic University of America) is the senior pastor of Reformed Presbyterian Church of Bowie (PCA) and serves as adjunct faculty at Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia) and Reformed Theological Seminary (DC). He has also contributed articles to Modern Reformation.