Prelude Nicaea Brass

Andante Maestoso Franz Liszt

Now Thank We All Our God (Trinity Hymnal 98) arr. Douglas Wagner/Jonathan Smith

Call to Worship

Doxology (Trinity Hymnal 731) 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 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. And grant, O most merciful Father, for Jesus’ sake, that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and joyful life, to the glory of your Name. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: 2 Corinthians 5:21

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Invocation

Hymn 296: All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name Coronation

Responsive Reading: Psalm 95 (page 499)

Gloria Patri (Trinity Hymnal 734) 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.

Announcements

Living Church: Reception of New Members

9am Service

Hayley Curtin, Metropolitan

John Curtin, Metropolitan

11am Service

Lisa Lee, Metropolitan (to be baptized)

Carlos Di Carlo, Metropolitan

Titus Edmond, New Jersey

Lily Ferry, Metropolitan

Daniel Gosdin, Metropolitan

Grant Gregory, Metropolitan

Mason Lehman, Northern Tier

Seth McKeever, Metropolitan

William Muth, Western Suburbs

Braelyn Vanderveen, Northern Tier

Josiah Vanderveen, Northern Tier

Hymn 470: How Vast the Benefits Divine St. Matthew

(In the 11am service, Praisemakers, ages 4 through 2nd grade, may go to B2)

Offering Prayer

Offertory: Psalm 18 (I Will Praise Thee, O Lord My Strength) Benedetto Marcello

Scripture Reading: Nehemiah 1 (page 398)

Sermon: Profile of a Servant Dr. Liam Goligher

Hymn 310: Rejoice, the Lord Is King Darwall

Benediction

Postlude: Above All Praise and Majesty Felix Mendelssohn

Serving this morning:
Dr. Enrique Leal, 9am platform
Rev. Gavin Lymberopoulos, 11am platform
Colin Howland, organ
Robert Skoniczin and David Seals, trumpet
Kathryn Mehrtens, horn
Paul Arbogast, trombone
Brian Brown, tuba