Prelude Men’s Choir

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Trinity Hymnal 529) arr. Colin Howland/Stephen Nielson

O Worship the King (Trinity Hymnal 2) arr. Kurt Kaiser

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

Gracious Lord, we confess that we dishonor you in our thoughts, words, and deeds. Depending on our own strength, we stumble. Glorying in our own righteousness, we reject you. Turning our faces from you, we desire the things of this world to satisfy us. We pray now, Lord, for you to forgive all of our many sins, to cleanse the darkness from our lives, and to turn our faces and our hearts back to you. We pray these things in the name of your most precious Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: John 3:16–17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Invocation

Hymn 21: Sing Praise to the Lord! Laudate Dominum

Responsive Reading: Psalm 97 (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

Sacrament of Baptism (9am)

Eloise Li-zhong & Claire Guang-zhong Talamini; children of Jonathan & Christine Talamini

Hymn: Holy Spirit, Living Breath of God Stuart Townend/Keith Getty

(In the 11am service, children ages 4 through 2nd grade may dismiss for Praisemakers in room B2)

Offering Prayer

Offertory: Abide with Me (Trinity Hymnal 402) arr. Timothy Renner

Men’s Choir

Scripture Reading: Nehemiah 2:9–20 (page 398)

Sermon: Down to Business! Dr. Liam Goligher

Hymn 370: Revive Thy Work, O Lord Festal Song

Benediction

Postlude: Symphony No. 2: Final Charles-Marie Widor

Serving this morning:
Rev. Greg Hobaugh, 9am platform
George McFarland, 11am platform
Colin Howland, organ