Evening Worship Service

Prelude: Sonata No. 6: Adagio Felix Mendelssohn

Call to Worship

Invocation

Hymn 650: I Will Sing of My Redeemer My Redeemer

Prayer of Confession

Father of mercies, please listen to us while we confess before you how unworthy we have been of all your goodness; for we are a sinful generation, even as our fathers were. We have sinned times without number, and even those of us who are your people, and have been born into your house, we have even more than others to mourn over our sin, for you have made us more sensible of it, and we have sinned against greater light, which we do sorrowfully confess. Our sins of pride, of unbelief, of hasty judgment of your providence, our neglect of searching into your mind in the Word, our neglect of possessing your mind in our daily life, our transgressions and our shortcomings make against us a great list of accusations. Forgive us, we pray, and grant us mercy for the sake of your dear Son, our Savior. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: 1 John 4:9–10

In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 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.

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

Scripture Reading: Acts 8:26–40 (pew Bible, p.917)

Hymn 508: Jesus, Lover of My Soul Aberystwyth

Confession of Faith: Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 27

Question: Wherein did Christ's humiliation consist?
Answer: Christ's humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross; in being buried, and continuing under the power of death for a time.

Offering Prayer Joe Park

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Offertory: All Men Are Mortal Johann Sebastian Bach

Sermon: One at a Time Rev. Peter Doerfler

Hymn 647: How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds St. Peter

Benediction

Postlude: Above All Praise and Majesty Felix Mendelssohn

Serving this evening:
Dr. Enrique Leal, platform
Colin Howland, organist