Morning Worship Service

Prelude

Thine Be the Glory (9am) Alexandre Guilmant

Air from Suite # 2 in C Minor, BWV 813 (11am) Johann Sebastian Bach

Announcements

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

O God, we have sinned against you in our words, thoughts, and actions. Forgive us for each careless

word, for speaking too quickly, and for promoting our own agendas. Forgive us for how we use

our minds: we secretly court the idols of our hearts, fuel the fire of envy and discord, and justify

ourselves. Forgive our sinful actions: for wasting the days you give us, for walking in the path of

worldliness, and paying homage to the gods of this age. Renew us by your Spirit, and keep us daily in

your grace, for the sake of Christ our risen Savior, Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: 1 Corinthians 15:21–22

For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

Invocation

Hymn 286: Worship Christ, the Risen King! Regent Square

Responsive Reading: Psalm 29

Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over many waters.
The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.
The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth and strips the forests bare, and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”
The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord sits enthroned as king forever.
May the Lord give strength to his people!
May the Lord bless his people with peace!

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.

Nicene Creed

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made. Who, for us and our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered death and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the living and the dead; whose kingdom shall

have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life; who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spake by the prophets. And I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. 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.

Sacrament of Baptism (11am)

Charles Patrick Thompson born December 30, 2021; son of Jeffrey and Olivia Thompson.
Gabrielle Clara White born December 25, 2019; daughter of Matthew and Meghan White.

Hymn 275: The Strife Is O’er, the Battle Done Palestrina

(During the 11am service, children ages 4-7 may go to the Catacombs for Praisemakers music.)

Offering Prayer

(For online giving go to tenth.org/give or mail checks to: 1701 Delancey Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103)

Offertory: The Day of Resurrection (11am) (Trinity Hymnal 267) Thomas Matthews

Tenth Church Choir

Scripture Reading: Revelation 17 (pew Bible, p.1037)

Sermon: A Tale of Two Cities Dr. Liam Goligher

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

Benediction

Postlude

Fantasy: Easter Hymn (9am) William Harris

Gigue from Suite #2 in C Minor, BWV 813 (11am) Johann Sebastian Bach

Serving today:
Rudy Heuer, 9:00am platform
George McFarland, 11am platform
Colin Howland and Aaron Patterson, organists