Prelude: He Shall Feed His Flock from Messiah George Frideric Handel
Suzannah Waddington, soprano

Announcements Kelci Rose, Director of Christian Education & Women's Ministries (11am)

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

Our great God and Father, who can stand in Your holy presence? Our sins deserve Your righteous judgment. We transgress Your commandments every day in what we do, think, and say. Our very motives are tainted with sin; often we cannot even discern our own errors. We cast ourselves upon Your mercy which flows from the cross of our Savior Jesus. We look to Him to be free from condemnation, guilt, and shame. By Your Holy Spirit, grant us faith to trust Him more. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: Colossians 1:13–14

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Invocation

Hymn 203: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing Mendelssohn

Responsive Reading: Psalm 59 (pew Bible p. 477)

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.

Hymn 230: Thou Who Wast Rich Beyond All Splendor Quelle Est

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

Offering Prayer Jamin Ferner, ruling elder (11am)

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

Offertory

O Savior of Our Fallen Race (9am) Keith Getty/arr. Daniel Grassi

Suzannah Waddington, soprano

A Great and Mighty Wonder arr. James Whitbourn

Tenth Church Choir

A great and mighty wonder, a full and holy cure! The virgin bears the Infant with virgin-honor pure. Repeat the hymn again! 'To God on high be glory, and peace on earth to men!' The Word becomes incarnate and yet remains on high! And Cherubim sing anthems to shepherds from the sky. While thus they sing your Monarch, those bright angelic bands, rejoice, ye vales and mountains, ye oceans clap your hands. Since all He comes to ransom, by all be He adored, the Infant born in Bethl'em, the Savior and the Lord.

Scripture Reading: Luke 2:1—7 (pew Bible p. 857)

Sermon: The Joke of the World Dr. Chad Van Dixhoorn

Hymn 195: Joy to the World! The Lord Is Come Antioch

Benediction

Postlude: Come Savior of the Nations, BWV 661 Johann Sebastian Bach

Serving today:
Rev. Greg Hobaugh, Chris Andino, 9am platform
Rev. Greg Hobaugh, 11am platform
Aaron Patterson, organist