Morning Worship Service

Prelude: How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds arr. Harold Darke

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

O Lord, You are our Father. We are your children. You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hands. Forgive us Lord for how we have corrupted Your good creation. Gracious Lord, You alone are righteous and holy, and in Your presence no one can stand. Your gracious mercy is our only hope and we ask for Your forgiveness. We pray for Your cleansing touch to wash away our corruption, and to clothe us in the righteousness that is only found in the Lord Jesus Christ, in whose holy name we pray. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: 1 Peter 2:9–10

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Invocation

Hymn 44: How Great Thou Art O Store Gud

Responsive Reading: Psalm 68:1–18 (pew Bible p.481)

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.

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.

Hymn: Before the Throne of God Above Talent

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

Offering Prayer Norman Carter, ruling elder (9am)

Jamin Ferner, ruling elder (11am)

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Offertory: Laudate Dominum (11am) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Tenth Church Choir; Nathaniel Fletcher, conductor
Suzannah Waddington, soprano

Laudate Dominum omnes gentes, laudate eum omnes populi. Quoniam confirmata est supernos misericordia ejus, et veritas Domini manet in aeterunum. Gloria patri et filio et spiritui sancto, Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Praise the Lord all nations, praise Him all people. For He has bestowed His mercy upon us, and truth, the truth of the Lord endures forever. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and forever, world without end. Amen.

Scripture Reading: Judges 11 (pew Bible p.211 )

Sermon: The Savior Nobody Wanted Dr. Liam Goligher

Hymn 575: Soldiers of Christ, Arise Diademata

Benediction

Postlude: Little Fugue in G Minor Johann Sebastian Bach

Serving today:
9am platform: Tom Pfeil, Norman Carter
11am platform: Brock Garrigan, Jamin Ferner
Choral Director: Nathaniel Fletcher
Organist: Colin Howland

The Lord’s Supper

The Lord’s Supper will be observed at all services next Sunday, March 5.

The Westminster Larger Catechism reminds us of the importance of preparing for the Lord’s Supper:

They that receive the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper are, before they come, to prepare themselves thereunto, by examining themselves of their being in Christ, of their sins and wants; of the truth and measure of their knowledge, faith, repentance; love to God and the brethren, charity to all men, forgiving those that have done them wrong; of their desires after Christ, and of their new obedience; and by renewing the exercise of these graces, by serious meditation, and fervent prayer. (Larger Catechism Answer 171)

Suggested Bible passages for preparation: Isaiah 55, Mark 14:22–25, John 4:7–14, 1 Cor 10:14–33