Afternoon Worship Service

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Prelude: Sonata No.1, mvt. 2: Allegro George Frideric Handel
Tom Jackson, violin; Colin Howland, piano

Call to Worship: Psalm 147:7–11

Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp.
He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills. He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call. His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of a man;
the Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.

Doxology 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!

Invocation

Hymn 62: Sing to the Lord, Sing His Praise Wesley

Scripture Reading: Joshua 15:20–63 (pew Bible p. 190)

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.

Multilingual Prayer

Hymn 295: Crown Him with Many Crowns Diademata

Westminster Shorter Catechism

Question 29: How are we made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ?

Answer: We are made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling.

Offering Prayer

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Offertory: This Joyful Eastertide Charles Wood
Colin Howland, piano

Sermon Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:1–11

1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you–unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one ultimately born, he appeared also to me. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. 11 Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

Sermon: Things of First Importance Colin Howland

Hymn 706: Jesus Lives, and So Shall I Jesus, Meine Zuversicht

Benediction

Postlude: Sonata no. 1, mvt. 4: Allegro George Frideric Handel Tom Jackson, violin; Colin Howland, piano

This service is available with simultaneous translation into Spanish. Please see an usher for assistance.

En este servicio contamos con traducción al español. Por favor dirígete con un diácono si requieres ayuda.

1pm Service Prayer Requests

We have a prayer time during the 1pm service. Requests may be shared by

1. Text - 215.709.9012

2. Email - asprayer@tenth.org

3. A note - Hand to an usher (Narthex)