Evening Worship Service

Prelude: Chorale Fantasia on "How Brightly Shines the Morning Star" Max Reger

Theodore Cheng, organ

Call to Worship

Invocation

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

Prayer of Confession

O Lord our God, no day of our lives passes that does not prove us guilty in Your sight. Even our best efforts are as filthy rags before You. We ask You to forgive our sin because He who knew no sin was made to be sin for us; that in Christ we might be fully pardoned and restored. Grant that, by resting in His righteousness alone, we may hereafter walk in newness of life, and run with endurance the race that is set before us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: Romans 8:10–11

But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

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: Mark 13:14–27 (pew Bible p. 849)

Hymn 268: Welcome, Happy Morning! Noel Nouvelet

Confession of Faith: Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 59

Question: Which day of the seven has God appointed to be the weekly Sabbath?
Answer: From the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, God appointed the seventh day of the week to be the weekly Sabbath; and the first day of the week ever since, to continue to the end of the world, which is the Christian Sabbath.

Offering Prayer

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Offertory: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say arr. Dale Wood

Sermon: Ruin and Return Dr. Liam Goligher

Hymn 298: The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns St. Magnus

Benediction

Postlude: Fantasy: Easter Hymn William Harris

Serving this evening:
Platform: Andrew Fletcher
Organist: Colin Howland