God Calls Us to Worship Him
Call to Worship
Worship Leader: O come, let us sing unto the Lord;
Congregation: let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.
Worship Leader: Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving
Men: and show ourselves glad in him with psalms.
Worship Leader: For the Lord is a great God,
Women: and a great King above all gods.
Worship Leader: In his hand are the corners of the earth,
All: and the strength of the hills is his also.
Worship Leader: The sea is his, and he made it,
Men: and his hands prepared the dry land.
Worship Leader: O come, let us worship and fall down,
Men: and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
Worship Leader: For he is the Lord our God,
Women: and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
Worship Leader: O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness;
Congregation: let the whole earth stand in awe of him.
Worship Leader: For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth,
All: and with righteousness to judge the world and the peoples with his truth.
Pentecost Hymn: “Come Thou Everlasting Spirit”
Come Thou everlasting Spirit
Bring to ev’ry thankful mind
All the Savior’s dying merit
All his suff ’rings for mankind
Come Thou Witness of his dying
Come Remembrancer divine
Let us feel Thy pow’r applying
Christ to ev’ry soul and mine
Christ to ev’ry soul and mine
True Redeemer of His passion
Now the living faith impart
Now reveal His great salvation
Preach His Gospel to our heart
Come Thou Witness of his dying
Come Remembrancer divine
Let us feel Thy pow’r applying
Christ to ev’ry soul and mine
Christ to ev’ry soul and mine
Let us groan Thine inward groaning
Look on Him we pierced and grieve
All receive the grace atoning
All the sprinkled blood receive
Come Thou Witness of his dying
Come Remembrancer divine
Let us feel Thy pow’r applying
Christ to ev’ry soul and mine
Christ to ev’ry soul and mine
God Graciously Renews Us in Christ
Confession of Sin
Worship Leader: Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
Congregation: have mercy upon us.
Worship Leader: Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
Congregation: have mercy upon us.
Worship Leader: Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
Congregation: grant us peace.
Forgiveness of Sin Through Christ
Worship Leader: The Lord God is both sun and shield; he will give grace and glory;
Congregation: No good thing will the Lord withhold from those who walk with integrity.
Worship Leader: O Lord of hosts, happy are they who put their trust in you!
(Psalm 84:10-12)
Hymn of Assurance: “Blessed Assurance”
This is my story this is my song
Praising my Savior all the day long
This is my story this is my song
Praising my Savior all the day long
Blessed assurance Jesus is mine
O what a foretaste of glory divine
Heir of salvation purchase of God
Born of His Spirit washed in His blood
Perfect submission perfect delight
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy whispers of love
Perfect submission all is at rest
I in my Savior am happy and blest
Watching and waiting looking above
Filled with His goodness lost in His love
Thanking God for What He Has Done
Worship Leader: You great three in one, author of all blessings we enjoy. You have taught us that neither the experience of present evils, nor remembering former sins, nor the reproaches of friends, will or can ever affect a sinner’s heart, except that you reveal your grace and make alive those dead in sin by the effective working of your power. We thank you and praise you. (a portion of “Blessings” from The Valley of Vision)
Giving Our Tithes and Offerings
Hymn of Thanksgiving: “There is None Like You"
There is none like You
No one else can touch
My heart like You do
I could search
For all eternity long and find
There is none like You
Your mercy flows like a river wide
And healing comes from Your hands
Suffering children are safe in Your arms
There is none like You
God Instructs Us Through His Word
Scripture Reading: Matthew 28:18-20
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Pastoral Prayer
God Feeds and Nourishes Us through His Supper
As the Lord’s Supper is being passed would you ponder the following questions:
Are you advancing in the joys and comforts of the Holy Spirit?
Since you last partook of the Lord's Supper, have you more faithfully followed the promptings of the Holy Spirit; have you listened in a more teachable way to the slightest whisperings of His voice; have you cherished more carefully His sanctifying influences; have you guarded more jealously against the indulgence of any thought or desire that would grieve Him, or cause Him to have to withdraw, even for a season, the manifestations of His love and the communications of His grace?
Have you a sweeter sense of the Redeemer's love?
Do you find communion with Him a foretaste of heaven?
Do you look forward with increasing desire for the day when you shall sit down with Him at the marriage supper of the Lamb?
God Blesses and Sends Us Out
Worship Leader: “May the only One Who grants pardon for sin and a peace that endures,”
Congregation: “And Whose own presence guides and cheers,”
All: “Strengthen and protect you from the evil one.”