Sunday morning, November 16, 2025
Welcome & announcements
Prelude
Coming into the presence of the living God
*Receiving the Lord’s call to come to him in worship – Psalm 47:1-2
Pastor: Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
Congregation: For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
*Lifting our hearts to the Lord in humble adoration and praise
Pastor: O Lord God, King of kings, who holds all nations under your subjection, help us to praise your name with joy this morning. You have done great things, most of all delivering us from the tyranny of sin, death, and Satan through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ your Son. And you still do great things, for our hope and your glory! Thus we pray to you alone, through the mediation of your Son, who taught us to pray…
Congregation: Our Father…
*Singing the praise of our triune God
“Sing to the Lord, Sing His Praise” (from Psalm 96) Trinity Hymnal 62:1-2, 5-6
Hearing the Word of God from the Old Testament
Psalm 37:1-20 (p.466 in Pew Bible)
Approaching the living God in confession and supplication
*Rejoicing in the grace of our God through Jesus Christ his Son
“My Faith Has Found a Resting Place” Trinity Hymnal 468
Hearing the Word of God from the New Testament
2 Peter 3 (p.1019 in Pew Bible)
*Confessing our faith together
The Apostles’ Creed (p.845 in Trinity Hymnal)
*Praising the Lord with a doxology
“Book Three Doxology” (Psalm 89:52) (Book of Psalms for Worship 89H):
Now to the LORD all blessings be ascribed forever then;
Forevermore, so let it be! Amen, and yes, Amen!
*Bringing our tithes and offerings to the Lord with prayer
Asking God to bless our hearing of his Word
(Children age 4 through K may be dismissed to Children’s Church)
Giving heed to the Word of God
James 5:7-11 (p.1013 in Pew Bible)
The Gospel and our Waiting - Rev. Andrew Whitaker
*Responding with grateful praise to the triune God
“Come, Ye Thankful People, Come” Trinity Hymnal 715
*Being sent out into the world with the Lord’s benediction
Sunday evening, November 16, 2025
The Lord calls us to worship – Psalm 75:1
Pastor: We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near.
Congregation: We recount your wondrous deeds.
We respond to God’s call with a prayer of adoration
We praise the living God in song
“Lord, Our Lord, Thy Glorious Name” (Psalm 8) Trinity Hymnal 114
The Lord shepherds our hearts with a psalm
Psalm 110
We sing the psalm to let it dwell in us richly
“Unto My Lord Jehovah Said” (Psalm 110) Trinity Hymnal 313
We approach the throne of grace in confession and supplication
The Lord further shepherds our hearts toward hope in to him
Isaiah 35
We confess our faith together
Westminster Larger Catechism Q33-35
Q33: Was the covenant of grace always administered after one and the same manner?
A33: The covenant of grace was not always administered after the same manner, but the administrations of it under the Old Testament were different from those under the New.
Q34: How was the covenant of grace administered under the Old Testament?
A34: The covenant of grace was administered under the Old Testament, by promises, prophecies, sacrifices, circumcision, the passover, and other types and ordinances, which did all foresignify Christ then to come, and were for that time sufficient to build up the elect in faith in the promised Messiah, by whom they then had full remission of sin, and eternal salvation.
Q35: How is the covenant of grace administered under the New Testament?
A35: Under the New Testament, when Christ the substance was exhibited, the same covenant of grace was and still is to be administered in the preaching of the word, and the administration of the sacraments of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper; in which grace and salvation are held forth in more fulness, evidence, and efficacy, to all nations.
The Lord speaks to us by his word
Matthew 11:1-19
The Lord explains and applies his word to us through the ministry of the Spirit
The Faithful Forerunner - Rev. Nicholas Davelaar
The Lord nourishes us with signs and seals of his gracious promises
We respond with grateful confidence in our Lord
“A Parting Hymn We Sing” Trinity Hymnal 431
The Lord sends us out into the world with his benediction