Welcome & Announcements
Prelude
Coming into the Presence of the Living God
*Receiving the Lord’s Invitation to Come to Him in Worship – Psalm 80:1-3
Pastor: Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
Congregation: Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might and come to save us! Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved!
*Lifting Our Hearts to the Lord in Humble Adoration & Praise
Pastor: O Lord of Hosts, we come to you, for we are weary and heavy laden! We need rest for our souls! We come to you through our Lord Jesus, knowing that his yoke is easy and his burden is light. Restore us we pray O Lord of hosts! Let your face shine upon us that we may be saved, as we come to you praying together the prayer our Lord Jesus taught us…
Congregation: Our Father…
*Praising God in Song
“Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah, O My Soul” Trinity Hymnal 57
Rejoicing in Hearing God’s Word
1 Timothy 6:11-21 (p.993 in pew Bible)
Corporate Confession of Sin (unison)
Remember, O Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old, remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember us, for you are good, O Lord… For the sake of your name, O Lord, forgive our iniquity, though it is great… turn to us and be gracious to us for we are lonely and afflicted. The troubles of our hearts have multiplied; free us from our anguish. Look upon our affliction and our distress and take away all our sins. (adapted from Psalm 25:6,7,11,16-18)
*Hearing God’s Promise of Forgiveness
Acts 10:43 - To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.
*We Rejoice in this Great Forgiveness by Singing the Gloria Patri
“Gloria Patri” (Trinity Hymnal 735):
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.
We Bring our Prayers before the Throne of Grace
Responding with Gratitude to the Living God for His Grace
“Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain” Trinity Hymnal 265
*Confessing Our Faith Together
Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter XXVI, Paragraph I & II (p. 864 in Trinity Hymnal)
*Praising the Lord with the Doxology
“Doxology” (Trinity Hymnal 731):
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.
Bringing our Tithes and Offerings to the Lord with Prayer
(NO Children’s Church for the month of June or July)
Giving Heed to the Word of God
1 Thessalonians 5:13-15
“The Calling of the Church to be the Church” - Rev. John Peoples
*Preparing Our Hearts to Celebrate the Lord’s Supper
“My Jesus, I Love Thee” Trinity Hymnal 648:1-2
We Celebrate the Lord’s Supper Together
*Responding to the Living God in Praise
“My Jesus, I Love Thee” Trinity Hymnal 648:3-4
*The Lord Sends Us Out into the World with His Benediction
The Lord calls us to worship – Psalm 92:1-2
Pastor: It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;…
Congregation: …to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night….
We respond to God’s call with a prayer of adoration
We praise the living God in song
“The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want” (Psalm 23) Trinity Hymnal 85
The Lord shepherds our hearts with a psalm
Psalm 37
We sing the psalm to let it dwell in us richly
“Forever Trusting in the Lord” (Psalm 37:3-7) Trinity Hymnal 671
The Lord speaks to us of his grace in Jesus Christ
1 Peter 1:3-9
We approach the throne of grace together
We confess our faith together
Westminster Shorter Catechism Q24-26 (p.871 in Trinity Hymnal)
The Lord speaks to us by his word
Matthew 13:24-30
The Lord explains and applies his word to us through the ministry of the Spirit
God’s Long Patience - Rev. Nicholas Davelaar
We respond with confidence in our Lord
“O Father, You Are Sovereign” Trinity Hymnal 75
The Lord sends us out into the world with his benediction