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Weekly Bulletin

Theme of the Quarter: 1 Thessalonians 3:13

…so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

MORNING WORSHIP

May 17, 2026

Welcome & announcements

Prelude

Coming into the presence of the living God

*Receiving the Lord’s call to come to him in worship – Psalm 99:1-3, 5

Pastor: The LORD reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!

Congregation: The LORD is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the peoples.

Let them praise your great and awesome name! Holy is he!

Exalt the LORD our God; worship at his footstool! Holy is he!

*Lifting our hearts to the Lord in humble adoration and praise

Pastor: O LORD, you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel! Tune our hearts to sing your praise, and nourish us no less, that we might approach the coming days with joyful hope in you and in your Son, through whom we pray together the pray he taught his disciples…

Congregation: Our Father…

*Singing the praise of our triune God

“All You That Fear Jehovah’s Name” (Psalm 22:22-25) Trinity Hymnal 9:1-3

Hearing the Word of God from the Old Testament

Isaiah 22:12-14

Approaching the living God in confession

Hearing God’s assurance of pardon

Hearing the Word of God from the New Testament

1 Peter 1:3-21

Receiving publicly a baptized member of our congregation into communicant membership

Millie Davelaar

*Rejoicing in the grace of our triune God

“How Vast the Benefits Divine” Trinity Hymnal 470

(to the tune of #40, “God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength”)

Bringing our supplications to God

*Confessing our faith together

Westminster Larger Catechism Q195

Q195: What do we pray for in the sixth petition?
A195: In the sixth petition (which is, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,) acknowledging, that the most wise, righteous, and gracious God, for divers holy and just ends, may so order things, that we may be assaulted, foiled, and for a time led captive by temptations; that Satan, the world, and the flesh, are ready powerfully to draw us aside, and ensnare us; and that we, even after the pardon of our sins, by reason of our corruption, weakness, and want of watchfulness, are not only subject to be tempted, and forward to expose ourselves unto temptations, but also of ourselves unable and unwilling to resist them, to recover out of them, and to improve them; and worthy to be left under the power of them: we pray, that God would so overrule the world and all in it, subdue the flesh, and restrain Satan, order all things, bestow and bless all means of grace, and quicken us to watchfulness in the use of them, that we and all his people may by his providence be kept from being tempted to sin; or, if tempted, that by his Spirit we may be powerfully supported and enabled to stand in the hour of temptation; or when fallen, raised again and recovered out of it, and have a sanctified use and improvement thereof: that our sanctification and salvation may be perfected, Satan trodden under our feet, and we fully freed from sin, temptation, and all evil, forever.

*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

1 Thessalonians 5:4-11

Awake at the Wheel - Rev. Nicholas Davelaar

*Responding with joy in the Son of God

“Rejoice, All Ye Believers” Trinity Hymnal 320

*Being sent out into the world with the Lord’s benediction

Evening Worship

May 17, 2026

The Lord Calls us to Worship Him – Psalm 96:1-4

Pastor: Oh sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth!

Congregation: Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.

Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!

For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.

We Praise the Lord with a Prayer of Adoration

*Praising God in Song

“All People That on Earth Do Dwell” Trinity Hymnal 1

Scripture Reading

1 Peter 1:3-12

Corporate Confession of Sin (unison)

Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devises and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against your holy laws, we have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done. And there is no health in us: But you, O Lord, have mercy on us miserable sinners; Spare us O God, who come to you to confess our faults. Restore us who are penitent, according to your promises that you have given to us through Christ Jesus our Lord: And grant, O most merciful Father, for His sake, that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of your Holy Name. Amen. (adapted from the Book of Common Prayer)

*Hearing God’s Promise of Forgiveness

Psalm 103:1-3 - Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,

*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

“There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood” Trinity Hymnal 253

*Confessing Our Faith Together

Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter X, Paragraph I & II (p.854 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;