Sunday morning, April 27, 2025
Welcome & Announcements
Prelude
*Receiving the Lord’s Invitation to Come to Him in Worship – Isaiah 26:3-4
Pastor: You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
Congregation: Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.
*Lifting Our Hearts to the Lord in Humble Adoration & Praise
Pastor: O Lord our God, we praise you for your great love and mercy that you have given to us in Christ Jesus our Lord. We praise you that you keep in perfect peace him whose mind is stayed on you. We come to you praising you and resting in your great salvation knowing that we can trust in you forever as our everlasting rock. Open the eyes of our hearts as we come to worship you, and receive the praise that we bring, praying together the prayer that our Lord Jesus taught us…
Congregation: Our Father…
*Praising God in Song
“Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” Trinity Hymnal 53
Hearing the Word of God from the Old Testament
Psalm 2
Hearing the Word of God from the New Testament
Acts 4:1-22
We Bring our Prayers before the Throne of Grace
Responding with Gratitude For the Work of Christ on Our Behalf
“Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation” Trinity Hymnal 342
*Confessing Our Faith Together
Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter XXIII, Paragraph III (p.862 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
(Children age 4 through K may be dismissed to Children’s Church)
Giving Heed to the Word of God
Romans 13:1-7
“God and the Kingdoms of the Earth” - Rev. John Peoples
*Responding to the Living God in Thankful Praise
“If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee” Trinity Hymnal 670
*The Lord Sends Us Out into the World with His Benediction