Order of Worship
Welcome and Announcements
Meditation Passage
1 Samuel 2:1, 4, 6
There is none holy like the LORD: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God. . . The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble bind on strength. . . The LORD kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
* Apostolic Greeting
Reserved for Ministers
* God Calls His People to Worship
Psalm 95:1-7
Oh come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
* Invocation
God Commands His People:
Exodus 20:7
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
We Confess Our Faith
The Apostles’ Creed
Confession of Sin
(Silent confession followed by corporate confession)
Almighty and eternal Father, we confess that we have taken your name in vain. We know that you have placed your name upon us in baptism, yet we have often lived in ways which shame you. At times, we ourselves have been ashamed of bearing your name before others. Rather than using our tongues to bless you, we have used them to curse those made in your image. We have belittled your name by harboring meager thoughts of you and your grace. We have have used your name to justify uncharitable thoughts and actions toward our neighbors. Have mercy upon us o God. Do not treat us as our sins deserve, but forgive us our sins for the sake of your dear son, Jesus Christ. By your Spirit’s power grant us repentance so that we may give our lives unto the hallowing of your name. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
Psalm 130: 2-4
O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.
* We Praise God in Song
Doxology (#567)
God Speaks Through His Word
The Promises of the Great King
Reference: Psalm 91
Speaker: Shon Barrett
Congregational Prayer (Followed by the Lord's Prayer)
Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.
Amen.
Closing Doxology
2 Corinthians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort