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WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
§CALL TO WORSHIP
Psalm 100
Minister
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!
Know that the Lord, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!
For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.
All: Amen.
§PRAYER OF INVOCATION
§PSALTER All People That on Earth Do Dwell #100B
SCRIPTURE LESSON Psalm 119:1-16
The Word of God is a lamp to our feet.
CORPORATE CONFESSION OF SIN
All: Grant our most merciful and gracious God that we as your children would walk worthy of the calling you have placed on our lives. We know that your Word is given to us to teach us how to live before you. Yet, too often, we fail to read and meditate on it as that light unto our path. Forgive us for taking your Word for granted and grant to us a willing mind to not only hear your Word but to do all that it tells us we pray through Christ our Lord. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
1 John 1:9
Minister:
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
All: Amen.
CONFESSION OF FAITH Westminster Shorter Catechism Q1-3
Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?
A. Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.
Q. 2. What rule hath God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him?
A. The Word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him.
Q. 3. What do the Scriptures principally teach?
A. The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.
PRAYER NEEDS FOR THE PERSECUTED CHURCH
Dr. Lloyd Long, Ruling Elder
The Country of Tanzania.
PASTORAL PRAYER AND LORD'S PRAYER
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
§HYMN O Sacred Head Now Wounded #336
THE PREACHING OF GOD'S WORD
Rev. William F. Hill, Jr., pastor
Scripture Reading: Psalm 23
Title: The Lord, Your Shepherd (Part One)
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD'S SUPPER
§HYMN May the Mind of Christ My Savior #488
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
OFFERING
§DOXOLOGY
§THE BENEDICTION Hebrews 13:20, 21
Minister: Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
All: Come quickly, Lord Jesus. Amen!