BULLETIN 5.22.2022
WORSHIP PREPARATION GUIDE

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

§GREETING, SALUTATION, AND VOTUM
Our help is in the name of the Lord, maker of heaven and Earth. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

~WORSHIP IN PRAISE~

§CALL TO WORSHIP
Psalm 113:1-3

Minister:
Praise the Lord!
Praise, O servants of the Lord,
praise the name of the Lord!
Blessed be the name of the Lord
from this time forth and forevermore!
From the rising of the sun to its setting,
the name of the Lord is to be praised!
All: Amen!

§PRAYER OF INVOCATION

§HYMN O God beyond All Praising #241

~WORSHIP IN CONFESSION~

SCRIPTURE LESSON Acts 4:1-31
Mr. David Matzen, Ruling Elder
Elder: The Word of the Lord!
All: Praise be to God!

CORPORATE CONFESSION OF SIN
All: Grant, Almighty God, that as Thou remindest us in Thy Word of our many vices and sins, we may learn to direct our eyes and thoughts to Thee and never think we have to do with a mortal being, but that we may anticipate Thy judgment. And may we learn so to examine all our thoughts and try our feelings, that no hypocrisy may deceive us and that we may not sleep in our sins; but that being really and truly awakened, we may humble ourselves before Thee and so seek Thy pardon that when we kneel down in true repentance, Thou mayest absolve us in Thy mercy, through the virtue of that sacrifice by which Thine only begotten son has once for all reconciled us to Thee. Amen.
(From The Prayers of John Calvin)

ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Isaiah 55:6, 7

Minister:
Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
All: Amen.

CONFESSION OF FAITH The Westminster Shorter Catechism Q23-26
Mr. David Matzen, Ruling Elder

Q. 23. What offices doth Christ execute as our redeemer?

A. Christ, as our redeemer, executeth the offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king, both in his estate of humiliation and exaltation.

Q. 24. How doth Christ execute the office of a prophet?

A. Christ executeth the office of a prophet, in revealing to us, by his word and Spirit, the will of God for our salvation.

Q. 25. How doth Christ execute the office of a priest?

A. Christ executeth the office of a priest, in his once offering up of himself a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice, and reconcile us to God; and in making continual intercession for us.

Q. 26. How doth Christ execute the office of a king?

A. Christ executeth the office of a king, in subduing us to himself, in ruling and defending us, and in restraining and conquering all his and our enemies.

~WORSHIP IN GRATITUDE AND THANKSGIVING~

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
Mr. David Matzen, Ruling Elder

OFFERING
§DOXOLOGY

~WORSHIP AND THE MEANS OF GRACE~

PRAYER NEEDS OF THE PERSECUTED CHURCH
The Country of Pakistan
Dr. Lloyd Long, Ruling Elder

PASTORAL PRAYER AND LORD'S PRAYER

§HYMN In Christ Alone #265

THE PREACHING OF GOD'S WORD
Rev. William F. Hill, Jr., Pastor
Scripture Reading: Psalm 2
Sermon Title: Rebellion and Consequences

THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

§PSALTER Why Do Heathen Nations Rage? #2B

§THE BENEDICTION 2 Corinthians 13:14
Minister:
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
All: Come quickly, Lord Jesus. Amen!

POSTLUDE