BULLETIN 5.29.2022
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
Isaiah 6:1-3 (Responsively)

Minister:
In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said:

All:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!”
All: Amen!

§PRAYER OF INVOCATION

§HYMN O Day of Rest and Gladness #153

~WORSHIP IN CONFESSION~

SCRIPTURE LESSON Matthew 1
Mr. Chris Turner, Ruling Elder
Chapter one is a prologue to the gospel of Matthew, providing a genealogy from Abraham through David to Joseph, his legal, earthly father. It also records the birth of the Savior

CORPORATE CONFESSION OF SIN
All: Our Father in heaven, we praise your name today because of your great love and kindness. You have demonstrated your love toward us in that while we were still sinners, Christ came and died for us. How thankful we are, our God, for the redeeming work of your only-begotten Son who came to save his people from their sins. Therefore, in him, we have an eternal inheritance sealed until the day of redemption. Yet, as your chosen people, we fall short of your glory. We do not perfectly seek your will in all things. Too often, we do what we want to do and fail to strive in obedience to your Word. We do not do what we should, and we do what we shouldn’t. Who will deliver us from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Therefore, Father, forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness we pray in the name of your Son, our Lord, Amen.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Psalm 103:8-13

Minister:
The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
He will not always chide,
nor will he keep his anger forever.
He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
As a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

All: Amen.

CONFESSION OF FAITH The Nicene Creed
Trinity Psalter-Hymnal p. 852
Mr. Chris Turner, Ruling Elder

~WORSHIP IN GRATITUDE AND THANKSGIVING~

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
Mr. Chris Turner, Ruling Elder

OFFERING

§DOXOLOGY

~WORSHIP AND THE MEANS OF GRACE~

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

PASTORAL PRAYER AND LORD'S PRAYER

§HYMN Amazing Grace #433

THE PREACHING OF GOD'S WORD
Rev. William F. Hill, Jr., Pastor
Scripture Reading: Psalm 3
Sermon Title: A Cry for Deliverance

THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

§PSALTER O LORD, How Many Are My Foes! #3 (Tune: Amazing Grace)

§THE BENEDICTION Romans 15:13

Minister:
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

§THE GLORIA PATRIA #572

All: 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.

POSTLUDE