BULLETIN 9.4.2022
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 53:6

Minister:
In Christ, salvation for Israel has come out of Zion!
God has restored the fortunes of his people;
Let Jacob be rejoice, let Israel be glad.
All: Amen!

§PRAYER OF INVOCATION

§HYMN All Creatures of Our God and King #248

~WORSHIP IN CONFESSION~

SCRIPTURE LESSON Matthew 12:1-21
Mr. Chris Turner, Ruling Elder
Jesus declares that he is the Lord of the Sabbath

CORPORATE CONFESSION OF SIN
All: Our Father in heaven, you who have told us that you made the Sabbath for man and not man for the Sabbath, we praise you and thank you for being mindful of our weaknesses and infirmities. On this day, you have given us the opportunity to commune with you and fellowship with your redeemed people. Yet, we so often find ourselves doing our own pleasures on your holy day. Too frequently, we violate the purpose of this holy day and spend it on pursuits that do not honor you. Forgive us, Lord. Forgive us for trampling underfoot the fourth commandment and denigrating your law. Forgive us for treating this day as common and ordinary. Please grant us a zeal for this day, knowing that you gave it to us for our good, we pray through Christ our Lord. Amen.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Psalm 103:8, 10-12

Minister:
The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
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.
All: Amen.

CONFESSION OF FAITH The Westminster Shorter Catechism Q58, 60-61
Mr. Chris Turner, Ruling Elder

Q. 58. What is required in the fourth commandment?
A. The fourth commandment requireth the keeping holy to God such set times as he hath appointed in his Word; expressly one whole day in seven, to be a holy Sabbath to himself.

Q. 60. How is the Sabbath to be sanctified?
A. The Sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy resting all that day, even from such worldly employments and recreations as are lawful on other days; and spending the whole time in the public and private exercises of God’s worship, except so much as is to be taken up in the works of necessity and mercy.

Q. 61. What is forbidden in the fourth commandment?
A. The fourth commandment forbiddeth the omission, or careless performance, of the duties required, and the profaning the day by idleness, or doing that which is in itself sinful, or by unnecessary thoughts, words, or works, about our worldly employments or recreations.

~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 Afghanistan
Dr. Lloyd Long, Ruling Elder

PASTORAL PRAYER AND LORD'S PRAYER

§HYMN My Faith Has Found a Resting Place #436

THE PREACHING OF GOD'S WORD
Rev. William F. Hill, Jr., Pastor
Scripture Reading: Psalm 53
Sermon Title: The Foolish Heart

THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

§PSALTER The Fool Speaks in His Heart #53

§THE BENEDICTION 2 Thess. 3:16
Minister:
Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.
All: Come Quickly, Lord Jesus! Amen!

§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