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.
§CALL TO WORSHIP
Psalm 145:1-3
Minister:
I will extol you, my God and King,
and bless your name forever and ever.
Every day I will bless you
and praise your name forever and ever.
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
and his greatness is unsearchable.
All: Amen!
§PRAYER OF INVOCATION
§PSALTER God, My King, Thy Might Confessing #145D
SCRIPTURE LESSON Ecclesiastes 12
Mr. Chris Turner, Ruling Elder
Elder: The Word of the Lord!
All: Praise be to God!
CORPORATE CONFESSION OF SIN
All: Our God, we praise you and thank you for the redeeming work of your beloved Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. We have gathered in your name to praise you and proclaim that you alone are God and there is no other. We confess to you that we often spend our time with no regard for your work of providence. We often fail to consider your will and ways as we move through our days. We have failed to redeem the time because the days are evil. We make plans without consulting with you in prayer. Forgive us, Father. Forgive our shortsightedness and forgive our muddled thinking, forgetting that our days are in your hands. These things we pray through Christ our Lord. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Jeremiah 31:33-34
Minister: For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
All: Amen.
CONFESSION OF FAITH The Nicene Creed
Trinity Psalter-Hymnal, p. 852
Mr. Chris Turner, Ruling Elder
PRAYER NEEDS OF THE PERSECUTED CHURCH
The Country of Kazakhstan
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: James 4:13-17
Sermon Title: Godly Planning
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
§HYMN God Moves in a Mysterious Way #256
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
OFFERING
§DOXOLOGY
§THE BENEDICTION Galatians 6:18
Minister: May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
All: Come quickly, Lord Jesus. Amen!
POSTLUDE