BULLETIN 8.21.2022
WORSHIP PREPARATION GUIDE (Available 8.20)
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 46:4-7 (Responsively)
Minister:
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.
All:
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.
The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice, the earth melts.
Minister:
The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
All: Amen!
§PRAYER OF INVOCATION
§PSALTER God Is our Refuge and our Strength #46C
~WORSHIP IN CONFESSION~
SCRIPTURE LESSON Matthew 10 Mr. Chris Turner, Ruling Elder
Jesus sends out the disciples to minister to the surrounding region; he teaches about persecution, priorities, and serving
CORPORATE CONFESSION OF SIN
All: Almighty, everlasting God and Father, we acknowledge and confess that we indeed were conceived and born in sin and, therefore, inclined to all evil and slow to all good; that we unceasingly transgress your holy commandments, and corrupt ourselves more and more. But we are sorry for this and desire your grace and help. Therefore, have mercy upon us, most gracious and merciful God and Father, through your Son our lord Jesus Christ. Grant to us and increase in us your Holy Spirit, so that we may recognize our sin and unrighteousness from the depth of our heart, feel true contrition and grief for them, die to them completely, and please you wholly in a new, godly life. These things we pray through Christ our Lord and Redeemer. Amen (Martin Bucer)
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 The Apostles’ Creed
Trinity Psalter-Hymnal p. 851
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 Vietnam
Dr. Lloyd Long, Ruling Elder
PASTORAL PRAYER AND LORD'S PRAYER
§HYMN O Sacred Head, Now Wounded #336
THE PREACHING OF GOD'S WORD
Rev. William F. Hill, Jr., Pastor
Scripture Reading: Psalm 48
Sermon Title: The Glory of God’s Holy City
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
§PSALTER Great Is the LORD our God #48A
§THE BENEDICTION
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.
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