We Gather Together to Worship Our God
Prelude: God the Omnipotent—Russian Hymn/ Alexis Lvov
Gathering Hymn: Songs of Faith #22 Living Waters
Today:
- 9 am, Sunday School for all ages. Preschool-7th meets downstairs, High School meets in the Fireside Room, and the Adult class is studying Christ in the Covenants in the Sanctuary.
- 10:30 Worship in the sanctuary.
- Following worship, we will have a congregational meeting to ratify the 2023 budget.
- 5:30 pm, Tonight, Small Groups meet at the church. Fellowship meal, hymn sing, and then will break off into groups for prayer and study.
- 5:30 pm, Tonight, Young Adult Bible Study at Jay and Kayla’s. (Address in bulletin) Meal provided.
This Week:
- 6:00 pm, Monday, Session Meeting.
- 5:00 pm, Wednesday, Sonlight Puppeteer practice.
- 5:30 pm, Wednesday, Kids’ Quest for pre-k—7th grade. Meal provided.
- 5:30 pm, Wednesday, J-Curve Study for the adults at the church. Meal provided. See Ron B. for more information.
- 5:30 pm, Wednesdays, New Members’ class for the middle and high schoolers.
- 6:15 pm, Wednesday, High School Youth Group at the Community Center.
- 6 am Thursday, Men’s Prayer-time and Bible Study.
- 6:00 pm, Friday, Family Shepherd Evening. We invite the men of our families to join us. We will share a meal of brisket and sides, have fantastic fellowship, and give solid Biblical teachings to help equip you to be the shepherd of your family.
- 8 am Saturday, Men’s Prayer-time and Bible Study.
General:
- January 22nd, we will celebrate the Lord’s Supper. Following worship, there will be a potluck. Watch for the link to sign up.
- We have put together a family devotional that will take you through the New Testament this coming year. If you would like to subscribe to the printed copy each month, please fill out a response card.
- To help strengthen marriages, we will be starting a new Discipleship Group called Love and Respect. If interested in attending, please fill out a response card.
- Giving Statements are available on the table in the Foyer.
Responsive Call to Worship: Psalm 107: 1 – 2, 8-9, 32, 43
Leader: Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
All: Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story—those he redeemed from the hand of the foe. Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind. Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders.
Leader: Let the one who is wise heed these things and ponder the loving deeds of the Lord.
Prayer of Adoration
We Confess Our Faith
Responsive Reading: From the Heidelberg Catechism Questions 120 – 122
Leader: In the Lord’s Prayer, why did Christ command us to call God “our Father”?
All: To awaken in us at the very beginning of our prayer what should be basic to our prayer—a childlike reverence and trust that through Christ God has become our Father, and that just as our parents do not refuse us the things of this life, even less will God our Father refuse to give us what we ask in faith.
Leader: Why the words “in heaven”?
All: These words teach us not to think of God’s heavenly majesty as something earthly, and to expect everything needed for body and soul from God’s almighty power.
Leader: What does the first petition mean?
All: “Hallowed be your name” means: Help us to truly know you, to honor, glorify, and praise you for all your works and for all that shines forth from them: your almighty power, wisdom, kindness, justice, mercy, and truth. And it means, Help us to direct all our living—what we think, say, and do—so that your name will never be blasphemed because of us but always honored and praised.
Hymn of Praise: Hymnal #4 All Praise to God Who Reigns Above (verses 1- 5)
We Confess Our Sin
Prayer of Confession: Adapted from Daniel 9: 1 – 16
All: O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. We have not listened to your word.
To you, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, because we have sinned against you.
We have all transgressed your law and turned aside, refusing to obey your voice. O Lord, according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your people because of our sins. Amen
Silent Confession of Sin
Assurance of Pardon: 1 John 4: 9 – 11
Leader: In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Hymn of Assurance: How Deep The Father’s Love For Us
We Give Thanks To The Lord
Graduate: AJ A.
Tithes and Offerings
Offertory: Nearer Still Nearer- Lelia Morris, combined with Chopin’s Prelude in Db (Raindrop Prelude)
Doxology
We Hear God Speak
Small Talk
(Following this time, a nursery is available, Toddlers’ Church for ages 2-4, and Children’s Church for ages 5-8.)
Prayer of God’s People
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
With Arms Wide Open Romans 10: 21
A copy of the sermon notes is available: 1-15-23 sermon notes
Audio Only:
Hymn of Response: Hymnal #479 Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling
We Are Dismissed with God’s Blessing
Benediction
The Steadfast Love of the Lord
Postlude: Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus/Helen Lemmel