Order of Worship
Welcome and Announcements
Meditation Passage
1 Samuel 2:1, 4, 6
There is none holy like the LORD: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God…
The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble bind on strength… The LORD kills and
brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
* Apostolic Greeting
Reserved for Ministers
* God Calls His People to Worship
Colossians 3:1-4
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
* Invocation
God Commands His People:
Exodus 20:8-11
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy
We Confess Our Faith
The Apostles Creed
Confession of Sin
(Silent confession followed by corporate confession)
Almighty God, you rested on the seventh day of creation - the day of your royal enthronement. You sanctified that day, placing it before your people as a sign of perfect rest and communion to enter into with you. We thank you that the servant and Lord of the covenant, Jesus Christ, has entered that rest, being enthroned as Lord on the day of his resurrection. We rejoice that now, in Christ, the Lord's day is our special day of rest and communion with you. We confess that we have not sanctified this day properly. We have failed to give ourselves to worship, communion, and service on this day as we ought. We have failed to plan our week so that the Lord’s Day is our central priority and joy. Forgive us. Grant us hearts which burn to commune with you, and enable us to make great use of the Lord's Day unto your glory. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
Psalm 130:2-4
O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.
* We Praise God in Song
Doxology (#567)
God Speaks Through His Word - Colossians 1: 21-23
Sermon: Reconciliation with a purpose
Speaker: Drew Tilley
Congregational Prayer (Followed by the Lord's Prayer)
Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.
Amen.
Closing Doxology
Psalm 72:18-19
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things. Blessed be his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and Amen!