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]
[Reserved for Ministers]
* God Calls His People to Worship
Psalm 93
The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved. Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting. The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring. Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the LORD on high is mighty! Your decrees are very trustworthy; holiness befits your house, O LORD, forevermore.
* Invocation
God Commands His People:
Matthew 6:14-15
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
We Confess Our Faith
WLC Question 196
What doth the conclusion of the Lord’s prayer teach us?The conclusion of the Lord’s prayer (which is, For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.) teacheth us to enforce our petitions with arguments, which are to be taken, not from any worthiness in ourselves, or in any other creature, but from God; and with our prayers to join praises, ascribing to God alone eternal sovereignty, omnipotency, and glorious excellency; in regard whereof, as he is able and willing to help us, so we by faith are emboldened to plead with him that he would, and quietly to rely upon him, that he will fulfill our requests. And, to testify this our desire and assurance, we say, Amen.
Confession of Sin
(Silent confession followed by corporate confession)
Almighty God, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the forgiveness of sins which you purchased for us with the precious blood of your Son. Nevertheless, we have sometimes failed to fully forgive those who have sought our forgiveness. Please work remorse in us for our lack of forgiveness. Enable us to truly forgive others from the heart. Father, forgive us of these and all of our other sins. Do this for your own namesake and glory. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
Ephesians 2:4-7
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved -- and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
* We Praise God in Song
Doxology (#567)
God Speaks Through His Word
Conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer
Reference: Westminster Larger Catechism Q.196
Speaker: Elder Schwacofer
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
Revelation 4:11
Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.