Order of Worship
Welcome and Announcements
Meditation Passage
Luke 24:44-47
Then he said to them, 'These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.' Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to them, 'Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem'.
* Apostolic Greeting
Reserved for Ministers
* God Calls His People to Worship
Revelation 21:1-4
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.
* Invocation
God Commands His People:
John 20:22
And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit.'
We Confess Our Faith
(560) The Apostles’ Creed
Confession of Sin
(Silent confession followed by corporate confession)
Sovereign and majestic Lord, We confess that though we are united to Christ, we have not walked, loved, or served as He has. Forgive our sin against you. You have given us Your Spirit, the Spirit of the risen Christ who dwells within us. Yet, our sin is grievous to you, and we have not yielded ourselves as we ought. We ask, not because of any deficiency in Christ's work, but as those who depend upon Your grace by Your Spirit. Cause us to walk in the life that is already ours in Christ. Conform us more and more to Him, that we would live unto Your glory, pouring out our lives in self-sacrificial service to You and to Your people. To You be honor and glory and power, forever and ever. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
Romans 8:1-2
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
* We Praise God in Song
Doxology (#567)
God Speaks Through His Word - Ephesians 2:11-22
Sermon: The Apostolic and Prophetic Foundation of the Church
Speaker: Elder James 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 5:12, 13
“...Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!...and to him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!” Amen!