September 3, 2023 Bulletin

Order of Worship

• Preparation for Worship

  Prelude and Silent Prayer

   

  Introit ~ “When Morning Gilds the Skies”

   

  * Hymn ^#30 ~ “O God, Our Help in Ages Past”

   

  Welcome and Announcements

   

  Adoration of God

  Call to Worship: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

   

  * Hymn ^#455 ~ “And Can It Be That I Should Gain”

   

  Adult Choir Anthem ~ “Out of the Depths”

   

  Confession of Sin

  * Reading of the Law: Matthew 5:3-10

   

  Assurance of Pardon

   

  Affirmation of Faith: Westminster Shorter Catechism, Q&A 11-13

   

  Q. 11. What are God’s works of providence?

  A. 11. God’s works of providence are his most holy, wise, and powerful preservation and control of all his creatures, and all their actions.

   

  Q. 12. What special act of providence did God exercise toward man in the state in which he was created?

  A. 12. When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, on condition of perfect obedience, forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil on penalty of death.

   

  Q. 13. Did our first parents continue in the state in which they were created?

  A. 13. Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the state in which they were created by sinning against God.

   

  * Hymn ~ “Lord, From The Depths I Call To You” (Psalm 130)

   

  Means of Grace

  Pastoral Prayer and Lord’s Prayer

   

  Old Testament Reading: Psalm 103:6-14

   

  New Testament Reading: Acts 13:36-43

   

  Sermon: “Fear the Forgiver” (Psalm 130:1-8)

   

  Hymn ^#308 ~ “Jesus Paid It All”

   

  Communion

   

  Response and Blessing

  * Doxology to the tune of “For All the Saints” ^#358

   

  Praise ye the Lord, His mighty works acclaim:

  His years are endless, yet is He the same

  O sing His praise, give glory to His holy name:

  Alleluia, Alleluia. Amen

   

  * Blessing/Benediction

   

  [* indicates to please stand]