Call to Worship            

selected verses        Psalm 84

How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts! 

My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. 

Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! Blessed are those whose strength is in you. 

For the LORD is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you! 

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Prayer of Invocation

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Choral Praise

#697       Wonderful Words of Life

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Hymn of Prayer

#629       What a Friend We Have in Jesus

#731       Doxology

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Call to Confession ​

Deuteronomy 5:20​​

‘And you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.’ 

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Corporate Confession of Sin            

#496     Kind and Merciful God    

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Silent Confession of Sin

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Assurance of Pardon

Ephesians 1:7

In [Jesus] we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. 

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Westminster Shorter Catechism   

Q. 77. What is required in the ninth commandment? 

A. The ninth commandment requires the maintaining and promoting of truth between man and man, and of our own and our neighbor’s good name, especially in witness bearing. 

 

Q. 78. What is forbidden in the ninth commandment? 

A. The ninth commandment forbids whatsoever is prejudicial to truth, or injurious to our own, or our neighbor’s good name. 

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Pastoral Prayer​​

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Offertory

PCA Book of Church Order 54-1

The Holy Scriptures teach that God is the owner of all persons and all things and that we are but stewards of both life and possessions; that God's ownership and our stewardship should be acknowledged; that this acknowledgement should take the form, in part, of giving at least a tithe of our income and other offerings to the work of the Lord through the Church of Jesus Christ, thus worshipping the Lord with our possessions; and that the remainder should be used as becomes Christians. 

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Sermon

“The Power of God for Salvation”

The Beauty and Glory of the Gospel

Romans 1:16-17

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Hymn of Response

#558        That Man is Blessed Who, Fearing God

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​Benediction​​

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