The
Order for the Worship of God
The
Lord’s Day, September 5, 2010, 10:20 a.m.
We
Prepare to Worship God
Gathering Praise “O
How the Grace
of God Amazes Me” (insert)
Welcome and Announcements
Hymn of Preparation 179 “Hallelujah!
Thine the Glory” (stanza 4)
We
Worship God
The Votum: Psalm 124:8
The Salutation: I
Corinthians 1:3
+
Call to Worship: Psalm 145:1-3
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The Gloria Patri (Greatorex)
Glory be to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the
beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
World without
end. Amen, Amen.
+
Prayer of Praise and Invocation
+
Hymn of Praise 168 “I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer
Art”
Call to Confession of Sin:
Psalm
145:14,17,18,20
Confession of Sin in Silent
Prayer
and Meditation
(A
pattern for prayer: “Almighty God, who does freely pardon all
who repent and
turn to Him, now fulfill in every contrite heart the promise of
redeeming
grace; forgiving all our sins, and cleansing us from an evil
conscience;
through the perfect sacrifice of Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.”)
Assurance of Pardon: Psalm
145:8-9
Call to Thanksgiving: Psalm
145:10-13
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Hymn of Thanksgiving 253 “There Is a Fountain Filled with
Blood”
+ Confession
of Faith: The Apostles' Creed
I believe in God the Father
Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ,
his only
Son, our Lord, who was
conceived by the Holy
Spirit, and was
born of the virgin Mary. He
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he
descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He
ascended
into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
From there he will come to
judge the
living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy
Spirit, the
holy catholic church, the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins, the
resurrection
of the body, and the life everlasting.
Amen.
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Doxological Response
Glory be to God
the Father,
Glory be to God
the Son,
Glory be to God the Spirit,
Great Jehovah, Three in One!
Glory, glory, glory, glory,
While eternal ages run!
Words:
Horatius Bonar, 1866 ; Tune:
We
Hear God’s Word Proclaimed
Scripture Lesson: I Peter
1:13-21
(pew Bible page 180, New Testament)
Prayer for Illumination
Sermon: “Holiness Unto the Lord: A
Reverent Fear”
Prayer of Dedication
We
Respond to God’s Word
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Hymn of Response 305 “Arise, My Soul, Arise”
Prayers of Petition and The
Lord's
Prayer
Our
Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be
done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And
forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the
power,
and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Presentation of God’s
Tithes and Our
Offerings
Offertory Hymn 170 “Fairest
Lord
Jesus”
Offertory Prayer
+
The Doxology (Old Hundredth, L.M.)
Praise God from
whom all blessings flow;
Praise him, all
creatures here below;
Praise him above,
ye heav’nly host:
Praise Father,
Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
The Administration of the
Sacrament
of the Lord’s Supper
The Institution: I
Corinthians
11:23-32
+
The
Communion Hymn 247 “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”
Invitation to Commune
Prayer of Confession and
Consecration
Distribution of the Elements
Prayer of Thanksgiving
+ The Parting Hymn 520
“Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness”
+ The Benediction
+ Give God
the
Glory: “Now Blessed Be the Lord Our God”
Psalm 72:18;
Scottish Psalter 1650. Tune:
Now blessed
be the Lord our God, the God of
for He
alone does wondrous works, in glory that excel.
And blessed
be His glorious name to all eternity;
the whole
earth let His glory fill. Amen,
so let it be.
(+ Congregation standing, if able)