Sample Liturgy

LORD’S DAY MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE

Note:  we celebrate the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper weekly at our evening worship service and on the first Sunday of the month at our morning worship service.

Prelude

Welcome and Announcements

Silent Meditation:  Isaiah 53:11

THE LORD CALLS HIS PEOPLE

Call to Worship:  Psalm 84:1-2

Prayer of Adoration and Invocation

Psalm 84 (Trinity Psalter)

THE LORD CLEANSES HIS PEOPLE

Reading of the Law:  Romans 12:9-21

Corporate Confession of Sin

O holy Father, most merciful God, you alone know the full extent of my wickedness.  My sin is ever before me, and it certainly cannot be hidden from you.  Have mercy upon me, O Lord, according to your steadfast love.  Grant that my sins may be washed away by the all sufficient power of Christ’s cleansing blood.  Renew me and give me a fresh awareness of your gracious presence with me.  Help me to call others to embrace your mercy, not in arrogance but as one who knows full well that I deserve to be cast away from your presence.  Help me to sing of your righteousness and to declare your praise day after day.  Do good to your church in your good pleasure.  Build up your holy temple, that your people may offer their lives as living sacrifices in response to your amazing grace.  For we ask it in Jesus’s name.  Amen.

Assurance of Pardon:  Ephesians 2:8-9

“For by grace you have been saved through faith.  And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”

THE LORD CONSECRATES HIS PEOPLE

Hymn # 642 “Be Thou My Vision”

Giving of Tithes and Offerings

Gloria Patri (# 734)

Prayer of Illumination

Scripture Reading:  Isaiah 46-47

Sermon: “To Carry or to Be Carried” (AN EXPOSITION OF ISAIAH, NO. 42)

Intercessory Prayer and Lord’s Prayer 

Deacons’ Offering

While the regular offering supports the gospel ministry, the Deacons’ offering (collected on the first Sunday of the month) provides help for those in need.

THE LORD COMMUNES WITH HIS PEOPLE

Confession of Faith:  Nicene Creed

Hymn # 420 “At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing”

Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper

THE LORD COMMISSIONS HIS PEOPLE

Hymn # 524 “Thy Works, Not Mine, O Christ”

Benediction