5-22-22 Worship Folder

ORDER OF WORSHIP

5-22-22

Greeting

 Call to Worship                                                                   Psalm 95:6-7

Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

Invocation

 * Hymn # 92                                           “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”

 Call to Confession                                                    1 Corinthians 16:13

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

Prayer of Confession

 Assurance of Pardon                                               1 Corinthians 16:23

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.

* Hymn Supplement pg. 36                                      “My Heart is Filled”

 The Living Church

Reception of New Members:    Paul and Celine Meloche (Reaffirmation of Faith)

   Jeff and Jodie Sheets (Letter of Transfer)

 * Hymn # 359                                           “Blest Be the Tie That Binds”

 * Old & New Testament Scripture Reading:

Law: Exodus 2:23-25 (God Hears Our Groanings)

Writings: Psalm 121 (God Our Keeper, Our Help)

Catholic Epistles: 1 Peter 5:6-11 (Humble Vigilance, Firm Resistance)

* Pastor: This is the Word of our God.

* Congregation: The grass withers, the flower fades, but the Word of our God stands forever.

 Affirmation of Faith    Westminster Shorter Catechism, Questions and Answers 41-42

Q. Where is the moral law summarily comprehended?

A. The moral law is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments.

Q. What is the sum of the ten commandments?

A. The sum of the ten commandments is, To love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind; and our neighbor as ourselves.

 Pastoral Prayer

 * Hymn # 94                                                       “How Firm a Foundation”

 Tithes and Offerings

 * Hymn # 88 (verse 1)                   “With Grateful Heart My Thanks I Bring”

With grateful heart my thanks I bring, before the great thy praise I sing;

I worship in thy holy place and praise thee for thy truth and grace;

For truth and grace together shine in thy most holy word divine.

* Prayer of Thanksgiving

Sermon Series: Mark

 * Prayer for Illumination

 * Sermon Text                                                                      Mark 13:32-37

* Pastor: Thus far the reading of God’s holy Word. And may God add His blessing to the reading of His Word.

* Congregation: Thanks be to God!

Sermon Title: “On Guard!”                                           Pastor Michael Mock

 Sermon Outline: Following

 Prayer for Transformation

 Lord’s Supper: A Means of Keeping Awake

* Eucharistic Hymn, Hymn # 176          “Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus!”

 * Benediction

 * Departing Hymn # 55 (verse 1)                            “To God Be the Glory”

To God be the glory, great things he has done!

So loved he the world that he gave us his Son,

Who yielded his life an atonement for sin,

and opened the life-gate that we may go in.

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear his voice!

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice!

O come to the Father thro’ Jesus the Son,

and give him the glory, great things he has done!

 Sermon Outline:

Sermon Text: Mark 13:32-37     “On Guard!”

Because of our creaturely limitations, we must always be watchful and prayerful.

“That Day/Hour” (v. 32)

Second Coming?

A.D. 70?

Limitations (v. 32)

Human knowledge

Angelic knowledge

Incarnational knowledge

Paternal Knowledge

Application: Comfort in knowing the Father

Dutiful Watchfulness (vv. 33-37)

Watch

Pray