WELCOME AND CONCERNS OF THE CONGREGATION
PRELUDE “If You Will Only Let God Guide You”
Arr. Alexander Schreiner
*CALL TO WORSHIP– based on Psalm 1
Leader: We rejoice and praise Your holy name, O Lord,
People: because you have kept us from a destructive path.
Leader: We give thanks because Your word gives us hope,
People: and we reflect on Your word at all times.
Leader: You are the Source of deep-seated faith,
Leader: and our spirits are refreshed in your presence.
*PRAYER OF THE DAY
*HYMN 839 Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine!
PRAYER OF CONFESSION Lancelot Andrewes
Forgive my sins, O Lord, the sins of my soul and the sins of my body, the sins I have done to please myself and the sins I have done to please others. Forgive me those sins which I know and those sins which I know not. Forgive them, O Lord. Forgive them all, of thy great mercy...
Silent Prayers of Confession
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
We rejoice in the good news that God sent Jesus into the world not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. (John 3:17) Those who believe in him are not condemned, but forgiven.
Thanks be to God!
*GLORIA PATRI
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE LESSONS:
Ezekiel 37:1-14; 1st Corinthians 15:1-20; John 12:23-24
SERMON “Holding Firmly” Rev. Barrett Ingram
*HYMN 441 Hear the Good News of Salvation
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH The Apostles’ Creed pg. 35
PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
OFFERTORY ANTHEM “God is Ever Near Me”
Zollene Reissner
RECEIVING OF GOD’S TITHES AND OFFERINGS
*DOXOLOGY
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
*HYMN 265 Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun
*BENEDICTION
*POSTLUDE “Praise to the Lord the Almighty” Alan Viner
*Those who are able are invited to stand.