Order of Worship — December 8

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE
CALL TO WORSHIP
Psalm 33:1-12
PRAYER OF INVOCATION
WORSHIPING GOD IN SONG
Psalm 24
Come Behold The Wondrous Mystery
CORPORATE CONFESSION OF SIN
Holy Father, we confess that we may approach you with our mouths and our lips, when our hearts are not in worship. We confess that we offer to you that which costs us little. Though you are a great King, we often bring to you the leftovers of our time, energy, gifts, and worship. We have neglected your commands when it is inconvenient for us to keep them. We have ignored your laws when it causes us to lose our ease. We have disregarded our neighbors' needs, and wondered aloud why other people do not meet our needs. O Father, have mercy on us! Forgive us of our many debts! Cleanse us and give us the mind and heart of Jesus, who came not to be served but to serve and to give His life a ransom for many. In His name, and for His sake, we come to you. Amen.
SILENT CONFESSION
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
1 Corinthians 1:30–31 “And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
WORSHIPING GOD IN SONG
Psalm 2
CONFESSION OF FAITH
Westminster Shorter Catechism #4 and #22, Elder Ed Baker
WORSHIPING GOD IN OUR GIVING
O Holy Night (Hear the Gospel Story)
PASTORAL PRAYER
Elder John Tittle
WORSHIPING GOD IN THE PROCLAMATION OF HIS WORD
“Competing Counselors” from 2 Samuel 17:1-29 by Rev. John Downs
WORSHIPING GOD AROUND THE LORD’S TABLE IN THE SACRAMENT OF COMMUNION
SONG OF RESPONSE
Jesus Lives And So Shall I
BENEDICTION
DOXOLOGY