Order of Worship — April 6

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE
CALL TO WORSHIP
Psalm 145:10-21
PRAYER OF INVOCATION
WORSHIPING GOD IN SONG
Come Ye Sinners
Psalm 115
CORPORATE CONFESSION OF SIN
O Lord, we marvel that thou should become incarnate, be crucified, dead, and buried. The sepulcher calls forth our adoring wonder, for it is empty and thou art risen; the four-fold gospel attests it, the living witnesses prove it, our heart's experience knows it. Give us to die with thee that we may rise to new life, for we wish to be as dead and buried to sin, to selfishness, to the world; that we might not hear the voice of the tempter, and might be delivered from his lusts. O Lord, there is much ill about us and sin within us -- crucify it, much flesh within us -- mortify it. Purge us from selfishness, the fear of man, the love of praise, the shame of being thought old-fashioned, the desire to be cultivated or modern. Grant us to stand with our dying Savior, to be content to be rejected, to be willing to take up unpopular truths, and to hold fast despised teachings until death. Grant us more and more of the resurrection life: may it rule us, may we walk in its power, and be strengthened through its influence. For the glory of our living Savior. Amen.
SILENT CONFESSION
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Psalm 145:18-20 “The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them. The Lord preserves all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.”
WORSHIPING GOD IN SONG
Jesus Lives, And So Shall I
CONFESSION OF FAITH
Westminster Shorter Catechism #4 and #6, Elder Brian Riedel
WORSHIPING GOD IN OUR GIVING
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
PASTORAL PRAYER
Elder Ed Baker
WORSHIPING GOD IN THE PROCLAMATION OF HIS WORD
“Love and Life” 1 John 2:15-17 by Rev. John Downs
WORSHIPING GOD AROUND THE LORD’S TABLE IN THE SACRAMENT OF COMMUNION
SONG OF RESPONSE
Jesus I My Cross Have Taken
BENEDICTION
DOXOLOGY