May 25th, 2025
Call to Worship
May God, who gives this patience and encouragement, help you live in complete harmony with each other, as is fitting for followers of Christ Jesus. Then all of you can join together with one voice, giving praise and glory to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans. 15:5-6
O magnify the LORD with me.
Let us exalt God’s name together!
Welcome & Announcements
- Parent’s Night Out
Confession and Pardon
-Invitation
-Unison Confession:
Dear Lord God,
I cannot count the sins that I have done and still do.
I have forgotten most of them and still feel my guilt.
My works and my powers only make me despondent.
I do not know what else to do but to hope and pray for your mercy.
As grace and faith control me, I am devout through Christ.
Where these fail me, I know and confess that nothing good is left in me.
No matter how long I live, it will never be different.
My joy and comfort is that you, knowing these things,
accept me as righteous in your sight—
not because of my works—
but because of the work of Jesus, my Savior.
-Silent prayer
-Assurance of Pardon:
Hear The Good News from Isaiah!
Can a woman forget her nursing child,
or show no compassion for the child of her womb?
As a mother comforts her child,
so will I comfort you, says the Lord.
—from Isaiah 49:15; 66:13, NRSV
In Jesus Christ you are forgiven and free
Songs of Praise
Our Great God
#310 Rejoice, the Lord Is King
Greeting Time
Pastoral Prayer followed by the Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
-Matthew 6:9-13
He Will Hold Me Fast
Receiving God’s Word
Message: Fix your Eyes on What is Lovely
Scripture: Phil. 4:8-13
-Rev. Reuben Antvelink
-Prayer
Offering
-Invitation
-Offertory
-Doxology
-Prayer for Gifts
Communion
-Invitation to the Table
-Prayer of Consecration
-Jesus’ Words at the Table
-Receiving the Elements
-Prayer
Affirmation of Faith
Westminster Shorter Catechism #2
Q. What rule hath God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy Him?
A. The Word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy Him.
Closing Hymn
#111 This Is My Father’s World
