Week 51, 2020

Order of Worship

Sunday, December 20, 2020

 

We extend a warm welcome to all our visitors this morning! Visitors, please complete the Welcome card in the pew rack and put it in the offering plate, so we may know how best to minister to/with you. Let’s prepare our hearts with silent Bible reading, meditation, and prayer before the service begins.

 

PRAISE (We Acknowledge God’s Majesty)

 

PRELUDE                     Angels We Have Heard On High

 

*HYMN OF PRAISE                Angels From The Realms of Glory!

                                                                        

*CALL TO WORSHIP                                          Psalm 103:1-5

Leader: Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! 

All: Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

                                                                                   

*PRAISE SONGS    How Glorious The Love of Heaven

                                        O Little Town of Bethlehem                                              

                                                             

*INVOCATION

 

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

All: Almighty God, To know you is the fulfillment of our deepest longings and the satisfaction of our most ardent desires. Yet foolishly we have sought our pleasures elsewhere. We have put the seeking of idols, which are bound to leave us feeling empty, above seeking you. We have failed to love you with our whole heart, soul, and mind.  We have failed to love our neighbors as ourselves. Forgive us for our sins for the sake of your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. And grant that from now on we might serve you in newness of life. 

 

SILENT CONFESSION

 

ASSURANCE OF PARDON                         Isaiah 44:22

“I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.”

 

CONSECRATION (We Surrender Our Lives to Christ)

 

*HYMN 216                  Infant Holy, Infant Lowly                                    

 

THE OFFERING                                            Philippians 4:17

“Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit.”

 

OFFERTORY                                                   Faith Choir

 

Doxology: Hymnal, p. 732

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host: praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

 

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE                                 Brian Boyer

 

SCRIPTURE TEXT                                               1Peter 1:3-12

 

SERMON      “The Perspective of the Angels”      John Armstrong

 

*HYMN 207              Good Christian Men, Rejoice!

                                                           

*BENEDICTION

                                               

*POSTLUDE            

 

For 2020, we are continuing to provide a basic Family Worship plan to help enable our families more regularly worship together during the week. In each weekly bulletin, we will provide a Daily Bible Reading plan from “M’Cheyne Daily Bible Reading Plan”, weekly questions from the Westminster Shorter Catechism, and a hymn for you to learn together.

 

Week 51:

 

Weekly Hymn:   230 Thou Who Wast Rich Beyond All Splendor

                                    https://youtu.be/FcB9MlUMPdY

 

Shorter Catechism–

  • Q101 What do we pray for in the first petition? /

Answer: In the first petition, which is, Hallowed be thy name, we pray that God would enable us, and others, to glorify him in all that whereby he makes himself known; and that he would dispose all things to his own glory.

 

  • Q102 What do we pray for in the second petition? /

Answer: In the second petition, which is, Thy kingdom come, we pray that Satan’s kingdom may be destroyed; and that the kingdom of grace may be advanced, ourselves and others brought into it, and kept in it; and that the kingdom of glory may be hastened.

 

Bible Reading:

Mon –12/21 – 2 Chronicles 27, 28, Hebrews 6, Joel 3, Psalms 143

Tue – 12/22 – 2 Chronicles 29, Hebrews 7, Amos 1, Psalms 144

Wed – 12/23 – 2 Chronicles 30, Hebrews 8, Amos 2, Psalms 145

Thurs – 12/24 – 2 Chronicles 31, Hebrews 9 Amos 3, Psalms 146, 147

Fri – 12/25 – 2 Chronicles 32, Hebrews 10, Amos 4, Psalms 148, 149, 150

Sat – 12/26 – 2 Chronicles 33, Hebrews 11, Amos 5, Luke 1:1-38

Sun – 12/27 – 2 Chronicles 34, Hebrews 12, Amos 6, Luke 1:39-80

 

A Look at Next Week

 

Sermon Text:          Jeremiah 31:31-40

 

Praise Music:          God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

                                    Joy to the World

 

Hymns:                     226 As With Gladness Men of Old

230 Thou Who Wast Rich Beyond All Splendor
 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Hearing assistance and large print pew Bibles are available during the worship service.  Please contact an usher for assistance.

 

Women in the Church – All women in the church are invited to participate in an upcoming new Women’s Bible study on the book of I Peter – A Living Hope in Christ by Jen Wilkin. We will utilize Zoom video conferencing to conduct the study.  Our next study will be Saturday, January 16th at 9:00 am and will have a final meeting on January 30th.

If you have any questions, please contact Christine Stalnaker (CStalnaker786@cs.com) 

 

Christmas Eve Service – We will be observing our annual Lessons & Carols “candlelight” service on Thursday evening, 12/24 at 7:00 PM.   

Candidates for Office – Matt Yost, Warren Paire, and Matt Nardi will be standing for election to the office of deacon at our annual congregational meeting coming up on Sunday, January 17, 2021.  Both Warren Paire and Matt Nardi are ordained deacons and are seeking continuation in active service.  Matt Yost is standing for election to ordination as a deacon.