Order of Worship October 31Reformation Sunday

 

 

CENTERING PRAYER (Martin Luther)

 

Lord God, heavenly Father, you did not spare your only Son, but gave him up for us all to be our Savior, and along with him you have graciously given us all things. We thank you for your precious, saving gospel, and we pray that you would help us to believe in the name of our Savior faithfully and steadfastly, for he alone is our righteousness and wisdom, our comfort and peace, so that we may stand on the day of his appearing; through Jesus Christ, your dear Son, our Lord. Amen. 

PRELUDE (Sunday Worship)       Pracambulum           Lubeck (1656-1740) 

WELCOME and ANNOUNCEMENTS  

 

CALL TO WORSHIP (from Psalm 42)

 

Our souls thirst for God, for you, the living God.

We remember days filled with joyful shouts and loud songs of thanksgiving.

We’ve spent too much time away from you, adrift on the rolling waves of culture.

The deepest part of us calls out to the deepest part of you.

We will hope in God on sunny mornings and stormy nights.

We come to worship our Creator, our Redeemer, and our Sustainer.

† HYMN      “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”      Hymnal #275 

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

 

Gracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo. Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has become for us a flood of judgment. Set us free from a past we cannot change; open to us a future in which we can be changed; and grant us grace to grow more and more in your likeness and image; through Jesus Christ, the light of the world. (Silent Confession)

ASSURANCE OF GRACE 

† SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST 

The peace of Christ be with you. And also with you. 

†GLORY TO GOD      Hymnal #582 

TIME WITH CHILDREN (Sunday Worship) (Children 5th grade and younger may leave to attend Sunday School) 

SCRIPTURE Genesis 7:11-24 

SERMON      “Standing on the Promises: Abiding”       Rev. Dr. Dave Burgess 

 

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH – The Scots Confession Chapter One

 

We confess and acknowledge one only God, to whom only we must cleave, whom only we must serve, whom only we must worship, and in whom only we must put our trust: who is eternal, infinite, immeasurable, incomprehensible, omnipotent, invisible; one in substance, and yet distinct in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; by whom we confess and believe all things in heaven and in earth, as well visible as invisible, to have been created, to be retained in their being, and to be ruled and guided by his inscrutable Providence, to such end as his eternal wisdom, goodness, and justice has appointed them, to the manifestation of his own glory.

 

OFFERING Love One Another Thornhill/Nix Ladies Chorus 

† THE DOXOLOGY Hymnal #606 

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND 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; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. 

† HYMN      “O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go”      Hymnal #833 

† CHARGE AND BLESSING 

† BENEDICTION      “Standing on the Promises”        Hymnal #838 Verse 2 

POSTLUDE (Sunday Worship)       Dialogue        Dornel (1685-1765)

 † You are invited to stand, as you are able