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THE LORD'S DAY

November 4, 2001 - 10:30 A.M.

Worship Theme: A Worshipping Community


	PRELUDE	Ms. Lynna Harbison


	ACTIVITIES & CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH


	PREPARING IN STILLNESS


	WELCOMING THE ASSEMBLY
	PASTOR: The Lord be with you! PEOPLE: And also with you!


•	DRAWING NEAR TO WORSHIP	Choir & Congregation
	Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending


•	CONFESSING OUR SINS
	PASTOR: Eternal God, before whose face the generations rise and pass away, you formed us in your image and willed us to live before you in peace and love. PEOPLE: We confess we are not the people you created or called us to be; we have not loved you with our whole heart or our neighbors as ourselves. ALL: Forgive us our sin, O God, and create in us a new and willing spirit, so that in our living, we may serve you, and in our dying, enter the joy of your presence, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.


•	ASSURANCE OF PARDON	1 Peter 2:24
	PASTOR: Hear the promises of God to those who truly repent of their sins and trust in Christ: And He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live in righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. Now, lift up your hearts! PEOPLE: We lift them up to the Lord!


•	CALL TO WORSHIP	Psalm 116:12-13; 96:1-2
	PASTOR: How can we repay the LORD for all his goodness to us? PEOPLE: We will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD. PASTOR: Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. ALL: Sing to the LORD, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day.


•	RESPONDING IN SONG	Hymn 347
	The Church’s One Foundation - (stanzas 1, 2, 4, 5)


•	CONFESSING OUR FAITH	Heidelberg Catechism, 6-8
	PASTOR: Did God create man wicked and perverse? PEOPLE: No, on the contrary, God created man good and in His image, that is, in true righteousness and holiness, so that he might rightly know God his Creator, heartily love Him, and live with Him in eternal blessedness to praise and glorify Him. PASTOR: From where, then, did man’s depraved nature come? PEOPLE: From the fall and disobedience of our first parents, Adam and Eve, in Paradise, for there our nature became so corrupt that we are all conceived and born in sin. PASTOR: But are we so corrupt that we are totally unable to do any good and inclined to all evil? PEOPLE: Yes, unless we are regenerated by the Spirit of God.


•	THANKING GOD FOR HIS PRESENCE
	PASTOR: We give thanks to you, Lord, for you are good. ALL: Your love endures forever. Amen.


	PRAYING TOGETHER FOR GOD'S PEOPLE	Pastor Dave Clelland
	PASTOR: Lord, in your mercy: ALL: Hear our prayer.


	WORSHIPPING BY GIVING	(Sign, pass & return Friendship Pad)
	• Westminster Shorter Catechism, 12-20	Hymnal, page 870
	• Prayer - The pastor and another church elder will be available in the front to pray personally with anyone during the offertory. • Offertory - Ms. Lynna Harbison


•	PRAISING OUR GOD	Gloria Patri (Hymn 734)
	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, amen.


•	DEDICATING OUR LIVES & GIFTS
	Pastor: Blessed are you, God of all creation; through your goodness we have these gifts to share. Accept and use our offerings for your glory and for the service of your kingdom. All: Blessed be the Lord forever. Amen.


•	HEARING SCRIPTURE - Psalm 73:1-17	Mr. Ray Scholl
	READER: This is the Word of the Lord. CONGREGATION: Thanks be to God!


•	GREETING ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE
	• Children ages 4-5 dismissed to Children's Church in Rooms M1 & M3.

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PREPARING TO HEAR GOD'S WORD

Ensemble & Congregation

In My Heart

In my heart there is a stirring, one that did not start with me;
A love to worship my Creator, to show His love for all to see.

I will worship, I will honor, I will exalt the Lord above;
All my days I'll sing the praises of His great redeeming love.

In my heart there is a treason, one that poisons all my love.
Take my heart and consecrate it, wash it in Your cleansing blood.

Repeat Chorus

Tie me to the Rock unchanging, tie me to His wondrous cross.
I'll fix my eyes upon the Savior, all other things I count as loss.

Repeat Chorus

Tie me to the Rock unchanging, and His great redeeming love.

Eric Grover © 2000 PDI Worship (ASCAP). Used by permission. CCLI #89178


•	STATING OUR VISION
	As we confront the challenges and opportunities of the third millennium, our vision is to be a worshipping community of disciples who are bringing God’s Kingdom to bear upon the world and building His Church among all peoples.


	APPLYING GOD'S WORD	Pastor Mark Balthrop
	*A Worshipping Community- Hebrews 12:18-24 (Text and Outline will be included on Sunday)*

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PREPARING TO COMMUNE WITH CHRIST

Ensemble & Congregation

Think About His Love

Think about His love, think about his goodness,
Think about His grace that's brought us through.
For as high as the heavens above, so great is the measure of our Father's love;
Great is the measure of our Father's love.

How could I forget his love? How could I forget His mercy?
He satisfies, He satisfies, He satisfies my desires.
Great is the measure of our Father's love.

Walt Harrah © 1987 Integrity's Hosanna! Music. Used by Permission. CCLI #89178


	WORDS OF INTRODUCTION & INSTITUTION


•	GIVING THANKS
	PASTOR: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. PEOPLE: It is right to give our thanks and praise. PASTOR: O God of mercy and might, in your wisdom, you made all things and sustain them by your power. You have called forth men and women in every age to be your servants and speak your word. When we rebelled against your call and turned from your ways, in your love you called us back to you. You delivered us from captivity, and made covenant to be our sovereign God. You sent prophets to call us to justice and compassion. Therefore, we praise you, joining our voices with the choirs of heaven and with all the faithful of every time and place, who forever sing to the glory of your name: PEOPLE: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. PASTOR: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. PEOPLE: Hosanna in the highest. PASTOR: We give you thanks that the body of the Lord Jesus was broken that we might be healed and that his blood was shed for the forgiveness of our sins. ALL: We do this, Lord, in remembrance of you. Amen.


•	COMMUNING WITH OUR LORD	(Please hold elements until all are served.)


•	RESPONDING IN SONG
	Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken - Hymn 347

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RECEIVING GOD'S BLESSING

John 4:23-24; Revelation 15:3-4

PASTOR: People of God, a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and truth.

Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the ages. Who will not fear you, O Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.

ALL: The Lord is King forever! Hallelujah! Amen.


	POSTLUDE	Mrs. Jami Calatozzo