THE LORD'S DAY

November 11, 2001 - 10:30 A.M.

Worship Theme: The Kingdom of God

PRELUDE

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

Lord, I Lift Your Name on High

Lord, I lift Your name on high; Lord, I love to sing Your praises.
I’m so glad You’re in my life; I’m so glad You came to save us.

You came from heaven to earth to show the way,
From the earth to the cross: my debt to pay.
From the cross to the grave, from the grave to the sky;
Lord, I lift your name on high!

Rick Founds * 1989 and this arr. * 1990 Maranatha! Music. Used by Permission. CCLI #89178

Step By Step

O God, You are my God, and I will ever praise You.
O God, You are my God, and I will ever praise You.

I will seek You in the morning, and I will learn to walk in Your ways.
And step by step You’ll lead me, and I will follow You all of my days.

Beaker * 1991 Kid Brothers of St. Frank's Publishing. Used by Permission. CCLI #89178

CONFESSING OUR SINS

PASTOR: O Lord, no day of my life has passed that has not proved me guilty in your sight. Prayers have been uttered from a prayerless heart and praise has been a praiseless sound. My best services are filthy rags.

PEOPLE: I flee from the throne of perfect justice to your throne of boundless grace, grant me to hear your voice assuring me: that by your stripes I am healed, that you were bruised for my iniquities, that you have been made sin for me, so that I would be righteous in you, that my grievous and manifold sins are all forgiven, buried in the ocean of your cleansing blood.

ALL: I am guilty, but pardoned, lost, but saved, wandering, but found, sinful, but cleansed. Our only hope is in Christ, and in his name we pray. Amen.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON

PASTOR: Hear the promises of God to those who truly repent of their sins and trust in Christ: For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast. Now, lift up your hearts!

PEOPLE: We lift them up to the Lord!

CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP

CONFESSING OUR FAITH

PASTOR: Is God not unjust by requiring in His law what man cannot do?

PEOPLE: No, for God so created man that he was able to do it. But man, at the instigation of the devil, in deliberate disobedience robbed himself and all his descendants of these gifts.

PASTOR: Will God allow such disobedience and apostasy to go unpunished?

PEOPLE: Certainly not. He is terribly displeased with our original sin as well as our actual sins. Therefore He will punish them by a just judgment both now and eternally, as He has declared: Cursed be every one who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, and do them.

PASTOR: But is God not also merciful?

PEOPLE: God is indeed merciful, but He is also just. His justice requires that sin committed against the most high majesty of God also be punished with the most severe, that is, with everlasting, punishment of body and soul.

RESPONDING IN SONG

I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord - (stanzas 1, 2, 4-6)

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: Lord, in your mercy:
ALL: Hear our prayer.

WORSHIPPING BY GIVING

• Westminster Shorter Catechism, 21-26

• 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

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 - Luke 4:38-44

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.

PREPARING TO HEAR GOD'S WORD

Glory Be to God, the Father

Glory be to God the Father, glory be to God the Son,
Glory be to God the Spirit: Great Jehovah, Three in One,
Great Jehovah, Three in One.

Glory, glory, glory, glory, while eternal ages run.
Glory, glory, glory, glory, Great Jehovah, Three in One,
Great Jehovah, Three in One.

Glory be to Him who loved us, washed us from each spot and stain;
Glory be to Him who bought us, made us kings with Him to reign,
Made us kings with Him to reign!

Glory, glory, glory, glory, to the Lamb that once was slain.
Glory, glory, glory, glory, made us kings with Him to reign,
Made us kings with him to reign.

Glory, blessing praise eternal! Thus the choir of angels sings,
“Honor, riches, pow’r, dominion!” Thus its praise creation brings,
Thus its praise creation brings.

Glory, glory, glory, glory, glory to the King of kings.
Glory, glory, glory, glory, thus its praise creation brings,
Thus its praise creation brings. (Repeat last chorus)

Words: Horatius Bonar; Music: Matt Huesmann © 1999 Matt Huesmann Music. Used by permission. CCLI #89178

I Worship You, Almighty God

I worship You, Almighty God, there is none like You.
I worship You, O Prince of Peace, that is what I long to do.
I give You praise for You are my righteousness.
I worship You, Almighty God, there is none like You.

Sondra Corbett * 1983 Integrity’s Hosanna! Music. 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

To Bear Upon the World - Ephesians 3:7-21
(Text and Outline will be included on Sunday)

RESPONDING IN SONG

Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken - Hymn 347

RECEIVING GOD'S BLESSING

PASTOR: I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge— that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations.

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

POSTLUDE