Order of Worship  3-2-2025

Call to Worship         Psalm 95:6-8a

Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.

Invocation and The Lord’s Prayer

Hymn of Praise   “Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven” #3

Scripture Reading    Ephesians 2:1-10

Corporate Confession of Sin

Almighty and most merciful Father, we are thankful that your mercy is
higher than the heavens,
wider than our wanderings,
deeper than all our sin.
Forgive our careless attitudes toward your purposes,
our refusal to relieve the suffering of others,
our envy of those who have more than we have,
our obsession with creating a life of constant pleasure,
our indifference to the treasures of heaven,
our neglect of your wise and gracious law.
Help us to change our way of life
so that we may desire what is good,
love what you love,
and do what you command,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Assurance of Pardon           Psalm 86:5

For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

Hymn of Assurance “God of Grace”            HMA #39

Confession of Faith WSC #36-37

36. What are the benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification?

The benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification, are, assurance of God’s love, peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Ghost, increase of grace, and perseverance therein to the end.

 37. What benefits do believers receive from Christ at death?

The souls of believers are at their death made perfect in holiness,  and do immediately pass into glory; and their bodies, being still united to Christ, do rest in their graves till the resurrection.

Pastoral Prayer        

Choral Anthem          “Grace Unmeasured”

Presentation of Tithes and Offerings

The Preaching of God’s Word

“Great Wickedness. Greater Grace”       Genesis 6:1-8

Hymn of Preparation  “Grace Greater Than Our Sin” (1-3)  #201

The Lord’s Supper 

Hymn of Response “Grace Greater Than Our Sin” (4)  #201

Benediction   2 Corinthians 13:14

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.