Call to Worship​ Psalm 135:1

​Praise the LORD! Praise the name of the LORD, give praise, O servants of the LORD

Invocation​ and The Lord’s Prayer

Hymn of Praise​​​ “We Praise Thee, O God, Our Redeemer”​​#16

Scripture Reading ​John 3:1-8

Confession of Sin and Assurance of Pardon  ​1 Peter 2:24

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

Hymn of Assurance ​​“Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed?”​​#208

Confession of Faith ​Heidelberg Catechism #54-56

Q. 54​ What do you believe concerning “the Holy Catholic Church”?

​I believe that the Son of God through His Spirit and Word, out of the entire human race, from the beginning of the world to its end, gathers, protects, and preserves for Himself a community chosen for eternal life and united in true faith. And of this community I am and always will be a living member.

Q. 55​ What do you understand by “the communion of the saints”?

​First, that believers one and all, as members of this community, share in Christ and in all His treasures and gifts. Second, that each member should consider it a duty to use these gifts readily and cheerfully for the service and enrichment of the other members.

Q. 56​ What do you believe concerning “the forgiveness of sins”?

​I believe that God, because of Christ’s atonement, will never hold against me any of my sins nor my sinful nature which I need to struggle against all my life. Rather, in His grace God grants me the righteousness of Christ to free me forever from judgment.

Pastoral Prayer​

Choral Anthem​​“All My Boast Is in Jesus” ​

Presentation of Tithes and Offerings

The Preaching of God’s Word ​“Testifying to a Hostile Crowd”

​​​​​​ Acts 21:39-22:21

Hymn of Response​ “Lord, Speak to Me” ​​#450

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.