Morning Worship Service
Sunday, January 19, 2025
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Welcome and Announcement
‡Introit – “O Lord, My Rock and My Redeemer”
O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer, greatest treasure of my longing soul
My God, like You there is no other; true delight is found in You alone
Your grace, a well too deep to fathom, Your love exceeds the heavens’ reach
Your truth, a fount of perfect wisdom, my highest good and my unending need
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer, strong defender of my weary heart
My sword to fight the cruel deceiver, and my shield against his hateful darts
My song when enemies surround me, my hope when tides of sorrow rise
My joy when trials are abounding, Your faithfulness, my refuge in the night
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer, gracious Savior of my ruined life
My guilt and cross laid on Your shoulders, in my place You suffered bled and died
You rose, the grave and death are conquered; You broke my bonds of sin and shame
O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer, may all my days bring glory to Your Name
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‡The Call to Worship — (From Hosea 6:1 and 6:3)
Pastor: Come, let us return to the Lord; let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out as sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.
‡Hymn No. 302 – “Come, Christians, Join to Sing”
Come, Christians, join to sing Alleluia! Amen!
Loud praise to Christ our King; Alleluia! Amen!
Let all, with heart and voice, before His throne rejoice;
Praise is His gracious choice. Alleluia! Amen!
Come, lift your hearts on high, Alleluia! Amen!
Let praises fill the sky; Alleluia! Amen!
He is our Guide and Friend; to us He'll condescend;
His love shall never end. Alleluia! Amen!
Praise yet our Christ again, Alleluia! Amen!
Life shall not end the strain; Alleluia! Amen!
On heaven's blissful shore, His goodness we'll adore,
Singing forevermore, “Alleluia! Amen!”
‡Prayer of Invocation
The Sacrament of Baptism: Dylan Branson
Old Testament Reading
Psalm 20 --- Luke Uithoven
May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you! 2 May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion! 3 May he remember all your offerings and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! 4 May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans! 5 May we shout for joy over your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the Lord fulfill all your petitions! 6 Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand. 7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. 8 They collapse and fall, but we rise and stand upright. 9 O Lord, save the king! May he answer us when we call.
‡Hymn – “God of My Life to Thee I Call”
God of my life, to Thee I call, afflicted at Thy feet I fall.
When the great water floods prevail, leave not my trembling heart to fail.
Chorus
Poor though I am, despised, forgot, yet God, my God, forgets me not.
And He is safe and must succeed for whom the Lord is sure to plead.
Friend of the friendless and the saint, where should I lodge my deep complaint?
Where but with Thee whose open door invites the helpless and the poor? (Chorus)
That were a grief I could not bear, didst Thou not hear and answer prayer.
But a prayer hearing, answering God supports me under every load. (Chorus)
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New Testament Reading and Congregational Prayer
John 17:1-5 --- John Downs
When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 4 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
Confession of Faith (Heidelberg Catechism #1)
Pastor: What is your only comfort in life and death?
Congregation: That I, with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ; who with His precious blood has fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil; and so preserves me that without the will of my heavenly Father not a hair can fall from my head; yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, wherefore by His Holy Spirit he also assures me of eternal life, and makes me heartily willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto Him.
Offertory Prayer
‡Hymn – “Jesus, Draw Me Ever Nearer” (RUF)
Jesus, draw me ever nearer as I labor through the storm.
You have called me to this passage, and I'll follow, though I'm worn.
May this journey bring a blessing, may I rise on wings of faith;
And at the end of my heart’s testing, with your likeness let me wake.
Jesus, guide me through the tempest, keep my spirit staid and sure.
When the midnight meets the morning, let me love You even more.
May this journey bring a blessing, may I rise on wings of faith;
And at the end of my heart’s testing, with your likeness let me wake.
Let the treasures of the trial form within me as I go -
And at the end of this long passage, let me leave them at Your throne.
May this journey bring a blessing, may I rise on wings of faith;
And at the end of my heart’s testing, with your likeness let me wake.
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Children’s Moment
105. What is the tenth commandment?
The tenth commandment is “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”106. What does the tenth commandment teach you?
To be content with whatever God chooses to give me.
Children dismissed for Little Worship at this time
(K4 – K5)
Reading of the Holy Scripture: Philippians 3:10-16
10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. 12 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. 16 Only let us hold true to what we have attained.
Sermon: “Pressing On” - Rev. Josh Reagan
‡Hymn No. 116 – “For the Beauty of the Earth”
For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth over and around us lies,
Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.
For the beauty of each hour of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flow’r, sun and moon and stars of light,
Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.
For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild,
Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.
For each perfect gift of thine to our race so freely giv’n,
Graces human and divine, flow’rs of earth and buds of heav’n,
Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.
‡Benediction
‡Congregation standing