Order of Worship
Lord’s Day, January 14th, 2006, 10:30am
The Christian Year: The First Sunday after Epiphany

Prelude

Welcome & Announcements

Silent Meditation

Call to Worship
Leader: The LORD is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all
His works!

People: All Your works shall praise You, O LORD, and Your saints
shall bless You!

Leader: They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom, and talk of Your
power, to make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and
the glorious majesty of His kingdom.

People: Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations! Psalm 145.9-13


Prayer of Invocation (The Lord’s Prayer)

*Hymn of Adoration No. 92 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
Based on Psalm 46, Martin Luther

OT Reading Deuteronomy 6:1-5
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord!
People: Thanks be to God!

*Song of Public Confession (see insert)
“God Be Merciful”


Words of Comfort and Promise
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.



Confession of Faith
The Apostle’s Creed, pg. 845 in Trinity Hymnal

Tithes and Offerings

*Gloria Patri

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.


Uniting Our Hearts in Prayer

*Hymn of Response No. 379 Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now
Herr Jesu Christ

* Congregation Standing


*God’s Word to Us

Scripture Reading II Corinthians 13:11-14
Leader: This is the Word of Lord!
People: Thanks be to God!

Prayer for Illumination

Sermon: Rev. Tim Spilman “The Lord Be With You!” Part II


*Hymn of Thanksgiving No. 498 Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners!

*Benediction

Postlude

“Go…and tell the people the full message of this new life” Acts 5:20