EVENING WORSHIP SERVICE
April 21, 2024
Psalm 122:1
“I was glad when they said to me,
‘Let us go into the house of the Lord.’”
Welcome and Announcements
OUR PREPARATION FOR WORSHIP
Prelude — As the instruments play, let us prepare ourselves for worship as we enter into the presence of the Lord. Take time to read the “Puritan Prayer” on the back of the bulletin in preparation for worship, and the Silent Prayer here in the order of worship.
Silent Prayer —
Almighty Father, who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples
with the sight of the risen Lord:
Give us such knowledge of his presence with us,
that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life
and serve you continually in righteousness and truth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
OUR ADORATION OF GOD
Call to Worship— Psalm 98:4 – Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth;
break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.
Trinity Psalter—Psalm 98
Trinity Psalter—Psalm 96
Invocation
OUR CONFESSION OF SIN AND THE MEANS OF GRACE
The Reading of the Law of God
And God spoke all these words saying: I am the LORD your God,
Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
You shall have no other gods before Me.
You shall not make for yourself a carved image.
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Honor your father and your mother. You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. You shall not covet.
Hear also the words of the Lord Jesus concerning the law.
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul,
and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Prayer of confession and forgiveness
Hymn 59 – Forever Settled in the Heavens
Reading of the New City Catechism
Q 16: What is sin?
A: Sin is rejecting or ignoring God in the world he created,
rebelling against him by living without reference to him,
not being or doing what he requires in his law—
resulting in our death and the disintegration of all creation.
Hymn 469 – How Sweet and Awesome is the Place
Pastoral Prayer
Offering
Psalter Reading–Psalm 24
A Psalm of David.
The earth is the LORD’s, and all its fullness,
The world and those who dwell therein.
For He has founded it upon the seas,
And established it upon the waters.
Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD?
Or who may stand in His holy place?
He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol,
Nor sworn deceitfully.
He shall receive blessing from the LORD,
And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him,
Who seek Your face.
Lift up your heads, O you gates!
And be lifted up, you everlasting doors!
And the King of glory shall come in.
Who is this King of glory?
The LORD strong and mighty,
The LORD mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, O you gates!
Lift up, you everlasting doors!
And the King of glory shall come in.
Who is this King of glory?
The LORD of hosts,
He is the King of glory.
Message
OUR RESPONSE AND BLESSING
Hymn 562 – All to Jesus I Surrender
Benediction followed by Silent Prayer
