Songs:
“Praise to the Lord the Almighty” by Joachim Neander & Catherine Winkworth
Public Domain
Used by Permission. CCLI License #2003690
“O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing” by Charles Wesley
Public Domain
Used by Permission. CCLI License #2003690
“He Will Hold Me Fast” by Ada Ruth Habershon & Matthew Merker
© 2013 Getty Music, Matthew Merker Music
Used by Permission. CCLI License #2003690
“My Worth is Not in What I Own” by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty & Graham Kendrick
© 2014 Gettymusic, Make Way Music
Used by Permission. CCLI License #2003690
“Doxology” by Thomas Ken & Louis Bourgeois
Public Domain
Used by Permission. CCLI License #2003690
Call To Worship: Arise, Shine
LEADER: O come, let us worship the Lord and consider what wondrous things He has done!
PEOPLE: Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever.
LEADER: Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
PEOPLE: The Lord is our light and our salvation.
LEADER: Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has redeemed from trouble.
ALL: O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever!
Source: Isaiah 60 & Psalm 107
Classic Prayer: John Calvin
My good God, Father, and Savior, grant me aid by your Holy Spirit to work fruitfully in my vocation, which is from you, all in order to love you and the people around me rather than for my own gain and glory. Give me wisdom, judgment and prudence, and freedom from my besetting sins. Bring me under the rule of true humility. Let me accept with patience whatever amount of fruitfulness or difficulty in my work that you give me this day. And in all I do, help me to rest always in my Lord Jesus Christ and in his grace alone for my salvation and life – hear me, merciful Father, by our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Confession of Faith: Jesus, the Son of God
LEADER: Why is the Son of God called “Jesus,” meaning “savior?”
PEOPLE: Because He saves us from our sins, and because salvation is not to be sought or found in anyone else.
LEADER: Why is He called “Christ,” meaning “anointed?”
PEOPLE: Because He has been ordained by God the Father and has been anointed with the Holy Spirit to be our chief prophet and teacher, who fully reveals to us the secret counsel and will of God concerning our deliverance; our only high priest, who has delivered us by the one sacrifice of His body, and who continually intercedes for us before the Father; and our eternal king, who governs us by His Word and Spirit, and who guards us and keeps us in the deliverance He has won for us.
Source: Heidelberg Catechism, Questions 29 & 31