Highland Presbyterian Church --- Order of Service for Sun.,- 5 September 2010

Order of Service
for
Sun., 5 September 2010

✙ ✙ ✙ Assemble in God's Name ✙ ✙ ✙

The Welcome & Announcements: Elder Joe Landa

* The Passing of the Peace: Elder Joe Landa

• Leader: Since we have been justified through faith, we now have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Let us live into and share this peace & grace with our neighbors in all we do. May the peace of Christ be with you.
• People: And also with you.

* The Call to Worship: Elder Joe Landa

• Leader: God is good!
• People: All the time!
• Leader: All the time. . .
• People: God is good!
• Unison: Because that is His nature!
(I Timothy 1:17, 2:5-6 & 3:16[b] [NRSV] )

• Leader: To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. For there is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, Himself human, who gave Himself a ransom for all.
• People: Without any doubt, the mystery of our religion is great: He was revealed in flesh, vindicated in spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed in throughout the world, taken up in glory.
• Leader: Let us glorify our mighty God with full voice as we sing. . .

* Hymn: “Great Is the Lord” # 31

* Hymn: “O Worship the King” # 10

* The Call to Confession: Pastor Stuart

• Pastor: For all have sinned and fallen short of God’s Glory, Yet the miracle of God’s love is this, that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. Therefore If we confess our sins and seek His face in faith God, who is faithful and just will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. In humility and faith let us confess our sins before Him. [Romans 3:23, 5:8 & I John 1:9]

* Prayer of Confession: Elder Joe Landa

• Unison: Almighty God, creator of all, You marvelously made us in Your image; but we have corrupted ourselves and damaged Your likeness by rejecting Your love and hurting our neighbors. We have done wrong and neglected to do right. We are sincerely sorry and heartily repent of our sins. Cleanse us and forgive us by the sacrifice of Your Son; remake us and lead us by Your Spirit the Comforter and Advocate. We ask this through Jesus Christ our merciful High Priest. Amen. [Adapted from Our Modern Services; the Anglican Church of Kenya; pg 35.]

* A Time for Silent Reflection:

* The Assurance of Pardon: Pastor Stuart

• Pastor: Hear the Good News! Who is in a position to condemn? Only Christ! And yet, Christ died for us; He rose for us; He reigns in power for us; and He prays for us. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, that one is a new creation. The old life is Gone and a new life has begun. Amen. [I Timothy 1:15 & I Peter 2:25]

* The People's Response: Gloria Patri

✙ ✙ ✙ Hearing God’s Word ✙ ✙ ✙

The Prayer for Illumination: Elder Joe Landa

The Scripture Lesson: Pastor Stuart

• Psalm 146:1 - 10:
• 1 Praise the LORD!
  Praise the Lord, O my soul!
  2 I will praise the LORD as long as I live;
  I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
  
  3 Put not your trust in princes,
  in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
  4 When his breath departs, he returns to the earth;
  on that very day his plans perish.
  
  5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
  whose hope is in the LORD his God,
  6 Who made heaven and earth,
  the sea, and all that is in them,
  Who keeps faith forever;
  7 Who executes justice for the oppressed,
  Who gives food to the hungry.
  
  The LORD sets the prisoners free;
  8 the LORD opens the eyes of the blind.
  The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down;
  the LORD loves the righteous.
  9 The LORD watches over the sojourners;
  He upholds the widow and the fatherless,
  but the way of the wicked He brings to ruin.
  
  10 The LORD will reign forever,
  your God, O Zion, to all generations.
  Praise the Lord!

Response:

• Pastor: This is the Word of the Lord!
• People: Thanks be to God.
  

The Sharing of Joys and Concerns: Pastor Stuart

The Prayer for the People & Lord's Prayer:

* Hymn: “ I to the Hills Will Lift My Eyes ” Pres Hymn # 234


The Offering:
The Offertory:
* The Doxology:
* The Offertory Prayer:

Sermon: “ Put Not Your Trust in Princes ”

✙ ✙ ✙ Responding to God’s Word ✙ ✙ ✙

* The Affirmation of Faith: The Apostles’ Creed

• Unison: I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth;
• And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
• I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

* Hymn: “ The Solid Rock (My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less) ” # 402

✙ ✙ ✙ Go Forth in God's Name ✙ ✙ ✙

* The Charge & Benediction:

* Threefold Amen: