PRELUDE:  Soon I Will Be Done Spiritual/ arr. by Calvin Taylor

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALL TO WORSHIP

HYMN:  When the Lord Redeems the Very Least [I’ll Fly Away]

PRAYER

INTROIT:  Soon Ah Will Be Done Spiritual/arr. by Brian Tate

Soon ah will be done with the troubles of the world, troubles of the world, troubles of the world.  Soon ah will be done with the troubles of the world, goin’ home to live with God.  No more weepin’ and a-wail-in’, home to live with God.  Goin’ home to meet my mother.  Goin’ home to meet my father, gonna meet my sister, my brother, home to live with God. [Traditional]

PRAYER

SCRIPTURE LESSON:  Jeremiah 17:5-8

ANTHEM:  O Happy Day by Edwin R. Hawkins/arr. by Clemens Schäfer

Oh happy day!  When Jesus washed, he washed our sins away.  He taught me how to watch, fight and pray!  And live rejoicing every day. [Philip Doddridge, adapted Edwin R. Hawkins]

SERMON:  “What’s So Bad about Sin?”

HYMN:  Somebody’s Knocking at Your Door [Somebody’s Knockin’]

PRAYER

HYMN:  My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less [Solid Rock]

BENEDICTION

BENEDICTION RESPONSE:  A Choral Benediction by Carl Haywood/arr. by P. L. Bates

The Lord bless you and keep you:  the Lord make his face to shine upon you.  And be gracious unto you.  The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.  Amen. [Numbers 6:24-26]

POSTLUDE:  Allegro (from “Fantasie in Eb”) by Camille Saint-Saëns

The flowers have been given today by Judy Lines in celebration of the 94th birthday of her mother, Katie Lines.

Would you like to sponsor flowers one week for worship?  You can place your order for any Sunday throughout 2022 by using this link that takes you to Covenant’s Flowers for Worship form —  https://forms.gle/9C98VA1d17SPmTBV8

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