PRELUDE: Sonata V (Andante con Moto) by Felix Mendelssohn
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
HYMN: All with Joyful Expectation (Psalm 30) [Yisrael V’Oraiti]
PRAYER OF PRAISE
INTROIT: Watch, O Master, O’er Us by George Brandon
We have no refuge, none on earth to aid us, save Thee, O Father, who Thine own hast made us; but Thy dear presence will not leave them lonely who seek Thee only. Let evil thoughts and spirits flee before us; in every moment watch, O Master, o’er us; in soul and body Thou from harm defend us, Thine angels send us. Let holy thoughts be ours when sleep o’er-takes us, our earliest thoughts be Thine when morning wakes us; all day serve Thee, in all that we are doing, Thy praise pursuing. Father, Thy name be praised! Thy kingdom given! Thy will be done on earth as ‘tis in heaven! Keep us in life; forgive our sins; deliver us now and ever. Amen. [Petrus Herbert, translated Catherine Winkworth]
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
SONG OF GRATEFUL PRAISE: I Will Exalt My God, My King [Te Exaltare, Mi Dios]
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Psalm 130
HYMN: Out of the Depths (Psalm 130) [Aus Tiefer Not]
SERMON: “Despair’s Death from the Dark Depths”
ANTHEM: My Faith Has Found a Resting Place by Mary MacDonald
My faith has found a resting place, not in device nor creed; I trust the ever-living One, His wounds for me shall plead. Enough for me that Jesus saves, this ends my fear and doubt; a sinful soul, I come to him, He’ll never cast me out. I need no other argument, I need no other plea; it is enough that Jesus died, and that He died for me. My heart is leaning on the Word, the living Word of God, salvation by my Savior’s name, salvation through His blood. My great Physician heals the sick, the lost He came to save; for me His precious blood He shed, for me His life He gave. Jesus died for me! [Lidie H. Edmunds]
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
HYMN: May the God of Hope Go with Us [Argentina]
BENEDICTION
CHORAL RESPONSE: From Depths of Need I Cry to You by Benner/John Carter
As watches for the morning wait, so waits my soul for you. When sunlight wakes the sleeping earth, my faith and hope renew. [Psalm 130, paraphrase by Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr.]
POSTLUDE: Concerto II (Allegro in a-minor) by J.S. Bach
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