Liturgy

Welcome and Announcements

Call to Worship

We go into God's presence in response to His summons.

Invocation and Praise

We praise God and ask Him to receive our worship.

• Prayer
• Sing (Psalm or Hymn)

Confession and Pardon

We confess our sins and receive God's forgiveness.

• Sing (Psalm or Hymn)
• Catechism
• Exhortation
• Confession of Sin [kneeling, if able]
• Assurance of Pardon
• Sing (Psalm or Hymn)

Consecration

God speaks to us through His Word, and we speak to Him in prayer.

• Old Testament Reading
• New Testament Reading
• Sing (Psalm or Hymn)
• Prayer for Christ's Kingdom and the Local Body
• Sing (Psalm or Hymn)
• Sermon

Response to God's Mercies

• Confession of Faith
• Tithes and Offerings
• Sing "The Doxology" [hands raised]

The Lord's Supper

• Prayer
• Sing "Word and Water, Bread and Wine" or "How Sweet and Awesome is the Place"
• Words of Institution
• Eating of the Bread
• Drinking of the Wine

Benediction

Response

• Sing "Psalm 98" (first verse) [hands raised]