COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Assurance of Pardon The Lord’s Day | December 3rd, 2017 The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Prelude LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made. Psalm 145:8 9 – Welcome and Announcements Prayers of the People Choral Call to Worship: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Tithes and Offerings Please place the Contact Card in the offering plate. *O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Trinity Hymnal № 194 The Offertory *Prayer of Invocation and Thanksgiving Once in Choir Royal David’s City *Lord’s Prayer *Doxology Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Thy kingdom come, Praise him, all creatures here below; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Praise him above, ye heav’nly host: Give us this day our daily bread. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: *Prayer of Dedication for Tithes and Offerings For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. Sermon Mark 9:30-32 Sermon the Cradle to the Title: “From Grave” Old Testament Resonsive Reading Psalm 4 Trinity Hymnal page 786 Dr. David Frierson, Sr. *Please stand for the reading of and hymns God’s Word Lighting of Advent Wreath *God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen Trinity Hymnal 211 № *Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus Trinity Hymnal 196 № Unison Confession *Benediction Numbers 6:24 26 – Gracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo. The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. become for us a consuming fire of judgment. Set us free from a past that we cannot change; open to us a future in which we can be changed; and grant us grace to grow *Threefold Amen more and more in Your likeness and image, through Jesus Christ, the Light of the World. Postlude Sermon Notes Private Confession
COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Lord’s Day | December 3rd, 2017 Prelude Welcome and Announcements Choral Call to Worship: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly *O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Trinity Hymnal № 194 *Prayer of Invocation and Thanksgiving *Lord’s Prayer Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. Old Testament Resonsive Reading Psalm 4 Trinity Hymnal page 786 Lighting of Advent Wreath *Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus Trinity Hymnal № 196 Unison Confession Gracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo. Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has become for us a consuming fire of judgment. Set us free from a past that we cannot change; open to us a future in which we can be changed; and grant us grace to grow more and more in Your likeness and image, through Jesus Christ, the Light of the World. Private Confession Assurance of Pardon The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made. Psalm 145:8 – 9 Prayers of the People Tithes and Offerings Please place the Contact Card in the offering plate. The Offertory Once in Royal David’s City Choir *Doxology Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise him, all creatures here below; Praise him above, ye heav’nly host: Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. *Prayer of Dedication for Tithes and Offerings Sermon Mark 9:30-32 Sermon Title: “From the Cradle to the Grave” Dr. David Frierson, Sr. *Please stand for the reading of God’s Word and hymns *God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen Trinity Hymnal № 211 *Benediction Numbers 6:24 – 26 The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. *Threefold Amen Postlude Sermon Notes
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