Judges 9

Links to the scriptures and hymns used during this service are provided below.  Click on the hymn title to be taken to a page with sheet music.

Order of Service 

Call to Worship: Psalm 96:7-9

Hymns:

#5 God, My King, Thy Might Confessing

#165 Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim

Prayer of Confession and Assurance of Forgiveness:

Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us, that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.

Hymn: #264 Jesus, Keep Me near the Cross

Scripture Readings:

Luke 14:12-24

1 Corinthians 1:18-31

Affirmation of Faith: The Nicene Creed

I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth;
and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God,
begotten of his Father before all worlds:
God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God,
begotten, not made; being of one substance with the Father,
by whom all things were made:
Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven,
and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary,
and was made man;
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
He suffered and was buried;
and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures,
and ascended into heaven,
and sits on the right hand of the Father.
And he shall come again with glory
to judge both the living and the dead
whose kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit,
The Lord, and Giver of Life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son
together is worshipped and glorified;
who spoke by the prophets.

And I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
I acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
And I look for the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come.

Amen.

Pastoral Prayer

Hymn: #48 O Lord Most High, with All My Heart

Sermon: Judges 9

Closing Hymn: #731 Doxology