FIRST CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH OF FREMONT
SUNDAY October 12, 2014 – Growing Season
Morning Worship Service - 9:30 a.m.
GOD CALLS US TO WORSHIP: ENTER INTO HIS PRESENCE
Prelude: "How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds" -Brunner
Gathering: Psalm 106: 1-6, 19-23
Call to Worship: from Psalm 9:1-2
We will give thanks to you, O LORD, with our whole heart;
we will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
We will be glad and exult in you;
we will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
*Greeting of the Lord: Zephaniah 3:17
*Hymns of Praise: "God, You Call us to This Place" LUYH 531 (1,2)
"As the Deer Pants for the Water" LUYH 332
*The Creed: The Apostles' Creed
GOD CALLS US TO RECONCILE: CONFESS OUR SINS
Call to Confession based on Psalm 66:16, 18-20
Our Prayer of Confession and Lament: based on Daniel 9:4-19
O Lord, great God, all holy, Father most gracious,
filled with mercy and steadfast love,
we are embarrassed to come before you,
for we have preferred the ways of this world to your ways,
for we have rebelled against your wisdom
and we have gotten into trouble,
for we have rejected your fatherly guidance
and have gotten lost altogether.
To you belongs righteousness, O Lord,
and to us confusion of face.
O Lord, great God,
all holy, filled with awe,
Father, most gracious,
filled with mercy and steadfast love,
incline your ear to our troubles.
Hear us when we pour out our sorrows before you.
Forgive us,
not on the ground of our own righteousness,
but on the ground of your great mercy.
On the ground of your great mercy
in the gift of your Son, Jesus Christ.
It is in his name that we pray,
for he is our Savior and the mediator of the covenant of grace. Amen.
Assurance of God’s Pardon Psalm 32:3-5
In the name of Jesus Christ, your sins are forgiven.
Thanks be to God.
Guide for Living in Grace: Ephesians 4:32-5:2
Sung Response: "How Great Is the Love of the Father" LUYH 683
God at Work in the World: Prison Fellowship Ministry- Chaplain Rocky Heiss
Congregational Prayer
GOD SPEAKS TO US: LISTEN TO HIS WORD
Children’s Message
*Hymn of Preparation: "Break Now the Bread of Life" LUYH 764 (1,3,4)
(During the singing of this hymn, children ages three through first grade may leave
for Children’s Worship in room #2. Visiting children are also welcome to attend.)
Scripture Reading: Matthew 5.1-12 (page 1010)
Sermon: The Poor and Persecuted
Prayer of Application
*Hymn of Response: "Blest Are They" LUYH 117 (1,2,5)
GOD BLESSES US: RESPOND TO GOD
Noisy Offering: Audio Bibles for Sunday School
Offering: Christian Education Fund
Offertory: "Jesus Loves Me" -Wood
*Hymn of Thanksgiving: "For Such a Time as This" LUYH 867 (1,3)
*Blessing the Gifts
GOD SENDS US: GO AND SERVE
*Benediction: Romans 15:13
*Doxology: "We Are Marching in the Light of God" Sing! 293
*Moment of Reflection
*Postlude: "Prelude in G" -J.S. Bach
*Please rise in body or in spirit.
EVENING WORSHIP SERVICE - 6:00 P.M.
GOD GATHERS
Prelude: "Savior Like a Shepherd" & "There is a Fountain"
Song Service: LUYH #324 "O For a Closer Walk with God" (1,2,4,5);
#327 "When We Walk with the Lord"; #322 "I Need Thee Every Hour"
Call to Worship: from Revelation 15:3-4
Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty!
Just and true are your ways, King of the ages.
Who will not fear you, O Lord, and bring glory to your name?
For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you!
Silent Prayer and Response
WE PRAISE
*Hymn of Praise: "O Give the Lord Wholehearted Praise" LUYH 502
Confession of Faith: HC LD 51
Hymn of Response: "Forgive Our Sins a We Forgive" LUYH 638
Congregational Prayer by Petition
GOD SPEAKS
*Hymn of Preparation: "Speak, O Lord" LUYH 755
Scripture Reading: Acts 1.1-8 (page 1139)
Sermon: Spiritual Moves
WE RESPOND
Prayer of Application
Offering: Church Operations
Offertory: "Take My Life and Let it Be Consecrated"
*Hymn of Dedication: "There’s No God as Great" LUYH 275
GOD SENDS
*Benediction: based on Philippians 4:7
*Doxology: "God of Mercy, God of Grace" LUYH 934 (1,3)
*Moment of Reflection
*Postlude: "I Sing the Mighty Power of God"
*Please rise in body or in spirit.