Preparing for Worship: June 18

God Calls Us to Worship Him Call to Worship Worship Leader: O send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me, and bring me to your holy hill, and to your dwelling. (Psalm 43:3) Pentecost Hymn: “Come Thou Everlasting Spirit” Come Thou everlasting Spirit Bring to ev’ry thankful mind All the Savior’s dying merit All his suff ’rings for mankind

Come Thou Witness of his dying Come Remembrancer divine Let us feel Thy pow’r applying Christ to ev’ry soul and mine Christ to ev’ry soul and mine True Redeemer of His passion Now the living faith impart Now reveal His great salvation Preach His Gospel to our heart Come Thou Witness of his dying Come Remembrancer divine Let us feel Thy pow’r applying Christ to ev’ry soul and mine Christ to ev’ry soul and mine Let us groan Thine inward groaning Look on Him we pierced and grieve All receive the grace atoning All the sprinkled blood receive

Come Thou Witness of his dying Come Remembrancer divine Let us feel Thy pow’r applying Christ to ev’ry soul and mine Christ to ev’ry soul and mine God Graciously Renews Us in Christ Confession of Sin All: Lord, do not rebuke us in your anger; do not punish us in your wrath. Take pity on us, Lord, for we are weak; heal us, Lord, for our body hurts. Our spirits shake with terror; how long, O Lord, how long? Turn, O Lord, and deliver us; save us for your mercy’s sake. (Psalm 6:1-4) Forgiveness of Sin Through Christ All: Bless the Lord and let us not forget his benefits. He forgives all our sins and heals all our infirmities. (Psalm 103:2-3) Hymn of Praise: “Blessed Be Your Name” Blessed be Your name In the land that is plentiful Where Your streams of abundance flow Blessed be Your name Blessed be Your name When I'm found in the desert place Though I walk through the wilderness Blessed be Your name Ev’ry blessing You pour out I’ll Turn back to praise When the darkness closes in Lord Still I will say Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your name Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your glorious name Blessed be Your name When the sun's shining down on me When the world's all as it should be Blessed be Your name Blessed be Your name On the road marked with suffering Though there's pain in the offering Blessed be Your name You give and take away You give and take away My heart will choose to say Lord blessed be Your name Thanking God for what He Has Done All: “The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; he is their stronghold in time of trouble. The Lord helps and delivers them because they take refuge in him.” (Psalm 37:39-40) Giving Our Tithes and Offerings Hymn of Thanksgiving: "Sanctuary" Lord prepare me to be a sanctuary Pure and holy Tried and true With Thanksgiving I’ll be a living Sanctuary for you God Instructs Us Through His Word Scripture Reading: Revelation 4:11 "Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created." (ESV) God Feeds and Nourishes Us Through His Supper Taking the Bread

Worship Leader: Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. Congregation: He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in His appearance that we should desire Him. Taking the Cup

Worship Leader: He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Congregation: Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered Him stricken by God, smitten by Him, and afflicted. Worship Leader: But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed. All: We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:1-6) God Blesses and Sends Us Out Worship Leader: “The Trinity is one and only and true God, and the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit [when] rightly believed, understood...is the highest good for us...Seek the His face forevermore.” (Augustine, On the Trinity)