This Lord’s Day

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God’s Greeting

1 Peter 1:1-2

Preparation for Worship

1 Peter 2:9-10

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Prayer of Invocation

Call to Worship

Psalm 100

*Sing

Psalm 100A (Amen!)

*Reading of the Law

1 Peter 1:13-16; 2:11-12; 4:7-10

Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy…Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation…The end of all things is at hand; therefore, be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace. 

Prayer of Confession

A silent confession of sin (kneeling or sitting) will be followed by a corporate confession of sin (prayed by the minister).

*Assurance of Forgiveness

Minister: Dearly loved brothers and sisters; you have heard God’s Law and have confessed your sins to our merciful Heavenly Father. Do you believe that Jesus Christ, by His perfect life and sacrificial death and glorious resurrection, has fully atoned for all your sins and satisfied the wrath of God towards you?
Congregation: We do.
Gospel Reading: 1 John 1:9; 2:1-2
Declaration of Absolution

*Sing

Gloria Patri

Glory be to the Father. And to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning; is now and ever shall be. World without end, Amen, Amen.

*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.

*Sing

Psalm 130A (Amen!)

*The Apostles Creed

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from there he shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

*Sing

Psalm 19B (Amen!)

*Congregational Reading

Mark 7:14-23

And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: 

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”

And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. 

And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?”

(Thus he declared all foods clean.) And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts,

sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

Congregational Prayer and Offering

*Sing

Psalm 51D (Amen!)

Prayer of Illumination

Sermon

Leviticus 11
“Clean and Unclean Animals”

Prayer of Application

Holy Communion

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*Sing

Doxology

Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise Him all creatures here below. Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts. Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.

*Benediction

Numbers 6:24-26