Order of Worship – April 18, 2025, 10 a.m.
*Indicates to stand up
Good Friday service
Pre-Service Song: 69B: Thy Loving-kindness, Lord, Is Good and Free
*Call to Worship
*Votum and Salutation
*Song: 20B:1,2,3,4: The LORD in Your Distress Attend
Prayer
Scripture Reading: Luke 23:1-25
Song: 22A:1,2,3,6,11: My God, My God, O Why Have You Forsaken Me?
Scripture Reading: Luke 23:26-49
SERMON
Text: Luke 23:26-49
Title: The Love and Submission of our Lord
Theme: Jesus showed amazing love and submission as He suffered.
1. The amazing love Jesus showed to others.
2. Jesus' silence, submission, and trust in God.
3. The impact of Jesus' suffering and death.
*Song: 431: And Can It Be That I Should Gain
Prayer
Offerings: Voice of the Martyrs
*Doxology: 364:3: Alleluia! Alleluia!
*Benediction
Sermon questions
1. Identify the three kinds of loving “words” Jesus spoke.
2. What do the forms of mockery Jesus suffered have in common?
3. What are the words Jesus cried with a loud voice?
4. What might we see in the response of Jesus' acquaintances?
Order of Worship – April 20, 2025, 10 a.m. & 5 p.m.
*Indicates to stand up
10 a.m. service
Pre-Service Song: 118B:1,2,3,4: The Glorious Gates of Righteousness
*Call to Worship
*Votum and Salutation
*Song: 360:1,2,3,4: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
Prayer
Law of God
Song: 16A:1,4,5: Preserve Me, O My God
Scripture Reading: Luke 24:1-35
SERMON
Text: Luke 24:13-35
Title: Recognizing the Resurrected Jesus
Theme: The risen Lord reveals Himself in the breaking of bread.
1. Jesus was unrecognized.
2. Jesus was renowned.
3. Jesus was expounded.
4. Jesus was made known.
*Song: O Christ, Our Hope, Our Heart's Desire
Prayer
Offerings: 1. Budget 2. Reformed Missions: Costa Rica
*Doxology: 118B:7,8: The Glorious Gates of Righteousness
*Benediction
Sermon questions
1. Why didn't the two disciples of Jesus recognize Him?
2. Why didn't Jesus identify Himself early on?
3. What does Jesus' method teach us about Christian testimony?
4. What do we learn from the way Jesus became known to them?
5 p.m. service
Pre-Service Song: 4:1,2,3,5: Give Ear, God of My Righteousness
*Call to Worship
*Votum and Salutation
*Song: 91B: Who with God Most High Finds Shelter
Prayer
Scripture Reading: Psalm 65
Song: 111A:1,2,5,6: Praise to the LORD! I Will Extol Him
Scripture Reading: Romans 7:1–8:2
SERMON
Text: Canons of Dort 5, Articles 1–3
Title: Comfort in Conflict
Theme: God's preservation gives comfort in our conflict with sin.
1. The incompleteness of our deliverance from sin.
2. The reality of our struggle with sin.
3. The sure source of our perseverance despite our sin.
*Song: 512: Jesus Lives, and So Shall I
Prayer
Offerings: 1. Budget 2. Reformed Missions: Costa Rica
*Confession of Faith: Apostles' Creed
*Doxology: 146:1,2: Praise the LORD! My Soul, O Praise Him!
*Benediction
Sermon questions
1. Evaluate the statement: 'Christians aren't perfect, just forgiven.'
2. What comfort can be drawn from our struggle with sin itself?
3. How should we respond to the reality of sin in our lives (4 things)?
4. Give the key statement in Article 4 for the ground of our comfort.