May 10, 2015

Evening Service 

Please join us at 5:00 p.m. for the Evening Worship Service 

Bible Reading Discussion 

Lamentation 1 - Ezekiel 39 

Opening Prayer 

Opening Hymn: (#165) Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim 

Prayer of Adoration and Confession 

Second Hymn: (#261) What Wondrous Love Is This 

Prayer of Intercession and Illumination 

Sermon:  The Whole House of Israel - Ezekiel 39:25-29 page 727 

Preaching:  Pastor Nathan Snyder 

The Sacrament of The Lord’s Supper 

There is a GF alternative on the back table; please help yourself or ask a server for assistance. The inner ring on the communion tray has juice for those who do not drink wine. 

Gloria Patri 

Benediction 

Pastor:  Steve Magee 

Associate Pastor:  Nathan Snyder 

Elders: Alan Bailey (emeritus), Doug Camp, John Coskery, 

Dave Herrod, Skip Phelps 

Deacons:  Fred Kneisley, Stephen Rohrdanz, John Warenda 

Pianist: Laura Picciano 

Greeting this morning:  Seth & Sylvia Newton 

Greeting next week: Skip & Connie Phelps 

EXETER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA) 

Nourishing the Soul in the Hope of the Resurrection 

(603)772-7479      www.exeterpca.org 

Welcome  

to  

Exeter Presbyterian Church 

May 10, 2015 

"This is the day that the Lord has made,  

let us rejoice and be glad in it." 

  Psalm 118:24 

*CALL TO WORSHIP:   Psalm 27:1  

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 

  

*OPENING HYMN:  (#92) A Mighty Fortress Is Our God 

PRAYER OF ADORATION AND INVOCATION 

*THE 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 and ever.  Amen. 

*GLORIA PATRI (#735) 

THE LAW OF GOD – The Fifth Commandment 

CONFESSION OF SIN [Based upon The Valley of Vision] 

Eternal Father, You are good beyond all thought, but we are vile, wretched, miserable, blind;  Our lips are ready to confess, but our hearts are slow to feel and our ways reluctant to amend.  We bring our souls to you.  Break them, wound them, bend them, mold them.  Unmask to us sin's deformity, that we may hate it, abhor it, flee from it.  Our abilities have been weapons of revolt against you; as rebels we have misused our strength, and served the foul adversary of your kingdom.  Give us grace to bewail our senseless folly; Grant us to know that the way of transgression is hard; that evil paths are wretched paths; that to depart from you is to lose all good. We have seen the purity and beauty of your perfect law, the happiness of those in whose heart it reigns, the calm dignity of the walk to which it calls; yet daily we violate and condemn its precepts.  All these sins we mourn, lament, and for them cry, "Pardon."  Work in us more profound and abiding repentance; Give us the fullness of a godly grief which is ever powerful, and ever confident; Grant that our repentance will enable us to see more clearly the brightness and glory of the cross of Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray.  Amen.   

DECLARATION OF PARDON [Psalm 103:12] 

As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. 

*PREPARATION HYMN:  (#331) Come, O Come, Thou Quickening Spirit 

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION 

OLD TESTAMENT READING:   Psalm 130:6 page 518 

GOSPEL PASSAGE:  Matthew 21:23-27 page 826 

*SERMON TEXT: Genesis 31:1-55 page 25 

SERMON:  Safety, Prosperity, and Direction from Heaven 

PREACHING:  Pastor Nathan Snyder 

*RESPONSE HYMN:  (#646) Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts 

PRAYER OF INTERCESSION 

OFFERING 

*DOXOLOGY (#731) and Prayer of Thanksgiving 

*CONFESSION OF FAITH The Apostles' Creed, # 845 

 I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. 

 I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary.  He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended into hell.  The third day he rose again from the dead.  He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.  From there he will 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. 

(The word “catholic” means “throughout the world.”) 

    

THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD'S SUPPER 

There is a GF alternative on the back table; please help yourself or ask a server for assistance. The inner ring on the communion tray has juice for those who do not drink wine.   

*CLOSING HYMN:  (#345) Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken 

*BENEDICTION   * Congregation standing as able