August 21, 2016

Evening Service

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

Bible Reading Discussion

Titus 1:1-4

Opening Prayer

Opening Hymn: (#107) Praise Ye the Father!

Prayer of Adoration and Confession

Second Hymn: (#181) We Come, O Christ to You

Prayer of Intercession and Illumination

Sermon: Joy to the World! - Psalm 98 page 500

Preaching: Reverend 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

Elders: Doug Camp, John Coskery,

Dave Herrod, Skip Phelps

Deacons: Fred Kneisley, Stephen Rohrdanz, John Warenda

Pianist: Laura Picciano

Greeting this morning: Skip & Connie Phelps

Greeting next week: Mark Plumpton

EXETER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA)

Nourishing the Soul in the Hope of the Resurrection

(603)772-7479 www.exeterpca.org

Welcome

to

Exeter Presbyterian Church

August 21, 2016

"This is the day that the Lord has made,

let us rejoice and be glad in it."

Psalm 118:24

*CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 108:3 3 I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.

*OPENING HYMN: (#604) Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart!

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 Seventh Commandment

CONFESSION OF SIN [Based upon The Book of Common Worship, first order]

Most holy and merciful Father, we acknowledge and confess before You our sinful nature, prone to evil and slow in good, and all our shortcomings and offenses. You alone know how often we have sinned-- in wandering from Your ways, in wasting Your gifts, in forgetting Your love. O Lord, have mercy on us. We are ashamed and sorry for everything in which we have displeased you. Teach us to hate our errors. Cleanse us from our secret faults, and forgive our sins for the sake of your dear Son. And O most holy and loving Father, help us, we ask You, to live in Your light and walk in Your ways, according to the commandments of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

DECLARATION OF PARDON [Psalm 51:7]

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

*PREPARATION HYMN: (#140) O Word of God Incarnate

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

OLD TESTAMENT READING: Psalm 98 page 500

GOSPEL PASSAGE: Luke 8:26-39 page 865

*SERMON TEXT: Titus 1:1-4 page 998

SERMON: Hope Promised and Proclaimed

PREACHING: Reverend Nathan Snyder

*RESPONSE HYMN: (#474) Blow Ye the Trumpet, Blow!

PRAYER OF INTERCESSION

OFFERING

*DOXOLOGY (#731) and Prayer of Thanksgiving

*CONFESSION OF FAITH Heidelberg Catechism Question 1

Q: What is your only comfort in life and death?

A: That I am not my own, but belong with body and soul, both in life and in death, to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with His precious blood, and has set me free from all the power of the devil. He also preserves me in such a way that without the will of my heavenly Father not a hair can fall from my head; indeed, all things must work together for my salvation. Therefore, by His Holy Spirit He also assures me of eternal life and makes me heartily willing and ready from now on to live for Him.

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: (#W9) Alive in Christ

*BENEDICTION

* Congregation standing as able