October 21, 2018

*CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 145:10 All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your saints shall bless you!

*OPENING HYMN: (#100B) All People That on Earth Do Dwell

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 (#572)

THE LAW OF GOD – Second Commandment – No Idols

CONFESSION OF SIN [Based upon Romans 1 and Romans 5]

Our great and everlasting God, Whose eternal power and divine nature have been seen through the things You have made; we acknowledge that we are without excuse. For although we have known You, we have not honored you as God nor given you thanks, but we have become futile in our thinking; and our senseless minds have been darkened. Claiming to be wise, we have become fools. We have been filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, covetousness, and malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and craftiness, we are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, rebellious toward parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Yet we do also heartily acknowledge, that when we were weak, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly. We most joyfully confess that You have proven your love for us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Forgive our sins, we pray, through Him who was handed over to death for our trespasses and was raised for our justification. Amen.

DECLARATION OF PARDON [Isaiah 1:18]

Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson,

they shall become like wool.

*PREPARATION HYMN: (#444) Come to the Waters

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

OLD TESTAMENT READING: Psalm 80 page 491

NEW TESTAMENT READING: Hebrews 9 page 1005

*SERMON TEXT: Mark 4:21-25 page 839

SERMON: I'd Rather Have Jesus

PREACHING: Stephen Magee

*RESPONSE HYMN: (#425) How Sweet and Awesome Is the Place

PRAYER OF INTERCESSION

OFFERING

*DOXOLOGY (#567) and Prayer of Thanksgiving

*CONFESSION OF FAITH The Apostles' Creed

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 purple cups on the center rings of the communion tray have juice for those who do not drink wine.

*CLOSING HYMN: (#476) It Is Well with My Soul

*BENEDICTION

* Congregation standing as able

Evening Service

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

Bible Reading Discussion

Mark 4:21-25 page 839

Opening Prayer

Opening Hymn: (#22B) All You That Fear Jehovah's Name

Prayer of Adoration and Confession

Second Hymn: (#202) Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face to Face

Prayer of Intercession and Illumination

Sermon: The Shining Face of the Lord – Psalm 80 page 491

Preaching: Stephen Magee

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 purple cups on the center rings of the communion tray have juice for those who do not drink wine.

Gloria Patri

Benediction

Pastor: Steve Magee

Elders: Doug Camp, John Coskery,

Dave Herrod, Skip Phelps

Deacons: Stephen Rohrdanz and John Warenda

Pianist: Laura Picciano

Greeting this morning: Max Steele

Greeting next week: Max & Steph Randall

EXETER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA)

Nourishing the Soul in the Hope of the Resurrection

(603) 772-7479 www.exeterpca.org

Welcome

to

Exeter Presbyterian Church

October 21, 2018

"This is the day that the Lord has made,

let us rejoice and be glad in it."

Psalm 118:24