Evening
Service
Please join us at 5:00
p.m. for the Evening Worship Service
Bible Reading Discussion
1 John 1:3
Opening Prayer
Opening Hymn: (#119) I Sing the
Almighty Power of God
Prayer of Adoration and Confession
Second Hymn: (#99) Look, Ye
Saints, the Sight Is Glorious
Prayer of Intercession and
Illumination
Sermon: A stairway to heaven
that cannot be bought –
Genesis 28:10-22 page 22
Preaching: Pastor 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 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: Doug Camp,
John Coskery,
Dave Herrod, Skip Phelps
Deacons: Fred
Kneisley, Stephen Rohrdanz, John Warenda
Pianist: Laura
Picciano
Greeting this morning:
John & Janet Coskery
Greeting next week:
Joel & Carol Craft
EXETER
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA)
Nourishing
the Soul in the Hope of the Resurrection
(603)772-7479
www.exeterpca.org
Welcome
to
Exeter
Presbyterian Church
January
3, 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 103:1-2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me,
bless his holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all
his benefits.
*OPENING HYMN: (#76) Praise, My
Soul, the King of Heaven
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 2nd Great
Commandment [Mt 22:39]
CONFESSION OF SIN [Based upon
The Book of Common Worship, second order] Almighty and most merciful
Father; We have erred and strayed from Your ways like lost sheep. We
have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We
have offended against Your holy laws. We have left undone those
things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things
which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. O
Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare those, O God,
who confess their sins. Restore those who are penitent; According to
Your promises declared to us in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O
most merciful Father, for His sake; That we may hereafter live a
godly, righteous, and sober life; To the glory of Your holy name.
Amen.
DECLARATION OF PARDON [1 John
1:9]
If we confess our sins, he is faithful
and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.
*PREPARATION HYMN: (#662) As
the Hart Longs for Flowing Streams
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
OLD TESTAMENT READING:
Genesis 28:10-22 page 22
GOSPEL PASSAGE: Luke 2:41-52
page 858
*SERMON TEXT: 1 John 1:3 page
1021
SERMON: Fellowship
PREACHING: Pastor Stephen Magee
*RESPONSE HYMN: (#455) And Can
It Be That I Should Gain
PRAYER OF INTERCESSION
OFFERING
*DOXOLOGY (#731) and Prayer
of Thanksgiving
*CONFESSION OF FAITH The
Nicene Creed
We believe in one God, the Father
Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and
invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the
only-begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds,
God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made,
being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made;
who for us and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was
incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man;
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; he suffered and
was buried; and the third day he rose again according to the
Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand
of the Father; and he shall come again with glory to judge both the
living and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.
And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the
Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who
with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified; who
spoke by the prophets; and we believe in one holy catholic and
apostolic church; we acknowledge one baptism for the remission of
sins; and we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of
the world to come. Amen.
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: (#689) Be Still,
My Soul
*BENEDICTION
* Congregation standing as able