Morning Service

All Saints’ Day

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2020

*congregation standing as able

PRELUDE
Nathan Skinner, organ

INTROIT

Lord, for Thy Tender Mercy’s Sake
Words: From J. Bull Christian Prayers and Holy Meditations (1568)
Music: Farrant (16th c.)

Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake, lay not our sins to our charge,
but forgive that is past, and give us grace to amend our sinful lives:
to decline from sin and incline to virtue,
that we may walk in a perfect heart before thee now and evermore.
Amen

* CALL TO WORSHIP from Psalm 34
John Liu, Elder

Leader: O praise the Lord with me,
and let us magnify his Name together.
People: I sought the Lord, and he heard me;
he delivered me out of all my fears.
Leader: The angel of the Lord camps round about those who fear him,
and delivers them in time of need.
People: O taste and see how gracious the Lord is;
blessed is the man who trusts in him.
Leader: O fear the Lord, you that are his saints;
for those who fear him lack nothing.

* HYMN For All the Saints

* INVOCATION, CONFESSION, & 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 coming day’s bread;
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;
And lead us not into trial, but deliver us from the Evil One.
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

* PEACE

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ANTHEM

O For a Closer Walk
Words: W. Cowper (1731–1800)
Music: Scottish Psalter, 1635; arr. C.V. Stanford (1852–1924)

O for a closer walk with God,
A calm and heav’nly frame,
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb.

Return, O Holy Dove,
Return, sweet messenger of rest;
I hate the sins that made thee mourn,
And drove thee from my breast.

So shall my walk be close with God,
Calm and serene my frame;
So purer light shall mark
the road that leads me to the Lamb.

OLD TESTAMENT READING
Alex Pless
Isaiah 35

Leader: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God

HYMN Come, We that Love the Lord

NEW TESTAMENT READING
Adam Herndon, Minister to Families
John 5:1–17

Leader: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God

GLORIA PATRI (Hymn No. 734)
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen, amen.

SERMON
“Do You Want to Get Well?”
Mark Booker, Senior Minister

HYMN No. 164 O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing

CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Adam Herndon, Minister to Families
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OFFERTORY
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Kirstin Peltz, violoncello

* HYMN No. 542 Who Are These like Stars Appearing

* BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE
Nathan Skinner, organ

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