Morning Service

SUNDAY OCTOBER 11, 2020

*congregation standing as able

PRELUDE
Nathan Skinner, organ

INTROIT
Sing Amen, Alleluia
Music: Joel B. Hayden (1922–2014)
Park Street Chamber Choir

Sing Amen, Alleluia.

* CALL TO WORSHIP from 96
David Rix, Moderator

Leader: O sing unto the Lord a new song;
sing unto the Lord, all the whole earth.
People: Sing unto the Lord and praise his Name;
tell of his salvation from day to day.
Leader: Declare his glory to the nations,
and his wonders to all peoples.
People: O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness;
tremble before him, all the earth.

* HYMN No. 155 O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High!

* 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

LIFE OF THE CHURCH

Financial Update
Mike Ahearn, Church Administrator
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OLD TESTAMENT READING
Frederica Jones
Numbers 21:4–9

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

* HYMN When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

NEW TESTAMENT READING
Pat Chen, Minister of Pastoral Care & Small Groups
John 3:1–21

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
“Assumptions in the Dark”
Michael Balboni, Assistant Minister

HYMN No. 455 And Can It Be That I Should Gain

CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Pat Chen
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OFFERTORY
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God So Loved the World
Words: John 3:16–17
Music: John Stainer (1840–1901)

God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whoso believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.

For God sent not his Son into the world
to condemn the world;
but that the world through him might be saved.

HYMN Lift High the Cross

* BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE
Nathan Skinner, organ