Fairlawn Christian Reformed Church

Reformation Day

October 29, 2006    10:15 A.M.

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Preparation And Praise

            Upon entering the sanctuary please maintain silence for the sake of the congregation’s preparation for worship.

   Prelude:  “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”    “Come, Thou Almighty King”                                 Nelhybel

   Welcome and Announcement:   Silent Prayer and Preparation

*  Call to Worship:                                                                                                               Psalm 27

The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear?  The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?

One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek:  that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.

*  Hymn:  PH 469                                   “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”                                Ein Feste Burg

*  God’s Greeting:

        Grace and peace to you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

                                                                                 Amen.

        The Lord be with you.

                                                               And also with you.

        Our help is in the name of the Lord,

              Who made heaven and earth.

        Blessed be God,

              And blessed is his kingdom, now and forever.  Amen.

*  Prayer of the Day: 

Lord God, who caused all the holy Scriptures to be written for our learning, grant us grace that we may hear them, read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and hold fast the confession of our faith and the blessed hope of eternal life, which you have given us in Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  Amen.

*  Response:   PH 635                                    “Gloria Patri”                                                          Meineke

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.

Confession And Prayer

   Prayer of Confession:

Lord God Almighty, who searches our hearts and knows our thoughts and intentions, we confess that we have not loved you with all of our heart, mind, soul, and strength.  And we have not loved our neighbor as ourselves. We have loved what we ought not to have loved, and we have coveted what is not ours. Our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo.  Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has for us become a consuming fire of judgment.  Set us free from a past we cannot change and open to us a future in which we can be changed, and grant us grace to grow in the likeness of Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we pray.       Silent Prayer and Confession         Minister: Amen

       Assurance of Pardon:                                                                                                       Psalm 103

Anthem:  “How Firm a Foundation”                                                                                                Wood

   Congregational Prayer ~ followed by the Lord’s Prayer (using ‘debts’)

Service Of The Word

*  Hymn:  Insert                              “I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art”                               Toulon

[Children age 3 ½ - Pre- K may leave during the hymn.]

*  Confession of Faith:    Luther’s Second Article, The Apostles’ Creed

I believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father from eternity, and also true man, born of the Virgin Mary, is my Lord, who has redeemed me, a lost and condemned creature, purchased and won me from all sins, from death, and from the power of the devil; not with gold or silver, but with his holy, precious blood, and with his innocent suffering and death, that I may be his own and live under him in his kingdom, and serve him in everlasting righteousness, truth and blessedness, even as he is risen from the dead, and lives and reigns through all eternity. This is most certainly true.

   Reading from the Psalms:                                                                                                 Psalm 110

     This is the Word of the Lord.

     Thanks be to God.

   Reading from the New Testament:                                                                           Hebrews 10:11-25

   Sermon:   The Priesthood of Christ: Foundation for Prayer

*  Hymn:  PH 477                            “You Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim”                         Hanover

The Offering of Tribute

*  Offertory Prayer

   Offering:  Fairlawn General Fund

        Offertory:     “The Lord’s Prayer”                                                                                         Malotte

*  Blessing:

May the Lord bless you and keep you.  May the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you.  May the Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you and give you peace.  Amen.

*  Doxology:                                                     “Alleluia! Alleluia!”                                              Ode to Joy

          Alleluia, alleluia! Glory be to God on high;

        alleluia! to the Savior, who has won the victory;

        alleluia! to the Spirit, fount of love and sanctity:

        alleluia, alleluia! to the triune Majesty.

   Postlude:  “How Firm a Foundation”                                                                                   arr. DeCou

* Indicates congregation stands, as able

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