Stairway to Heaven

Oh come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

—Psalm 95:1-2

Prelude

Welcome and Announcements

Introit                                         Choir

“Sanctus”

Round the Lord in glory seated, Cherubim and seraphim

Filled His temple and repeated Each to each the alternate hymn:

Chorus:

Lord Thy glory fills the heavens,

Earth is with Thy fullness stored;

Unto Thee be glory given, Holy, holy, holy Lord!

Heaven is with Thy glory ringing, Earth takes up the angel cry,

“Holy, holy, holy” singing, Lord of hosts, Thou Lord most High.

Repeat Chorus

With His seraph-train before Him, With His holy Church below,

Thus, unite we to adore Him, Bid we thus our anthem flow: --

Repeat Chorus

Taken from "Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems (Reformatted)", © 1995 The Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu Association, Inc., 662 Melwood Drive N.E., Warren, OH 44483. Used by permission.

 Call to Worship*                                                                 Psalm 100:1-3

Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his;

we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Hymn of Praise*                                             

“Holy, Holy, Holy!”

Invocation*

Confession of Faith                                  Definition of Chalcedon

Therefore, following the holy fathers, we all with one accord teach men to acknowledge one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, at once complete in Godhead and complete in manhood, truly God and truly man, consisting also of a reasonable soul and body; of one substance with the Father as regards his Godhead, and at the same time of one substance with us as regards his manhood; like us in all respects, apart from sin; as regards his Godhead, begotten of the Father before the ages, but yet as regards his manhood begotten, for us men and for our salvation, of Mary the Virgin, the God-bearer; one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, Only-begotten, recognized in two natures, without confusion, without change, without division, without separation; the distinction of natures being in no way annulled by the union, but rather the characteristics of each nature being preserved and coming together to form one person and subsistence, not as parted or separated into two persons, but one and the same Son and Only-begotten God the Word, Lord Jesus Christ; even as the prophets from earliest times spoke of him, and our Lord Jesus Christ himself taught us, and the creed of the fathers has handed down to us.

Preparation for Confession of Sin                      Colossians 3:5-9

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices...

Silent Confession of Sin

Corporate Confession of Sin

Assurance of Pardon                                        Colossians 1:21-23

And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Hymn of Assurance*                                                       

“Leaning on the Everlasting Arms”

Giving of Tithes and Offerings     

Prayer of Response

Scripture Reading*                      

Genesis 28:10-22; John 1:43-51

Doxology*

Praise God from whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him all creatures here below;

Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Taken from “Trinity Hymnal Revised Edition”, ©1990 Great Commission Publications, Inc. Used by permission.

Preaching of God’s Word                                Pastor Shane Rosenthal

“Stairway to Heaven”

Genesis 28:10-22

Psalm of Affirmation                                              

“With Gladness in the Lord”

Blessing*                                                                   2 Corinthians 13:14

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Benediction*

 “Gloria Patri”

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.

Taken from “Trinity Hymnal Revised Edition”, ©1990 Great Commission Publications, Inc. Used by permission.

Postlude*