Death is NOT the End

And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’” Luke 4:8

Prelude 

Welcome and Announcements 

Introit                                                            

Call to Worship*                                                                                    Isaiah 12:5-6

Sing praises to the LORD, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth. Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

Hymn of Praise*                                                                                    #40

“God Is Our Refuge and Strength”

Invocation*

Confession of Faith                                                                  The Apostle’s Creed (p.872) 

Preparation for Confession of Sin                                                 Psalm 51:15-17

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.  

Confession of Sin 

Assurance of Pardon                                                                                Isaiah 1:18

Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.                 

Hymn of Assurance*                                                                                          #211

“God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen” 

Giving of Tithes and Offerings                                         

Prayer of Response 

Scripture Reading*                                                                             Isaiah 26:1-21; John 1:1-18 

Doxology*                                                                                                     #735

“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. 

Prayer of Intercession 

Preaching of God’s Word                        

Pastor Scott Edburg

“Death is NOT the End”

Luke 7:11-17 

Hymn of Affirmation                                                                 #195

“Joy to the World! The Lord Is Come” 

Benediction*                                                                        Hebrews 13:20-21

Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.            

Response*                                                                                #103C (Stanza 8)

Bless the Lord, you angel Hosts,

mighty ones who do his word,

who obey his voice and word;

all his servants, bless the Lord!

All his Host who do his will,

all his works in all his world

bless the Lord in ev'ry place.

Come, my soul and bless the Lord. 

Postlude*