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Aug 30, 2020

“New Wine for the Gospel Feast”

Passage: John 2:1-11

Preacher: Pastor Tony Phelps

Series: John: That You May Believe

Category: John

Summary:

Main Text - John 2:1-11, OT Reading Isaiah 25:1-12, NT Reading - John 2:1-11

Detail:

LIVING HOPE OPC ORDER OF WORSHIP       for Sunday, August 30th, 2020 at 10:45 AM

 

Prelude

Announcements

Gospel Greeting – Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Call to Worship Song – NTH 734 – Gloria Patri

Call to Worship – 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! For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. – Psalm 95:1-3

Prayer of Adoration & Invocation

Opening Hymn – NTH 55 – To God Be the Glory

Reading of Law – Titus 3:1-3

Confession of Sin – Have mercy on us, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out our transgressions. Wash us thoroughly from our iniquity and cleanse us from our sin. For we know our transgressions, and our sin is ever before us. Against you, you only, have we sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. Purge us with hyssop, and we shall be clean; wash us and we shall be whiter than snow. For you have promised, O Father, that if we confess our sins, you will be faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness – by the blood of your Son, Jesus. Restore to us the joy of your salvation by the power of your Holy Spirit. And enable us, by your grace, to walk in the light of your Gospel, and to show fellow sinners the way of repentance. Amen.

Declaration of Pardon – But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. – Titus 3:4-7

Doxology – NTH 731

Exhortation to Give – For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich. – 2 Corinthians 8:9

Prayer for Collection & Pastoral Prayer

Scripture Readings – OT: Isaiah 25:1-12 / NT: John 2:1-11

Medley

– Come into His Presence

– Ascribe to the Lord

– NTH 170 – Fairest Lord Jesus

Prayer for Illumination

Sermon – An Exposition of John 2:1-11: “New Wine for the Gospel Feast”

Jesus reveals His glory with His first Gospel sign:

  1. The embarrassing problem and misplaced concern. (John 2:1-5)
  2. The sovereign intervention of Jesus and its joyful subversion. (John 2:6-10)
  3. The disclosure of Jesus’ divine glory and the faith of the disciples. (John 2:11)

Prayer of Application

Closing Song – NTH 169 – My Heart Does Overflow

Benediction – The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

– Numbers 6:24-26

Announcements – Week of 8/30/2020

1. OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD – plans are being formulated to once again participate in filling “shoe” boxes for Operation Christmas Child. Exact details will be forthcoming in the near future…BUT, now might be a great time to stock up on supplies as “Back to School” sales are currently going on.

2. Next week, September 6th, we will celebrate the Lord’s Supper.

3. Next week, Sunday Sept. 6th , we will taking our Deacon’s Fund offering and also be distributing our Food Bank resources.  If you want to contribute to either (or both) of these, you can do so using the Tithe Box in the back of the church, (making a notation on the gift) or using the Secure Online Giving Portal.

4. Ladies, please remember to sign up for the Women’s Fellowship here at the church on Wednesday evening September 9th at 7:00 PM.

5. There will be a new member’s class beginning Tuesday September 15th. It will be a six week class meeting here at the church.

6. We plan to resume our Wednesday night Bible Study, Discussion and Prayer on September 16th at 7:00 PM here at the church.  Everyone is invited to join in either in person or on Zoom.

7. Starting in September, the front room of the Nursery will be clean and open for parents and young children during Sunday Worship. The Nursery will not be staffed and there will be no toys available.

8. While formal plans have not been finalized, we are praying that we will once again be able to meet for Sunday morning Adult and Young Adult and Children’s Sunday School starting in mid September.

9. Many of you have continued to support the Sunday School offering using the Secure Online Giving Portal. Thank you for that. As we get back to actually meeting for Sunday School, we will probably continue to do it that way, or you put you gifts in the Tithe Box at the back of the church.

10. We pray everyone received Pastor Phelps email reminding everyone of the Session's desire for all attendees to wear a mask before and after the Worship Service. Please read over that at your earliest convenience.