Order of Worship For Sunday, Oct. 10, 2020

 

First Presbyterian Church

October 4, 2020

10:00 AM

Worship Service Unified Order of Worship

  

CALL TO WORSHIP

The stone that the builders rejected,

It as become the cornerstone on which God has built God’s church.

Jesus is the cornerstone of our lives in faith, Jesus is our Rock.

Jesus is the Rock and the cornerstone of our lives against the storms of sin.

Let us worship the Living God

 

Hymn Today: “All Things Bright and Beautiful”

Refrain: All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful: the Lord God made them all.

1. Each little flower that opens, each little bird that sings, God made their glowing colors, and made their tiny wings. (Refrain)

2. The purple-headed mountains, the river running by, the sunset and the morning that brightens up the sky. (Refrain)

     PRAYER OF CONFESSION (In Unison)

 Dear Father in Heaven, we confess our sins to You, that in the forgiveness of Jesus Christ, we may see more clearly the Kingdom of Heaven as it builds around us.  Remind us that in the blessing of confession, You sweep away all that interferes with our further expression of love to You and to our neighbors.  In Jesus we pray.  Amen.

 *SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION

*THE 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.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON

INVITATION

LESSON: Matthew 21: 33-46

SERMON:                      “What’s it Like? That Kingdom of Heaven?”                   Rev. Peter Hofstra

PASSING OF THE PEACE

THE OFFERING OF OUR TITHES & GIFTS

If unable to drop the tithe and offering at church for Sunday morning worship, it can be mailed to First Presbyterian Church, 45 Market St., Perth Amboy, NJ  08861 or sent via Venmo, search email address office@fpcperthamboy.org 

*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.  Amen.

*OFFERTORY PRAYER

JOYS AND CONCERNS

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

It is in the sanctuary that we share and lift requests to the Lord as a community.  Online, we are deliberately more general, as a community, in the joys and concerns we lift, knowing that, almost like the Kingdom of Heaven, things remain on the Internet forever and we are very aware of people’s privacy.  However, people are encouraged to lift their requests to the Lord in the privacy of where they are viewing the service.  In either case, the appropriate response to these requests is “Lord, Hear Our Prayer”.

*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 daily bread and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.  Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for Thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory forever.  Amen.

 

SONG OF RESPONSE: “All Things Bright and Beautiful”

Refrain: All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful: the Lord God made them all.

 3. The cold wind in the winter, the pleasant summer sun, the ripe fruits in the garden: God made them every one. (Refrain)

4. God gave us eyes to see them, and lips that we might tell how great is God Almighty, who has made all things well. (Refrain)

*BENEDICTION

*THREE FOLD AMEN

POSTLUDE