First Presbyterian Church
October 18, 2020
10:00 AM
Worship Service Unified
Order of Worship
CALL
TO WORSHIP
O sing to the Lord a new song; sing to
the Lord, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord,
bless God’s name; tell of God’s salvation from day to day.
For great is the Lord,
and greatly to be praised;
God is to be revered
above all gods; strength and beauty are in God’s sanctuary.
Let us worship the
Living God
Hymn
Today: “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”
1. A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing; our
helper he amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing. For still our ancient foe
doth seek to work us woe; his craft and power are great, and armed with cruel
hate, on earth is not his equal.
2. Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be
losing, were not the right man on our side, the man of God's own choosing. Dost
ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is he; Lord Sabbaoth, his name, from age
to age the same, and he must win the battle.
PRAYER
OF CONFESSION (In Unison)
Lord, like those religious
leaders long ago, we, too, have malice in our hearts. We wish ill upon those we
do not like and fail to recognize our own shortcomings. We want to partition
off our lives, offering you a portion of our loyalty, time and resources, when
we are called to give our whole selves to you. Forgive our pettiness, our
hard-heartedness and our stubbornness. Use our repentance as a means for the
Spirit to work in us and remake us into a closer likeness of our Lord, Jesus
Christ, in whose name 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
The Lord our God answers us
and forgives us. The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting.
Friends, believe the good news, through Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Amen.
INVITATION
LESSON: Matthew 22: 15-22
Matthew 22: 15-22
22:15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in
what he said.
22:16 So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying,
"Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in
accordance with truth, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard
people with partiality.
22:17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor,
or not?"
22:18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, "Why are you putting me to
the test, you hypocrites?
22:19 Show me the coin used for the tax." And they brought him a denarius.
22:20 Then he said to them, "Whose head is this, and whose title?"
22:21 They answered, "The emperor's." Then he said to them,
"Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor's, and to
God the things that are God's."
22:22 When they heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away.
SERMON: “What’s it Like? That
Kingdom of Heaven?” Rev. Peter Hofstra
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
Affirmation of Faith (From: A Brief Statement
of Faith)
In life
and in death we belong to God.
Through
the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the love
of God,
and the
communion of the Holy Spirit,
we trust
in the one triune God,
the Holy
One of Israel,
whom
alone we worship and serve.
We trust
in Jesus Christ,
Fully
human, fully God.
Jesus
proclaimed the reign of God:
preaching
good news to the poor and release to the captives,
teaching
by word and deed and blessing the children,
healing
the sick and binding up the brokenhearted,
eating
with outcasts, forgiving sinners,
and
calling all to repent and believe the gospel.
Unjustly
condemned for blasphemy and sedition,
Jesus
was crucified,
suffering
the depths of human pain
and
giving his life for the sins of the world.
God
raised this Jesus from the dead,
vindicating
his sinless life,
breaking
the power of sin and evil,
delivering
us from death to life eternal.
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: “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms”
1. What a fellowship, what a joy divine, leaning on the
everlasting arms; what a blessedness, what a peace is mine, leaning on the
everlasting arms.
Refrain: Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms; leaning, leaning,
leaning on the everlasting arms.
2. O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way, leaning on the
everlasting arms; O how bright the path grows from day to day, leaning on the
everlasting arms. (Refrain)
*BENEDICTION
*THREE FOLD AMEN
POSTLUDE
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