Fairlawn Christian Reformed Church

Morning Worship

June 22, 2008        9:30 A.M.

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Preparation And Praise

Upon entering the sanctuary please maintain silence and turn off all electronic devices

 for the sake of the congregation’s preparation for worship.

    Prelude:  “Fantasia on ‘Old Hundredth’”                                                          Bourgeois

    Welcome and Announcements 

    Silent Prayer and Preparation

*  Call to Worship:                                                                                                   Psalm 111

I will extol the Lord with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.  Great are the works of the Lord; they are pondered by all who delight in them.  Glorious and majestic are his deeds, and his righteousness endures forever.

He provided redemption for his people; he ordained his covenant forever—holy and awesome is his name.  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.  To him belongs eternal praise.

*  Hymn:  PH 466                         “Sing Praise to the Lord”                           Laudate Dominum

*  God’s Greeting:

Grace and peace be to you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

    Amen.

The Lord be with you.

    And also with you.

Our help is in the name of the Lord,

    Who made heaven and earth.

Blessed be God,

    And blessed is his kingdom, now and forever.  Amen.

*  Prayer of the Day: 

Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and love; and, that we may obtain what you have promised, teach us to love what you command, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

*  Response:  PH 635                         “Gloria Patri”                                                 Meineke

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.

Confession and Prayer

    Responsive Reading of the Law:  PH 1015

    Prayer of Confession:    

We confess to you, Almighty God, that we have grievously sinned in thought, word, and deed. We ask that you forgive our sins through Christ Jesus our Lord.  Let your forgiveness make us willing to forgive all wrong which we have suffered, and to ask forgiveness for every wrong which we have done. Give to us a contrite heart and a spirit of humility.  And we pray, merciful Father, that you would restore our souls in Christ Jesus, that we may be merciful and kind, even as you have been merciful unto us.  Grant that we may know Christ, and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, so that we may live in a manner worthy of his kingdom and gain eternal life through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.

Silent Prayer and Confession

Minister: Amen.

    Assurance of Pardon:                                                                                              I Peter 1

    Response:  PH 486, stanza 3    “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”        Nettleton

Oh, to grace how great a debtor daily I’m constrained to be!

Let thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee:

prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love;

here’s my heart, O take and seal it; seal it for thy courts above.

    [Children age 3 - grade Pre-K may leave during the Response.]

      Congregational Prayer

The Service Of The Word

*  Hymn:   Insert                “Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness”                  Germany

    Scripture Reading:                                                                          I Corinthians 1:26–2:5

    Sermon:  The Preaching of the Cross:  The Hidden Purposes of God

    Prayer

*  Hymn:  PH 373                            “Lift High the Cross”                                            Crucifer

The Offering of Tribute

*  Offertory Prayer

    Offerings:                                                                                     Fairlawn General Fund

                        Faith Promise for Missions

            Offertory:  “Meditation on Joy”                                                                            Parker

Blessing and Dismissal

*  Blessing:

May the Lord bless you and keep you.  May the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you.  May the Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you and give you peace.  Amen.                    

*  Doxology:  PH 477, stanza 4      “You Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim”          

                                                                                                                                            Hanover

Then let us adore and give him his right:

all glory and power, all wisdom and might,

all honor and blessing—with angels above—

and thanks never ceasing for infinite love.

    Postlude:  “Toccata in C”                                                                                              Bach

*Indicates congregation stands

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