Order of Worship
Welcome!
I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!”
Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! (Psalm 122:1-2)
First Sunday before the Resurrection
March 8, 2026
Welcome & Announcements
* Call to Worship............................................. Psalm 146:5-7
Leader: Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever; who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry.
* Hymn of Praise #305..................... “Arise, My Soul, Arise”
* Prayer of Adoration
* Affirmation of Our Faith………………..…The Canons of Dort, Point 5, Article 9
Leader: Christian, what do you believe of the assurance of this preservation?
All: Concerning this preservation of those chosen to salvation and concerning the perseverance of true believers in faith,1 believers themselves can and do become assured in accordance with the measure of their faith.2 By this faith they firmly believe that they are and always will remain true and living members of the church, and that they have the forgiveness of sins and eternal life.3
Hymn of Trust #246......... “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”
Call to Confession................................................. Isaiah 1:18
Leader: 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.
Corporate Prayer of Confession ...................... Psalm 143:1-2
All: Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness! Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.
Silent Prayers of Confession
* Assurance of God’s Grace.................................. Titus 3:4-7
Leader: 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.
* Congregational Response #252............ “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”
Sharing of Praises and Petitions
Prayer for the Church and the World
* Scripture Reading ....................................... 1 Peter 2:22-23
Sermon – Matt Marino... “The Passive Obedience of Christ”
The Big Idea: Christ’s passive obedience consisted in His sinless will to suffer, entrusting Himself to God.
Prayer of Commitment
Table of Grace and Mercy
* Hymn of Praise (Insert)............ “Before the Throne of God Above”
* Benediction
* Passing of the Peace: Following the benediction, let us greet and welcome one another as Christ has welcomed us, for the glory of God (Romans 15:7), remembering what our Lord teaches us in the Scriptures: “Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God” (1 Peter 1:22–23)
( * - congregation stands)
Footnotes for the Affirmation of Our Faith
1. Rom. 8:31-39; Heb. 10:19-23
2. 2 Tim. 4:8
3. 2 Tim. 4:18
Prayer Requests
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