September 11, 2022 – 2:30 PM –Pastor Simon Lievaart
Gathering for Worship
* Call to Worship Ps 99:1-3
* Silent Prayer followed by musical response
* Votum: Declaration of dependence on God
* Salutation (The Lord’s Greeting)
* Opening Song: # 241 “O God Beyond all Praising”
Baptism of Malakai James Hamelink (p. 9)
* Song of Response: # 251 “All Things Bright and Beautiful”
Confessing Our Faith
*Apostle’s Creed said in unison (p. 148/851)
*Song of Response: # 212:4 “...To the Great one in Three”
Preparing to Hear God’s Word
Prayer of Illumination
Song of Preparation: # 63b “O Lord, My God Most Earnestly”
Listening to God’s Word
Scripture Reading: Nehemiah 8
Text: Nehemiah 8:13-18
Sermon: Learning Who we Are
1. Led by the Word (13-15)
2. The feast of booths (16)
3. Deep Joy in the Lord (17-18)
Responding in Faith
* Response Song: # 145b:1-3,9,10 “I Will Exalt You, God, My King”
Congregational Prayer
Offering: Word and Deed
Departing to Serve
* Closing Song # 500 “Father I know That All My Life”
* Benediction (The Lord’s Parting Blessing)
* Doxology: 568 “Praise God from Whom All Blesings Flow”
*Stand for these songs if you are able to
Musical Accompanist: Danielle Hamelink