The First Presbyterian Church of Jackson

The First Presbyterian Church of Jackson

"To Glorify God, And Enjoy Him Forever"

THE LORD'S DAY

e Twenty-Ninth Day of August, Two ousand Twenty-One MORNING WORSHIP

Eight- irty and Eleven O'Clock

e Reverend Dr. David T. A. Strain -- Senior Minister e Reverend Mr. Wiley P. Lowry III -- Minister of Pastoral Care

APPROACHING GOD'S THRONE

e Greetings and Announcements (8:25 and 10:55 a.m.)

e Prelude -- "Adagio" (Concerto Grosso No. 12)................. Arcangelo Corelli Shellie Kemp, Violin I Ausra Jaseniviciute, Viola Bonnie Brown, Violin II Nancy Bateman, Cello Rae Shannon, Harpsichord

e Introit -- "Praise Ye the Lord".....................................................G. F. Handel

e Call to Worship

e Hymn No. 498 -- "Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners!"

e Invocation

SEEKING GOD'S FACE

e Doxology O Father, You are sovereign in all the worlds You made; Your mighty word was spoken and light and life obeyed. Your voice commands the seasons and bounds the ocean's shore, Set stars within their courses and stills the tempest's roar.

e Corporate Prayer of Confession -- Psalm 130 Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD! O Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! If You, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with You there is forgiveness, that You may be feared. I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in His word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with Him is plentiful redemption. And He will redeem Israel from all His iniquities.

e Assurance of Pardon

e Anthem -- "O Praise the Lord" (from Vesperae Solennes).........W. A. Mozart With Gena Everitt, Soprano

O Praise Jehovah, all ye nations. Praise Him all Ye peoples: For all His loving kindness is evermore. And His truth, the truth of Jehovah, endures forever. Glory 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.

e Hymn No. 3 (Stzs. 1, 2, 5, and 6) -- "Give to Our God Immortal Praise" e Pastoral Prayer

HEARING GOD'S VOICE

e Old Testament Reading -- Psalm 119:17?24.............. (pew Bible page 512) e New Testament Reading -- Matthew 6:9?13.............. (pew Bible page 811) e Sermon -- Before the rone: Our Father .................................... Dr. Strain e Hymn No. 725 -- " e Lord's Prayer" e Benediction e Congregational Response

Because He lives I can face tomorrow; Because He lives all fear is gone; Because I know He holds the future, and life is worth the living, just because He lives. e Postlude -- "Allegro" (Water Music)...........................................G. F. Handel

GUIDE TO THE MORNING SERVICE

WHY DO WE HAVE A PRAYER OF CONFESSION?

e Christian is one who has been given truth to confess. e heart of our confession is the good news that God has come in the esh to redeem helpless sinners from our natural state of sin and misery. But it is the bad news of our natural sin and misery that makes the good news intelligible.

is is why it is necessary and truly bene cial that we, as God's people, corporately confess our sins in worship. Corporate confession is one way that we reorient ourselves to the shocking reality of the kindness, mercy, and inestimable love of God--"for even while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Rom. 5:8). Our confession of sin also reminds us that we are ever dependent on His grace, because, in this life, we are ever struggling with the darkness of our own sinful hearts. e Bible is crystal clear that even though we've been justi ed by the blood of Christ, as long as we are on this earthly pilgrimage, we will always be at war with our sin (Col. 3:5). When we confess our sins together, we stop hiding, and we allow the light of God's grace to expose our deeds. And it is in this act of confession that His mercy renews us, xes our eyes once again upon Christ, and cleanses our consciences to serve the Lord with gladness, joy, and hope--hope that even we can be made clean by the precious blood of Christ!

EVENING WORSHIP Six O'Clock e Reverend Mr. Wiley P. Lowry III -- Minister of Pastoral Care e Reverend Dr. Edward A. Hartman -- Minister of Mission & Outreach

e Greetings and Announcements (5:55 p.m.) e Prelude -- "Nocturne" (From String Quartet No. 2) ....Alexander Borodin

Bonnie Brown, Violin I Zakary Joyner, Violin II orburn McGee, Viola Zachary Horne, Cello William Wymond, Organ

e Call to Worship e Hymn -- "Christ Our Hope in Life and Death"...................... (hymn sheet) e Invocation e Hymn -- "Sovereign Grace o'er Sin Abounding".................... (hymn sheet) e Greetings e Missionary Report .................................. Doug & Masha Shepherd (MTW) e Evening Prayer ................................................................... Mr. Harper Keeler e Young Children's Devotional -- e Children's Catechism

Q50. How could Christ su er? A: Christ, the Son of God, became a man so that he could obey and su er in our place.

Q51. For whom did Christ obey and su er? A: For all whom God the Father gave to Christ.

e Meditation and Prayer............................................................... Mr. David Felker e Hymn No. 30 (Stzs. 1-6) -- "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past" e Prayer of Illumination e Reading of Holy Scripture -- Eccles. 1:1?11; 12:8?14 (pew Bible page 553) e Sermon -- e Most Predictable Story Told ................................Mr. Lowry e Benediction e Congregational Response

Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come: O be our guard while troubles last, and our eternal home. e Postlude -- "Postlude on `St. Ann'"............................................Dudley Buck

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