Reading Service
Song of Preparation: Hymn 65:1
Call to Worship:*
Communal Votum:* “Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Amen.”
Salutation:*
Congregational Singing: Psalm 85:2,3*
Prayer
Reading of Scripture: Romans 4:1-8
Congregational Singing: Psalm 32:2
Reading of Text: Psalm 32
Ministry of the Word:
God’s heavy hand drives David to confession of his sin
1. the crippling need for God's heavy hand
2. the liberating result of God's heavy hand
3. the response sought by God's heavy hand
Congregational Singing: Psalm 119:27,29,54*
Profession of Faith: Hymn 2*
Prayer
Offertory: Ministry of Mercy
Congregational Singing: Psalm 32:1,5*
Benediction:* (with communal “Amen”)