Call to Worship:*
Communal Votum:* “Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Amen.”
Salutation:*
Congregational Singing: Psalm 18:1,9*
Prayer for Illumination
Reading of Scripture: 2 Samuel 12:13-23; Matt 19:13-15
Congregational Singing: Psalm 139:7-10
Reading of Text: Lord’s Day 27; Canons of Dort 1:17
Ministry of the Word: Children belong to God’s covenant and congregation:
1. a particular denial of this truth
2. the Scriptural basis for this truth
3. the rich comfort in this truth
Congregational Singing: Psalm 105:1-3*
Profession of Faith: recite in unison Nicene Creed*
Congregational Singing: Hymn 6:1,2*
Prayer for needs of Christendom
Offertory: Ministry of Mercy
Congregational Singing: Hymn 56:1-4*
Benediction:* (with communal “Amen”)