Call to Worship:*
Communal Votum:* “Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Amen.”
Salutation:*
Congregational Singing: Psalm 121:1,2*
Ten Words & Assurance of Pardon
Congregational Singing: Psalm 24:2,3
Prayer of Confession, Renewal, and Illumination
Administration of Baptism
Congregational Singing: Psalm 105:1,3*
Reading of Scripture: Romans 8:19-39
Congregational Singing: Hymn 35:1,2,4
Reading of Text: Romans 8: 28-30
Ministry of the Word: Because it is God who has established “the golden chain of salvation”, nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. This chain:
1) is determined in eternity,
2) is worked out in our lives,
3) ends in everlasting glory.
Congregational singing: Hymn 67:1,4,6*
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Offertory: Wycliffe/Andrew & Megan Van Andel
Congregational Singing: Hymn 76:2,3,4*
Benediction:* (with communal “Amen”)