Call to Worship*
Communal Votum*: Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Amen.
Salutation*
Congregational Singing: Hymn 79:1,3,5*
Ten Words and Assurance of Pardon
Congregational Singing: Psalm 119:13,14
Prayer of Confession, Renewal, and Illumination
Reading of Holy Scripture: Proverbs 2:1-9; Isaiah 55; Matthew 13:1-23
Congregational Singing: Psalm 49:1,2
Reading of Text: Matthew 13:1-23
Ministry of the Word:
Our Chief Prophet illustrates the two-fold outcome of Kingdom preaching … with a parable.
(1) The parable of parables (vv.1-9)
(2) The reason for parables (vv.10-17)
(3) The gift of understanding (vv.18-23)
Congregational Singing: Hymn 48:1-3*
Prayer of thanksgiving and intercession
Offertory: Wycliffe Bible Translators
Congregational Singing: Hymn 76:1-4*
Benediction* [with Congregational “Amen”]