Pre-service song: Psalm 4:1-4 (page 1 in yellow booklet)
Call to Worship*
Communal Votum*: Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Amen.
Salutation*
Congregational Singing: Psalm 25:1,2*
Ten Words and Assurance of Pardon
Congregational Singing: Psalm 5:1,2,8
Prayer of Confession, Renewal, and Illumination
Reading of Holy Scripture: Psalm 10; Matthew 5:2-12
Congregational Singing: Psalm 10:1-7
Reading of Text: Psalm 10
Ministry of the Word:
The Psalmist leads us in a cry to heaven for justice on earth
(1) A lament exposing the horror of wickedness (vv.1-11)
(2) A plea made on behalf of the oppressed (vv.12-15)
(3) A hymn sung from the stronghold of faith (vv.16-18)
Congregational Singing: Psalm 103:1,2,3,8 *
Prayer of thanksgiving and intercession
Offertory: Anchor
Congregational Singing: Hymn 13:1-5*
Benediction* [with Congregational “Amen”]