Front Royal Presbyterian Church
March 09, 2025, 10:30 am
Liturgist – Zach Logan
Minister - Rev. Jaci Smith Patman
Prelude Come, Ye Disconsolate
Samuel Webbe Sr./J Bert Carlson
Welcome and Announcements
Opening Prayer & Gathering
#249 O Lord, Make Haste to Hear My Cry, vs. 1 (Ps 141)
O Lord, make haste to hear my cry.
To You I call, on You rely.
Incline to me a gracious ear,
And when I call, in mercy hear.
Call to Worship
Come to the Lord with openness,
Seeking God’s presence whatever it brings.
Bring your doubt, bring your belief.
Seek the Lord and live.
Opening Hymn #2132 Come, Ye Disconsolate
(Please remain standing through the Response to God’s Grace)
Call to Confession
We cannot earn God’s grace or favor. It comes to us, not as something owed, but as a gift freely given. Confident in God’s love for us, even when we are ungodly, we confess our sins in faith.
Prayer of Confession
Gracious God, we come before you in need of forgiveness and grace. You call us to trust in you completely, but we do not. We are timid and fearful as we follow your lead. We justify our actions and words when we know they are not what you desire. We struggle to understand the new life Christ offers, preferring old habits to risky change. Forgive us, we pray. Renew us. Refresh our trust that you have included us by grace in the family of faith. In Christ’s name we pray, Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
Friends, God is for us and not against us! For that very reason, God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Believe the good news. In Jesus Christ we are forgiven!
Response to God's Grace
#223 O My Soul, Bless Your Redeemer, vs. 2 (Ps 103)
God forgives all your transgressions,
All diseases gently heals;
God redeems you from destruction,
And with you so kindly deals.
Sermon for Faith Builders Children are invited to go to Children’s Worship with our Children’s Worship Leader, Ms. Marisa. Children will return to their parents during the final hymn.
Cents-Ability
We invite you to contribute a few cents at each meal to help combat hunger and poverty. The funds raised through Cents-Ability support hunger relief efforts locally, nationally, and internationally.
Prayers of the People & Lord's Prayer
Call to Offering
Offertory Where Charity and Love Prevail
Trad. American/James F Coe
Doxology Now Blessed Be the Lord Our God [to McKEE] (Ps 72)
Now blessed be the Lord Our God, the God Israel,
for He alone does wondrous works in glory that excel.
Prayer of Dedication
Hymn #370 Just As I Am, Without One Plea
Scripture Reading: Psalm 15
Anthem Depth of Mercy
Charles Wesley/Trad. Irish/David Catherwood
Depth of mercy!
Can there be mercy still reserved for me?
Can my God His wrath forbear,
and the chief of sinners spare?
Refrain
God is love! I know, I feel;
Jesus lives and loves me still. [Repeat]
I have long withstood His grace,
long provoked Him to His face,
would not hearken to His calls,
grieved Him by a thousand falls. Refrain
Whence to me this waste of love
ask my Advocate above;
see the cause in Jesus' face,
now before the throne of grace.
There for me the Savior stands,
shows His wounds and spreads His hands. Refrain [once]
Scripture Reading: Luke 10:25-37
Sermon: Who Can Be Justified?
Affirmation of Faith - Apostles’ Creed (Traditional) - Page 14 in Blue Hymnal
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth,
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
Closing Hymn #87 The Glory of These Forty Days
Benediction
Postlude Jesus, Still Lead On Adam Drese/David Cherwien
