Prelude

Welcome and Announcements

Call to Worship

*Hymn 6 All Ye that Fear Jehovah's Name

*Salutation and Invocation

Hymn 87 Holy, Holy Holy

We Confess our Christian Faith

Heidelberg Catechism #96-98

Congregational Prayer

-including special prayer for Home Missions

*Hymn 421 Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me

Scripture Reading: Exodus 18:17-23

                Text: 1 Timothy 3:2-7

Sermon “What an Elder Must Be”

Prayer

Hymn 396 I Was a Wandering Sheep

(Tithes & Offerings – collected at the door on your way out)

*Benediction

*Doxology

Announcements 

Young People will meet tonight at 6:30 pm. Please join us OUTSIDE at the parsonage campfire for a time of Bible Study and fellowship!

Today is our annual Day of Prayer for Home Missions within the Reformed Church in the U.S. With our fellow RCUS congregations, we will be praying (please pick up a prayer guide in the back for your use throughout the coming year) and we will also take a special missions offering. At the Synod meeting in May, the RCUS decided to divide this year’s offerings evenly between the Stockton, CA, and the Dickinson, ND, missions. Let us rejoice that we are part of the body of Christ around the country, and practice this through thoughtful prayers and offerings!

Please see the THANK-YOU card you received from Jon Lippert in the mail this week.

Please check the bulletin board for the latest SermonAudio download report. Remember YOU CAN SHARE any sermon via social media by going to our church page on Sermon Audio or Facebook.

NOTE: We will celebrate the Lord’s Supper during worship on September 27.

“What an Elder Must Be”

1 Timothy 3:2-7

Theme:

The Biblical qualifications reveal what an elder in Christ’s Church must be.

1.    The Personal Qualifications   (verses 2-3)

2.    The “Professional” Qualifications (verse 2b)

3.    The Proven Qualifications             (verses 4-7)