St. Paul’s Evangelical Reformed Church
Pastor Daniel R. Schnabel 15480 County Road 31, Hamburg, MN
but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:15-16
Lord’s Day — March 27, 2022
Prelude & Organ – Dana Willemsen
Ringing of the bell
Welcome & Announcements
Silent Prayer and Call to Worship
• Salutation and Prayer
• Gloria Patri 735
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
• Confession of Faith- Apostles' Creed
Hymn “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” 32
We Read God’s Word: 1 Corinthians 6:11-18 (B p. 1028)
Heidelberg Catechism - Lord’s Day 13
Confession of Sin & Pastoral Prayer w/ Lord’s Prayer
Call to Repentance and Assurance of Pardon: The Lord is righteous in all His ways, Gracious in all His works. The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them. The Lord preserves all who love Him, But all the wicked He will destroy. Psalm 145:17-20
- Hymn “Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross” 264
- Reading: 1 Kings 22:41-53 (B. p. 329)
Sermon:Compromising God’s ways with the world brings trouble!
Hymn-Offering “And Can It Be That I Should Gain” 455
• Benediction
• Doxology 731
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise Him, all creatures here below; praise Him above, ye heavenly host: praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
• Silent Prayer
• Ringing of the Bell
Postlude
• Those who are able, please stand
Welcome to St. Paul’s Evangelical Reformed Church, especially those who are visiting with us. If you are visiting with us for the first time, please fill out a visitor card in the pew or the guest registry in the entryway. But as for me it is good to be near God. Psalm 73:28
- This Week at St. Paul’s -
Today Choir after worship.
Wednesday Catechism 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Workbook H.C. 86 & 87
Sunday Sunday School and Bible Study at 8:45 a.m
Worship Service at 9:30 a.m.
Choir after worship
Confirmation Class
- Announcements -
Thanks to everyone who came yesterday to help with Joel Kroells funeral and lunch!
Women’s Guild is collecting clean gently used white t-shirts and white bedsheets. Much of this will get made into bandages for Global Health Ministries.
Care Ministry sign up sheet is on the bulletin board!
The Women’s Guild sells boxes of cards($5 for a box of twelve) in the entryway.
Some have asked if we can give something to help with Christians in the Ukraine. The Orthodox Presbyterian church has a missionary in Ukraine, so we can collect offerings and channel them through the OPC.
Heidelberg Seminary has been training men in the Philippines and now have started to train men for the pastorate in Africa through online classes. Those interested in helping with either of these would be appreciated.
Melva would like to thank everyone for your cards, calls and prayers over the last few weeks as she had covid. Colossians 1:3
Aaron had successful eye surgery and will have one more. Psalm 26:3
Pray for Howard & Mavis who had the coronavirus. Howard continues to improve yet with some struggles. Exodus 23:35
Pray for Luke (11 year old son of Dan & Rhonda at Heritage Reformed in Waymart, PA). He is 11 years old and has been wrestling with a very rare form of liver cancer. He has been through one bout of chemo last year and his numbers are going up again. Psalm 71:6
Pray for the Ukraine & Ethiopia and particularly the Christians there who have not been able to escape the fighting. Etheopia is in a civil war with over 500,000 dead in the last couple of years. Matthew 24:6
Pray for the elderly, particularly those in nursing and assisted living homes – Lorna, Bernetta and Dorothy. 2Cor. 4:17
Rev. Lee Johnson is slowly improving he is walking with a cane and still struggles to speak. Psalm 18:1-2
Pray for the police officers and their safety. Pray for our servicemen & women and national Guard who are members or related to members- Dakota, Jeremy, Ty , Ryan, Sam, Michael , Amanda, and Caleb, as well as their families as they are serving. Psalm 91
Pray for this nation. Jeremiah 3:21-22.
Pray for the United Reformed Church of the Congo, the Free Reformed Fellowship of Kenya, the Pearl of the Orient Reformed Church in the Philippines, Rev. Eric Kayayan of Reformed Faith and Life, Rev. Victor D’Assonville of Reformation To Germany, Middle East Reformed Fellowship and Westminster Biblical Missions which we help support with our missions offerings. 2Thess. 3:1
- Further Study -
“This world is a Vanity Fair and the Christian must pass through its gates, but as he does so, he must constantly distance himself from its ungodly influences. These ungodly influences are powerful because the Christian’s flesh naturally craves what is worldly, and Satan entices him with its pleasures. As pilgrims, Christians must live for God’s glory, hastening on to the celestial city and looking for the coming of Christ’s kingdom (Heb. 11:13–16).” John Bunyan
“The Scriptures teach us the best way of living, the noblest way of suffering, and the most comfortable way of dying.” John Flavel
Preface to the Geneva Bible (the first Reformed Study Bible, the Bible of the Pilgrims speaks of the Bible as “the light to our paths, the key of the kingdom of heaven, our comfort in affliction, our shield and sword against Satan, the school of all wisdom, the glass wherein we behold God’s face, the testimony of his favor, and the only food and nourishment of our souls.”
Next Lord’s Supper - April 14
Heidelberg Catechism
Lord’s Day 13
33. Why is He called God’s “only begotten Son,” since we also are the children of God?
Because Christ alone is the eternal, natural Son of God, but we are children of God by adoption, through grace, for His sake.
34. Why do you call Him “our Lord”?
Because not with silver or gold, but with His precious blood, He has redeemed and purchased us, body and soul, from sin and from all the power of the devil, to be His own.
Apostle’s Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only-begotten 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 from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From there He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy, universal Christian church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.
Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
Compromising God’s ways with the world brings trouble!
1 Kings 22:41-53
- We must not compromise God’s word with the world’s ways!
2. We need God to open our eyes to the divide He makes between the world and His people!
Picture: Kampala, Uganda
Bulletin cover and picture are by Pastor Schnabel.
