St. Paul’s Evangelical Reformed Church
Pastor Daniel R. Schnabel 15480 County Road 31, Hamburg, MN
For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Cor 4:6
Lord’s Day — April 3, 2022
Prelude & Organ – Sandy
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 “Man Of Sorrows” 246
We Read God’s Word: Psalm 2 (H p. 785)
Heidelberg Catechism - Lord’s Day 14
Confession of Sin & Pastoral Prayer w/ Lord’s Prayer
Call to Repentance and Assurance of Pardon: Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities. Isaiah 53:10-11
- Hymn “Tell Me The Story” 234
- Reading: John 17:1-5 (B. p. 985)
Sermon: Christ’s High Priestly Prayer:
For The Triune God’s Glory!
Hymn-Offering “There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood” 253
• 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.
Confirmation Class at noon
Wednesday Confirmation Examination at 7:00 p.m.
Thursday Women’s Guild at 6:30 p.m. Bible study on Miriam
Consistory at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday Sunday School and Bible Study at 8:45 a.m
Worship Service at 9:30 a.m.
Choir after worship
- Announcements -
We will discontinue the FM Broadcast into the parking lot.
Youth group is packing meals at Feed My Starving Children in Chanhassen on April 15th from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Members of the congregation are also invited to join the youth group. Since it’s Good Friday, there is a special fundraiser donation requested by Feed My Starving Children of $52 per person. The youth group members are taken care of for this donation. If interested talk to Carol or Corrine!
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.
Aaron had successful eye surgery and will have one more. Psalm 26:3
Pray for Howard who 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 Christ’s church and this nation. Pray for the Covenant East Classis and this denomination. Matthew 16:18, Philippians 1:20, Jeremiah 3:21-22.
Pray for the Foreign Missions Committee which is meeting this week. Matthew 28:19
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 -
The great argument of Scripture is the glory of God’s own name.
Charles Simeon
To accept Christ is to know the meaning of the words ‘as he is, so are we in this world’. We accept his friends as our friends, his enemies as our enemies, his ways as our ways, his rejection as our rejection, his cross as our cross, his life as our life, and his future as our future.
A. W. Tozer
The only person in this world who enjoys complete contentment is the person who knows that the only worthwhile and satisfying life is to be a means, however humble, to God’s chief end his own glory and praise. J. I. Packer
Next Lord’s Supper - April 14
Heidelberg Catechism
Lord’s Day 14
35. What is the meaning of “conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary?”
That the eternal Son of God, who is and continues true and eternal God, took upon Himself the very nature of man, of the flesh and blood of the virgin Mary, by the operation of the Holy Spirit; so that He might also be the true seed of David, like unto His brethren in all things, except for sin.
36. What benefit do you receive from the holy conception and birth of Christ?
That He is our Mediator, and with His innocence and perfect holiness covers, in the sight of God, my sin, wherein I was conceived.
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.
Christ’s High Priestly Prayer:
For The Triune God’s Glory!
John 17:1-5
1. Praise God for the glory of accomplishing His plan of Salvation!
2. Praise God the glory of our being brought to know the Triune God!
3. Praise God for Christ being received back into Glory!
Picture: Falls Park Greenville, South Carolina
Bulletin cover, photograph and graphics are by Pastor Schnabel.
