Call to Worship:*
Communal Votum:* “Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Amen.”
Salutation:*
Congregational Singing: Psalm 138:1,2*
Ten Words & Assurance of Pardon
Congregational Singing: Hymn 15:1
Prayer of Confession, Renewal, and Illumination
Reading of Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-11
Congregational Singing: Hymn 18:2,3
Reading of Text: Mark 1: 1-8
Ministry of the Word: Get ready for Christ’s coming.
1. Place - wilderness
2. Heart – repentance
3. Focus - Christ
Congregational Singing: Hymn 15:2,3*
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Offertory
Congregational Singing: Hymn 16:1,2,4*
Benediction:* (with communal “Amen”)