Call to Worship:*
Communal Votum:* “Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Amen.”
Salutation:*
Congregational Singing: Hymn 44:1,2*
Prayer for Illumination
Reading of Scripture: Matthew 12:33-37
Congregational Singing: Psalm 141:2,7
Reading of Text: James 3:1-12
Ministry of the Word: We need God to tame our tongues, because:
1. They are powerful. (V. 1-5A)
2. They are destructive and untamable. (V. 5B-8)
3. They speak from our hearts. (V. 9-12)
Congregational Singing: Hymn 81:1,4,6*
Profession of Faith Hymn 1*
Prayer for needs of Christendom
Offertory: Streetlight
Congregational Singing: Hymn 23:1,3,6*
Benediction:* (with communal “Amen”)