Call to Worship*
Communal Votum*: Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Amen.
Salutation*
Congregational Singing: Psalm 146:1-3*
Ten Words and Assurance of Pardon
Congregational Singing: Psalm 119:62,63
Prayer of Confession, Renewal, and Illumination
Reading of Holy Scripture: Isaiah 8:11-15, Matthew 21
Congregational Singing: Psalm 9:1,2,4,8
Reading of Text: Matthew 21:23-27
Ministry of the Word:
All about authority: Christ wields the prophetic authority of John
(1) A direct challenge
(2) An authoritative rebuke
(3) An unrepentant response
Congregational Singing: Psalm 108:1,2,5*
Prayer of thanksgiving and intercession
Offertory: CRWRF
Congregational Singing: Hymn 84: 1-4*
Benediction* [with Congregational “Amen”]