Call to Worship*
Communal Votum*: Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Amen.
Salutation*
Congregational Singing: Psalm 116:1,4,9,10*
Ten Words and Assurance of Pardon
Congregational Singing: Psalm 119:65,66
Prayer of Confession, Renewal, and Illumination
Reading of Holy Scripture: Genesis 39:1-9, Luke 6:27-33, 1 Peter 2:18-25
Congregational Singing: Psalm 56:1,4,5
Reading of Text: 1 Peter 2:13-17
Ministry of the Word:
Live beautiful Christian lives as servants under authority.
(1) The specific command (to household servants, in v.18)
(2) The beautiful calling (for everyone called to serve, in vv.19-20)
(3) The perfect example (of one who died like a slave, in vv.21-24)
(4) The good master (the one we want to serve, vv.25)
Congregational Singing: Hymn 25:1,4,5,7*
Prayer of thanksgiving and intercession
Offertory: Ministry of Mercy
Congregational Singing: Hymn 37:1,2*
Benediction* [with Congregational “Amen”]