Call to Worship*
Communal Votum*: Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Amen.
Salutation*
Congregational Singing: Psalm 63:1-3*
Ten Words and Assurance of Pardon
Congregational Singing: Psalm 25:3-5
Prayer of Confession, Renewal, and Illumination
Reading of Holy Scripture: Matthew 4:1-4; Ruth 1
Congregational Singing: Psalm 101:1-3
Reading of Text: Ruth 1:1-18
Ministry of the Word:
The LORD’s people, Naomi and Ruth, will only be blessed through Bethlehem
1. Leaving Bethlehem and finding Death (1-5)
2. Returning to Bethlehem and finding Life (6-18)
Prayer
Congregational Singing: Psalm 145:3-5*
Prayer of thanksgiving and intercession
Offertory: Ministry of Mercy
Congregational Singing: Hymn 61:1,2*
Benediction* [with Congregational “Amen”]