The Secret

Rev. Brian Hofman

Order of Worship

Prelude: Inez Hoogeveen
“We’ve a Story to Tell to the Nations”
Medley of “My Country ‘Tis of Thee/America the Beautiful”
Welcome/Announcements
* Call to Worship
* Song of Worship
“O Worship the King”
* God’s Greeting
* We Greet Each Other
Call to Confession (1 John 1:5-7)
L: This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
P: If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.
L: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another,
P: and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
Assurance of Pardon
Call to Discipleship
* Song of Praise
“Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”
Congregational Prayer
Special Music: Inez Hoogeveen
“Battle Hymn of the Republic”
Offering
Prayer of Preparation
Scripture Reading
Philippians 4:10-23
Message: Pastor Brian
“The Secret”
Response of Faith: Heidelberg Catechism 27, 28
Q. What do you understand by the providence of God?
A. The almighty and ever present power of God by which God upholds, as with his hand, heaven and earth and all creatures, and so rules them that leaf and blade, rain and drought, fruitful and lean years, food and drink, health and sickness, prosperity and poverty―all things, in fact, come to us not by chance but by his fatherly hand.

Q. How does the knowledge of God’s creation and providence help us?
A. We can be patient when things go against us, thankful when things go well, and for the future we can have good confidence in our faithful God and Father that nothing in creation will separate us from his love. For all creatures are so completely in God’s hand that without his will they can neither move nor be moved.
* Song of Response
“Children of the Heavenly Father”
* Benediction
* Closing Song
“This Is My Father’s World”
Postlude