February 8, 2026
Call to Worship
PRELUDE
RESPONSIVE CALL Psalm 50:1-6 #546
PRAYER of INVOCATION “Our Only . . . Advocate” #271
SONG of ADORATION “Ye Holy Angels Bright” #19
Confession and Assurance
READING of GOD’S LAW
Hear God’s Law, His Will for Your Life, from Matthew 22:35-40:
And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
CONFESSION of SIN
“Lord, Have Mercy” #113
ASSURANCE of PARDON
The Palatinate Liturgy (1536)
Receive these words of comfort from God:
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)
Therefore, unto as many of you as abhor your sins and your sinfulness, and believe that you are fully pardoned through the merits of Jesus Christ, and resolve daily more to abstain therefrom and to serve the Lord in true holiness and right-eousness: be assured and comforted that, by the command of God and the promise of the Gospel, you are released from all your sins, through the perfect satisfaction of the most holy passion and death of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But as there may be some among us, who continue to find pleasure in our sin and shame, or who persist in willful sin against conscience, I declare unto such, by the command of God, that the wrath and judgment of God abides upon you, and that all your sins are retained in heaven, and finally that you can never be delivered from eternal damnation, unless you repent. May we all repent in such a way now, in his name, throwing ourselves upon his mercy.
Amen. ◆
SONG of RESPONSE
“Christus Victor” #224
Life of Worship
PROFESSION of FAITH The Nicene Creed
We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, of all that exists—seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father before all worlds; Light of Light, True God of True God, begotten, not made, of One Being with the Father. Through Him, all things were made.
For us and for our salvation, He came down from heaven.
By the power of the Holy Spirit, he became incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and was made man.
For our sake, He was crucified under Pontius Pilate. He suf-fered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again, in accordance with the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, where he sits at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and His kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord, the Giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and from the Son. With the Father and the Son He is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy, universal, and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism unto the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.◆
OFFERING
DOXOLOGY #334
PRAYER of DEDICATION
KIDS’ PRESENTATION “The Good Samaritan”
CHILDREN’S CATECHISM
Q.8. What is God?
A. God is a Spirit, infinite,
eternal, and unchangeable
in His being, wisdom,
power, holiness, justice,
goodness and truth.
(John 5:39; Luke 16:29; Acts 8:28-
30; 17:11)
PASSING of the PEACE
PRAYER of INTERCESSION
Ministry of the Word
SONG of ILLUMINATION
“Speak O Lord” #292
SCRIPTURE READING
John 7:10-13 p. 1061
SERMON
“Who Is He?” Pastor Zach
SONG of DEPARTURE
“May the Peace of God” #327
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
