The Evening Service

6:00 p.m.

The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen.

(Deuteronomy 18:15, ESV)

(+ Congregation please stand if able.) WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. Bryan Bult PRELUDE: “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” arr. Paul Manz

Latimer Rogland, Organ Scholar

CALL TO WORSHIP

+ HYMN: “I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art” TOULON

Trinity Hymnal, no. 168 I greet thee, who my sure Redeemer art, My only trust and Savior of my heart, Who pain didst undergo for my poor sake; I pray thee from our hearts all cares to take. Thou art the King of mercy and of grace, Reigning omnipotent in ev’ry place: So come, O King, and our whole being sway; Shine on us with the light of thy pure day. Thou art the Life, by which alone we live, And all our substance and our strength receive; O comfort us in death’s approaching hour, Stronghearted then to face it by thy pow’r. Thou hast the true and perfect gentleness, No harshness hast thou and no bitterness: Make us to taste the sweet grace found in thee And ever stay in thy sweet unity. Our hope is in no other save in thee; Our faith is built upon thy promise free; O grant to us such stronger hope and sure That we can boldly conquer and endure.

+ PRAYER OF INVOCATION

+ HYMN: “Praise the Savior, Ye Who Know Him!” ACCLAIM

Trinity Hymnal, no. 677, stanzas 1-3 Praise the Savior, ye who know him! Who can tell how much we owe him? Gladly let us render to him all we are and have. Jesus is the name that charms us; He for conflict fits and arms us; Nothing moves and nothing harms us while we trust in him. Trust in him, ye saints, forever; He is faithful, changing never; Neither force nor guile can sever those he loves from him.

CHILDREN’S SERMON: “Got a Spare Rib?” Children’s Catechism #18 Q. Of what were our first parents made? A. God made Adam’s body out of the ground and Eve’s body out of a

rib from Adam.

HYMN: “Praise the Savior, Ye Who Know Him!” ACCLAIM

Trinity Hymnal, no. 677, stanzas 4-5 Keep us, Lord, O keep us cleaving To thyself and still believing, Till the hour of our receiving promised joys with thee. Then we shall be where we would be, Then we shall be what we should be; Things that are not now, nor could be, soon shall be our own.

PRESENTATION OF EVENING OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY: “Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring” J.S. Bach

Ezra Blackwell, Organ Scholar

EVENING PRAYER Dr. Randy Folks

+ HYMN: “Blessed Jesus, at Your Word” LIEBSTER JESU

Trinity Hymnal, no. 303

Blessed Jesus, at your word we are gathered all to hear you; Let our hearts and souls be stirred now to seek and love and fear you, By your teachings, sweet and holy, drawn from earth to love you solely.

All our knowledge, sense, and sight lie in deepest darkness shrouded, Till your Spirit breaks our night with the beams of truth unclouded. You alone to God can win us; you must work all good within us.

Glorious Lord, yourself impart, Light of light, from God proceeding; Open now our ears and heart, help us by your Spirit’s pleading; Hear the cry your people raises, hear and bless our prayers and praises.

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, praise to you and adoration! Grant that we your Word may trust and obtain true consolation,

While we here below must wander, till we sing your praises yonder. Amen.

SCRIPTURE LESSON: Luke 9:28-36 (Pew Bible, page 867) SERMON: Dr. D. Ralph Davis “A Mountain-Top Experience” PRAYER

+ HYMN: “Savior, Breathe an Evening Blessing” EVENING PRAYER

Trinity Hymnal, no. 403 Savior, breathe an evening blessing, ere repose our spirits seal; Sin and want we come confessing: thou canst save, and thou canst heal. Though destruction walk around us, though the arrow past us fly, Angel guards from thee surround us; we are safe if thou art nigh. Though the night be dark and dreary, darkness cannot hide from thee; Thou art he who, never weary, watchest where thy people be. Should swift death this night o’ertake us, and our couch become our tomb, May the morn in heav’n awake us, clad in light and deathless bloom.

+ BENEDICTION

+ CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE

“May the Peace (Benediction)” Keith Getty and Stuart Townend

May the peace of God our heav’nly Father, And the grace of Christ the risen Son, And the fellowship of God the Spirit Keep our hearts and minds within his love.

And to him be praise for his glorious reign, From the depths of earth to the heights of heav’n; We declare the name of the Lamb once slain, Christ eternal, the King of kings. CCLI No. 393170

POSTLUDE: “God of Grace” arr. Paul Manz

Ryan Greene, Organ Scholar

Summer Short Term Missionaries

Team in Madrid, Spain, ministering to children alongside Jeff and Lisa King. They are James and Amalia Mock, Scott and Michelle Hull, and Derek Neuman (Grace Presbyterian).

College student, Micah McCoy, leaving to spend eight weeks in outreach ministry to Muslims in Indonesia.

May 27, 2018

6:00 p.m.

Sermon Notes “A Mountain-Top Experience”

Luke 9:28-36 Dr. D. Ralph Davis

First Presbyterian

Church

Evening Service

To Be Noted Thank you for turning off cell phones during the worship service. Please leave any food or drink outside the Sanctuary.

Nurseries for children to the age of four are provided in the Thornwell Education Building. Parents of children who have been in the Nursery are asked to come for them promptly after the conclusion of the service. A quiet room with a live video feed of the service is available in Thornwell, Room 113. There, mothers may attend to the needs of their children. The Sanctuary is equipped with a hearing assistance system. Please ask deacons for a receiver.

Luke 9:28-36

Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter

and John and James and went up on the mountain to

pray. 29 And as he was praying, the appearance of his face

was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white. 30 And

behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and

Elijah, 31 who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure,

[a] which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. 32 Now

Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but

when they became fully awake they saw his glory and the two

men who stood with him. 33 And as the men were parting from

him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good that we are here. Let

us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for

Elijah”—not knowing what he said. 34 As he was saying these

things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were

afraid as they entered the cloud. 35 And a voice came out of the

cloud, saying, “This is my Son, my Chosen One;[b] listen to

him!” 36 And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found

alone. And they kept silent and told no one in those days

anything of what they had seen.

“May the Peace (Benediction)”

May the peace of God our heav’nly Father,

And the grace of Christ the risen Son,

And the fellowship of God the Spirit

Keep our hearts and minds within his love.

And to him be praise for his glorious reign,

From the depths of earth to the heights of heav’n;

We declare the name of the Lamb once slain,

Christ eternal, the King of kings.