Worship Service | May 9, 2021 | 9:00 AM

The Vision of First Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga

is to be a city-center church

 compelled by Christ’s love

to make disciples in our homes, city, and the world.

Preparing Hearts and Minds for Worship

The Praise of God’s People

Call to Worship

Psalm 33:1-5

Reader: Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous!

People: Praise befits the upright.

Reader: Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre;

People: make melody to Him with the harp of ten strings!

Reader: Sing to Him a new song;

People: play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.

Reader: For the word of the LORD is upright,

People: and all His work is done in faithfulness.

Reader: He loves righteousness and justice;

People: the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD.

Hymns of Praise

"How Firm a Foundation"

"His Mercy Is More"

Affirmation of Faith

Heidelberg Catechism Q & A 28

Reader: How does the knowledge of God’s creation and providence help us?

All: 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.

Confession of Sin

Lord Jesus Christ,
    Thank You for loving me with an everlasting love.
On account of my sin,
    Your love took You all the way to the cross,
        away from Your Father.
For this, Lord, I should love You above all else,
    but my affections reveal a well full of sinfulness within me
        which I have kept closest to my heart,
    so that I have not loved You with my whole heart,
        nor have I desired to.
I have loved instead the things of this world.
O Lord, forgive me.
    Renew my mind that I may know You.
    Soften my heart that I may love You.
    Mortify my flesh that I may desire only You.
Grant me more and more of the resurrection life:
    may it rule me,
    may I walk in its power,
    and be strengthened through its influence.

Hymn of Assurance                                            

"Yet Not I but Through Christ in Me"

Prayer for Christ’s People

Greeting & Dismissal to Children’s Church*
*Parents, please walk your children PreK - 1st grade to Children’s Church and pick them up immediately following the worship service.                                 

The Word for God’s People

Sermon

“The Greatest Love Song Ever”  
Zephaniah 3:17

Dr. Gabe Fluhrer
 

Hymn of Response

"When I Survey the Wondrous Cross"

The Sending of God’s People

Benediction

Numbers 6:24-26

Pastor: May the Lord bless you and keep you;
May the Lord make His face to shine upon you
    and be gracious to you;
May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you
    and give you peace, both now and forevermore.

People: Thanks be to God! Amen.

The flowers on display in the Sanctuary today are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of Mrs. Mazie Cory and Mrs. Julia A. Clark by Bruce and Leslie Cory.    

Flowers from today’s display will be arranged by the flower committee and

delivered by volunteers to our homebound and hospitalized on Monday, May 10th.

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