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Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church
“Come, all you who are thirsty,
Come to the waters.” Isaiah 55:1
January 22, 2023
Worship Service 9:30 a.m.
Sunday School following worship
17455 Old Frederick Road
Mount Airy, MD 21771
301.829.5223
www.mtairypca.org
Email: mtairypca@gmail.comMission Statement
By God’s grace and for His glory, the Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church family exists to make,
equip, and mobilize disciples who grow in love and maturity in Christ.
We Welcome All Visitors
Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America
(PCA).
• Please fill out the visitor card found in the backs of the chairs. You may place it in the
offering plate as it is passed.
• Please see a greeter for assistance with any needs.
• Nursery is available for our youngest attendees (up to 3 years old). It is located next to the
main entrance.
• Children’s Bible Time is available for young children (ages 3-6) at parent’s discretion.
Children may be excused to the Preschool Room (Classroom 8) just prior to the Prayer of
Thanksgiving and Intercession. Please pick up children immediately following the service.
• A “cry room” is available in the rear corner of the sanctuary for use by parents with young
children.
We have many church activities and small groups that meet during the week and
visitors are always welcome. If you are interested, please contact the church office.
Ordained Leaders at MAPC:
Interim Pastor
Jim Richwine
Assistant Pastor
Jerry Maguire
Ruling Elders
Pete Brophy, Jeff Cagle, John Horst, Gregg Moore, Mike Zeher
Deacons
Denis Brady, Tom Criss, Joshua Davis, Ken Hohl, Jamie Moore
2January 22, 2023
Service of Worship
Welcome & Announcements
Meditation Verse Hebrews 2:9, ESV
But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels,
namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of
death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
Prelude
Come Let Us Worship Our God
Call to Worship Revelation 5:9b-14, ESV
“Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were
slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe
and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom
and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.”
Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures
and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads
and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the
Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and blessing!”
And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth
and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying,“To him who sits on the
throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever
and ever!”And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell
down and worshiped.
Songs of Praise
“Open The Eyes of My Heart” White Songbook #13
“Wonderful, Merciful Savior” White Songbook #107
Prayer of Adoration
3For the Old Testament readings, we are currently reading through the Book of
Proverbs.
Responsive Reading Proverbs 23:12-28, ESV
Leader: Apply your heart to instruction
People: and your ear to words of knowledge.
Leader: Do not withhold discipline from a child;
People: if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Leader: If you strike him with the rod,
People: you will save his soul from Sheol.
Leader: My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.
People: My inmost being will exult when your lips speak what is right.
Leader: Let not your heart envy sinners,
People: but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.
Leader: Surely there is a future,
People: and your hope will not be cut off.
Leader: Hear, my son, and be wise,
People: and direct your heart in the way.
Leader: Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat,
People: for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and
slumber will clothe them with rags.
Leader: Listen to your father who gave you life,
People: and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Leader: Buy truth, and do not sell it;
People: buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
Leader: The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
People: he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
Leader: Let your father and mother be glad;
People: let her who bore you rejoice.
Leader: My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
People: For a prostitute is a deep pit; an adulteress is a narrow well.
ALL: She lies in wait like a robber and increases the traitors among
mankind.
Hymn of Adoration
“Join All The Glorious Names” Red Hymnal #301
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5Call to Confession Proverbs 28:13,ESV
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who
confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
Prayer of Confession
Hymn of Assurance
“O Jesus, We Adore Thee” Red Hymnal #255
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7For the New Testament readings, we are currently reading through the Book of
1 Peter.
Scripture Reading 1 Peter 2:13-25, ESV
Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be
to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those
who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God,
that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish
people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up
for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the
brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the
good and gentle but also to the unjust. For this is a gracious thing, when,
mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. For what
credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when
you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the
sight of God. For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered
for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. He
committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. When he was
reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten,
but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. He himself bore
our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to
righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. For you were straying
like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your
souls.
The Nicene Creed is a statement of faith of the early Christian church. The
occasion for the Creed was the heresy of Arianism, which taught that God
the Son was a created being, hence not fully God. In opposition to this, the
Creed requires that Christians affirm belief that God the Son was “begotten,
not made” and “very God of very God.”
Nicene Creed
We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and
earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
8And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten
of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of
very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; by
whom all things were made; who, for us and for our salvation, came
down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin
Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius
Pilate; he suffered and was buried; and the third day he rose again,
according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and is seated at
the right hand of the Father; and he shall come again, with glory, to judge
both the living and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.
And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who
proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son
together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets;
And we believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church; we
acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and we look for the
resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
(Children ages 3-6 may be dismissed to attend Children’s Bible Time in classroom #8.)
Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Offertory “My Shepherd Will Supply My Need” Choir
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Doxology Red Hymnal #731
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host:
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen
Offertory Prayer
9Hear the Word of the Lord
Sermon Text 1 Peter 5:1-3, NIV
To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder and a witness of
Christ’s sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed: 2 Be
shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them—not
because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be;
not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve; 3 not lording it over those
entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
Sermon Jim Richwine
“The Biblical Role and Responsibilities of Elders and Deacons”
Sermon Notes
10Responding to the Fathers Love
Hymn of Response
“Lift High The Cross” Red Hymnal #263
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Benediction
Postlude
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