October 5, 2025

(Apostles’ Creed)

Preaching: Pastor Dan Borvan

Call to Worship: Psalm 117:1

Invocation: Psalm 51:15

O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.

Reading of the Law: Exodus 20:1-17

And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. 7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. 8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

13 “You shall not murder. 14 “You shall not commit adultery. 15 “You shall not steal. 16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 17 “You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.”

Old Testament Lesson: Zechariah 14:1-5

Behold, a day is coming for the Lord, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. 2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3 Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle. 4 On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward. 5 And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.

New Testament Lesson: Mark 13:3-8

And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, 4 “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished?” 5 And Jesus began to say to them, “See that no one leads you astray. 6 Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’ and they will lead many astray. 7 And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. This must take place, but the end is not yet. 8 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These are but the beginning of the birth pains.

Sermon Title: These Last Days

Hymn #1 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – Psalm 68-B) “O Lord, Thou Has Ascended”

Hymn #2 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – Psalm 2-B) “Why Do Heathen Nations Rage?”

Hymn #3 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal #375) “All Hails the Power of Jesus’ Name!”

Afternoon Worship Bulletin 

*Call to Worship: Psalm 66:1-3

*God’s Greeting: 1 Timothy 1:2

*Psalm #1 Psalm of the Month: (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – Psalm 46-B)

“God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength”

*Prayer for Illumination

*Old Testament Lesson: Isaiah 64:1-7

*New Testament Lesson: John 15:1-17

Confessional Reading: Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day 24

Prayer of Application

*Psalm #2 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – Psalm 15-A) “LORD, Who Shall Sojourn in Your Tent”

*Benediction