December 14, 2025

The Third Sunday in Advent

(Apostles’ Creed)

Preaching: Pastor Dan Borvan

Call to Worship: Psalm 66:1-3

Invocation: Psalm 67:3

Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you!

Reading of the Law: 1 John 2:15-16

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.

Old Testament Lesson: Psalm 133:1-3

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!  2 It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes! 3 It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the LORD has commanded the blessing, life forevermore.

New Testament Lesson: Mark 14:1-11

It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him, 2 for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.”

3 And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. 4 There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that? 5 For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they scolded her. 6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me. 8 She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial. 9 And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”

10 Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. 11 And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.

Sermon: “The Anointing of the King”

Hymn #1 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – Psalm 95-A) “Come Before the Lord Our King”

Hymn #2 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – Psalm 133-A) “How Excellent a Thing It Is”

Hymn #3 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – #300) “Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus”

Afternoon Worship Bulletin 

*Call to Worship: Psalm 117:1

*God’s Greeting: 1 Timothy 1:2

*Psalm #1 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – Psalm 51-B) Psalm of the Month: “God, Be Merciful to Me” (Verses 1-4)

 *Prayer for Illumination

*Old Testament Lesson: Numbers 15:32-36

*New Testament Lesson: 1 Corinthians 11:17-33

Confessional Reading: Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 30

Prayer of Application

*Psalm #2 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – Psalm 24-A) “The Earth and the Riches”

*Benediction