March 8, 2026

(Apostles’ Creed)

Preaching: Pastor Dan Borvan

Call to Worship: Psalm 68:4

Invocation: Psalm 68:19

Blessed be the Lord,
who daily bears us up; God is our salvation.

Reading of the Law: Micah 6:6-8

“With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?” 8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Old Testament Lesson: Numbers 11:16-25

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Gather for me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you. 17 And I will come down and talk with you there. And I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them, and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you may not bear it yourself alone. 18 And say to the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat, for you have wept in the hearing of the Lord, saying, “Who will give us meat to eat? For it was better for us in Egypt.” Therefore the Lord will give you meat, and you shall eat. 19 You shall not eat just one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days, 20 but a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have rejected the Lord who is among you and have wept before him, saying, “Why did we come out of Egypt?”’ 21 But Moses said, “The people among whom I am number six hundred thousand on foot, and you have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month!’ 22 Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, and be enough for them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, and be enough for them?” 23 And the Lord said to Moses, “Is the Lord's hand shortened? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not.”

24 So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord. And he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tent. 25 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. And as soon as the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied. But they did not continue doing it.

New Testament Lesson: 1 Timothy 3:1-7

The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. 2 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, 5 for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? 6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.

Sermon: “Leadership in Christ’s Church”

Hymn #1 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – Psalm 104-A) “Bless the LORD, My Soul! (Verses 1-5)

Hymn #2 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – Psalm 1-A) “That Man Is Blest”

Hymn #3 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – #270) “At the Name of Jesus”

Afternoon Worship Bulletin 

*Call to Worship: Psalm 107:1

*God’s Greeting: 2 Thessalonians 1:2

*Psalm #1 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – Psalm 103-A) “Bless the LORD, My Soul” (Verses 1-3) Psalm of the Month

*Prayer for Illumination

*Old Testament Lesson: Psalm 106:34-48

*New Testament Lesson: Matthew 5:21-22

Confessional Reading: Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 40

Prayer of Application

*Psalm #2 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal - Psalm 36-A) “My Heart Has Heard an Oracle” (Verses 1-6)

*Benediction