October 18, 2026

(Nicene Creed)

Preaching: Zack Purvis

Call to Worship: Psalm 68:4

Invocation: Psalm 68:19-20

Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up.

God is our salvation. Our God is a God of salvation.

Reading of the Law: Matthew 22:37-40

And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”

Old Testament Lesson: Psalm 33:4-9

For the word of the LORD is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. 5 He loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD.

6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host. 7 He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses.

8 Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him! 9 For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.

New Testament Lesson: John 1:1-18

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) 16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God; God the only Son, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

Sermon Title: Creator (John’s Prologue, Part 2)

Hymn #1 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – Psalm 46-A) “God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength”

Hymn #2 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – #516) “Hallelujah!”

Hymn #3 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – Psalm 119-N) “Your Word Sheds Light upon My Path”

Afternoon Worship Bulletin 

*Call to Worship: Malachi 1:11

*God’s Greeting: 2 Peter 1:2

*Psalm #1 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – Psalm 68-A) “God Shall Arise and by His Might” (vv. 7-10) Psalm of the Month

*Prayer for Illumination

*Old Testament Lesson: Isaiah 42:1-9

*New Testament Lesson: Matthew 3:13-17

Confessional Reading: The Covenant of Redemption; Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 31.

Prayer of Application

*Psalm #2 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – Psalm 67-A) “O God, to Us Show Mercy”

*Benediction