Calls to Worship              

 

Psalm 100

Pastor:   Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!

                Serve the Lord with gladness!

                Come into His presence with singing!

Know that the Lord, he is God!

People:  It is He who made us, and we are His;

                We are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

Pastor:   Enter His gates with thanksgiving,

                and His courts with praise!

                Give thanks to Him; bless His name!

People:  For the Lord is good;

                His steadfast love endures forever,

                And His faithfulness to all generations.

 

Revelation 4/Isaiah 6

Pastor:               Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!

People:             Worthy are you, our Lord and God to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.

Pastor:               Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory!

People:            Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

 

 

Psalm 148

Pastor:   Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise him in

                all the heights! Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts!

                Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars! Praise

                him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens!

People: Let them praise the name of the LORD! For he commanded and

they were created. And he established them forever and ever; he

gave a decree, and it shall not pass away.

Pastor:   Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures and all

                deeps, fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his

                word! Mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars! Beasts and

                all livestock, creeping things and all birds! Kings of the earth and all

                peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth! Young men and

                maidens together, old men and children!

People: Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is

exalted; his majesty is above earth and heaven.   He has raised up a

horn for his people, praise for all his saints, for the people of Israel who are near to him!

All:         Praise the LORD!

 

 

Psalm 99

Pastor:   The LORD reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon

                the cherubim; let the earth quake! The LORD is great in Zion; he is

exalted over all the peoples. Let them praise your great and

awesome name! He is holy!

People: The King in his might loves justice. You have established equity;

                You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob. Exalt the

LORD our God; worship at his footstool! He is holy!

Pastor:   Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel also was among

those who called upon his name. They called to the LORD and he

answered them. In the pillar of cloud he spoke to them; They kept his testimonies and the statute that he gave them.

People: O LORD our God, you answered them; You were a forgiving God

to them, But an avenger of their wrongdoings.

All:         Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy mountain;

                For the LORD our God is holy!

 

 

From Psalm 33

Pastor:   Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous! Praise befits the

                upright. For the word of the LORD is upright, and all his work is

                done in faithfulness. By the word of the LORD the

                heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.

                The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;  he

                frustrates the plans of the peoples. The counsel of the LORD stands

                forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.

People: Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD,

                the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!

Pastor:   The LORD looks down from heaven; he sees all the children of man;

                from where he sits enthroned he looks out on all the inhabitants of

the earth, he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all

their deeds. Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him,

                on those who hope in his steadfast love,   that he may deliver their

soul from death.

People: Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield. For

                our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name. Let

                your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us, even as we hope in you.

 

 

Psalm 118

Pastor:   Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love

                endures forever! Let those who fear the Lord say:

People: His steadfast love endures forever.  The Lord is on my

                side; I will not fear.  What can man do to me?

Pastor:   It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.  It is better

                to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.

People: The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my

                salvation.  Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter

                through them and give thanks to the Lord.

Pastor:   This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through it.

People: I thank you that you have answered me and have become my

                salvation.

Pastor:   The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

                This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.  This is the day

                that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

People: Save us, we pray, O Lord!  O Lord, we pray, give us success!

Pastor:   Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

People: We bless you from the house of the Lord.

Pastor:   The Lord is God, and he has made his light to shine upon us.

People: You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I

                will extol you.

Pastor:   Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love

                endures forever!