The Finished Work Dr. Liam Goligher

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1 To all who are spiritually weary and seek rest; to all who mourn and long for comfort; to all who struggle and desire victory; to all who sin and need a Savior; to all who are strangers and want fellowship; to all who hunger and thirst after righteousness; and to whoever will come this church opens wide her doors and offers her welcome in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. M O R N I N G W O R S H I P The Finished Work E V E N I N G W O R S H I P Knowing the Unknown God Rev. Greg Hobaugh January 14, 2018

2 M O R N I N G W O R S H I P 9 : 0 0 / 1 1 : 0 0 A M Prelude Rejoice, Greatly from Messiah Georg Friedrich Händel Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Behold, Thy king cometh unto thee. He is the righteous Savior, and He shall speak peace unto the heathen. My Jesus, I Love Thee arr. Dan Forrest My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine. For Thee all the follies of sin I resign. My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou, if ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, tis now. I ll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death, and praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath; and say when the death dew lies cold on my brow, if ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, tis now. In mansions of glory, and endless delight, I ll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright. I ll sing with the glittering crown on my brow, if ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, tis now. Suzannah Waddingon, soprano Call to Worship * Doxology (Trinity Hymnal 731) Old Hundredth Praise God from Whom all blessings flow; praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heav nly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. * Confession Have mercy on us, O God, according to Your unfailing love. According to Your great compassion, blot out our transgressions. Wash away all our iniquity, and cleanse us from our sin. Against You, You only, have we sinned and done what is evil in Your sight. Wash us, that we may be whiter than snow, for a broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. Restore us to fellowship with You, that we may walk in the full assurance of Your promises, and in the freedom of knowing that You care for us and have brought us to Yourself by the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, in Whose strong name we pray. Amen. * The Gospel s Assurance of Pardon * Invocation * Hymn 361: O Praise Ye the Lord Laudate Dominum Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession Announcements Living Church Commissioning/Installation Deaconesses * Hymn 159: O Savior, Precious Savior Meirionydd (In the 11:00 service, Praisemakers, ages 4 5, may go to B2; Praisemakers Plus, grades 1 2, may go to B1.) * Offering Prayer Offertory: Hear My Prayer from Biblical Songs Antonin Dvorak Hear my prayer O Lord, give ear unto my cry! Thou art my refuge and my hope, Thou shalt tread down my enemies. I will dwell forever in Thy tents, and hide me in the shadow of Thy wings. Lord! Thou art indeed my God, yea, I will seek Thee early. My soul is faint, my body longeth after Thee, in the barren desert, where there is no water. Now I will bless Thee daily, and lift my hands in prayer and adoration; yea, my lips shall praise Thee all my life long. Suzannah Waddington, soprano * Congregation standing

3 Scripture Reading Hebrews 10:1 18 (page 1006) Sermon Series: Hebrews...The Finished Work Prayer * Hymn 604: Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart Marion * Benediction Postlude: Fanfare William Matthias Colin Howland, organ * Congregation standing

4 E V E N I N G W O R S H I P 6 : 1 5 P M Soli Deo Gloria Prelude Paean (Song of Triumph) Herbert Howells Psalm-Prelude, Op. 32, No. 2 Herbert Howells But the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace. (Psalm 37:11) Colin Howland, organ 6 : 3 0 P M Call to Worship Invocation * Hymn 381: Brethren, We Have Met to Worship Holy Manna * Prayer of Confession Almighty God, to Whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from Whom no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love Thee, and worthily magnify Thy holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen. * The Gospel s Assurance of Pardon 1 John 3:1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. * Doxology (Trinity Hymnal 732) Tallis Canon (Catechism Club may leave to attend their program.) Praise God from Whom all blessings flow; praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heav nly host: praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Prayer of Preparation God s Word Read Acts 17:16 33 (page 926) Living Church * Hymn 608: To God My Earnest Voice I Raise Rockingham Old * Offering Prayer Short-Term Mission Team to Taiwan Offertory: O How Amiable Ralph Vaughan Williams O how amiable are Thy dwellings: Thou Lord of hosts! My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord: My heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young: even Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house: They will be alway praising Thee. The glorious Majesty of the Lord our God be upon us, prosper Thou the work of our hands upon us. O prosper Thou our handiwork. O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home. Tenth Church Choir Sermon: Knowing the Unkown God Prayer * Hymn 402: Abide with Me: Fast Falls the Eventide Eventide * Benediction Postlude: Postlude in G Major, Op. 101, No. 5 Rev. Greg Hobaugh Charles Villiers Stanford Colin Howland, organ * Congregation standing

5 G U E S T P R E A C H E R Rev. Greg Hobaugh is an ordained PCA minister, and has served as Stated Clerk of the Philadelphia Presbytery since Following 10 years of pastoral ministry in Philadelphia s Chinatown, he served as Dean of Students at Westminster Theological Seminary. He currently teaches Christian Doctrine at Delaware County Christian School. Greg and his family have been attending Tenth since P R O J E C T O F T H E M O N T H : T E N T H O U T R E A C H G I V I N G As we begin the new year and pray for God s blessings, we want to be sure to meet our commitments to our outreach partners, both in metro Philadelphia and around the world. Our partners are doing amazing things in the power of the Spirit through your prayers. They are involved in church planting, Bible translation, evangelism to unreached people, theological education, medical ministry, and media. Cash or checks made payable to Tenth Presbyterian Church, with January Project of the Month on the memo line, may be placed in offering plates or one of the oak boxes at the Sanctuary entrances. T H E S H O R T E R C AT E C H I S M, circa 1647 One of the documents that explains what our church and denomination believe is known as the Shorter Catechism. We are including in the bulletin a series of questions and answers dealing with some of the essential doctrines of our faith. Question 24: How doth Christ execute the office of a prophet? Answer: Christ executeth the office of a prophet, in revealing to us, by his word and Spirit, the will of God for our salvation.

6 TENTH NEWS WELCOME We are delighted to have you worship with us. Please stop at our welcome center in the narthex (Spruce Street lobby). Information is also available at tenth.org and in the Delancey lobby. Between morning services, we invite you to Reception Hall for light refreshments. Serving on the platform: 9 AM Enrique Leal, Tim Merkel; 11 AM Jerry McFarland, Jason Bull; 6:30 PM Jerry McFarland, Sebastian Van Oudenallen. Tenth has Wi-Fi. Connect to the Tenth network and follow the prompts. If members have a smartphone, they may download the Church Life app from their app store and have the church directory and calendar available all the time. Once downloaded, log in with the same username and password as for AccessTenth. Members who have not already used AccessTenth can sign up for a login if their is in our database (use quick link, upper right at If you want us to add your to our database, contact Pattie at plee@tenth.org. The deadline for bulletin announcements is Tuesday noon (earlier if a short work week). Announcements for prayer can be submitted past the deadline and will be included when possible (otherwise the following week). Large print bulletins and hymns are available in the narthex they are in black binders. Hearing assistance devices and large print Bibles are also available nearby. Please return all of these to the same location after use. An American Sign Language interpreter is present at evening services at the sanctuary front (18th Street side). Go to tenth.org/volunteers to volunteer at Tenth. Post and find ads for events, housing, jobs, services and more at tenth.org/classifieds. See similar information on bulletin boards near the 17th Street exit between Reception Hall and the Delancey lobby. Please keep your belongings close to you. We have had occasional thefts. Use 2018 parking placards if you park in approved locations on the street. Copies are in the lobbies. Please do not bring food or drinks into the Sanctuary. Lost-and-found is in labeled compartments in the mailroom off the Delancey lobby. TODAY S EVENTS The Sunday three-hour reduced rate at the EZ Park lot at 17th and Pine is now $10 as stated on the new stampers they provided. Please pick up your offering envelopes in Reception Hall today if you have not already done so. Please pick up your lost-and-found items from the table in Reception Hall by January 21. Unclaimed items will be given to a local thrift store. Coffee is available in the lobby at 1710 before 9 AM Bible School classes. Newly-elected deaconesses will be commissioned this morning. Deacons will be ordained/installed on January 21, elders on January 28. Tenth Business Network meets at 9 AM today in 1716 Spruce, second floor rear. Join them as they discuss Chapter 11 of The Call. Attendees are asked to review the questions for each chapter before each meeting as this is a good launch pad to interesting discussion. As always, we will try to personalize Os Guinness points to our individual work situations. Tenth College Fellowship meets in 1710 Spruce, large conference room, 9:30 AM, for coffee, donuts, conversation, and study of Romans. The church library is open 10:25 10:55 AM in C1 and C4. Internationals Outreach (IO) meets for worship on Sundays at 11 AM in Fellowship Hall. Contact Enrique at eleal@tenth.org with questions. We have an opportunity to serve our homeless and poor neighbors at today s Community Dinner. Share a meal and the gospel in Fellowship Hall after the 11 AM service. Contact David at dapple@ tenth.org or x224. Tenth Children s Music begins at 6:10 PM. Contact Joseph Waggoner at jwaggoner@tenth.org. This evening s worship service will include the commissioning of the Taiwan short-term team: Jennifer Choi, Sue Jean Choi, Randall Drain, James Kurtz, Pattie Lee, Shannon Johnston, and Jonas Stava. They will be serving in Taipei with GO partners Moses and Eunice Wong January 23-February 3.

7 UPCOMING EVENTS Pathfinders Monday night Bible study meets at 6:30 PM in 1 West for a new study of the Gospel of John. For more information, contact dapple@tenth.org. Join the Women s Bible study group for eight exciting weeks as we study Heaven, starting this week on Tuesday evenings, 6:30 PM, at 1701 Delancey, 1 West. Bring your Bible and your comments for sweet fellowship in God s Word. Join Enrique Leal for prayer on Wednesdays, 5:30 6 PM, in Middle (small conference room). A mom s night out dinner party will be held Friday, January 19, 7 9 PM, for moms in all stages of motherhood for great food, good company, and refreshing grown-up conversation. Be our guest free of charge RSVP to Crystal at playgroup@tenth.org by January 15. Next Sunday s 6:30 service includes communion. Are you interested in a night of dinner, fellowship, and meditation on the deep things of God? Join us for the second annual Philadelphia Theology Night on Friday, January 26, 6-9 PM, in the Sanctuary. Professor Fred Sanders will present two lectures with a dinner break in between. Cost is $10. Chicken pasta and vegetarian entrees will be served in Fellowship Hall at 7 PM. Childcare will not be provided. Register at tenth.org. New Life Church Philadelphia invites us to attend their Saturday seminar, Freedom in Christ: Hope for the Weary, on February 3. Call x5 for more information and to register. Speakers will be Pastor Tim Bathurst and Priscilla Blair Strapp. The church is located at 425 E. Roosevelt Boulevard (19120). Information is posted on our bulletin board If you picked up an AlphaCare baby bottle for their fundraiser, please return it on February 4. The next membership class will be February 7 and 21, 6 8 PM. Dr. Goligher will be teaching the class. Contact Pattie for more information at plee@tenth.org. The next infant baptisms will be February 11. Contact Helen at hsneller@tenth.org to sign up. Tenth s spring conference, Coed Bibles, Coed Covenant Community, will be held Saturday, March 24, 9 AM 2:30 PM. This event for men and women will feature Aimee Byrd, author/writer/co-host of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals Mortification of Spin. Details and registration information will follow. OPPORTUNITIES Elaine Pennel is hoping to go to Liberia with a shortterm team of Tenth members. This involves working with Tenth s orphans, their schools, and scholarship students; visiting Rock Spring Presbyterian Church; and much more as time permits. Contact Elaine Pennel if you would like to participate. The City School is seeking a part-time high school advanced algebra teacher. Please see org for more information. To learn how to participate in our denomination s relief efforts, go to pcamna.org/disaster-response/storms. Tenth has Bible studies throughout the metropolitan area. Pick up a parish flyer in our lobbies to learn the small group Bible study contact for each area or go to tenth.org to find a group. Tenth s media ministry is seeking individuals interested in operating sound, webcast, and other technical outreaches. See Steve Kohler or skohler@tenth.org. Christian Legal Clinics of Philadelphia provides free legal consultations at nine clinic sites. It is a word/deed ministry where lawyers have an opportunity to address both legal and spiritual issues with clients. Volunteer lawyers, paralegals, law students, and others are needed at all sites. Contact Pete Hileman at phileman@clcphila. org or visit their website, clcphila.org. PRAISE GOD FOR David Crossman s recovery to the degree that he is gradually returning to work. PRAY FOR Craig Damanti as he recovers from neck surgery.

8 Today s Community Dinner. Pray for the worship and table conversation. Remember especially those homeless neighbors who are seeking God. ACTS Nursing Home Ministry at Powerback Rehab, 16th and Lombard Streets, 2:30 PM today. Trustee and Commission meetings Tuesday night. Members who have ongoing health needs: Charlotte Ackerman, Clare Arnesen, Eva Mae Bennett, Bob Caldwell, Marjorie Calvanico, Catherine Clinton, David Crossman, Allen D Acenzo, Brian Forde, Paul Graves, Jim Hetherington, Cyndy Hunt, Wally Jones, Frank Palumbo, Lois Palumbo, Temmie Pearson, Sarah Peterman, Nancy Siegel, Ronald Smith, Howard Vos, Saundra Wiggins, Chazz Williams, Maxine Young. Members serving in the military: James C., Edward Dawson, Ayanna Gardner, Christopher Hala, JD Hala, Stephen Kelley, James Kenis, Quinn Laidig, John Nothacker, Rusty Pfeifer, Elijah Riggs, and Peter Shevchenko. Contact Dot at dboersma@tenth.org or x233 to update or add others to this list. Those of our congregation who are seeking employment. Check our 17th Street stairwell bulletin boards for housing and employment opportunities. OPERATIONS Please schedule all church events with Dot Boersma. Make event reservations now for spaces and/or resources through August Contact Dot at dboersma@tenth.org with any questions. The trustees report the following giving totals as of January 7, 2018: Church Ministry (1/7/2018) Church Ministry YTD Outreach YTD Building YTD 2018 Giving 23,775 23,775 4, Budget YTD 38,058 38,058 17,004 3, 269 Difference 14,283 14,283 12,131 2,291 The Project of the Month offering as of January 7 is $31.11.

9 17th & Spruce Streets S E N I O R M I N I S T E R M A I L I N G A D D R E S S 1701 Delancey Street Philadelphia, PA p f welcome@tenth.org M I N I S T E R S Rev. Deryck Barson, Assistant Minister Rev. Enrique Leal, Internationals Outreach Rev. Gavin Lymberopoulos, Metro Outreach Dr. Jerry McFarland, Senior Associate Rev. Carroll Wynne, Pastoral Care M I N I S T R Y D I R E C T O R S Dr. David Apple, Mercy Ministry Colin Howland, Organist/Music Dr. Laura Layer, Medical Campus Outreach Pam Nothacker, Tenth Preschool Sarah Peterman, Nursery Dora Phan, Maranatha (Jr/Sr High) PA R I S H 3 1 E L D E R S : C E N T E R C I T Y/ S P H I L A Bill Langford Philip Scribano Doug Potts PA R I S H 2 E L D E R S : N P H I L A / N S U B U R B S Steve Bachman Nasrat Ghattas David Fiori Dan Kunkle PA R I S H 4 3 E L D E R S : W P H I L A / W S U B U R B S Paul Grant Bob Kempf Ron Hoch Gregg Olmstead PA R I S H 5 4 E L D E R S : S U B U R B S / D E L AWA R E Bert Fink George McFarland PA R I S H 6 E L D E R S : N E W J E R S E Y David Calvanico Steve Forde Andrew Fletcher Jim Hala I N T E R N AT I O N A L S O U T R E A C H E L D E R Nasrat Ghattas S E R V I C E S N E X T W E E K 9:00/11:00 AM: Morning Worship Hebrews... 6:15/6:30 PM: Soli Deo Gloria/Evening Worship The Song of Songs of the King of kings... C H R I S T I A N E D U C AT I O N Nursery care is available during all services. For Adult/Youth/ Children s Bible School opportunities, see our Bible School brochure available in our lobbies, or visit our website at tenth.org. D I R E C T I O N S A N D S U N D AY PA R K I N G An Attending Services placard, which is available in our lobbies, must be placed on the front dashboard of your car for parking in permitted areas on the street. See the parking areas listed on the placard. The main reduced-rate garage is between 17th and 18th on South Street. Parking lot tickets must be stamped in the Narthex or Delancey Lobby. Free parking is available on Sundays in the Liberty Place Garage (north of Chestnut Street, from 16th to 17th Street). Free chaser tickets are available in Reception Hall after services. See tenth.org/parking for all parking details and directions. R E S O U R C E S Explore the church and our ministries at tenth.org. At the site, you may view services live, as well as past services. Tenth members and regular attendees may also link to the church s database using the AccessTenth link from the home page. The church library is open between morning services, 10:30 11:00, in Catacombs rooms C1 and C4. A B O U T T E N T H We are a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America adhering to the authority of Scripture and confessing the doctrine contained in the Westminster Standards. Tenth was founded in 1829, its present structure was designed by John McArthur Jr., and built in The interior was redesigned by Frank Miles Day in More information about history and architecture is at tenth. org/history.