Hernando A.R.Presbyterian Church
Pastor: Gary L. Jones
May 19, 2024
Song Leader: Howard King
Pianist: Leda Braswell
Welcome and Announcements
Prelude/ Call to Worship- Ps.99:1-5
*Hymn 70- “Holy, Holy, Holy”
*Invocation and Lord's Prayer
Pastoral Prayer
Resp.Reading #40; p.482. ‘Assurance’
*Hymn 255- “Blessed Assurance”
Offertory Prayer and Offering
*Doxology
Text: Mark 12:28-30
Sermon: “The First Commandment of All”
*Hymn 118- “When I Survey”
*Benediction
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*Please stand
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Ruling Elder: Steve Rice
Provisional Elder: Jerry Lyons
Church Dinner after morning worship.
Prayer needs include: Our nation. The Church in Africa; Israel; USA Military service personnel. Grieving families.
Sermon Refs: Ezek.8:6; John 19:11,15; 1 Thess.2:16; Matt.23:23; Deut.6:4-5 with Ex.20:1-3; Matt.22:38; Deut.10:12; 11:13-14; 30:6; Mark 12:31; 1 Pet.1:20-21; Gal.2:5; John 14:23.
Additional refs: Deut.7:9-12; Josh.22:5; Neh.1:5; Ps.45:7;
Dan.9:4; Amos 5:15; John 5:36-44; 2 Thess.3:5; 1 John 5:3.
“Loving God. This is the first and great commandment—It is so: In its antiquity, being engraven originally on our nature. In dignity; as directly and immediately proceeding from God and referring to God. In excellence; being the commandment of the new covenant. In justice; because it alone renders to God his due, prefers him before all things, and secures to him his proper rank in relation to them. In fruitfulness; because it is the root of all commandments, and the fulfilling of the law. In extent; leaving nothing to the creature which it does not refer to the Creator. In necessity; being absolutely indispensable. In duration; being ever to be continued on earth, and never to be discontinued in heaven.” ---Adam Clarke
The Mission of the Hernando ARP Church is to glorify God through the spoken word, sacrament, prayer, music, service, and example; to promote the Reformed faith; and to equip and support Christians in the Hernando area, in the United States and throughout the world.