Order of Service:

* Prelude

* Announcement

* Hymn 374, vv. 1-3, If Thy Beloved Son, O God

* Reading: I Peter 1:3-9 EHV

* Devotion

* Prayer

* Hymn 374, vv. 4 & 5, All righteousness…

* Blessing

* Postlude

I Peter 1:3-9 EHV Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus

Christ! By his great mercy he gave us a new birth into a living hope

through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, into an

inheritance that is undying, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven

for you. Through faith you are being protected by God's power for the

salvation that is ready to be revealed at the end of time. Because of

this you rejoice very much, even though now for a little while, if

necessary, you have been grieved by various kinds of trials so that

the proven character of your faith—which is more valuable than gold,

which passes away even though it is tested by fire—may be found to

result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not see him

now, yet by believing in him, you are filled with a joy that is

inexpressible and filled with glory, because you are receiving the

goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

Service Participants: Rev. Dr. Mike Smith, Seminary (Preacher), Kristi Hislop (Organist)