January 8, 2023: Which Soil Are You?

Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil. And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away. Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” And he said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” —Mark 4:1–9

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January 8, 2023
ORDER OF WORSHIP
Announcements
Introit
Call to Worship: Psalm 126
Prayer of Invocation
Opening Hymn: #381 Brethren, We Have Met to Worship
Hymn: #481 Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus
Scripture Reading: Mark 4:1–9
Confession of Faith: The Apostles’ Creed
Prayer of Confession
Hymn: #97 We Praise You, O God, Our Redeemer, Creator
Pastoral Prayer
Doxology
Anthem
Sermon Title: Which Soil Are You?
Mark 4:1–20

(Rev. Dr. Martin Hawley)
Closing Prayer
Closing Hymn: #467 Wonderful Grace of Jesus

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Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
Benediction