Sunday, September 6, 2009

For September 13, 2009

Exeter Presbyterian Church

Guide for Preparing for Worship on 9/13/09

Sermon text: John 13:6-11

Sermon outline: “An Uncomfortable Love”

I. Do You wash my feet? (6-8a)

II. If I do not wash you… (8b-9)

III. You are clean… (10-11)

Music: Opening – “Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Sky” (#398)

Preparation – “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence” (#193)

Response – Psalm 114

Closing – “Sometimes a Light Surprises” (#621)

Confession of Faith: Heidelberg Catechism, questions 60-61

Suggested Preparations

Sunday (9/6): review morning sermon (evening service @ 5:00 p.m.)

Monday (9/7): Read & discuss John 13:6-11; read sermon outline

Supplementary Bible reading: Isaiah 4:2-4

Catechism & Confession: Read and discuss WCF 24.5

Tuesday (9/8): Read & sing “Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies”

Supplementary Bible reading: Hebrews 10:19-25

Catechism & Confession: Read and discuss WCF 24.6

Wednesday (9/9): Read & sing “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence”

Supplementary Bible reading: Psalm 51:7

Catechism & Confession: Read and discuss WCF 25.1

Thursday (9/10): Read & sing Psalm 114

Supplementary Bible reading: Jeremiah 2:22

Catechism & Confession: Read and discuss WCF 25.2

Friday (9/11): Read & sing “Sometimes a Light Surprises”

Supplementary Bible reading: 1 John 1:5-10

Catechism & Confession: Read and discuss WCF 25.3

Saturday (9/12): Read & discuss John 13:6-11; rev. sermon outline

Supplementary Bible reading: Psalm 41:8-10

Catechism & Confession: Read and discuss the HC #60-61

Note: This guide has been prepared to aid individuals and families in the preparation for weekly worship. Supplementary Bible readings are passages related to the upcoming sermon text. The suggested catechism and confession readings will lead a family through the whole of the Westminster standards in approximately two years.