Service of Lessons & Psalms

Ascension Day, May 18, 2023, 6:30PM


Click on the highlighted words below to open up links to tunes and other supplemental resources. All songs are from the Trinity Psalter Hymnal (TPH). All Scripture is from the English Standard Version of the Bible (ESV). FP=Forms and Prayers books. *=please stand if you are able.


* Call to Worship ~ Psalm 47:5-6


* Opening Prayer and Invocation


* God’s Greetings ~ Revelation 1:4-5


* Opening Hymn ~ #371 “Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise” (tune)


First Lesson: The Law ~ Leviticus 16:1-22 (p. 95)

Psalm of Response ~ Psalm 24B (tune)


Second Lesson: The Prophets ~ 2 Samuel 6:12-15 (p. 258)

Psalm of Response ~ Psalm 47B (tune)


Third Lesson: The Writings ~ Psalm 2 (p. 448)

Psalm of Response ~ Psalm 2A (tune)


Fourth Lesson: The Gospels ~ John 15:26-16:33 (p. 902)

Psalm of Response ~ Psalm 23A (tune)


Fifth Lesson: The Acts of the Apostles ~ Acts 1:1-11 (p. 909)

Psalm of Response ~ Psalm 110A (tune)


Sixth Lesson: The Epistles ~ Ephesians 4:7-16 (p. 977)

Psalm of Response ~ Psalm 68B (tune)


Seventh Lesson: The Apocalypse ~ Revelation 1 (p. 1028)

Psalm of Response~ Psalm 149B (tune)


Confession of Faith ~ Heidelberg Catechism, Lord's Days 18-19 (FP 218; TPH 879)


Homily ~ "The Good News of Christ's Ascension"


Prayer of Application (FP 108)


* Closing Hymn ~ #370 “A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing” (tune)


* God’s Blessing ~ Numbers 6:24-26