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WORSHIP APRIL 15 2018
11 A.M. WORSHIP
THE GATHERING Ms. Eliza Smith
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
THE PRELUDE My Song is Love Unknown Setting by Charles Callahan
Rev. Dr. Jonathan Crutchfield, organist
*THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Come and see the love God has given to us.
People: Come and see what it means to be children of God.
Leader: Come with this hope, that Christ’s presence is real.
People: With joy, we come to see the Lord.
Leader: Let us sing praises to our God. - 1 John 3
*THE PROCESSIONAL HYMN 108 Christ Is Alive! TRURO
THE CALL TO CONFESSION
THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Good and gracious God, we are creatures of dust, misunderstanding your life, death, and resurrection among us, needing forgiveness. We repent of our failure to give as you have given to us. We ask for your mercy for our fallen world. We seek your Word that we may live with the faith of Jesus. Be our solace in this life and always. We ask this as your own children, holy and incomplete. Forgive us and lead us. Amen.
A MOMENT OF SILENCE (for examination of conscience and personal prayers of confession)
THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Leader: When we confess our sins, God is faithful.
People: The Lord hears our prayers. God’s promises are sure.
Leader: Friends, believe and trust in the good news.
People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven.
*THE CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE (Hymn 354)
Stand by me while I run this race. Stand by me while I run this race. Stand by me while I run this race, for I don’t want to run this race in vain!
*THE PASSING OF THE PEACE
Leader: The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all!
People: And also with you.
THE CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH
(Visitors and members are invited to sign the blue friendship register pad and pass it down the pew.)
THE EPISTLE LESSON 1 John 3:1-7 (page 225 in the pew Bible, NT)
THE ANTHEM Set Me As A Seal René Clausen
Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death.
Many waters cannot quench love; neither can the floods drown it.
- Song of Solomon 8:6
THE GOSPEL LESSON Luke 24:33-48 (page 85 in the pew Bible, NT)
THE SERMON “Ghost Stories” Rev. Emma Neishloss
*THE HYMN 384 Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go ST. MARGARET
*THE APOSTLES’ CREED
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
THE OFFERTORY Trumpet Tune Paul Laubengayer
*THE DOXOLOGY AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION OLD HUNDREDTH
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow. Praise God, all creatures here below. Praise God above, ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*THE HYMN 376 Love Divine, All Loves Excelling HYFRYDOL
*THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
*THE CHORAL RESPONSE Changed From Glory Into Glory HYFRYDOL
THE POSTLUDE Improvisation on HYFRYDOL Jonathan Crutchfield
*(The asterisk indicates parts of the worship when the congregation is invited to stand as they are able.
