March 31, 2013
Bulletin for March 31, 2013 - 11:00 a.m. Service
By Morningside Staff
Morningside Presbyterian Church, Atlanta
Bulletin for March 31, 2013. Click below to read more.
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WORSHIP MARCH 31, 2013
EASTER SUNDAY - 11:00 a.m. SERVICE
THE GATHERING Drew Stockstill
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
THE PRELUDE Walter Huff, organist
* THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Alleluia! Christ is risen!
People: The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!
Leader: On this day the Lord has acted; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
People: Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ.
Leader: Christ is Risen!
People: Christ is risen indeed! (from Psalm 118 and 1 Corinthians)
* THE PROCESSIONAL HYMN 123 Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
THE CALL TO CONFESSION
THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Eternal God, in Jesus Christ you have reconciled the world to yourself. The
empty tomb proclaims your redemption of all that you have made and loved.
In Christ’s resurrection lies the hope of our own. Hallelujah! And yet, it is so
easy to roll the stone back over the tomb and live as though Easter has not
happened. It is easy to retreat to fear. It is easy to continue as though the resurrection
were not true. Forgive our fears, enliven our hearts, and call us to
proclaim the good news that Christ is risen. He is risen indeed! Amen.
A MOMENT OF SILENCE (for examination of conscience and personal prayers of confession)
THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Leader: So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where
Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
People: Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on
earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Leader: When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with
him in glory. Believe the promise of the Gospel:
People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven! - Colossians 3:1-4
*THE CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE (Hymn 423)
Jesus shall reign where e’er the sun does its successive journeys run, His
kingdom stretch from shore to shore, till moons shall wax and wane no more.
* THE PEACE OF CHRIST
(Children ages 3-10 are invited to leave after the Peace of Christ for special classes. Threes, fours & fives
are in Room 011; K-1st grade in Room 003; 2nd-3rd grade in Room 001; 4th-5th grade are in worship.)
THE CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH
(Visitors and members are invited to sign the blue friendship register pad and pass it down the pew.)THE FIRST LESSON 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 (page 166 in the pew Bible, NT)
THE ANTHEM How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place Johannes Brahms
(from A German Requiem)
How lovely is Thy dwelling place, O Lord of Hosts! For my soul, it longeth, yea, fainteth for the courts
of the Lord. My soul and body crieth out for the living God. Blest are they; O blest are they that dwell
within Thy house. They praise Thy name evermore!
THE SECOND LESSON Luke 24:1-12 (page 84 in the pew Bible, NT)
THE SERMON “He Arose Again From the Dead” Baron Mullis
* THE HYMN 115 Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain
* 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 Eternal Source of Light Divine G. F. Handel
Megan Mashburn, soprano; Mark Mashburn, trumpet
Eternal source of light divine, with double warmth Thy beams display, and with distinguished glory
shine, to add a lustre to this day.
* THE RESPONSE AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION (Hymn 150)
Praise yet our Christ again. Alleluia! Amen!
Life shall not end the strain. Alleluia! Amen!
On heaven’s blissful shore His goodness we’ll adore,
Singing forevermore, “Alleluia! Amen!”*
THE HYMN 119 The Strife Is O’er
(verses only, no Alleluia refrain)
* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
* THE CHORAL RESPONSE Festival Doxology Mason, arr. Hustad
(music taken from Lowell Mason’s Boston Handel and Haydn Society, 1830)
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures here below. Praise God above, ye
heavenly hosts. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Hallelujah, Amen!
Bulletin for March 31, 2013. Click below to read more.
Download PDF
WORSHIP MARCH 31, 2013
EASTER SUNDAY - 11:00 a.m. SERVICE
THE GATHERING Drew Stockstill
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
THE PRELUDE Walter Huff, organist
* THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Alleluia! Christ is risen!
People: The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!
Leader: On this day the Lord has acted; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
People: Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ.
Leader: Christ is Risen!
People: Christ is risen indeed! (from Psalm 118 and 1 Corinthians)
* THE PROCESSIONAL HYMN 123 Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
THE CALL TO CONFESSION
THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Eternal God, in Jesus Christ you have reconciled the world to yourself. The
empty tomb proclaims your redemption of all that you have made and loved.
In Christ’s resurrection lies the hope of our own. Hallelujah! And yet, it is so
easy to roll the stone back over the tomb and live as though Easter has not
happened. It is easy to retreat to fear. It is easy to continue as though the resurrection
were not true. Forgive our fears, enliven our hearts, and call us to
proclaim the good news that Christ is risen. He is risen indeed! Amen.
A MOMENT OF SILENCE (for examination of conscience and personal prayers of confession)
THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Leader: So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where
Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
People: Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on
earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Leader: When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with
him in glory. Believe the promise of the Gospel:
People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven! - Colossians 3:1-4
*THE CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE (Hymn 423)
Jesus shall reign where e’er the sun does its successive journeys run, His
kingdom stretch from shore to shore, till moons shall wax and wane no more.
* THE PEACE OF CHRIST
(Children ages 3-10 are invited to leave after the Peace of Christ for special classes. Threes, fours & fives
are in Room 011; K-1st grade in Room 003; 2nd-3rd grade in Room 001; 4th-5th grade are in worship.)
THE CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH
(Visitors and members are invited to sign the blue friendship register pad and pass it down the pew.)THE FIRST LESSON 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 (page 166 in the pew Bible, NT)
THE ANTHEM How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place Johannes Brahms
(from A German Requiem)
How lovely is Thy dwelling place, O Lord of Hosts! For my soul, it longeth, yea, fainteth for the courts
of the Lord. My soul and body crieth out for the living God. Blest are they; O blest are they that dwell
within Thy house. They praise Thy name evermore!
THE SECOND LESSON Luke 24:1-12 (page 84 in the pew Bible, NT)
THE SERMON “He Arose Again From the Dead” Baron Mullis
* THE HYMN 115 Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain
* 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 Eternal Source of Light Divine G. F. Handel
Megan Mashburn, soprano; Mark Mashburn, trumpet
Eternal source of light divine, with double warmth Thy beams display, and with distinguished glory
shine, to add a lustre to this day.
* THE RESPONSE AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION (Hymn 150)
Praise yet our Christ again. Alleluia! Amen!
Life shall not end the strain. Alleluia! Amen!
On heaven’s blissful shore His goodness we’ll adore,
Singing forevermore, “Alleluia! Amen!”*
THE HYMN 119 The Strife Is O’er
(verses only, no Alleluia refrain)
* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
* THE CHORAL RESPONSE Festival Doxology Mason, arr. Hustad
(music taken from Lowell Mason’s Boston Handel and Haydn Society, 1830)
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures here below. Praise God above, ye
heavenly hosts. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Hallelujah, Amen!
