April 07, 2013
Bulletin for April 7, 2013
By Morningside Staff
Morningside Presbyterian Church, Atlanta
Bulletin for April 7, 2013. Click below to read more.
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WORSHIP APRIL 7, 2013
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
THE GATHERING Shavon Starling-Louis
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
THE PRELUDE Walter Huff, organist
* THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Christ is risen!
People: Christ is risen indeed!
Leader: Alleluia! Celebrate God in this sacred space! Celebrate God in all places
under heaven!
People: Give praise for God's mighty deeds! Give praise for God's resurrecting
power!
Leader: Let everything with life and breath praise the Lord! - Psalm 150
* THE HYMN 446 Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
THE CALL TO CONFESSION
THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION
God of the empty tomb and our empty hearts, when we are afraid to speak our
faith in the world, forgive us and help us to find our voice. When we are afraid to
forgive and to love again, forgive us and give us the power to forgive. When we
are afraid to stand up to misguided authority, join with the weak to make us all
strong. When we are confined by our hurts, touch us with your wounded hands
and set us free. When we are locked behind our doubts and fears, pass through
our barricades, open our hearts, and give us peace. Amen.
*Reprinted by permission of Westminster John Knox Press from Feasting on the Word Worship Companion.
Copyright 2012
A MOMENT OF SILENCE (for examination of conscience and personal prayers of confession)
THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Leader: Grace and peace comes from God who is and who was and who is to come and from
Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings
of the earth.
People: Christ who loves us freed us from our sins by his blood, and made us to
be a community of priests serving God.
Leader: Look! He is coming with the clouds. Believe the promise of the Gospel!
People: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven! -Revelation 1:4-7
*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 Revelation 1:4-8 (page 230 in the pew Bible, NT)
THE SOLO Ride On, King Jesus Hall Johnson
Jayme Alilaw, soprano
THE SECOND LESSON Acts 5:27-32 (page 115 in the pew Bible, NT)
THE SERMON “WE are Witnesses of These Things” Drew Stockstill
* THE HYMN 438 Blest Be the Tie That Binds
THE OFFERTORY Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain Arthur Seymour Sullivan
Morningside Handbell Choir arr. Sondra Tucker
(Jeff Peters, director)
Mark Mashburn, trumpet
With fond memories of our fellow ringer, Ruthlyn Newell
* THE DOXOLOGY AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION (Hymn 592)
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
Invitation
The Great Thanksgiving
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts!
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give thanks and praise.
Leader: It is truly right…
Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with the choirs of heaven
and with all the faithful of every time and place who forever sing to the
glory of your name:
People: Holy, holy, holy, Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are
full of your glory; Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He who comes in
the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Leader: Great is the mystery of faith:
People: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.
Communion of the People (The round wafers on the plate are provided for our members and guests who are unable to
consume gluten.)
Prayer after the Meal
* THE HYMN 391 Take My Life and Let It Be (verses 1 through 5)
* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
* THE RESPONSE It Is Well with My Soul (excerpt) Bliss, arr. Bish
Bulletin for April 7, 2013. Click below to read more.
Download PDF
WORSHIP APRIL 7, 2013
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
THE GATHERING Shavon Starling-Louis
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
THE PRELUDE Walter Huff, organist
* THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Christ is risen!
People: Christ is risen indeed!
Leader: Alleluia! Celebrate God in this sacred space! Celebrate God in all places
under heaven!
People: Give praise for God's mighty deeds! Give praise for God's resurrecting
power!
Leader: Let everything with life and breath praise the Lord! - Psalm 150
* THE HYMN 446 Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
THE CALL TO CONFESSION
THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION
God of the empty tomb and our empty hearts, when we are afraid to speak our
faith in the world, forgive us and help us to find our voice. When we are afraid to
forgive and to love again, forgive us and give us the power to forgive. When we
are afraid to stand up to misguided authority, join with the weak to make us all
strong. When we are confined by our hurts, touch us with your wounded hands
and set us free. When we are locked behind our doubts and fears, pass through
our barricades, open our hearts, and give us peace. Amen.
*Reprinted by permission of Westminster John Knox Press from Feasting on the Word Worship Companion.
Copyright 2012
A MOMENT OF SILENCE (for examination of conscience and personal prayers of confession)
THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Leader: Grace and peace comes from God who is and who was and who is to come and from
Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings
of the earth.
People: Christ who loves us freed us from our sins by his blood, and made us to
be a community of priests serving God.
Leader: Look! He is coming with the clouds. Believe the promise of the Gospel!
People: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven! -Revelation 1:4-7
*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 Revelation 1:4-8 (page 230 in the pew Bible, NT)
THE SOLO Ride On, King Jesus Hall Johnson
Jayme Alilaw, soprano
THE SECOND LESSON Acts 5:27-32 (page 115 in the pew Bible, NT)
THE SERMON “WE are Witnesses of These Things” Drew Stockstill
* THE HYMN 438 Blest Be the Tie That Binds
THE OFFERTORY Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain Arthur Seymour Sullivan
Morningside Handbell Choir arr. Sondra Tucker
(Jeff Peters, director)
Mark Mashburn, trumpet
With fond memories of our fellow ringer, Ruthlyn Newell
* THE DOXOLOGY AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION (Hymn 592)
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
Invitation
The Great Thanksgiving
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts!
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give thanks and praise.
Leader: It is truly right…
Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with the choirs of heaven
and with all the faithful of every time and place who forever sing to the
glory of your name:
People: Holy, holy, holy, Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are
full of your glory; Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He who comes in
the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Leader: Great is the mystery of faith:
People: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.
Communion of the People (The round wafers on the plate are provided for our members and guests who are unable to
consume gluten.)
Prayer after the Meal
* THE HYMN 391 Take My Life and Let It Be (verses 1 through 5)
* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
* THE RESPONSE It Is Well with My Soul (excerpt) Bliss, arr. Bish
