April 18, 2013
Bulletin for April 21, 2013
By Morningside Staff
Morningside Presbyterian Church, Atlanta
Bulletin for April 21, 2013. Click below to read more.
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WORSHIP APRIL 21, 2013
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
THE GATHERING Drew Stockstill
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
THE PRELUDE Walter Huff, organist
THE INTROIT This Is the Day Sleeth
I Love the Name of Jesus Thomerson
Cherub Choir (Rebecca Shipley, Director)
* THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty firmament!
People: Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his
surpassing greatness.
Leader: Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with
tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!
People: Praise him with clanging cymbals; praise him with loud clashing
cymbals!
Leader: Let everything that breathes praise the Lord!
All: Praise the Lord! - Psalm 150
* THE PROCESSIONAL HYMN 229 From All That Dwell Below the Skies
THE CALL TO CONFESSION
THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Gracious God, we know you love us. We know you came to save us from sin – from
suffocating self-interest and isolating barriers. We know that in Jesus Christ, we
know who you are and what you are like. We know all these things. We have
learned them from childhood or gathered them from friends. One way or the other,
we have come to know you. But it is so easy to slip back into old patterns and to live
as though we don’t know who you are and what you want for us. So forgive our sin,
we pray, and remind us once more of the great good news of your love. And reminding
us, send us once more to share the good news. We pray all these things
through Christ our Lord. Amen.
A MOMENT OF SILENCE (for examination of conscience and personal prayers of confession)
THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Leader: God so loved the world that he sent his only son, so that whoever believes in him
may not perish but have eternal life.
People: Indeed, God sent the son not into the world that the world might
be condemned but so that the world through him might be saved.
Leader: Believe the promise of the Gospel:
People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. - John 3:16-17
THE CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE (Hymn 210)
Our God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the
stormy blast, and our eternal home.
* 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 Room 005.)
THE CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH
(Visitors and members are invited to sign the blue friendship register pad and pass it down the pew.)
THE RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS
THE FIRST LESSON Revelation 7:9-17 Doug Selph
(page 235 in the pew Bible, NT)
THE ANTHEM We Shall Walk Through the Valley Spiritual, arr. Moore
We shall walk through the valley in peace, if Jesus himself shall be our leader. There will be no trials
there, if Jesus himself shall be our leader.
THE SECOND LESSON John 10:22-30 (page 98 in the pew Bible, NT)
THE SERMON “Tell Us Plainly” Baron Mullis
* THE HYMN 339 Be Thou My Vision
* THE AFFIRMATION OF FAITH from Brief Statement of Faith, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God. Jesus proclaimed the reign of God:
preaching good news to the poor and release to the captives, teaching by word and
deed and blessing the children, healing the sick and binding up the brokenhearted,
eating with outcasts, forgiving sinners, and calling all to repent and believe the gospel.
Unjustly condemned for blasphemy and sedition, Jesus was crucified, suffering the
depths of human pain and giving his life for the sins of the world. God raised this Jesus
from the dead, vindicating his sinless life, breaking the power of sin and evil,
delivering us from death to life eternal.
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 Partita on “O God, Our Faithful God” J.S. Bach
* THE DOXOLOGY AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION (Hymn 592)
* THE HYMN 277 O God, Our Faithful God
* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
* THE CHORAL RESPONSE Great Lord God, Thou Kingdom Shall Endure! G.F. Handel
Bulletin for April 21, 2013. Click below to read more.
Download PDF
WORSHIP APRIL 21, 2013
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
THE GATHERING Drew Stockstill
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
THE PRELUDE Walter Huff, organist
THE INTROIT This Is the Day Sleeth
I Love the Name of Jesus Thomerson
Cherub Choir (Rebecca Shipley, Director)
* THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty firmament!
People: Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his
surpassing greatness.
Leader: Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with
tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!
People: Praise him with clanging cymbals; praise him with loud clashing
cymbals!
Leader: Let everything that breathes praise the Lord!
All: Praise the Lord! - Psalm 150
* THE PROCESSIONAL HYMN 229 From All That Dwell Below the Skies
THE CALL TO CONFESSION
THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Gracious God, we know you love us. We know you came to save us from sin – from
suffocating self-interest and isolating barriers. We know that in Jesus Christ, we
know who you are and what you are like. We know all these things. We have
learned them from childhood or gathered them from friends. One way or the other,
we have come to know you. But it is so easy to slip back into old patterns and to live
as though we don’t know who you are and what you want for us. So forgive our sin,
we pray, and remind us once more of the great good news of your love. And reminding
us, send us once more to share the good news. We pray all these things
through Christ our Lord. Amen.
A MOMENT OF SILENCE (for examination of conscience and personal prayers of confession)
THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Leader: God so loved the world that he sent his only son, so that whoever believes in him
may not perish but have eternal life.
People: Indeed, God sent the son not into the world that the world might
be condemned but so that the world through him might be saved.
Leader: Believe the promise of the Gospel:
People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. - John 3:16-17
THE CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE (Hymn 210)
Our God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the
stormy blast, and our eternal home.
* 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 Room 005.)
THE CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH
(Visitors and members are invited to sign the blue friendship register pad and pass it down the pew.)
THE RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS
THE FIRST LESSON Revelation 7:9-17 Doug Selph
(page 235 in the pew Bible, NT)
THE ANTHEM We Shall Walk Through the Valley Spiritual, arr. Moore
We shall walk through the valley in peace, if Jesus himself shall be our leader. There will be no trials
there, if Jesus himself shall be our leader.
THE SECOND LESSON John 10:22-30 (page 98 in the pew Bible, NT)
THE SERMON “Tell Us Plainly” Baron Mullis
* THE HYMN 339 Be Thou My Vision
* THE AFFIRMATION OF FAITH from Brief Statement of Faith, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God. Jesus proclaimed the reign of God:
preaching good news to the poor and release to the captives, teaching by word and
deed and blessing the children, healing the sick and binding up the brokenhearted,
eating with outcasts, forgiving sinners, and calling all to repent and believe the gospel.
Unjustly condemned for blasphemy and sedition, Jesus was crucified, suffering the
depths of human pain and giving his life for the sins of the world. God raised this Jesus
from the dead, vindicating his sinless life, breaking the power of sin and evil,
delivering us from death to life eternal.
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 Partita on “O God, Our Faithful God” J.S. Bach
* THE DOXOLOGY AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION (Hymn 592)
* THE HYMN 277 O God, Our Faithful God
* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
* THE CHORAL RESPONSE Great Lord God, Thou Kingdom Shall Endure! G.F. Handel
