SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
3rd Sunday of Easter:
GATHER IN GOD’S NAME
PRELUDE A Little
Suite of Life J. Beck
Fulfillment
CARILLON, WELCOME,
REGISTRATION, ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE Prayer
and Finale
CHORAL INTROIT # 105 (Verse 1) Because You Live, O Christ
*CALL TO WORSHIP from 1 Peter 1: 24-25 (NRSV)
Leader: The Psalmist writes:
“All flesh is like grass and all its glory
like the flower of grass.
The grass
withers, and the flower falls,
but the word of the Lord endures forever.”
Unison: That
word is the good news announced to us!
*LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE
*PROCESSIONAL HYMN # 210 Our God, Our Help in Ages Past
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
Unison: All flesh is like grass and all
its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers, and the flower falls,
but the word of the Lord endures
forever.
Leader:
That word is the good news announced to us!
*THE PEACE
Leader:
The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
People: Peace be with you.
(worshipers share words and gestures of
God’s peace)
PROCLAIM GOD’S WORD
LESSON FROM THE GOSPEL Luke
24: 13-35 (NRSV)
Interpretative
ANTHEM Joy in the Morning N.
Sleeth
WORD WITH CHILDREN
SERMON “How Far?”
RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD
OFFERING OF OURSELVES TO GOD’S PURPOSES
Call to Respond
Offertory O Jesus, I Have Promised L.
Larson
*Doxology # 592 Praise
God, From Whom All Blessings Flow
*Prayer of Dedication
ORDINATION &
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS
Promises of Candidates and the Congregation
Installation Prayer and Laying-on of Hands
(Elders & Ministers of
Word and Sacrament come forward)
Charge to the Newly Ordained
PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING AND
INTERCESSION, THE LORD’S PRAYER
*HYMN # 536
Lord,
Make Us More Holy
*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
*CHORAL RESPONSE # 586
Amen
*POSTLUDE Lift High the Cross L. Smith
*Congregation stands as able
Next Week’s Script. Readings:
Acts 2:14, 36-41; Ps. 116: 1-4, 12-19; 1 Peter 1:17-23