Service for the Third Sunday of Easter

 April 29, 2007  10:30 a.m.

 

GATHER IN GOD’S NAME

PRELUDE                                   A Song of Jubilant Praise                                         F. Ritter

                                                         God of Grace (#281)                                            P. Manz     

 

CHIMES, WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

           

CHORAL INTROIT                      Take Time to Be Holy                                      G. Stebbins

            LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE

 

*CALL TO WORSHIP                                                                                       from Psalm 23

            Surely goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our lives.

And we will dwell in the household of God forever.                              

*PROCESSIONAL HYMN # 281                                     Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah

 

*AN EASTER AFFIRMATION OF FAITH                                      Romans 14: 7-9 (NRSV)

We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves.

If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord;

So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.

For to this end Christ died and lived again,

So that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

                

*THE PEACE

            May the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

                 Peace be with you.  (worshipers share words and gestures of peace)

 

PROCLAIM GOD’S WORD

 

ANTHEM                                   God Is My Strong Salvation            G. Palestrina/D. Wagner         

 

WORD WITH CHILDREN

 

LESSON FROM THE GOSPEL                                              Luke 15: 1-3 & 11-32 (NRSV)

 

SERMON                                                                                            “’To This End Christ…’”

 

RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD

 

OFFERING

Call to Respond

Offertory                                       Every Valley                                          J. Ness Beck                     

*Response # 592                                        Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow

*Prayer of Dedication

         

PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING & INTERCESSION

THE LORD’S PRAYER

 

GO IN GOD’S NAME

 

*HYMN                                  Leaning on the Everlasting Arms                          A. Showalter

(See Insert)  

*CHARGE

Do not live to ourselves, and do not die to ourselves.

 

If we live, we live to the Lord,

     and if we die, we die to the Lord.

So then, whether we live or whether we die,

     we are the Lord’s.                                                                                                                                                                            

 

*BLESSING

 

*CHORAL RESPONSE          Breathe on Me, Breath of God                               R. Jackson

 

POSTLUDE                                           Trumpet Tune                                              G. Young                                                        

*Congregation stands as able

Next Week’s Scriptures: Luke 2: 36-37; Titus 2: 1-15, Psalm 71

 

 

WE ARE A STEPHEN MINISTRY CONGREGATION

 

WORSHIP LEADERS

Liturgists 

Rev. Jonathan C. Siehl, Jan Bundy

Sermon

Rev. William R. Leety

Word with Children

Rev. Jonathan Siehl

Musical Leadership

                                                      Chancel Choir

Sarah Shaffer, Director

Nancy Deeth, Organist