Service for the Lord’s Day

April 6, 2008: 10:30 a.m.

GATHER IN GOD’S NAME

PRELUDE Largo from The New World Symphony A. Dvorak/P. Hurst

WELCOME, REGISTRATION & ANNOUNCEMENTS

CHIMES, CHORAL INTROIT & LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE

*CALL TO WORSHIP from Call to Worship

From the deepest places in our lives we cry to God,

God, hear my voice, do not be far from me.

Let us not forget God’s steadfast love and power to save.

We wait for God, and in God’s Word we find hope.

*HYMN # 210 Our God, Our Help in Ages Past

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH from A Brief Statement of Faith, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

In life and in death we belong to God.

Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God,

and the communion of the Holy Spirit,

we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel,

whom alone we worship and serve.

In gratitude to God, empowered by the Spirit,

we strive to serve Christ in our daily tasks and to live holy and joyful lives,

even as we watch for God’s new heaven and new earth,

praying, “Come, Lord Jesus!”

With believers in every time and place,

we rejoice that nothing in life or in death

can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

*THE PEACE

The peace of Christ be with you all.

And also with you.

(worshipers extend Christ’s peace by word and gesture)

PROCLAIM GOD’S WORD

LESSON FROM THE GOSPEL Luke 24: 13-35 (NRSV)

Pew Bible New Testament Pg. 84

WORD WITH THE WISE

LESSON FROM HISTORY Acts 2: 22-28 (NRSV)

Pew Bible New Testament Pg. 111

CHORAL PRESENTATION Requiem John Rutter, b. 1945

(see insert for translation of the Latin text)

Requiem Aeternam (from the Requiem Mass)

Out of the Deep (Psalm 130)

Pie Jesu (from the Dies Irae of the Requiem Mass)

Sanctus (from the Requiem Mass)

RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD

PRAYERS OF THANKS AND ASKING, THE LORD’S PRAYER (traditional)

Hymnal p. 16

OFFERING OURSELVES TO GOD’S PURPOSES

OFFERTORY Agnus Dei

The Lord is My Shepherd (Psalm 23)

Lux Aeterna

(Latin text is from the Requiem Mass

English texts are from The Burial Service, 1622 Book of Common Prayer)

GO IN GOD’S NAME

*CHARGE & BLESSING

POSTLUDE O Love, How Deep P. Manz

Next Sunday Scriptures: Acts 2: 42-47; Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2: 19-25; John 10: 1-10

WORSHIP LEADERS

Liturgist	Rev. William R. Leety
Word with the Wise	Rev. William R. Leety
Musical Leadership	Chancel Choir Sarah Shaffer – Soprano Soloist & Choirmaster Nancy Deeth, Organist