Saturday, January 12, 2013

Easter March 31, 2013

This is the Easter Sunday, regular worship at 10:45

Theme:Wondrous Love--

"The Passion Story of Christ is a love story. It is the story of God sending his one and only son--the Holy Lamb of God--to redeem all of humanity in a sacrificial act of love so that we might be eternally united with the Creator of the universe. It is the story of Jesus who willingly came to give his life for [our} eternal souls."

 --Lloyd Larson, Narration to Wondrous Love: Suffering Servant, Crucified Christ, Risen Redeemer

Liturgist: 

Scripture: 
Preparing for Worship
Chimes
Welcome & Announcements
Prelude 

Words of Preparation--Tracie, please print in the bulletin. Thanks!
Leader: The joy of the living Christ be with you all!
People: And also with you!
Leader: Death is swallowed up in victory! Death, where now is your sting? 
People: He is alive and we no longer live in fear of death!
Leader: Christ is risen!
People: Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!
Hymn of Praise: Red # 217  Christ the Lord Is Risen Today                   ALL
Call to Worship:
Leader: The Lord has lifted up our soul from dark caverns of death,
People: Our God has restored our life from the deep pit of despair.
Leader: God has turned our weeping into dancing,
People: The Lord has removed the rags of sorrow
and clothed us with happiness.
Leader: To the One who sits upon the throne
and to the Lamb of God,
People: be blessing and honour, and glory and might,
for ever and ever.
Amen!
~ written by Bruce Prewer, and posted on Bruce Prewer’s Homepage.

Invocation
The Lord's Prayer
Gloria Patri
A Time for Offering
Call to Offering
Offering Meditation
The Doxology
Prayer of Dedication
We Join in Prayer
Prayer Concerns & Celebrations
Morning Prayer                                                                                        
We Contemplate & Live God's Word
Children's Sermon           
Choir Anthem: "My Redeemer's Love" from Wondrous Love (Larson)
Scripture:
Sermon             
Invitation to Discipleship
Hymn of Invitation: Red # 216   Christ Arose                                              1,3
Gathering at the Lord's Table
Call to Communion
Hymn of Communion: Red # 220     He Lives                                              ALL                                    
Prayers of Thanksgiving
Words of Institution
Breaking Bread & Pouring the Cup
Musical Meditation
Partaking of the Lord's Supper

(Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah (Handel))
We Depart to Serve
Benediction
Parting Hymn: Red #133   Alleluia! Sing to Jesus                                          1
Postlude
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Early Morning Service March 31, 2013

 Theme: A Celebration of Memory and Resurrection
Like the Women who gathered at the Easter Tomb,
we gather around the memories of friends and loved ones who have since last Easter.
Like the Women who brought spices to prepare Jesus' dead body for burial,
we come to this moment with the dried rose petals
from the casket sprays of our deceased friends, neighbors and loved ones.
And like the Women at the Tomb of Jesus,
we are astonished to find not death but new life—
new life that is found in the future of God's love and grace!
The Women who came to the tomb,
laid aside theirs spices and ointments.
We take our dried rose pedals,
and throw them to the wind celebrating and proclaiming the new life
we see in those who have gone before us.
We go out to all the world and proclaim,
Christ is Risen!
He is Risen indeed!
New life is found for you, for me,
for all in Christ the Risen Lord!

Scripture: 
Luke 24:1-12
24 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” 8 Then they remembered his words.
9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.


We will worship in the narthex at 9:00am
Tracie, everything below goes in the bulletin! Thanks! 

A Celebration of Memory and Resurrection

Words of Welcome & Preparation

The Women at the Tomb: A Dramatic Reading

Easter Proclamation:                                                                       5 Readers
Reader 1: Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing, choirs of angels!
Jesus Christ, our Light, is risen!
Sound the trumpet of salvation!
Reader 2: Rejoice, O earth, in shining splendor,
radiant in the brightness of your Sovereign!
Reader 3: Christ has conquered! Glory fills you!
Night vanishes forever!
Reader 4: Rejoice, O servant church! Exult in glory!
Reader 5: The risen Savior shines upon you!
Let this place resound with joy,
echoing the mighty song of all God's people!

The Mighty of Song of God's People: Number 220......He Lives.....stanzas 1 and 3

Greetings:
Leader: God be with you!
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to God.
Leader: Let us give thanks to God Most High.
People: It is right to give God thanks and praise.

Scripture Reading: Luke 24:1-12


We Remember and We Celebrate:
With these dried rose petals we remember the life of our loved ones who have gone before us, 
and we celebrate the new life they find in Christ the Risen Lord.

Unison Prayer:
 Almighty and ever-living God, we gather to marvel at the mystery of Christ's resurrection. In boldness you exalted the humble, empowering the weak. In strength you snatched victory from the jaws of death. In love you declared your crucified Son the savior of the world. We celebrate this good news in an Easter festival of life. With you we join in this gladsome day.

Easter Hymn 105, He Is Lord.....refrain

Leader: Alleluia! Christ is risen!
People: Christ is here! Alleluia!

Go To All the World:
Scripture: Luke 24:9-10
When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.  It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 

The women were the first to tell the Easter message, “He is Risen!” It is now our turn to tell the world. May we now take the Easter flowers that are displayed before, take them into the sanctuary and decorated the sanctuary for our Easter Sunday morning worship. Let this activity that we share together, be a symbol of our call to go and tell the world, “Christ is Risen!”

Postlude
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Good Friday March 29, 2013

This is the community service at 7pm. Location TBA
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Maundy Thursday March 28, 2013

This is the Living Portraya at 8pm. Dress rehearsal on Wed. night, Mar. 27.

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March 24, 2013 Palm Sunday

This is Palm Sunday

Theme:Wondrous Love--A Crown Worn for Love Rather than for Glory


"The Passion Story of Christ is a love story. It is the story of God sending his one and only son--the Holy Lamb of God--to redeem all of humanity in a sacrificial act of love so that we might be eternally united with the Creator of the universe. It is the story of Jesus who willingly came to give his life for [our} eternal souls."

 --Lloyd Larson, Narration to Wondrous Love: Suffering Servant, Crucified Christ, Risen Redeemer

Liturgist: 

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-10 & Matthew 27:27-31
When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, just say this, ‘The Lord needs them.’ And he will send them immediately.” 4 This took place to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet, saying,
 
5 “Tell the daughter of Zion,
Look, your king is coming to you,
    humble, and mounted on a donkey,
        and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them; 7 they brought the donkey and the colt, and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them. 8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting,

“Hosanna to the Son of David!
    Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

10 When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, “Who is this?” 11 The crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”

27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters,[l] and they gathered the whole cohort around him. 28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and after twisting some thorns into a crown, they put it on his head. They put a reed in his right hand and knelt before him and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 30 They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head. 31 After mocking him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.


Preparing for Worship
Chimes
Welcome & Announcements
Prelude 

Words of Preparation
Hymn of Praise: 
Call to Worship:

Invocation
The Lord's Prayer
Gloria Patri
A Time for Offering
Call to Offering
Offering Meditation
The Doxology
Prayer of Dedication
We Join in Prayer
Prayer Concerns & Celebrations
Morning Prayer                                                                                        
We Contemplate & Live God's Word
Children's Sermon           
Choir Anthem: "Blessed is He Who Comes" from Wondrous Love (Larson)
Scripture:
Sermon             
Invitation to Discipleship
Hymn of Invitation: 
Gathering at the Lord's Table
Call to Communion
Hymn of Communion: 
Prayers of Thanksgiving
Words of Institution
Breaking Bread & Pouring the Cup
Musical Meditation
Partaking of the Lord's Supper
We Depart to Serve
Benediction
Parting Hymn: 
Postlude
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March 17, 2013

This is the Fifth Sunday in Lent

Theme:Wondrous Love--Can Pain Really Be Part of Love?

"The Passion Story of Christ is a love story. It is the story of God sending his one and only son--the Holy Lamb of God--to redeem all of humanity in a sacrificial act of love so that we might be eternally united with the Creator of the universe. It is the story of Jesus who willingly came to give his life for [our} eternal souls."

 --Lloyd Larson, Narration to Wondrous Love: Suffering Servant, Crucified Christ, Risen Redeemer

Liturgist: 

Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-6
Who has believed what we have heard?
    And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For he grew up before him like a young plant,
    and like a root out of dry ground;
he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
    nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by others;
    a man of suffering[a] and acquainted with infirmity;
and as one from whom others hide their faces[b]
    he was despised, and we held him of no account.
4 Surely he has borne our infirmities
    and carried our diseases;
yet we accounted him stricken,
    struck down by God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions,
    crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the punishment that made us whole,
    and by his bruises we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
    we have all turned to our own way,
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.
Preparing for Worship
Chimes
Welcome & Announcements
Prelude 

Words of Preparation
Hymn of Praise: 
Call to Worship:

Invocation
The Lord's Prayer
Gloria Patri
A Time for Offering
Call to Offering
Offering Meditation
The Doxology
Prayer of Dedication
We Join in Prayer
Prayer Concerns & Celebrations
Morning Prayer                                                                                        
We Contemplate & Live God's Word
Children's Sermon           
Choir Anthem: "Worthy is the Lamb" from Wondrous Love (Larson)
Scripture:
Sermon             
Invitation to Discipleship
Hymn of Invitation: 
Gathering at the Lord's Table
Call to Communion
Hymn of Communion: 
Prayers of Thanksgiving
Words of Institution
Breaking Bread & Pouring the Cup
Musical Meditation
Partaking of the Lord's Supper
We Depart to Serve
Benediction
Parting Hymn: 
Postlude
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