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April 05, 2007
Thursday, April 5, 2007 Bulletin
The Order for the Worship of God
Faith Presbyterian Church 7:30 p.m., April 5, 2007
We invite all into a common discipline of silence as we gather for worship. Then we will greet and welcome one another into the presence of the Lord.
Maundy Thursday
Prelude
“O Thou Wretched Judas”
--Helmut Walcha (Germany, 1907-1991
“Ah, Holy Jesus”
--Flor Peeters (Belgium, 1903-1986)
“O Sacred Head Now Wounded”
--Johann Kuhnau (Germany, 1660-1722)
“Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley”
--Hugh Livingston
Invocation
Hymn # 383 “O Scared Head, Now Wounded”
Prayer of Confession
Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred and strayed from Thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against Thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. O Lord, have mercy upon us. Spare those, O God, who confess their faults. Restore those who are penitent; According to Thy promises declared unto us in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for His sake; That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life; To the glory of Thy holy name. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
Cantata – “The Living Supper” by Ruth Elaine Schram
“How Great His Love”
Simon Peter Monologue
Andrew Monologue
James, the Lesser Monologue
“Is It I?”
James, the son of Zebedee Monologue
Matthew Monologue
Simon, the Zealot Monologue
“His Hands”
John Monologue
Thomas Monologue
Judas Iscariot Monologue
“You Are the Bread”
Hymn # 379 “What Wondrous Love” vs. 1 & 2
The Lord's Supper
Invitation and Words of Institution
Thanksgiving for the Bread and Wine
Lord's Prayer
Partaking of the Bread and Wine
Congregation come forward to the communion table,
Receive the bread then dip it into the cup and partake
Prayer of Consecration (In unison)
Almighty Lord: We are thankful for all the benefits given us in this bread and wine, this body and blood. As the grain was harvested and the grapes gathered for this food, so may your church in every place be gathered into your household. And as the grain was ground and the grapes crushed, so may our lives be spent in your service, until you return in triumph to gather to yourself the harvest and call us to the marriage feast of the Lamb. Amen.
Hymn # 379 “What Wondrous Love” vs. 3 & 4
“How Great His Love”
Benediction
Choral Benediction “Alleluia” Doug Andrews
Postlude
“Agnus Dei” (Lamb of God)
--Georges Bizet (France, 1838-1875)
* The New Revised Standard Version (Anglicized Edition), copyright 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Tomorrow is Good Friday, the day we remember that Jesus died on the cross for our sins. We don’t have a Good Friday service at Faith Church because I encourage folks here to participate in this with other Christians elsewhere. I and a number of others from Faith Church attend the Good Friday services from noon until 3:00pm at University Lutheran across the street from Chauncey Mall here in West Lafayette. This has been a very moving and enriching time for me. I encourage you to be there or elsewhere to ponder the sacrifice of Christ for us on the cross.
–Pastor Robertson
Worship
…is the quickening of conscience by God’s holiness;
the nourishment of mind with His truth;
the purifying of imagination by His beauty;
the opening of the heart to His love;
the surrender of the will to His purpose;
and all of this gathered up in adoration—
the most selfless emotion of which our nature is capable, and therefore the chief remedy for that self-centeredness which is our original sin and the source of all actual sin.” - William Temple
Posted by faithpres at April 5, 2007 09:49 AM