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March 23, 2008
Sunday March 23, 2008 Bulletin
The Order for the Worship of God
Faith Presbyterian Church 9:30 a.m., March 23, 2008
Easter Sunday
Let the first tone of the organ be a call to quiet meditation in which all may become aware of God’s presence, and lift up a prayer for yourself and for Faith Church.
Prelude “The Quiet Garden” Gilbert Martin
“I Know That My Redeemer Liveth” G.F. Handel
“Crown Him With Many Crowns” Lee Rogers
Choral Introit “Sing Alleluia” Baldassare Donato
Easter Greeting
Pastor: Christ is risen!
People: He is risen, Indeed!
Pastor: Jesus Christ the Lord is risen!
People: Jesus Christ the Lord is risen, Indeed! Hallelujah!
Invocation
Hymn # 388 “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today”
Psalter: Psalm 118: 1 – 4, 15 – 17 NIV (read responsively)
Glenn Sparks
1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
2 Let Israel say: "His love endures forever."
3 Let the house of Aaron say: "His love endures forever."
4 Let those who fear the LORD say: "His love endures forever."
15 Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: "The LORD's right hand has done mighty things!
16 The LORD's right hand is lifted high; the LORD's right hand has done mighty things!"
17 I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the LORD has done.
Anthem “Christ Is Arisen” Giovanni Crose
Prayer for Illumination Glenn Sparks
Scripture Lesson: Job 19: 23 - 27 NIV Glenn Sparks
23 "Oh, that my words were recorded, that they were written on a scroll, 24 that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead, or engraved in rock forever!
25 I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth.
26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;
27 I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
Lector: “This is the Word of God.”
Congregation: “Thanks be to God for His Word.”
Children’s Sermon
Hymn “Thine Is the Glory, Risen, Conquering Son” insert
Scripture Lesson: John 20: 1 – 18 NIV Glenn Sparks
1Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!"
3So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 4Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. 6Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus' head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen. 8Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. 9(They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)
10Then the disciples went back to their homes, 11but Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus' body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
13They asked her, "Woman, why are you crying?"
"They have taken my Lord away," she said, "and I don't know where they have put him." 14At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
15"Woman," he said, "why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?" Thinking he was the gardener, she said, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him."
16Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).
17Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.' "
18Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: "I have seen the Lord!" And she told them that he had said these things to her.
Sermon “Stand In Triumph” Pastor Green
Gathering of Tithes and Offerings
Offertory “Christ lag in Todesbanden” (chorale and prelude) J.S. Bach (Germany, 1685-1750
(Gray hymnal p. 398)
Response
He is Lord, he is Lord,
He is risen from the dead, and he is Lord
Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess
That Jesus Christ is Lord. ∆
Prayer of Dedication
Hymn # 391 “The Strife Is O’er, the Battle Done” vs. 1 - 3
The Lord’s Supper
Invitation and Words of Institution
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Giving and receiving of the Bread and Cup
The inside cups are white grape juice; the outer cups contain wine.
Prayer of Consecration
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.
During the last hymn, children in grades K-6 may leave for children’s choir
Hymn # 391 “The Strife Is O’er, the Battle Done” vs. 4 - 5
Benediction
Postlude “At the Lamb's High Feast” Roy Brunner
At the Lamb's high feast, we sing Praise to our victorious King,
Who hath washed us in the tide flowing from his pierced side.
Praise we him, whose love divine gives his sacred blood for wine,
Gives his body for the feast, Christ the victim, Christ the priest.
∆ ©1987, CRC Publications. CCLI #387100
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
Welcome
To all who are weary and seek rest; to all who mourn and long for comfort; to all who struggle and desire victory; to all who sin and need a Savior; to all who are idle and look for service; to all who are strangers and want fellowship; to all who hunger and thirst after righteousness; and to whosoever will come--this church opens wide her doors and offers her welcome in the name of Jesus Christ her Lord.
Guests, please sign our guest book and join us in the Fellowship Hall after worship.
Babysitting is available during worship for infants up to 2-1/2 years old in the room behind the balcony. Children ages 2-1/2 through 5 will be in the Pre-School Nursery in the Education Wing. School age children worship with their parents.
Palm Sunday’s Trumpet player was Josiah Lamb. See the Fellowship bulletin board on an article about him.
Announcements
* Greeters this morning are Ken Wark & Barbara Knox.
* Ushers this week are Doug Jones & Carol Graefnitz and Dan & Kathy Trinkle.
* NOTE: When wearing perfume or other strong scents please be considerate of those that may be allergic or sensitive.
* Prayer Hotline - If you need prayer or other help from the church or know of anyone else that does, please call one of the elders or deacons or use the new prayer hotline at prayers@faithpresbyterian.org.
Weekly Calendar for March 23, 2008
Today:
9:30 a.m. Congregation at Worship
No Sunday School
Easter Brunch
2:30 p.m. Rosewalk Commons worship
No evening activities
This Week:
Tues., 10:00 a.m. FWF Bible study at Faith
Tues., 7:00 p.m. Boy Scout Troop 338
Tues., 7:30 p.m. Bible study at Tippecanoe Co. Jail
Wed., 7:00 a.m. Morning Prayers & Breakfast (Glenn Sparks)
Wed., 6:30 p.m. Adult choir
Wed., 7:30 p.m. Bible Study
Following Easter services TODAY,
Please continue the celebration
By attending Faith’s
Easter Brunch.
All are welcome!
Posted by faithpres at March 23, 2008 10:16 AM