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September 07, 2008
Sunday, September 7, 2008 Bulletin
The Order for the Worship of God
Faith Presbyterian Church 9:30 a.m., September 7, 2008
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 I Need Thee Every Hour Robert Lowry
Beneath the Cross Of Jesus Dale Wood
Greeting & Invocation
Hymn # 543 Guide Me, O My Great Redeemer
Prayer of Confession – front of gray hymnal
Prayer for Illumination David McKinnis
First Lesson: Exodus 12: 1 - 14 NRSV David McKinnis
1The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: 2This month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you. 3Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth of this month they are to take a lamb for each family, a lamb for each household. 4If a household is too small for a whole lamb, it shall join its closest neighbor in obtaining one; the lamb shall be divided in proportion to the number of people who eat of it. 5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a year-old male; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. 6You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembled congregation of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight. 7They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 8They shall eat the lamb that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 9Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted over the fire, with its head, legs, and inner organs. 10You shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. 11This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the passover of the LORD. 12For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both human beings and animals; on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD. 13The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. 14This day shall be a day of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD; throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance.
Lector: “This is the Word of God.”
Congregation: “Thanks be to God for His Word.”
Anthem Shout the Glad Tidings G.F. Handel
Based on Psalm 98
Children’s Sermon
Hymn # 461 Beautiful Savior vs. 1 & 2
Second Lesson: Revelation 5: 6 - 10 NRSV
6Then I saw between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders a Lamb standing as if it had been slaughtered, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7He went and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne. 8When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, each holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9They sing a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slaughtered and by your blood you ransomed for God saints from every tribe and language and people and nation; 10you have made them to be a kingdom and priests serving our God, and they will reign on earth."
Sermon “Over Passover Meal” Pastor Horner
Gathering of Tithes and Offerings
Offertory I Come With Joy To Meet My Lord Wilbur Held
(See gray hymnal, p. 311)
Please sign and pass the register located in the pew.
Response
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise him, all creatures here below.
Praise him above, you heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. –TALLIS CANON
Hymn # 385 Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed
The Lord’s Supper
Invitation
Words of Institution: Mark 14: 22 - 25 NRSV
In Unison
22While they were eating, he took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to them, and said, "Take; this is my body." 23Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he gave it to them, and all of them drank from it. 24He said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. 25Truly I tell you, I will never again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."
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.
Hymn # 461 Beautiful Savior vs. 3 & 4
During the last hymn, children in grades K-6 may leave for children’s choir
Benediction
Postlude Wir glauben all ‘ an einen Gott
( See music notes) J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750)
* 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.
∆ Henry Smith, © 1978 Integrity’s Hosanna! Music 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.
Announcements
* Greeters this morning are Carol Graefnitz & Carolyn Kessler.
* For those wishing a visit at any time by Pastor Horner please be sure you let Stephanie know you are interested. Pastor Horner’s office hours are Monday – Thursday 9:00am – 2:00pm, or by appointment.
* If you need prayer or other help from the church or know of anyone else that does, please call Pastor Horner or one of the elders or deacons.
Weekly Calendar for September 7, 2007
Today:
9:30 a.m. Congregation at Worship (Communion)
11:00 a.m. Sunday School
2:30 p.m. St. Mary’s worship
4:00 p.m. Pastor Horner’s Installation
No Sunday Evening Bible study
This Week:
Tues., 9:30 a.m. Women’s Bible study (studying Timothy)
Tues. 7:00 p.m. Session/Deacons joint meeting
Tues., 7:30 p.m. Bible study at Tippecanoe Co. Jail
Wed., 7:00 a.m. Morning Prayers & Breakfast (Jan Hem)
Wed., 6:30 p.m. Adult Choir
Thurs., 7:00 p.m. Bible study at the Horner’s (studying Acts)
Music Notes
Wir glauben all ‘ an einen Gott
The chorale postlude is very loosely based on the Lutheran chorale “We all believe in but one God.” Actually, Bach never got beyond the first four notes before the piece dissolves in a marvelous chaos of changes in tonality and a cascade of modulations, punctuated at regular intervals by a sturdy bass pedal that signifies the firm tread of the ardent believer. While not offensive to modern ears, such fleeting, definitely un-Baroque sounds so grated on the ears of Bach’s contemporaries that he eventually received a written reprimand. Enjoy the piece!
Posted by faithpres at September 7, 2008 07:56 AM