WELCOME TO WORSHIP
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING Receive these gifts, O Lord. May they be magnified by your Holy Spirit to teach your children about your love, to show the world your grace, to bring healing to the broken hearted, to comfort the grieving, to embrace the needy, and to praise your name. We offer ourselves as instruments of your peace to the world. We offer our talents, our time, and our gifts to you. Use us as you will. Deploy us for your benevolence. Transform our hearts as we transform the world. We pray this in your Holy name. Amen.
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THE LORD’S PRAYER Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
WE GO AS GOD’S PEOPLE INTO THE WORLD
BAPTISM BAPTISMAL RESPONSE Do you as Christ’s body, the church, reaffirm both your rejection of sin and your commitment to Christ? We do. SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER • MAY 14, 2023 • 11:00AM
Will you nurture one another in the Christian faith and life and include Ward, now before you, in your care? With God’s help we will proclaim the good news and live according to the example of Christ. We will surround Ward with a community of love and forgiveness, that he may grow in his service to others. We will pray for him, that he may be a true disciple who walks in the way that leads to life.
THE COMMUNITY GATHERS The prelude signifies the beginning of worship. You are invited to be in a spirit of prayer and meditation. Please silence all mobile communication devices. †
Please stand as you are able
HYMN
PRELUDE
INTROIT
All that Hath Life and Breath — René Clausen All that hath life and breath, praise ye the Lord. Shout to the Lord, Alleluia! Praise him, laud him, Alleluia!
OPENING PRAYER God our redeemer, you have delivered us from the power of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of your Son. Grant, that as by his death he has recalled us to life, so by his continual presence in us he may raise us to eternal joy, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
BENEDICTION
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BENEDICTION RESPONSE The Lord Bless You and Keep You — John Rutter The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you. Amen. (Numbers 6: 24-26)
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POSTLUDE
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Thank you for joining us in worship today.
WE HEAR THE WORD PROCLAIMED SCRIPTURE — Galatians 5:5-6, 22-26 (pew Bible New Testament page 232) This is the word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.
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HYMN OF PROCESSION #101 From All That Dwell Below the Skies — DUKE STREET
#500 Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart — MORECAMBE
#191 Jesus Loves Me — JESUS LOVES ME
(Children, kindergartners through third grade, are invited to exit the Sanctuary for Children’s Worship. Children will return to reserved pews in the Sanctuary at the close of worship.)
GREETING
HYMN
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SERMON — “Grace Which Bears Fruit”
WE RENEW OUR COMMITMENT
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AFFIRMATION OF FAITH I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth; And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
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OFFERTORY How Clear is Our Vocation, Lord — arr. Hal H. Hopson How clear is our vocation, Lord, when once we heed your call: to live according to your word, and daily learn, refreshed, restored, that you are Lord of all and will not let us fall. But if, forgetful, we should find Your yoke is hard to bear; if worldly pressures fray the mind, and love itself cannot unwind its tangled skein of care: our inward life repair. We mark your saints, how they become in hindrances more sure; whose joyful virtues put to shame the casual way we wear your name, and by our faults obscure Your power to cleanse and cure.
AFFIRMATION RESPONSE Festival Alleluia — James Chepponis
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In what you give us, Lord, to do, together or alone, in old routines and ventures new, may we not cease to look to you, the cross you hung upon - all you endeavored done. DOXOLOGY #95 Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow — OLD 100th Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures here below; praise God above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
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PARTICIPANTS IN WORSHIP PREACHING The Reverend Dr. P. Glenn Kinken III Senior Minister LITURGIST The Reverend Susannah Pittman, Assoc. Minister MUSIC Jonathan Emmons, Director of Music Ministries Joshua Sobel, Organ Scholar The Chancel Choir
CRUCIFER Jack Norman TORCHBEARERS Hamilton Norman Mary Claire Norman FLOWERS The Chancel Flowers are given in loving memory of Mr. Clifford Perry, Jr., Mr. Clifford W. Perry, Sr., Pauline Davis “Pinkie” Perry, Mrs. Elizabeth Perry Sommerkamp, Mr. Frank Perry, Mrs. Elizabeth Fetter Perry, and Miss Dorothy Perry, by the family.
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