Pine Street Presbyterian Church in the City of Harrisburg
April 11, 2021
Second Sunday of Easter
GATHERING IN THE PRESENCE OF THE RISEN CHRIST
VOLUNTARY Jesus Lives Peter Pindar Stearns
INTROIT Christ is Risen! Jan Sandborn Pine Street Quartet Christ is risen! Allelujah!
SALUTATION Dr. Sullivan
CALL TO WORSHIP
One: Peace be with you.
Many: How good and pleasant it is when we live together in unity.
One: Receive the Holy Spirit.
Many: It is like precious oil on the head, the blessing of the Lord.
One: Let us worship God!
HYMN Christ Is Risen! Shout Hosanna! (No. 248, from Glory to God) HYMN TO JOY
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
You have shown yourself to us, O God, by Word and Spirit, with signs and wonders, in flesh and blood, yet we still struggle to live and believe the good news of Jesus Christ. Have mercy on us; forgive us. Enter into our lives and cast out our fear so that we may come to trust in you and have life in Jesus’ name. Amen.
SILENCE FOR PERSONAL CONFESSION
KYRIE
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
GLORIA Glory Be to the Father
READING AND HEARING THE WORD
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
LESSON FROM ACTS Acts 4:32-35
One: The Word of the Lord.
Many: Thanks be to God.
GLORIA PATRI
PSALM 133 Behold the Goodness of Our Lord (No. 241 Presbyterian Hymnal) CRIMOND
LESSON FOR YOUNG CHRISTIANS
EPISTLE AND GOSPEL READINGS 1 John 1:1 – 2:2; John 20:19-31
SERMON “Are We an Easter People?” Dr. Sullivan
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
The Apostles’ Creed 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 Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on 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 Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
A MESSAGE FROM THE CLERK OF SESSION
OFFERING OF TITHES AND GIFTS TO GOD
Elder Chantal Atnip
(Text 267-367-4910 to give)
ANTHEM Author of Faith, Eternal Word Howard Helvey
Pine Street Quartet
Author of faith, eternal Word, whose Spirit breaths the active flame; faith, like its finisher and Lord, today as yesterday the same. To thee our humble hearts aspire, and ask the gift unspeakable; increase in us the kindled fire, in us the work of faith fulfill. By faith we know the strong to save; save us, a present Savior thou! Whate’er we hope, by faith we have future and past subsisting now. To him that in thy name believes eternal life with thee is given; into himself he all receives, pardon, and holiness, and heaven. The things unknown to feeble sense, unseen by reason’s glimmering ray, with strong commanding evidence their heavenly origin display. Faith lends its realizing light, the clouds disperse, the shadows fly, the invisible appears in sight, and God is seen by mortal eye.
SEALING THE WORD
SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
One: The Lord be with you.
Many: And also with you.
One: Lift up your hearts.
Many: We lift them to the Lord.
One: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
Many: It is right to give God thanks and praise.
COMMUNION PRAYER
…In unending hymns of praise:
The prayer continues.
… Great is the mystery of faith:
INTERCESSION, SUPPLICATION, AND CONSECRATION
One: In your mercy, Many: Lord, hear our prayer.
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 debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
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ISTRIBUTION OF THE BREAD AND CUP
Please share in your home bread and juice or wine.
BEARING AND FOLLOWING THE WORD OF GOD
INTO THE WORLD
HYMN Come Down, O Love Divine (No.282, from Glory to God) DOWN AMPNEY
BENEDICTION
CHORAL BENEDICTION Christ the Lord Is Risen Again Philip W. J. Stopford Pine Street Quartet
Christ the Lord is risen again; Christ hath broken every chain. Hark, angelic voices cry, singing evermore on high, Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
VOLUNTARY Festal Postlude Robert Powell
Dr. Sullivan
LEADING IN WORSHIP TODAY
The Reverend Dr. Russell C. Sullivan, Jr., Pastor Joseph W. Garrison, Minister of Worship and Music
Chris Earhart, Briana Heinly, Kiera Heinly, and Timothy Lupia, Pine Street Quartet
COPYRIGHT NOTES
Hymns in the bulletin are used by permission and printed legally under OneLicense.net #A-71074. All rights reserved.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTICES
WORSHIP AND THE BUILDING
Public worship at Pine Street has been canceled until the Session determines when it is possible to return. The service will be recorded each week and posted to the website and Facebook.
INSIGHT FORUMS, SUNDAY MORNINGS, 8:45 A.M.
The email link to these forums via Zoom will be sent weekly in the all-church email. No prior registration is required for those who are on our email list. Here are the coming forums:
April
11, 18
– Partisan Faith: The Church in an Age of Polarization
There has been a good bit written about how divided our country is and how this threatens our democracy. These two sessions will explore how polarization threatens the church (and faith) and explore ways the church can productively respond so that
faith informs faith participation in civic life. This forum will be led by Dr. David True, Associate Professor of Religion at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. His research interests grow out of his interest in Reformed faith and culture. He coedited the book Paradoxical Virtue: Reinhold Niebuhr and the Virtue Tradition (Routledge 2020). He has written on theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, political fundamentalism, just war theory, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. True is a member minister of the Presbytery of Carlisle and has served congregations in McLean and Richmond, Virginia.
April 25; May 2, 9 – What God Has Done: God’s Work in Christ and the Sacraments
We welcome to our Sunday Insight Forums the Rev. Dr. Fred Anderson, former pastor of Pine Street Presbyterian Church. From 1978 to 1991, he served as pastor of Pine Street and is noted for having led Pine Street to adopt the practice of the weekly celebration of the Lord’s Supper. Dr. Anderson has engaged in a life-long quest to understand the atoning work of Christ. An in-depth study of this important teaching began when a faithful church member asked him, “Fred, what does Jesus’ death on the cross have to do with me? How does that save me?” In this series of classes, Dr. Anderson will share his powerful understanding of Christ’s atoning work and its implications for the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper. We warmly welcome him back to Pine Street!
PINE STREET WALKERS ARE BACK!
Join the Pine Street Walkers today at 1:00 P.M. at Wildwood Lake Sanctuary for a pleasant afternoon walk. The hike begins at the Olewine Nature Center parking lot. Please follow social distancing guidelines that were in the church email this week.
THIS WEEK IN PRAYER
David Freet
Bonnie Dixon
Family of former member Vicki Leo, on her death
