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Pine Street Presbyterian Church in the City of Harrisburg

April 25, 2021 Earth Day Sunday

GATHERING IN THE PRESENCE OF THE RISEN CHRIST

VOLUNTARY Voluntary in G minor George Berg; arr. Susan Marchant Jill Hoffmann, oboe

1. Cornet Voluntary

2. Pastorale

INTROIT Come, Bless the Creator of the Universe Paul Hamill Pine Street Quartet

Come, bless the Creator of the Universe: Lift up your hearts to the holy place, and bless the Rock of Our Salvation.

SALUTATION Reverend Dr. Russell C. Sullivan, Jr.

CALL TO WORSHIP From Psalm 19

One: The heavens declare the glory of God.

Many: The firmament proclaims God’s handiwork.

One: The plants and trees show God’s presence.

Many: Let us join with creation in praising God.

HYMN All Creatures of Our God and King (No.15, from Glory to God) LASST UNS ERFREUEN

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

God of all creation, you loved us into being, yet we often flee our rightful place in your creation. We confess that we exploit the gifts you place around us and dominate the richness of the natural order. Forgive our greedy grasping. We confess our part in the devastation of our planet home, mirrored in the violence of cities, and the brokenness of hearts. Forgive and restore us, O God. Nurturing God, remind us of other ways to live and of a place called home, where creation reflects your goodness and each thing lives in balance with all others. Come and find us, set us right again, and take us home. Amen.

KYRIE

ASSURANCE OF PARDON

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, Amen.

READING AND HEARING THE WORD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

LESSON FROM ACTS: Acts 4:5-12

One: The Word of the Lord.

Many: Thanks be to God.

GLORIA

GLORIA PATRI

ANTHEM The Lord’s My Shepherd Bob Chilcott Timothy Lupia, tenor

The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want. He makes down to lie in pastures green: he leadeth me the quiet waters by, the quiet waters by. My soul he doth restore again; and make me to walk doth make within the paths of righteousness, e’en for his own name’s sake, e’en for his own name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through death’s dark vale, yet will I fear no ill: For thou art with me and thy rod and staff comfort still. My table thou has furnished in presence of my foes; my head thou dost with oil anoint, and my cup overflows, over flows. Goodness and mercy all my life shall surely follow me: And in my Father’s heart always my dwelling place shall be, my dwelling place shall be.

LESSON FOR YOUNG CHRISTIANS

EPISTLE AND GOSPEL READINGS 1 John 3:16-24; John 10:11-18

SERMON

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH

“Facing the Danger”

Dr. Sullivan

From A Brief Statement of Faith (Lines 27-51)

We trust in God, whom Jesus called Abba, Father. In sovereign love God created the world good and makes everyone equally in God’s image, male and female, of every race and people, to live as one community. But we rebel against God; we hide from our Creator. Ignoring God’s commandments, we violate the image of God in others and ourselves, accept lies as truth, exploit neighbor and nature, and threaten death to the planet entrusted to our care. We deserve God’s condemnation. Yet God acts with justice and mercy to redeem creation. In everlasting love, the God of Abraham and Sarah chose a covenant people to bless all families of the earth. Hearing their cry, God delivered the children of Israel from the house of bondage. Loving us still, God makes us heirs with Christ of the covenant. Like a mother who will not forsake her nursing child, like a father who runs to welcome the prodigal home, God is faithful still.

OFFERING OF TITHES AND GIFTS TO GOD (Text 267-367-4910 to give)

ANTHEM There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy David Schwoebel Pine Street Quartet; Jill Hoffmann, oboe By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us; by the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us; to give light to those in darkness, light to those in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. There’s a wideness in God’s mercy, like the wideness of the sea; there’s a kindness in his justice, which is more than liberty. For the love of God is broader than the measures of our mind, and the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind. By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us; by the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, break upon us.

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.

DISTRIBUTION 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 This Is My Father’s World (No. 370, from Glory to God) TERRA BEATA

BENEDICTION Rev. Sullivan

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 Voluntary in G Minor Matthew Camidge; arr. by Susan Marchant

3. Gavotte Jill Hoffmann, oboe

LEADING IN WORSHIP TODAY

The Reverend Dr. Russell C. Sullivan, Jr., Pastor

Joseph W. Garrison, Minister of Music and Worship Briana Heinly, Kiera Heinly, and Timothy Lupia, and Jordan Markham, Pine Street Quartet Jill Hoffmann, oboe

COPYRIGHT NOTES

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.

CALLED MEETING OF THE CONGREGATION AND CORPORATION

The Session of Pine Street Presbyterian Church calls a meeting of the Congregation and Corporation of Pine Street Presbyterian Church for Sunday, May 2, 2021, at 11:15 am, to: l) elect officers for the Congregation; 2) to act upon a request of the Board of Trustees to amend and restate the Articles of Incorporation of Pine Street Presbyterian Church for the purpose of changing the name of the congregation from “The Presbyterian Church of Harrisburg” to “Pine Street Presbyterian Church.”; and 3) to provide an update on plans for the Transitional/Interim pastoral position following the retirement of The Rev. Dr. Russell Sullivan on June 30, 2021.

ON-LINE NEW MEMBER CLASS

Are you interested in joining Pine Street? Membership is the way we stay connected and involved in the mission and work of Pine Street. Pastor Sullivan will be offering a one session on-line class. Contact him at rsullivan@pinestreet.org.

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 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. 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!

THIS WEEK IN PRAYER

David Freet

The family of Bonnie Dixon, on her death

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