Order of Worship
GATHERING The People Come Together in the Lord’s Name
PARISH CONCERNS
(The service of worship begins. The prelude is offered for the entire congregation. Quiet meditation and private prayer are encouraged.)
OPENING VOLUNTARY ..............................................................................................
Gerre Hancock Air
*CHIMING OF THE HOUR
(*All who are able are asked to stand.)
*GREETING
Leader: We serve the Lord with freedom; People: we worship God with joy.
Leader: Holy are you, O Lord!
People: We praise your great and awesome name.
*HYMN IN PROCESSION 90 ........................................................................... LASST UNS ERFRUEN
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones COLLECT
Holy God, present in our midst yet beyond all comprehension, by your light, we see light; by your healing, we are made whole; by your mercy we know your greatness. Turn your gaze upon our weakness and show us the way of your love that we may live with unveiled faces, through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
RITUAL OF FRIENDSHIP
CHILDREN’S CHURCH DISMISSAL
(Children in 3K - 1st grade are now dismissed for Children’s Church and may be picked up in room #145 or #147 after the service.)
PROCLAMATION God’s Word is Shared
ANTHEM .............................................................................................................................
If Ye Love Me
If ye love me, keep my commandments, and I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another comforter, that he may abide with you for ever: even the spirit of truth. And ye know him, for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless. I will come to you.
SCRIPTURE LESSON ........................................................................................................ John 21:1-19
Leader: The Word of the Lord!
People: Thanks be to God!
SERMON ..................................................................................................................
Finding Christ in the Ordinary Series: After the Empty Tomb PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
SERVICE OF CONFIRMATION & BAPTISM 33
(Following the profession of faith on page 35, we will sing the Gloria Patri on page 71.)
OFFERTORY .............................................................................................................. Felix Mendelssohn
Andante tranquillo (from Sonata Op. 65, No. 3)
*DOXOLOGY 94 .............................................................................................. LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
Philip Wilby
Rev. Thomas Smith
* PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
*COMMUNION HYMN 618 ............................................................................ LET US BREAK BREAD Let Us Break Bread Together CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION 12 THE LORD’S PRAYER GIVING THE BREAD AND THE CUP HYMNS DURING COMMUNION (sung by all)
*HYMN 620 .......................................................................................... ONE BREAD, ONE BODY One Bread, One Body
*HYMN 636 ........................................................................................... AVE VIRGO VIRGINUM Christian People, Raise Your Song
*HYMN 640 ..................................................................................................... TAKE OUR BREAD Take Our Bread PRAYER FOLLOWING COMMUNION
*HYMN 670 .......................................................................................................................... GENEVA 124 Go Forth For God
*BENEDICTION
CHORAL AMEN................................................................................................................... John Rutter Amen CLOSING VOLUNTARY .................................................................................................. Louis Vierne Ceremonial Procession (from Trois Improvisations)
Organist/Choir Director ....................................................................................................... Dr. Don Grice Organist /Choir Accompanist ....................................................................................... Beverly Hazelwood Communion Servers .......................................................................... Jim and Norma Sandlin, Grant Love
Olivia Tabor
Rennie
Choir
Music Note
Our closing voluntary today, Ceremonial Procession (Cortège), is from a set of three pieces improvised in 1928 by French organist and composer Louis Vierne (1870-1937) at Notre Dame in Paris, where Vierne was organist from 1900 until 1937. It was in fact during his 1,750 recital at Notre Dame that Vierne drew his last breath while seated at the console. The three pieces were transcribed in 1954 from the original recording, by Maurice Duruflé, another major French composer and organist. th
