Independent Presbyterian Church
Easter Sunday
APRIL 5, 2026 | 8:00 A.M., 9:30 A.M., AND 11:00 A.M.
An Easter Welcome
Founded in 1915 , Independent Presbyterian Church has long held a commitment to glorifying the triune God through worship, the use of beauty and the arts, and serving our community in Jesus’ name. From the beginning, our founders sought to establish a church reflecting God’s love for humanity and humanity’s love for God.
Today, we continue this legacy by cultivating meaningful worship, nurturing our congregation to grow as disciples of Jesus, and engaging in acts of service that reflect Christ’s command to love God and love our neighbors. Whether you are a life-long follower of Jesus, a new believer, or still curious, know that all are welcome here.
We welcome members and visitors to this celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. As we worship with joy and thanksgiving, may we sense the presence of the risen Christ and the transformational power of the Holy Spirit.
If you are visiting with us, we hope you will return again soon and find in this church family a spiritual home and refuge. Our good news and proclamation today and always is: Jesus Christ is risen, and he is Lord! To learn more about IPC or membership, please contact Stacy Pulliam at spulliam@ipc-usa.org.
The trumpet and timpani music for today’s Easter services has been funded by a gift to the Music Department to the glory of God and in loving memory of O. Z. Hall.
At the conclusion of the 8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. services, the congregation is requested to leave promptly to facilitate preparation for the next service.
There are no Sunday school classe s today for adults, youth, or children. Children kindergarten age and younger may follow the acolyte down the center aisle to the Ground Floor for childcare during the morning services.
Church offices are closed tomorrow in observance of Easter Monday.
THE COVER features an artistic rendering inspired by the Resurrection (Easter) Window found in the West Transept balcony.
The Gathering for Worship
We gather as a Family of Faith and prepare our hearts to worship God.
PRAYER OF PREPARATION
O mighty God, lead us into the experience of triumphing over death. Let us walk humbly and majestically, fearing nothing. May we begin our immortal lives now. Grant that sinking ourselves in Christ we may win His victory in all things. Amen. from “Beginning the Day” by Henry Edmonds
PRELUDE
“Concerto for Two Trumpets” Francesco Manfredini
The service of worship begins with the music of the organ. Through its power and brilliance may you feel the majesty and glory of God; in its quietness, His peace.
INTROIT
“This Joyful Eastertide” arr. Alice Parker & Robert Shaw This joyful Eastertide, Away with sin and sorrow! My Love, the Crucified, Hath sprung to life this morrow. Had Christ, that once was slain, Ne’er burst His three-day prison, Our faith had been in vain: But now is Christ arisen.
George R. Woodward
CALL TO WORSHIP
Minister: The stone has been rolled away. People: The tomb is empty!
Minister: Christ is risen!
All: He is risen indeed!
Minister: Christ is risen!
All: He is risen indeed!
Minister: Christ is risen!
All: He is risen indeed! Hallelujah!
Rev. Newton
“RESURRECTION FANFARE” Alexander Därr
HYMN
“Jesus Christ Is Risen Today” EASTER HYMN
Stanza 1: Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia! Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia! Who did once upon the cross, Alleluia! Suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia!
Stanza 2: Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia! Unto Christ our heavenly King, Alleluia! Who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia! Sinners to redeem and save. Alleluia!
Stanza 3: But the pains which he endured, Alleluia! Our salvation have procured. Alleluia! Now above the sky he’s King, Alleluia! Where the angels ever sing. Alleluia!
Stanza 4: Sing we to our God above, Alleluia! Praise eternal as God’s love. Alleluia! Praise our God, ye heavenly host, Alleluia! Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Alleluia!
Rise in body or spirit.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Almighty God, in the resurrection of Jesus Christ you have shattered the power of sin and death. We confess that we do not always believe in this hope and remain captive to doubt and fear. Forgive our dread of loss, our despair, and our anxiety about the future. Set us free for the joy of Christ who was dead but now lives, that we too might find new life in service of his kingdom. In the risen Savior’s name we pray. Amen.
A period of silence for personal confession.
KYRIE ELEISON
Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.
DECLARATION OF PARDON
Minister: Friends, this is the good news of the gospel. People: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven.
THE PEACE
Minister: May the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you. People: And also with you.
Minister: Let us share the peace of Christ with one another. Please exchange the peace with the words, “The peace of Christ be with you.”
GLORIA PATRI
“Glory Be to the Father”
PATRI 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.
WELCOME Rev. Long
The Word
We listen for the word of God through confession, passing the peace, Scripture, and preaching.
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION Rev. Clayton
SCRIPTURE LESSON
Leader: The Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.
Matthew 28:1-17
Pew Bible, N.T. pg. 26
GLORIA
ANTHEM
“Sing Ye to the Lord” Edward C. Bairstow Sing ye to the Lord, for He hath triumph’d gloriously. Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath He cast into the sea. Mighty victim from the sky, Hell’s fierce pow’rs beneath Thee lie; Thou hast conquer’d in the fight, Thou hast brought us life and light. Now no more can death appal, now no more the grave enthral, Thou hast open’d Paradise, and in Thee, Thy Saints shall rise. Alleluia, Amen.
Exodus 15, adapt. Robert Campbell
During the singing of this anthem, children kindergarten age and younger may follow the acolyte down the center aisle to the Ground Floor for childcare.
SERMON
“The Birth of Hope”
The Response to the Word
We respond to the hearing of God’s word through reflection, prayer, and offering.
Rev. Long
HYMN
“The Day of Resurrection!” LANCASHIRE
The day of resurrection! Earth, tell it out abroad, The Passover of gladness, the Passover of God. From death to life eternal, from sin’s dominion free, Our Christ has brought us over with hymns of victory.
Let hearts be purged of evil that we may see aright The Lord in rays eternal of resurrection light, And listening to his accents, may hear, so calm and plain, His own “All hail!” and hearing, may raise the victor strain.
Now let the heavens be joyful; let earth its song begin; The round world keep high triumph and all that is therein. Let all things seen and unseen their notes of gladness blend, For Christ the Lord has risen, our joy that has no end.
APOSTLES’ CREED
Rev. Clayton
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.
PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
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“The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune”
People and Choir: All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell, Come ye before him, and rejoice.
The Lord, ye know, is God indeed, Without our aid he did us make; We are His folk, he doth us feed, And for His sheep he doth us take.
Choir:
People and Choir:
O enter then his gates with praise; Approach with joy his courts unto; Praise, laud, and bless his Name always, For it is seemly so to do.
For why? the Lord our God is good; His mercy is for ever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure.
Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
THE PRAYER OF DEDICATION
THE OFFERTORY ANTHEM
“Easter” from Five Mystical Songs
Willian Periera da Silva, baritone
arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise Without delays, Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise With him may’st rise; That, as his death calcined thee to dust, His life may make thee gold, and much more, Just. Awake, my lute, and struggle for thy part With all thy art. The cross taught all wood to resound his name Who bore the same. His stretched sinews taught all strings, what key Is best to celebrate this most high day. Consort both heart and lute, and twist a song Pleasant and long: Or since all music is but three parts vied, And multiplied; O let thy blessed Spirit bear a part, And make up our defects with his sweet art.
George Herbert
William Kethe
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE & THE LORD’S PRAYER
Rev. Seamon 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; deliver us from evil; For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
The Sending
We are sent out into the world to love God and our neighbors.
HYMN
“Thine
Thine is the glory, risen, conquering Son; Endless is the victory thou o’er death hast won. Angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away, Kept the folded graveclothes where thy body lay.
Thine is the glory, risen, conquering Son; Endless is the victory thou o’er death hast won.
Lo! Jesus meets us, risen from the tomb; Lovingly he greets us, scatters fear and gloom. Let the church with gladness hymns of triumph sing, For the Lord now liveth; death hath lost its sting. Thine is the glory, risen, conquering Son; Endless is the victory thou o’er death hast won.
No more we doubt thee, glorious Prince of life! Life is naught without thee; aid us in our strife. Make us more than conquerors through thy deathless love; Bring us safe through Jordan to thy home above.
Thine is the glory, risen, conquering Son; Endless is the victory thou o’er death hast won.
BENEDICTION
BENEDICTION RESPONSE
“Hallelujah” from Messiah G. F. Handel
Hallelujah: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.
Revelation 19:6, 11:15, 19:16
POSTLUDE
Is the Glory”
JUDAS MACCABEUS
† Easter Lily Memorials †
The lilies with which the church is made beautiful today are, as they stand, symbols of the immortal life. As these flowers have sunk from sight and then at the bidding of their inner life sprung again into beauty and fragrance, so we believe the souls of men survive the winter of death and live once again. (Written by Dr. Henry M. Edmonds, 1938.) Below are names of some of our loved ones for whom the lilies were given to the glory of God and in loving memory.
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Abernethy
Mrs. Leslie Ireland Agee
Sue McClure Aldridge
Mr. & Mrs. Anson Warren Allen
Mr. Craig Allen, Jr.
Robert & Kathryn Bailey
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Balliet
William E. Balliet, Jr.
Peggy Gafford Balliet
Mrs. Jane Bartholow
Mr. & Mrs. James C. Barton, Sr.
Rolla Earl “Reb” Beck III
Mr. & Mrs. Rolla Earl Beck, Jr.
Margaret Benton
Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Robert Berney
Dr. Robert T. Binford, Jr.
Brice Blackmon
Mary Boggan
C. Peter & Helen Bolvig
Axel Bolvig, Sr. & Marguerite
Scroggin Bolvig
Eileen B. Bostick
Betty Aldridge Bostwick
John Allen Bostwick, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur John Bowron
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur John Bowron, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Anderson
Bowron
Mr. Richard Anderson Bowron, Jr.
Nancy Starrett Boyd
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Edward
Brisendine
Mr. & Mrs. Clyde R. Brown
Mr. & Mrs. William K. Burgess
Martha & J. Howard Burnum
Mr. William H. Burr
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Francis Caley, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Clarence F. Camp
Mr. & Mrs. Augustus Walter Carey
J. Fred & Adelaide Fox Carey
Joseph Frederick Carey, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. David Carr
Mr. George Carr
Mrs. Kathryne Carr
Mr. & Mrs. James Barnett Chenoweth
Mr. & Mrs. Beach Mead Chenoweth
Judy Chenoweth
Arnold Christenson
Thomas W. Christian
Hon. Preston Copeland Clayton & Mrs. Jewel Gladys Robinson
Clayton
Robert S. Clayton, Jr.
Robert Hunt Cochrane III
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Coleman, Sr.
Miss Una Connors (Connie) Coleman
Dorothy Harris Coleman
Mr. & Mrs. George W. Connors, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. George W. Connors, Jr.
Una Webster Connors
David Cook
W. Ralph Cook
Mr. & Mrs. Liston Cook
Ella Cobbs Cook
James S. & Esther S. Cooper
Judge Leo King Cooper, Jr.
Robert E.L. Cope
Donald J. Cosby
Timothy L. Couch
Ms. Cindy Coulter
Mr. & Mrs. B.C. Cox
Don Ross Craft
Mr. & Mrs. Francis Crockard
Joseph Andrew Crumpton
Michael Patrick Curtis
Lauren Ashford Curtis
Cornelia Watson Dasher
Jim Davis
George Herman DeBoer
Charles Henry Deer
Mr. Samuel Rogers Dewey
Walter D. Dickson, Sr.
Virginia Kidd Dickson
Mr. Robert Mack Dixon & Mrs.
Mary Clayton Dixon
Mr. & Mrs. Howard H. Dudley
Mr. & Mrs. Oscar M. Dugger
Mr. & Mrs. W. R. J. Dunn, Jr.
Mr. W. R. J. Dunn III
Mrs. Edward Edge
Lt. Arnold Harris Edmonds
Henry Morris Edmonds, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Henry M. Edmonds
Mary Fleming Edmonds
Mr. & Mrs. William Edmonds
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Edmonds
Katherine Binford Ennis
Mrs. Carl Enslen
Mr. & Mrs. Gomer D. Evans, Sr.
Barclay Kemmons Evins
Hugh Douglas Farris
Dr. John Roberts Faucette
Helen & Harold Faught
Aubrey & Bernice Feagin
William W. Featheringill
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Featheringill
Mr. & Mrs. Hill Ferguson, Jr.
Matthew Piers Ferriter
Judge & Mrs. William B. Fleming
Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Foust
James P. Foust
Louise Foust
Mr. & Mrs. Henry S. Fowlkes, Jr.
Mayor & Mrs. David J. Fox
Miss Elizabeth Fox
Miss Louise Fox
Mr. & Mrs. William Thomas Fox
Dr. & Mrs. Henry Charles Frech, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Evan Charles Gafford
Ralph Frederick Gafford
Mr. & Mrs. A.M. Gant
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew M. Gant, Jr.
Elizabeth Goff Sherley Gant
Katherine Lauren Garth
Dr. Janice Templeton Gay
Herbert E. Gay
Dr. & Mrs. Edgar Givhan
Judy Glanders
Mrs. Christi Neel Glass
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest E. Glass, Jr. (Betty)
Mr. & Mrs. William Leon Goggans
Mr. & Mrs. William Leon Goggans, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Carroll Vann Goodner, Sr.
Carroll Vann Goodner, Jr.
Gary Lee Gordon
Mr. & Mrs. John James Gordon
Mr. & Mrs. John James Gordon, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Vance Graham
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sheffie Graham
Joni Gramling
Daphne P. Grimsley
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Grisham, Sr.
James E. Grisham, Jr.
Billy D. Grover
Mrs. Judy Sasse Haise
Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Hall
Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell F. Hall, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Warren D. Hall
Sara Jacqueline Stevens Hall
O.Z. Hall
George Hamilton DeBoer
Kathryn Taylor Hamilton
Mr. & Mrs. William T. Hammond
William T. Hammond, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Jack DeWitt Hance
Francis H. Hare, Jr.
Suzanne Balliet Hare
Mr. & Mrs. Angelo Chapman Harris, Jr.
Olga Stingily Harris
Mr. & Mrs. Roscoe Harris
Lt. Roscoe Harris, Jr.
Sandra Harris
Mr. & Mrs. Preston H. Haskell, Jr.
Anne & Wilson Hauck
Barbara Popwell Hawkins
Mr. & Mrs. Carl T. Hewitt
Dr. & Mrs. Charles L. Hicks, Jr.
Louis Hampton Hill
Elizabeth Ellen Ozier Hill
Robert Davis Hill, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. F. Delmar Hill, Sr.
SSG John E. Hillhouse
Jamey Hollingsworth
John Benton Howell
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Claypool Howell, Jr.
Miss Lottice Howell
Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Huckleberry
Mr. & Mrs. C.E. Ireland
Dr. Gregory Jeane
Abner Crow Johnson
Samuel Crow Johnson
Andrew L. Johnson
Edward S. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. (Ida) Norman C. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce M. Jones, Sr.
Mr. Bruce M. Jones, Jr.
Patricia Schreiber Jones
George E. “Bud” Keller III
Mr. & Mrs. Martin J. Kelly
Carter Stallworth Kennedy
Dr. & Mrs. Hughes Kennedy, Jr.
Dr. Hughes Kennedy III
Alexandra Lee Kivowitz
Dr. Willem Klip
Dorothea Klip
John Martin Klyce
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Moore Knox
Florence E. Krannich
Louis F. Krannich
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Lanier
Mr. Joe Lanier, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest G. Larson
Mr. & Mrs. William Leary
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Beers Leaver
Louis J. LeVaughn
Roland L. LeVaughn
Mr. & Mrs. Roland H. LeVaughn
Kathleen Liles
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Little
Molly Gilbent Lloyd
John London IV
Helen Dugger London
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Sprott Long
Nell Shuford Snow Longshore
Dr. & Mrs. John N. Lukens
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Lyons, Sr.
John Michael Lyons
Cynthia Mabry
Mr. & Mrs. Roderick M. MacLeod, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. John Macnab
Iain MacPherson Alexander
Mr. & Mrs. James Llewellyn Mann
Dr. & Mrs. Francis A. Marzoni
Miss Julia Murfee Matthews
Dr. & Mrs. George Wheeler Matthews
Dr. George Wheeler “Buzzy” Matthews, Jr.
Anne E. Maxwell
Charles Allen Maxwell, Sr.
James Roger Mayfield
Dr. M. Scott McClure
Mr. & Mrs. Don McCormick
Mr. & Mrs. E. E. McCoy
Mr. & Mrs. Euell E. “Sandy” McCoy
Mr. & Mrs. Joe McDavid, Sr.
Mr. Joe McDavid, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. A.B. McDougald, Sr.
Mr. A.B. McDougald, Jr.
Hobart A. McWhorter, Jr.
Michael Daniel Medeiros
Phillip Harlan Merryweather
Margaret Messer McClure
Dr. Mark L. Miller
Mr. & Mrs. William M. Miller
Edward C. Miller
Mr. Roger F. Mills
Mallory Forbes Miree
Ann M. Monk
Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Monk, Sr.
Mary Elizabeth “Libby” Hill Montgomery
Stanley & Thelma Moodie
William Simms Moor
Mr. & Mrs. Manly Eugene Moor, Jr.
James Orville Morgan
Ashlea Alkire Morrow
Hugh Morrow, Sr.
Martha Mann Morrow
Betty Miller Morrow & Gordon Morrow, Sr.
Mr. Anson Allen Murdoch
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Nelson Murdoch
Mr. Donald Nelson Murdoch, Jr.
Miss Elinor Murdoch
Mr. & Mrs. William Lincoln Murdoch
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Myers
Dr. & Mrs. Samuel F. Nabers
Mr. & Mrs. Drayton Nabers
Kathleen Mary Nagle
Garland H. & Elizabeth McC. Nelson
David Rosser Nelson
Mr. & Mrs. Jesse F. Newton
Dr. & Mrs. Ray O. Noojin
Mr. Charles S. Northen III
Mr. & Mrs. John Huber O’Donnell, Sr.
Mr. Patrick Martin O’Donnell
Jayne Walton Ogilvie
Mr. & Mrs. Morgan Oslin Ogilvie, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Kirkman O’Neal
Dr. E.P. Ort III
Deborah M. Overstreet
Ruth Page
Katherine Page
Dr. & Mrs. Gene Ruffner Page
Mr. & Mrs. Paul McFadden Pankey, Sr.
Thomas B. Pankey, Sr.
John Milton Grosvenor Parker, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. B. Wayne Parker
Dr. Michael W. Parker
Michael Parker, Jr.
Carleton Benners Parnell
Dr. & Mrs. LC Parnell, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Leighton C. Parnell, Sr
Dr. & Mrs. Leighton C. Parnell, Jr.
V. Carl Pittman “Buddy” Parsons, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. James H. Patterson
Dr. Thomas Hansel Peacock, Jr.
Thomas Hansell Peacock III
Mr. Walter F. Pennebaker
Marvin G. Perry
Cecelia Piasecki
Henry T. Piasecki
Joseph Harrison & Jeanne Ireland Pigford
Malcolm R. Pledger
Norman Dewey Pless
Elizabeth Edwards Pless
Bill & Sue Pogue
Dean James Pogue
Dr. & Mrs. David H. Pontius, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Herschel B. Poole
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Popwell, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Porter
Ellen Hodges Powell
Frederick Dale Price
Teresa Tanner Pulliam
Edith & Jim Quarles
Tom Rains
Henry Randolph
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Barnes Ray, Sr.
Van O’Rear Farris
Norris Rediker
Mrs. Laurie Ray Reed
Mr. & Mrs. R. Thomas Reed
William Moore Reeves
Martha & Archie Reeves
Richard Reigle
Mr. Alston Keith Rennie, Jr.
Mrs. Eleanor Edmonds Dewey
Rennie
Millard Martin Reynolds, Sr.
Millard Martin Reynolds, Jr.
Michael Hodgens Reynolds
Taylor Hodgens Reynolds
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Romjue
Dr. & Mrs. Walter Scott Rountree
Lorol Roden Bowron Rediker Rucker
Tinsley White Rucker IV
Joy Turner Rue
Mr. & Mrs. John Edward Salter
Henry T. Sanders
Kay Webb Savage
Joseph W. Schreiber
Shirley Fafford Seay
Robbie O. Sevier
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Sewell, Sr.
Mr. Andrew J. Shackelford
Elizabeth O’Neal Shannon
Margaret Benners Shaw
James & Irene Shaw
Mrs. Clara Shepard
Frances B. & James W. Shepherd
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Shively
Mr. Richard E. “Dick” Shively
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Sibley
Richard E. Simmons, Jr.
Francis “Kip” Simmons
James Evans Simpson, Jr.
Thomas Julian Skinner III
Joseph Reid Skinner
Donald Jackson Smith
Lathrop Winchester Smith, Jr.
Mrs. J. Craig Smith
Joan Bickerstaff Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Stokes Smith
Mrs. Farley Snow
Anne & Paul Speake
Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Morris Spencer
Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Morris Spencer, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Garland Splawn
Mr. Warren Jackson St. John
Mr. & Mrs. Finis Ewing St. John, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Stammer
Nancy Kays Stetler
Dr. Karl Stingily
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Cannon Stockham
Mr. Benjamin Franklin Stokes III
James F. Sulzby, IV
Mr. & Mrs. James F. Sulzby, Jr.
Hoyt L. Summerford
Mr. Richard Allen Sundock
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Suttle
Mr. Gary Suttle
Laurel Sybilrud
Mr. Edgar Starke Sydnor
Caroline Reed Taylor
Clinton Williams Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. George M. Taylor, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. W. Herschel Taylor
Ed & Susan Thomas
Dr. & Mrs. Herbert H. Thomas
Alexander Ogilvie Thomson
Mr. & Mrs. Winfred Elwood Todd
Earl J. Trafton
Frances Ridout Turner
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Turner
M. List Underwood, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin L. Underwood, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. David P. Underwood
Mr. & Mrs. Maurice K. Verdeyen
Robert Joseph Verdeyen
Mr. & Mrs. JB Vinson
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Anthony Waitzman
Mr. & Mrs. A.M. Walker, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. A.M. Walker, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Berney Walter
Mr. Berney Walter, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Walthall
Barbara Noojin Walthall
Kathy Walthall
Mr. & Mrs. William Morris Walton
Margaret Rush Walton
Mr. & Mrs. James H. Ward
Josephine Harris Wasson
Elizabeth & Phillip Watkins
Robert S. Watson
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Eugene Weatherford, Sr.
Mr. Guy Allen Weatherford lll
Mary Anne & Bob Weatherly
Mr. & Mrs. W.S. Webster
Mr. & Mrs. L. Emerson Wetterau
Jere F. White, Jr.
Mr. Augustus Barnes White
Florence & Leonard Wigon
Alice & Andy Wilkinson
Alice McSpadden Williams
Dr. & Mrs. W. Carter Williams, Sr.
Sarah Anne Fitz Peacock Wilson
Kathryn Sievert Winne
Dr. & Mrs. Paul S. Woodall
Mr. & Mrs. Allan C. Woodruff
Mr. Allan C. Woodruff, Jr.
Felix Calvin Yarboro
Mr. & Mrs. Kapp Yarboro
Laura Noel Yarboro
Lee Yeager
War Memorial Flowers
The flowers on the War Memorial are given to the glory of God and in honor of all past and present military personnel.
Join Us Next Sunday
A Centennial Celebration of IPC’s Sanctuary
Join us on Sunday, April 12, as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of IPC’s Sanctuary. Instead of our usual three services, the congregation will gather for one 11:00 a.m. worship service. Sunday School will meet that morning at 10:00 a.m., and a congregational lunch prepared by IPC’s Kim Martin will follow the worship service. RSVPs for lunch ($10) are required to ensure accurate seating arrangements and the number of meals. Please register at ipc-usa.org
To learn more about our upcoming events and to sign up for classes, please visit ipc-usa.org.
PARTICIPANTS IN TODAY’S SERVICES:
The Rev. Kevin J. Long, Pastor
The Rev. Susan A. Clayton, Associate Pastor, Congregational Care & Adult Education
The Rev. D. Nicole Newton, Associate Pastor, Discipleship
The Rev. David J. Seamon, Associate Pastor, Mission & Outreach
Dr. Jeff R. McLelland, Director of Music and Fine Arts
Acolytes:
(8:00 a.m.) Will Long, Caleb Siegel, Nathaniel Siegel (9:30 a.m.) Andrew Grover, Walter Grover, Gavin Vanlandingham (11:00 a.m.) Anne Pringle, Bob Pringle, Molly Wykle
The Independent Presbyterian Church Choir Willian Periera da Silva, baritone
Brad Sargent and James Zingara, trumpets
Greg Gumina, timpani
3100 Highland Avenue, South Birmingham, Alabama 35205
PHONE : (205) 933-1830
OFFICE HOURS : 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays
This congregation is affiliated with The Presbyterian Church (USA) ipc-usa.org