WELCOME!
Worship Order
NEW GUESTS
Sunday | Apr. 24, 2016
Learn more about us in our “New Here” brochure in the Attendance Folder. Find a gift for you @ the Welcome Desk.
WE’RE GLAD YOU’RE HERE! Thank you for registering your attendance. Please pass the Attendance Folder along your pew. Blue sheets are for new guests; white sheets are for all other worship participants.
PRAYER CONCERNS Share prayer concerns on the prayer cards in your pew pockets and place them in the offering plate – or find the “Prayer Request” link at stlukesumc.com. Pastors are available for prayer following each worship service.
PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN We provide childcare and Sunday School for newborns through 4th Grade children. Register all children in the East Passage. Activity Kits are at the Welcome Center for children who remain in worship. Room 126 is equipped for nursing moms, including live streaming of worship.
Fairest Lord Jesus | arr. John Carter This is My Father’s World / He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands | arr. Brant Adams Jim Butz, Flugelhorn & Trumpet
Dr. Marion Miller
LEARN MORE Pick up a copy of Connect @ St. Luke’s magazine, visit stlukesumc.com, subscribe to our e-newsletters, or scan QR Code for more information.
ANTHEM
PRAYER TIME & THE LORD’S PRAYER
* HYMN Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation | No. 559 Sung to REGENT SQUARE
* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Rev. Kim King Leader: Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is the one true church, apostolic and universal, whose holy faith let us now declare: All: We believe in the one God, maker and ruler of all things, the source of all goodness and beauty, all truth and love. We believe in Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, our teacher, example, and Redeemer, the Savior of the world. We believe in the Holy Spirit, God present with us for guidance, for comfort, and for strength.
* GREETING ONE ANOTHER How Great Thou Art | Dan Forrest New Song; Rebecca Edie, Director
WELCOME & INVOCATION
5th - 6th Grade – 9:30 & 11AM @ the Modge 7th Grade Confirmation – 9:30 & 11AM @ the Lodge 8th - 12th Grade – 9:30AM @ Luke’s Lodge; worship, hang out. Come early for games. Find more at stlukesumc.com/youth
Join us in the Narthex for coffee between services, & every third Friday, 7PM at The Lodge for “The Table” - conversations that matter and service that makes a difference.
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.
PRELUDE
YOUTH PROGRAM
YOUNG ADULTS
* GLORY TO GOD
We believe in the forgiveness of sins, in the life of love and prayer, and in grace equal to every need. We believe in the Word of God contained in the Old and New Testaments as the sufficient rule both of faith and of practice. We believe in the Church as the fellowship, for worship and for service, of all who are united to the living Lord. We believe in the kingdom of God as the divine rule in human society, in the final triumph of righteousness, and in the life everlasting. Amen.
* standing, as able
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.
ANNOUNCEMENTS OFFERTORY Down to the River to Pray | arr. Sheldon Curry Joyful Sound; Jim Butz, trumpet; Rebecca Edie, piano; Charles Manning, Director(8:15AM) Pilgrim’s Song | Ryan Murphy Chancel Choir; Marie Butz, Director (9:30 & 11AM)
* PRAISE TO GOD | No. 95 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.
* OFFERTORY PRAYER
SCRIPTURE | Acts 15:36-41 Marti Hunsucker (8:15AM) Tobin Montgomery (9:30AM) Santana Jackson (11AM) After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Come, let us return and visit the believers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.” Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. But Paul decided not to take with them one who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work. The disagreement became so sharp that they parted company; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus. But Paul chose Silas and set out, the believers commending him to the grace of the Lord. He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
MESSAGE | Unsung Heroes Failing Forward Rev. Rob Fuquay
SERVICE OF CONFIRMATION | (9:30 & 11AM) Congregation’s Welcome to the Confirmands We rejoice to recognize you as members of Christ’s holy church, and bid you welcome to St. Luke’s United Methodist Church. With you we renew our vows to uphold it by our prayers, our presence, our gifts, and our service. With God’s help we will so order our lives after the example of Christ that, surrounded by steadfast love, you may be established in the faith, and confirmed and strengthened in the way that leads to life eternal.
PRAYER FOR CONFIRMANDS | (8:15AM) * CLOSING HYMN The Church’s One Foundation | No. 546, sts. 1, 2, 5
* BENEDICTION POSTLUDE Adagio | Charles Callahan