Worship 4/28/24

Starling Avenue Baptist Church

Fifth Sunday of Easter

April 28, 2024

╬ 11:00 a.m.

TheWorshipofGod

Fifth Sunday of Easter

April 28, 2024 ╬ 11:00 a.m.

*We invite you to stand as you are able.

Gathering at God’s Invitation

Welcome AngelaZimmerman

CalltoWorship

Let us worship God, who has done great things, We rejoice in our God, who made a way through the desert of this world.

Let us worship God, who has caused streams of mercy to flow in the wasteland. We are the people God has formed through Christ; we worship him, and we rejoice!

Let us worship God in spirit and in truth. We praise God for the grace that has saved us. Alleluia! We rejoice!

LightingoftheChristCandle

AngelaZimmerman

Toni&AmeliaTollison

We light the Christ candle as a reminder that Christ is the one who has drawn us to this place, abides with us now, and is with us to the end of the age.

Prelude Prayer DianeBish

LifeoftheCommunity ReedFinley

Offering Ourselves to God

*Hymn#285

ScriptureReading

God of Grace and God of Glory

Isaiah43:16-21

The Word of God for the People of God

Thanks Be to God.

CWMRHONDDA

AngelaZimmerman

AffirmationofFaith

This have come to know, this is what we have heard: the Eternal is an everlasting God, creator of heaven and earth, who does not grow weary or faint; whose wisdom is unsearchable, giving energy to the meek and strength to those who have none.

Even youths shall faint and grow weary, young athletes shall fall exhausted; but those who love the Lord Jesus and patiently put their trust in God, shall renew their strength; they shall soar with wings like eagles, they shall run and not weary, they shall walk and not faint. delivering us from death to life eternal.

ScriptureReading

Psalm22:25-31

The Word of God for the People of God

Thanks Be to God.

ReedFinley

AngelaZimmerman

*Hymn#648 Stir Your Church, O God, Our Father MADILL

GivingourTithesandOfferings

OffertoryPrayer

Offertory

*Doxology(Hymn#706)

JohnScott

The King of Love My Shepherd Is DanForrest

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise Him, all creatures here below; praise Him above, ye heavenly host, praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Listening to God

*ScriptureReading

John15:1-8

ReedFinley

For the Word of God in Scripture, for the Word of God among us, for the Word of God within us.

Thanks be to God.

TheChurchatPrayer&TheLord’sPrayer

AngelaZimmerman

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.

Anthem Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart

Sermon “ANewThing”

DisciplineofSilence

HalHopson

AngelaZimmerman

To be in God’s presence is to be changed. During this moment of silent reflection, consider the change God wishes to make in you.

Responding to God’s Word

*Hymn#263 To Worship, Work, and Witness WEBB

If you sense God calling you today, we invite you to respond during this time of invitation. If God is calling you to follow Jesus for the first time, to rededicate yourself as a Christ-follower, or as a faithful Christian, to join the fellowship of our church, we encourage you to come forward to speak to our pastor during this closing hymn.

Sending Into God’s World

Benediction

Postlude In Thee Is Gladness

AngelaZimmerman

MichaelBurkhardt

(Please put your nametag in the basket provided at either entrance when leaving.)