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Sixth Sunday of Easter
May 5, 2024
MORNING WORSHIP - 10:00 A.M.
WATCHWORD FOR THE WEEK: Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises. -Psalm 98: 4
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ...........................................Rev. Dr. Nola Knouse
PRELUDE - Air on “As the Deer”...............................T. As the Deer, Robert Bailey (2023)
CALL TO WORSHIP
LITURGY: Reconciliation, pages 13-17
SCRIPTURE LESSONS:
- Acts 10: 44-48
- Psalm 98
O sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things.
His right hand and his holy arm have gotten him victory.
The Lord has made known his victory;
he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations.
He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness
to the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
break forth into joyous song and sing praises.
Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn
make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord.
Let the sea roar and all that fills it, the world and those who live in it. Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing together for joy at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
- 1 John 5: 1-6
During the singing of the next hymn, children age 3 and up are welcome to follow
Godly Play leaders to continue their worship in CE-106.
HYMN 672 - They Who Jesus’ Followers Are....................................................T. Herrnhut
GOSPEL LESSON: John 15: 9-17................................................Rev. Dr. Robert Sawyer
SERMON - Three Friendships
HYMN 603 - O Jesus, I Have Promised ....................................................T. Angels’ Story
PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS ...................................Rev. Dr. Knouse
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OFFERTORY INVITATION
ANTHEM - I Waited for the Lord......(from “Lobgesang”) Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Bentley Dorics, Soprano Carly Orr, Soprano
I waited for the Lord, he inclined unto me, he heard my complaint.
O blest are they that hope and trust in him.
DOXOLOGY
OFFERTORY PRAYER
PRAYERS FOR THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD .................................Rev. Dr. Sawyer
HYMN 688 - Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service .................................T. Beach Spring
POSTLUDE - Love Divine, All Loves Excelling..T. Abbot’s Leigh, Robert J. Powell (1997)
TEXT FOR REFLECTION
Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit
Into every troubled breast;
Let us all in Thee inherit,
Let us find the promised rest.
Take away the love of sinning;
Alpha and Omega be;
End of faith, as its beginning,
Set our hearts at liberty.
BENEDICTION
CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE - Hymn 832, The Grace of Our Lord
While singing, we extend the right hand of fellowship.
- Rev. Tobiassen is out of the office for a provincial meeting in Bethlehem and returns next week.
- Thank you to the Rev. Dr. Robert Sawyer and the Rev. Dr. Nola Knouse for leadership in the service today.
- The flowers are placed in the Sanctuary today in loving memory of Joe and Bonnie M. Dempster by the family.
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