PRELUDE: Sonata V (Choral and Andante con Moto – Opus 65, No. 5 by Felix Mendelssohn
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
HYMN: We Know That Christ Is Raised [Engelberg]
PRAYER
INTROIT: There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy by Don Michael Dicie
There’s a wideness in God’s mercy, like the wideness of the sea; there’s a kindness in His justice, which is more than liberty. There is welcome for the sinner, and more graces for the good; there is mercy with the Savior; there is healing in His blood. There is no place where earth’s sorrows are more felt than up in heaven; there is no place where earth’s failings have such kindly judgment given. There is plentiful redemption in the blood that has been shed; there is joy for all the faithful in the sorrows of the Lord. For the love of God is broader than the measure of our mind; and the heart of the Eternal is most wonderfully kind. If our love were but more simple we should take Him at His word; and our life would be thanksgiving, for the goodness of the Lord. [Frederick William Faber]
PRAYER
SCRIPTURE LESSON: 1 Peter 2:4-5, 9-10
HYMN: There Is Now a New Creation [Stuttgart]
SERMON: “Seeing Our Identity”
ANTHEM: I Would Be True by Undine Smith Moore
Ah, I would be true, for there are those who trust me; I would be pure, for there are those who care; I would be strong, for there is much to suffer; I would be brave, for there is much to dare! I would be friend of all, the foe, the friendless: I would be giving, and forget the gift; I would be humble, for I know my weakness; I would look up and laugh and love and lift! [Howard A. Walter]
CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION
INVITATION AND WORDS OF INSTITUTION
PRAYER
RECEPTION
PRAYER
HYMN: Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts [Quebec]
BENEDICTION
BENEDICTION RESPONSE: Change My Heart, O God by Eddie Espinosa
Change my heart, O God; make it ever true, change my heart, O God; may I be like you.
POSTLUDE: Trumpet Tune in D Major by David N. Johnson
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