PRELUDE: Prelude on “Antioch” (“I Know that My Redeemer Lives”) by Dale Wood
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
PRAYER OF PRAISE
HYMN: Alleluia, Alleluia! Give Thanks [Alleluia No. 1]
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
INTROIT: The Tree Springs to Life by Austin C. Lovelace
We meet you, O Christ, in many a guise: your image we see in simple and wise. You live in a palace, exist in a shack. We see you, the gardener, a tree on your back. In millions alive away and abroad; involved in our life you live down the road. Imprisoned in systems you long to be free. We see you, Lord Jesus, still bearing your tree. We hear you, O Man, in agony cry. For freedom you march, in riots you die. Your face in the papers we read and we see. The tree must be planted by human decree. You choose to be made at one with the earth; the dark of the grave prepares for your birth. Your death is your rising, creative your word; the tree springs to life and our hope is restored. [Fred Kaan]
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE LESSON: 1 John 5:1-5
HYMN: Fairest Lord Jesus [Crusaders’ Hymn]
SERMON: “Spring Training”
ANTHEM: One Faith, One Hope, One Lord by Craig Courtney
One faith, one hope, one Lord, one church for which he died, one voice, one song we lift in praise to him who was and is and shall be evermore. There is one body, one spirit, as you were called to one hope. One Lord, baptism and faith, one God and Father of all, who is in you all. Though we be many people, diverse with various gifts, we are given to each other for the unity of faith, that we grow in the knowledge of the Son of God, in the fullness of Christ. One faith, one hope, one Lord, one God. [based on Ephesians 4:4-6, 13]
CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION
INVITATION AND WORDS OF INSTITUTION
PRAYER
RECEPTION
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
HYMN: Be Thou My Vision [Slane]
BENEDICTION
RESPONSE: Hold Us Ever in Your Keeping by Gary Matheny
Hold us ever in your keeping, comfort us in pain in strife. Constant hope and faith renewing, lead us to a nobler life. Grant, O Lord your richest blessing: send your servants forth in peace.
POSTLUDE: Voluntary on “Crown Him with Many Crowns” by Jason D. Payne
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