PRELUDE:  I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light (Houston)  by Wayne Wold

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALL TO WORSHIP

HYMN:  My Song Forever Shall Record (Psalm 89) [Puer Nobis Nascitur]

PRAYER

INTROIT:  The Lord Will Raise Up by Felix Mendelssohon/arr. by Michael Burkhardt

The Lord will raise up a new and righteous shepherd who will save his people evermore. [based on Jeremiah 23:4-6]

PRAYER

SCRIPTURE LESSON:  1 Samuel 16:1-13

ANTHEM:  The Last Words of David  by Randall Thompson

He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.  And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springeth out of the earth by clear shining after rain.  Alleluia, amen. [2 Samuel 23:3-4]

SERMON:  “Surprises out of Nowhere, the Extraordinary out of the Ordinary”

HYMN:  I Sing a Song of the Saints of God [Grand Isle]

PRAYER

HYMN:  Longing for Light, We Wait in Darkness (Christ, Be Our Light)  [Christ, Be Our Light]

BENEDICTION

BENEDICTION RESPONSE:  Hold us Ever in Your Keeping by Gary Matheny

Hold us ever in your keeping, comfort us in pain and 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:  If You But Trust in God (Wer Nur den Lieben Gott) by Georg Neumark/arr. by John Behnke

Would you like to purchase an Easter lily or two?  You can place your order by using this link that takes you to Covenant’s Lily Flower Form — https://forms.gle/LvYsuYt6tH75m9L29

Would you like to sponsor flowers for one week for worship?  You can place your order for any Sunday throughout 2023 by using this link that takes you to Covenant’s Flowers for Worship form —  https://forms.gle/9C98VA1d17SPmTBV8

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