PRELUDE: Partita on “I’ll Praise My Maker” (Old 113th) by Joyce Jones
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
PRAYER OF PRAISE
HYMN: Let Us with a Gladsome Mind (Psalm 136) [Monkland]
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
INTROIT: God Still Sings (A Carol for All Seasons) by Alfred V. Fedak
Praise the living God who sings, pulsing through created things, harmonizing nature’s arts, voicing hope in human hearts! Alleluia! God’s eternal anthem rings! Alleluia! Tell the nations God still sings! Christ was born and angels sang till the very heavens rang! Jesus, God’s own song on earth, song of pardon, hope, rebirth. Alleluia! Christ who rose gives life new wings! Alleluia! Easter people, God still sings! Rise to sing where there is wrong: ‘”Truth and justice have a song. Let the burdened find release; grant them freedom, hope and peace!” Seek the joy that justice brings! Share the message God still sings! Alleluia! Celebrate creation’s God! Magnify redemption’s Lord! Praise the Spirit’s power to bring understanding as we sing. Alleluia! Wake the woodwinds, pipes and strings! Alleluia! Join the anthem God still sings! [David A. Robb]
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Psalm 146
HYMN: I’ll Praise My Maker (Psalm 146) [Old 113th]
SERMON: “The Happy and the Hopeful”
ANTHEM: Hope of the World by Taylor Davis
Hope of the world, thou Christ of great compassion, speak to our fearful hearts by conflict rent. Save us, thy people from consuming passion, who by our own false hopes and aims are spent. Hope of the world, God’s gift from highest heaven, bringing to hungry souls the bread of life, still let thy spirit unto us be given, to heal earth’s wounds and end all bitter strife. Hope of the world, afoot on dusty highways, showing to wandering souls the path of light, walk beside us lest the tempting byways lure us away from thee to endless night. Hope of the world, O Christ, over death victorious, who by this sign didst conquer grief and pain, we would be faithful to thy gospel glorious; thou art our Lord! Thou dost forever reign. Hope of the world! [Georgia Harkness]
CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION
INVITATION AND WORDS OF INSTITUTION
PRAYER OF CONSECRATION
PARTAKING OF THE FEAST
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
HYMN: Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ [Linstead]
BENEDICTION
RESPONSE: Let Us Walk Forth by Karen Marrolli
What does the Lord require of us? To greet all with mercy; to clothe the world with justice; to walk forth humbly with our God. Let us walk forth humbly with our God. [Micah 6:8, adapted]/p>
POSTLUDE: Trumpet Tune by Stacy Piontek
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