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April 28 10:30 AM
GATHERING
Welcome Rev. Neneth Ross
Opening Hymn #391
This is the Day
Refrain:
This is the day;
this is the day;
this is the day
that God has made!
1 Open, now, open the doorways of justice!
Let us be glad as we pass through those gates.
This is the place where the righteous may enter,
singing to God with thanksgiving and praise. (Refrain)
2 I will sing praises because you have heard me,
offering salvation with grace upon grace,
turning the stone that the builders rejected
into the cornerstone, rock of our faith. (Refrain)
3 It is the Lord who has done all these wonders.
I have seen marvelous, marvelous things.
This is the day that the Lord has created.
Join the rejoicing as every heart sings: (Refrain)
4 Praise the Creator, the Christ, and the Spirit,
from the beginning through worlds without end:
God who is now and who evermore shall be,
glory forever, amen and amen! (Refrain)
Call to Worship Dave Burgess
In the wilderness, water brings life.
Seek us out, O God, and take us to the water.
In the Word of God, the good news gives light.
Seek us out, O God, and fill us with understanding.
In the bread and the wine,
the body of our Savior nourishes everyone.
Seek us out, O God, and give us yourself.
Here is the water of life, the word that feeds, the food of eternity. Come and praise the vine that gives all goodness.
Hymn #450
Be Thou My Vision
1 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
naught be all else to me, save that thou art;
thou my best thought, by day or by night,
waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
2 Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true Word;
I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord;
thou my soul’s shelter, and thou my high tower;
raise thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.
3 Riches I heed not, nor vain, empty praise;
thou, mine inheritance, now and always;
thou and thou only, first in my heart,
High King of Heaven, my treasure thou art.
4 High King of Heaven, my victory won,
may I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
still be my vision, O Ruler of all.
Call to Confession
Trusting in the mercy of God, let us confess to God
and to one another our failure to love our neighbor.
Prayer of Confession
God of mercy,
we confess that we have not
borne the fruit of the Spirit.
We have not loved others as you have loved us.
We have denied the promises of baptism
and cut ourselves off from you.
Forgive us, restore us,
that we may abide in your love
and live out your mercy,
for the sake of Jesus Christ,
in whose name we pray. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
The Passing of the Peace
THE WORD
Prayer for Illumination
First Reading Acts 8:26-40.
Time for Children Christy Frost
Special Music
They’ll Know We Are Christians
arr. Lloyd Larson
Sanctuary Choir
Second Reading John 15:1-8
Sermon
"Vine and Branches"
Fr. Jon Pedigo
Hymn #518
Your Only Son
1 Your only Son, no sin to hide,
but you have sent him from your side
to walk upon this guilty sod,
and to become the Lamb of God.
Refrain:
O Lamb of God, sweet Lamb of God,
I love the holy Lamb of God!
O wash me in his precious blood,
my Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God.
2 Your gift of love, we crucified;
we laughed and scorned him as he died;
the humble King we named a fraud
and sacrificed the Lamb of God. (Refrain)
3 I was so lost, I should have died,
but you have brought me to your side
to be led by your staff and rod,
and to be called a lamb of God. (Refrain)
THE RESPONSE
Invitation to the Offering
Offertory
This Little Light of Mine
Harry Dixon Loes,
arr. Mark Hayes
Asa Stern, piano
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Doxology #609
Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow.
Praise God, all creatures high and low.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Praise God, in Jesus fully known:
Creator, Word, and Spirit one.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Prayer of Thanksgiving/Dedication
Pastoral Prayer Rev. Neneth Ross
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The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory, forever. Amen
SENDING
Hymn #157
I Danced in the Morning
1 I danced in the morning when the world was begun,
and I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun,
and I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth.
At Bethlehem I had my birth.
Refrain:
Dance, then, wherever you may be;
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,
and I'll lead you all, wherever you may be,
and I'll lead you all in the dance, said he.
2 I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee,
but they would not dance and
they would not follow me.
I danced for the fishermen, for James and John.
They came with me and the dance went on. (Refrain)
3 I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame.
The holy people said it was a shame.
They whipped and they stripped
and they hung me high,
and left me there on a cross to die. (Refrain)
4 I danced on a Friday when the sky turned black.
It's hard to dance with the devil on your back.
They buried my body and they thought I'd gone,
but I am the dance and I still go on. (Refrain)
5 They cut me down and I leapt up high.
I am the life that will never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me,
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he. (Refrain)
(Refrain)
Announcements
Charge and Blessing Fr. Jon Pedigo
Closing Hymn #765
May the God of Hope
May the God of hope go with us every day,
filling all our lives with love and joy and peace.
May the God of justice speed us on our way,
bringing light and hope to every land and race.
Praying, let us work for peace;
singing, share our joy with all;
working for a world that's new,
faithful when we hear Christ's call.
Postlude
Unclouded Day
J.K. Alwood
arr. Mark Hayes
Asa Stern, piano
Worship Participants:
Fr. Jon Pedigo, Guest Pastor
Rev. Neneth Ross, Associate Pastor
Dave Burgess, Liturgist
Amber Rasura, Music Director
Nick Mollé, Associate Worship Leader
Asa Stern, Piano