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First Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.
Twenty North Dixie Avenue
Cookeville, Tennessee
Telephone: (931) 526-4424; email:
firstprescooke@frontiernet.net
A
Service for the Lord’s Day
2nd
Sunday of Easter
April
11th, 2010,
11:00 a.m.
* Indicates that those who are able may
stand. Bold type is spoken by the people.
A THOUGHT
FROM JOHN CALVIN: “Notice how gently Christ acted toward the
disciples, in not keeping them in suspense and in bringing the
pledge of new life.”
WELCOME AND
ANNOUNCEMENTS
VOLUNTARY “Allegro” from Sonata in A
Minor C.P.E. Bach
Jillian Storey,
flute Paul Thurmond,
Organist
(Please sign and pass the registers)
*CALL TO
WORSHIP (from Psalm
150) Rev. Erin
Angel, Liturgist
Praise God in the sanctuary and
in the mighty firmament.
Praise God for his mighty deeds
and surpassing greatness.
Praise God with strings and pipes
and loud clashing cymbals.
Let everything that moves and
breathes, praise the Lord.
*OPENING
HYMN NO. 115 Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain
*UNISON
PRAYER FOR EASTER
God of infinite mercy and love,
we stand in need of forgiveness. You split history with the gift of
your Son. The sky turned dark when he died. An earthquake shook the
world when he arose. Still we demand more evidence. We want to see
and touch, to taste and smell, before we will believe. Help us to
feel your power and to know that your love is stronger than any
force we can imagine. This we pray in Christ’s name. Amen.
*RESPONSE:
HYMN NO. 572 Lord, Have Mercy Upon Us
*ASSURANCE
OF PARDON (from Revelation 1)
Grace to you and peace, from the One who is.
From the One who was and is to come.
Christ is the firstborn of the dead and ruler over all the earth.
By Christ’s blood we are welcomed into the kingdom.
*Gloria Patri, P. 579
Glory be to the Father, and to
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.
TIME FOR
YOUNG DISCIPLES
SCRIPTURE
READING Acts 5: 27-32
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
ANTHEM Easter
Carol Richard Proulx
Text: Ambrosian Hymn, 4th-5th
Century
On that bright joyful Easter Day
the sun arose with brighter ray,
When Christ, to earthly sight
made plain, the glad apostles saw again.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Surexit Christus hodie!
(Christ is risen today!)
His wounds to them Christ then
did show, which from his risen body glow;
And they aloud declared and said:
“The Lord is risen from the dead!”
First witnesses to Easter morn
were women three who came forlorn;
Then Magdalen did cease her
sighs, when Christ she saw with joyful eyes.
All glory, Lord, to you we pay,
arisen from the dead today;
O great Creator be our guide
throughout the days of Eastertide.
SCRIPTURE
READING John 20:19-31
SERMON I’ll Come to
You Rev. Pat Handlson
*HYMN OF
AFFIRMATION NO. 122 Thine Is the Glory
*GREETINGS (After an exchange of
the Peace between the pastor and the congregation, we encourage you
to greet one another. The Greetings will conclude with the first
verse of
“Blest Be the Tie” {Hymn No. 438})
The Peace of the Lord Jesus
Christ be with you.
And also with you. (A
time of greeting)
Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian
love:
The fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above.
PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE LORD’S
PRAYER
Presentation of tithes and offerings
OFFERTORY Love’s
Greeting Edward
Elgar
*Doxology
(p. 592)
Praise God, from whom all
blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise
Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Amen.
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
*CLOSING
HYMN NO. 399 We Walk by Faith and Not by Sight
*Benediction
*POSTLUDE Thine Is the Glory
Announcements
Personal Concerns
OFFICERS
Church Office: Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. –
1:00 p.m. (firstprescooke@frontiernet.net)
Pastor: The
Rev. Pat Handlson (home: 526-5486) (phandlson@frontiernet.net)
Parish
Associate: The Rev. Erin Angel (home: 526-9474) (angelsfour@dishmail.net)
Website:
www.firstprescookeville.org
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