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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 after Christmas
January 3, 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: “God declares his
love for us by calling some to serve as ambassadors and
interpreters, in short, to represent God on earth.”
Welcome
& Announcements
VOLUNTARY Romanze
Richard Strauss
Anne Thurmond,
clarinet Paul Thurmond, Organist
(Please sign and pass the
registers)
Call to
Worship (from
Psalm 147)
The Lord builds up the
nation and gathers the outcasts.
Great is our Lord
and abundant in power and understanding.
Sing to the Lord with
joyous thanksgiving.
Let us make a
joyous melody to our God.
*OPENING HYMN NO. 255 Now Praise
the Lord
*PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Loving and most
merciful God, forgive us when we fail to follow your ways; when we
depend only upon ourselves and forget that we need you and your
never ending love. Remind us that we are never alone and help us too
choose wisely the paths we walk. Help us to protect and defend the
traditions and values you have taught us. Let us also look to the
future with love and confidence. Fill us with your Holy Spirit, that
we might hear your voice calling each of us by name. This we pray in
the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
*RESPONSE: HYMN NO. 572 Lord Have Mercy
Upon Us
*ASSURANCE OF PARDON (from Psalm 147)
The Lord lifts up the
downtrodden.
The wicked are cast
to the ground.
God’s delight is not
in strength or speed.
The Lord delights in those who
hope in his steadfast love.
*Gloria
Patri, P. 579
TIME FOR YOUNG DISCIPLES
ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS
SCRIPTURE READINGS
Jeremiah 31:7-14
Ephesians 1:3-14
SERMON
Look Both Ways
*HYMN OF AFFIRMATION NO. 376 Love Divine, All
Loves Excelling
*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.
Presentation of tithes and offerings
Offertory
Recitative
Francois Couperin
*Doxology
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
THE
SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION
INVITATION TO THE LORD’S TABLE
tHE COMMUNION PRAYER AND 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.
the sanctus
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord
Hymnal, P. 581
Holy, holy, holy
Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth
are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who
comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the
highest. Hosanna in the highest.
WORDS OF INSTITUTION
SHARING THE BREAD AND
CUP
It is the practice of
this congregation to partake individually of the bread and to hold
the cup in order to partake of it as a community. By so doing, we
affirm that Holy Communion has meaning to us both as individuals and
as a community of believers.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE
ELEMENTS
COMMUNION PRAYER
*CLOSING HYMN NO. 513 Let Us Break Bread
Together
*Benediction
*POSTLUDE Love Divine, All
Loves Excelling
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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