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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
3rd
Sunday in Lent
March
7th, 2010,
11:00 a.m.
* Indicates that those who are able may
stand. Bold type is spoken by the people.
Welcome & Announcements
VOLUNTARY Invention
in D Minor Tom Hewson
Rebecca
Willie, violin; Anne Thurmond, clarinet
Paul Thurmond, Organist
(Please sign and pass the
registers)
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Sharyl Hansen,
Liturgist
From the wanderings of our lives, we have come
to gather here.
We bring life with us, to this time and
place.
Come here, offering your lives before God,
And the presence of God will go with us and
remain with us in our play and work, in our resting and our service.
*OPENING HYMN
We Thirst For You, O God
Tune: LEONI
We thirst for you, O
God, in places parched and dry.
The goodness of your
grace alone can satisfy.
Your covenant is true;
your faithfulness is sure.
Your mercy flows, and
endless stream so free and pure.
We thirst for you, O
God, in arid, weary lands.
We call upon your holy
name and lift our hands.
You answer with a
feast to fill the hungry soul;
You bless us with
abundant love and make us whole.
We thirst for you, O
God, like wanderers of old.
We are your pilgrim
people still, your flock and fold.
Pour out your Spirit’s
gifts; let living water flow
Until the reign of
heaven fills the earth below.
*PRAYER OF
CONFESSION
Spirit and Breath of Life, before you we
recognize that our spirits are not fully alive. We have succumbed
to the sin of despair; we have been lifeless, not lively, in our
faith. Like dry bones, we are brittle and break under pressure.
Breathe your Spirit of power into us, that our faith may be active,
in word and in deed, and that your name may be glorified in Jesus,
our Christ. Amen.
*RESPONSE:
HYMN NO. 572 Lord Have Mercy Upon Us
*ASSURANCE OF
PARDON
The good news is that we depend not on
ourselves, but on the Spirit of God to give us vitality.
Thanks be to God. Amen
*Gloria
Patri, P. 579
TIME FOR YOUNG
DISCIPLES
SCRIPTURE
READING Luke 13:1-9
SERMON
In bed with a mosquito
*HYMN OF
AFFIRMATION NO. 341 Blessed Assurance
*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 ANTHEM Let Us Break Bread Together
John Helgen
Kyrie eleison,
Christie eleison, Kyrie eleison.
(Lord have mercy,
Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy.)
Let us break bread
together on our knees.
When I fall on my
knees, with my face to the rising sun,
O Lord, have mercy on
me.
Let us drink wine
together on our knees.
When I fall on my
knees, with my face to the rising sun,
O Lord, have mercy on
me.
Let us praise God
together on our knees.
When I fall on my
knees, with my face to the rising sun,
O Lord, have mercy on
me.
*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
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. 517 We Come as Guests Invited
*Benediction
*POSTLUDE
Fugue
in G Major Johann Pachelbel
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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