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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
7th
Sunday of Easter
May
16th, 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: “The disciples dreamt of an earthly kingdom, which
they would restrain within Israel, but Christ’s kingdom is to be
spread to all the world.”
WELCOME AND
ANNOUNCEMENTS
VOLUNTARY Trumpet in
Dialogue Louis Nicolas Clerambeault
Paul
Thurmond, Organist
(Please sign and pass the registers)
*CALL TO
WORSHIP (from Psalm 93)
Rev. Erin Angel, Liturgist
The Lord is king, robed in
majesty.
The Lord is robed in majesty and
girded with strength.
God has established the world and
set a throne upon it.
Our Lord is God, from everlasting
to everlasting.
*OPENING
HYMN NO. 141 A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing
*PRAYER OF
CONFESSION
God of unending love and mercy,
though the world changes, your love remains constant. Forgive us
when we fall away and choose to follow our own desires. Protect us
from the evil that is around us, and the evil that is within us.
Help us to devote ourselves to honoring you and caring for our
neighbors. Give us the courage to dream and create. Grant us the
peace that can only come from accepting the peace of your precious
Son. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
*RESPONSE:
HYMN NO. 572 Lord, Have Mercy Upon Us
*ASSURANCE
OF PARDON (from Psalm 97)
The Lord loves those who hate evil.
The Lord guards the lives of the faithful.
God rescues the faithful from the hand of the wicked.
Rejoice in the Lord and give
thanks to God’s holy name.
*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 Luke 24:44-53
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
ANTHEM
Dedham
William Billings
From The Continental Harmony, 1794
Text: Isaac Watts
Rejoice ye shining worlds on
high.
Behold the king of glory nigh
Who can this king of glory be?
The mighty Lord and saviour’s
he.
SCRIPTURE
READING Acts 1:1-14
SERMON God Doesn’t Want
Grandchildren Rev. Pat Handlson
*APOSTLE’S
CREED (p. 14 Traditional)
*HYMN OF
AFFIRMATION NO. 147 Blessing and Honor
*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 At the Name of
Jesus Michael Burkhardt
*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. 148 At the Name of Jesus
*Benediction
*POSTLUDE
Pageant
Richard Knight
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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