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May 28  Prelude  Welcome and Announcements  Introit Call to Worship.  Jesus “breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.”  – John 20:22  Liturgy for Pentecost.  Pg. 95  Sharing our Offerings  Offertory  Hymn 819. “For the Life that You Have Given” Joyful Noise   Scripture   Acts 2:1-21     Sharon Ettinger  Message Continue reading “May 28, 2023”

Prelude.  Welcome and Announcements  Introit  Call to Worship  Hymn 797   In the Bulb there is a Flower.  Confirmation Essays: Samantha Karol, Olivia Benedict, Darren Steffie  Liturgy for Confirmation.  Pg. 170 Prayers of the People  Pastoral Prayer/Lord’s Prayer   Sharing our Offerings  Hymn 819  “For the Life that You Have Given”   Joyful Noise  Continue reading “May 21, 2023”

May 14 Prelude  Welcome and Announcements  Introit  Liturgy for Christian Homes  pg. 119  Prayers of the People  Pastoral Prayer/Lord’s Prayer  Sharing our Offerings  Offertory  Hymn 819  “For the Life that You Have Given”   Joyful Noise   Scripture   John 14:15-21.   Sophie Rice.   Message  “Selah: Pause, Reflect, Prepare”  Psalm 66 (Responsive Reading).  MakeContinue reading “May 14, 2023”

May 7.  Prelude.  Welcome and Announcements  Hymn 511    The Church’s One Foundation.  Call to Worship – 1 Peter 2:2-10  “Ordinary Stones: Precious in God’s Sight” Special Music,   Scott Marshall  A Liturgy of Compassion  (see insert)  Prayers of the People  – Recognition of May birthdays Pastoral Prayer  Sharing our Offerings  Offertory  Hymn 819  “ForContinue reading “May 7, 2023”

Prelude: “Cornet Voluntary” William Walond Welcome and Announcements  Introit: “Sanctuary” Thompson/Scruggs Call to Worship Out of a world of competition, of winners-and-losers, where many left behind, we come together. The world’s ways are not Christ’s ways. Out of a world of hatred, violence, individualism, and life-taking power, we gather in fellowship as God’s people. God’sContinue reading “April 30, 2023”

Prelude Welcome and Announcements  Introit  Call to Worship – Caring for God’s Creation The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it; for he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the rivers. – Psalm 24:1-2  Liturgy for Stewardship pg. 154.  Prayers of theContinue reading “April 23, 2023”

April 16, 2023  Prelude Welcome and Announcements  Introit  Call to Worship:  Psalm 126:2-3 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then it was said among the nations,  ‘The Lord has done great things for them.’ The Lord has done great things for us, and we rejoiced. O God of the Resurrection, we come intoContinue reading “April 16, 2023”

Easter Sunday – April 9, 2023  Prelude Welcome and Announcements  Introit  .  Liturgy for Easter  (pg. 90, Moravian Book of Worship) The Lord is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Sing this aloud, proclaim it to the ends of the earth: The Lord has set his people free.             TheContinue reading “April 9, Easter 2023”

Prelude  Welcome   Introit       Maundy Thursday Call to Worship (by the Rev. Kelly Burd, UCC Worship Ways, used with permission) Come and remember the love of Jesus, gathered at table with his friends. We come to receive from Christ the bread of life, the cup of blessing; Come, receive the tender serviceContinue reading “April 6, Maundy Thurs, 7 p.m.”

April 2, 2023.  Prelude  Welcome and Announcements  Introit  Call to Worship Hymn 344 Prepare the Royal Highway (verses 1 and 4)  Liturgy for Palm Sunday  pg. 49.  (For the singing of “Hosanna”, the women will sing the first part, the men the second.  As we repeat the song, the women will continue to sing theContinue reading “April 2, 2023”