Service for the Lord's Day
Resurrection of the Lord/Easter Sunday
May 4, 2008, 11:00 AM
GATHERING AROUND THE WORD
RINGING OF THE HOUR OF WORSHIP …a call to silence before
our God
PRELUDE
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP Choir
CALL TO WORSHIP (responsively)
Leader: Sing to God, sing praises to God’s name.
People: God protects the vulnerable and shelters the weak.
Leader: God gives a home to the homeless and leads the prisoners
to prosperity.
All: Sing to God, Sing praises to God’s name.
*HYMN All Hail the Power
of Jesus’ Name Blue Hymnal # 142
PRAYER OF CONFESSION (unison)
Almighty God, father and mother to orphans,
protector of outcasts, provider for the needy, savior of
all:
We confess that we have neglected the work You entrusted
to us.
We have been half-hearted in our prayers,
in our care for those who suffer,
and in our witness to Your love for us, and for all.
God of mercy, restore us. Support us.
Strengthen and establish us,
that we may do Your will on earth, until You come again.
AMEN.
*ASSURANCE OF PARDON (responsively)
Leader: The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting!
People: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven! Thanks be to the Lord our God!
PASSING OF THE PEACE
Greeting: The Peace of Christ be with you.
Response: And also with you.
*GLORIA PATRI
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, Amen
THE TITHES AND OFFERINGS OF GOD’S PEOPLE
*DOXOLOGY
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God all creatures here below;
Praise God above ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
ANTHEM Choir
PROCLAIMING THE WORD
SCRIPTURE READING Luke 24: 45 - 53
Reader: This is the Word of the Lord
Response: Thanks be to God
*HYMN Come, Christians, Join
to Sing Blue Hymnal # 150
SCRIPTURE READING Acts 1: 12 - 26
Reader: This is the Word of the Lord
Response: Thanks be to God
SERMON: "Then They Cast Lots" Rev. Thomas