THE FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH AT CALDWELL
Our Purpose:
To help all people build life-transforming relationships with God
and each other.
The members and friends of FPC welcome people from all backgrounds
- - people of faith from throughout
the world, people who profess no faith, Christians of all denominations and
those who are searching for religious and spiritual meaning.
Welcome!
March 31st, 2019
Ten o’clock
4th Sunday in Lent
GATHERING
REFLECTION
She wasn’t looking for a man. Not this girl. Hadn’t
she already made five trips down the aisle?
And didn’t she have a new man in her life?
On that hot afternoon in Samaria, all she wanted was a
drink, drawn by her own hand.
But God had another plan.
- Liz Curtis Higgs
in “Bad Girls of the Bible”
PRELUDE
“I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say”
arr. Cathy Moklebust
Chancel Handbell
Choir
CALL TO WORSHIP
Come as you are,
broken and burdened,
and find healing in God’s goodness.
Come as you are,
gifted and beloved,
and find purpose in God’s calling.
Come as you are,
weary and wary,
and find comfort in God’s embrace.
Trust in the Lord
with all your heart,
and worship God with gladness.
OPENING PRAYER
*HYMN NO. 307
“God of Grace and God of Glory”
CWM Rhondda
Serving as Acolyte
today is Gordon Bruchac
CONFESSION
UNISON PRAYER
God of living water, we confess the dryness of our
lives:
the brittle
words we have thought and spoken . . .
the
relationships that are crumbling . . .
the arid perspective
that centers on self . . .
the cracked and jagged edges of our world . . .
Hear our confession, O Christ,
and rain down your mercy upon us.
PERSONAL
CONFESSION
In the name of
Jesus, who remains faithful even when we do not, we pray.
Amen.
ASSURANCE OF
FORGIVENESS
...Friends, believe the good news.
In Jesus Christ we are forgiven.
*RESPONSE OF
PRAISE NO. 626
“As the Deer”
As the Deer
PROCLAIMING AND RESPONDING
ANTHEM
“Somebody’s Praying”
arr. Mark Hayes
Chancel Choir
Cynthia Welborn,
Soloist
TIME WITH THE
CHILDREN
Please note: Children through 7th grade may leave the
sanctuary for Sunday School following
the Time with the Children. Please exit through the
doors on either side of the Choir loft.
PARISH LIFE
Members, friends
and visitors, please sign the Friendship Pad in each pew and pass it to the person
next to you. The last person will pass the pad back to the first person, who
will then please place the sheet in the offering plate. Worshipers are invited
to use the cards in the pew racks for
prayer requests so
we may share one another’s joys and concerns. Please place the cards in the
offering plate and the staff will include them with their prayers this week.
MINUTE FOR
MINISTRY
Church Life
Diane Joy
SCRIPTURE
John 4:5-30, 39-42
Pages 89-90, NT
SERMON
“A Cold Splash of Water”
Dr. Sommers
*HYMN NO. 161
“Woman in the Night”
New Disciples
PRAYERS OF THE
PEOPLE 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.
OFFERING
OFFERTORY
“Pie Jesu”
From Requiem, Op.48
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1942)
Jack McHugh,
Soloist
Translation:
Merciful Jesus, Lord, give them eternal rest.
*RESPONSE OF
THANKSGIVING NO. 712
“As Those of Old Their Firstfruits
Brought”
Forest Green
*PRAYER OF
DEDICATION
GOING FORTH
*HYMN NO. 182
“I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say”
Kingsfold
*BENEDICTION
*CONGREGATIONAL
RESPONSE NO. 543
“God, Be the Love to Search and Keep Me”
Green Tyler
*THE PEACE
The peace of
Christ be with you.
And also with you.
Please exchange greetings of welcome and peace with
your neighbor.
*Please rise in
body or in spirit
†We are glad you
have chosen to worship here today! Please come again! For more information
about
our church, please
visit our website: www.firstprescaldwell.org. An information packet is
available at the rear of the sanctuary and an Usher or one of the Greeters that
you met as you came in will be glad
to provide you
with more information.
†The flowers this
morning, are given to the glory of God....
...in memory of
Doris W. Dusinberre.
... Love your
children: Jack, Susan, Bob, Lorraine and Diane.
† Nursery care is
provided for children up to 24 months in our Cradle Room during the10:00AM
Worship Service. There is Christian Education during the 10:00AM Worship
Service. The Cradle Room and Rest Rooms are located through the door to the
left of the pulpit then left down the
hallway.
†You are
respectfully requested to turn off all pagers and cell phones. Our church is
equipped with a
hearing assistance
system. Please ask the usher for a receiver.
† Your prayers of
intercession are requested for those members and friends known to be currently
or
recently
hospitalized or who continue to need our prayers and support:
...Mary Aharrah, Maggie Bischoff, Harry Coppens, Ray Corbin, Jay
Courter, Catherine Fleming, Alice
Gibson, Gordon
Gibson, Bill Hartman, Sandra Harvey, Bill Hayden, Don Hultz,
Christopher Kerwin,
Edna Lawshe, Dottie Leonard, Marge Lucas, Thelma Mitchell,
Barbara Piggery, Louise Ritscher,
Richard Rose,
Erwin Rosin, Barbara Romaine, Bob Scarrillo, Debbie Wefferling, Laura Winter and
Helena Wispelwey.
† Notary Service
is available in the church office. Sundays from 9am-12pm.