THE FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH AT CALDWELL
EASTER SUNDAY
FESTIVAL WORSHIP
April 21,
2019
9:30am
GATHERING
REFLECTION
The stirring wildness of God calls
brittle bones to leaping
and stone hearts to soaring. Old women
dance among the stars.
Ann Weems
PRELUDE
“O God, our help in ages past”
arr. Paul McKlveen
“The Morning Trumpet”
arr. Derek
Hakes
CALL TO
WORSHIP
Gavin Akersten, Lay Reader
Alleluia!
Christ is risen!
Christ is risen, indeed! Alleluia!
This is the
day that the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Alleluia!
Christ is risen!
Christ is risen, indeed! Alleluia!
OPENING
PRAYER
*HYMN NO. 232
“Jesus Christ Is Risen Today”
Easter Hymn
Lighting the candles this morning is
Acolyte Andrew Casazza
CONFESSION
CORPORATE
CONFESSION
On this morning of hallelujahs, we
confess how human we are, great Emptier of Tombs. We haven’t done any great
evil, but we have failed to do good when we had the
chance. We easily accept the witness of
the angel in the tomb, but find it difficult to share this
good news with our friends and neighbors. Bring us new life, Dazzling God.
Where we are tired and stressed, give us the energy to serve your creation;
transform our hardened hearts into fountains of grace; forgive us of all the
damage we have done, and fill us with the joy of your Spirit.
PERSONAL
CONFESSION
In the name
of the risen Christ we pray.
Amen.
ASSURANCE OF
FORGIVENESS
...Friends, believe the good news.
In Jesus Christ we are forgiven.
*RESPONSE OF
PRAISE NO. 240 (stanza 1)
“Alleluia, Alleluia, Give Thanks”
Alleluia No.1
Alleluia, alleluia! Give thanks to the
risen Lord.
Alleluia, alleluia! Give praise to his
name.
Jesus is Lord of all the earth.
He is the King of creation.
Alleluia, alleluia! Give thanks to the
risen Lord.
Alleluia, alleluia! Give praise to his
name.
PROCLAIMING AND RESPONDING
CHILDREN’S
ANTHEM
“On This Day”
Michael Jothen
TIME WITH THE
CHILDREN
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 so we may celebrate each other’s
joys and share each other’s burdens in our prayers. Please place the cards in
the offering plate so that the ministers may include them in their prayers this
week.
ANTHEM
“There’s a Sunday Coming Soon”
Ken Medema, arr. Kenneth Drake
READING OF
SCRIPTURE
Luke 24:1-12
Page 84, NT
SERMON
“I Just
Helped Him Cry”
Dr. Sommers
*HYMN NO. 250
“In the Bulb There Is a Flower”
Promise
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
“A Mighty Fortress”
arr. Dan
Forest
*RESPONSE OF THANKSGIVING
NO. 233 (stanza 3)
“The Day of Resurrection”
Lancashire
The day of resurrection! Earth, tell it
out abroad,
the Passover of gladness, the Passover
of God.
From death to life eternal, from sin’s
dominion free,
our Christ has brought us over with
hymns of victory.
*PRAYER OF
DEDICATION
GOING FORTH
*HYMN NO. 238
“Thine is the Glory!”
Judas
Maccabeus
*BENEDICTION
*CHORAL
RESPONSE
“Hallelujah Chorus from MESSIAH”
G. F. Handel
(1685—1759)
POSTLUDE
“An Easter Celebration”
Joel Raney
* Please rise in body or in spirit
After the 9:30 service today, volunteers are needed to deliver the
Easter Lilies to those unable to attend
today’s service, and those who have recently lost a loved one.
This is an easy way to share the good news of Easter. Come to the front of the
sanctuary, where members of the Worship Committee will assist you. If your lily
memorial designation was to “take home,” the lily will be available after the 9:30
service. Thank you.
†Many thanks
to the Chancel Choir, Chancel Handbell Choir and the Children’s Choir who have
provided the
wonderful musical selections today. Our instrumentalists are Daniel Urness, trumpet 1 and
leader; Dan
Molloy, trumpet 2; Ben Griffin, tenor trombone; Rob Fournier, bass trombone;
and Jesse
Gerbasi and Skyler Fortgang, percussion and timpani,
Kate Michalowski, flute.
† Thank you
to our Session greeters today: Paul Califf and Chris
Flanagan.
† 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:
...Maggie
Bischoff, Harry Coppens, Ray Corbin, Jay Courter, Catherine Fleming, Bill
Hartman, Sandra
Harvey, Bill
Hayden, Don Hultz, Christopher Kerwin,
Edna Lawshe, Dottie Leonard, Marge Lucas, Thelma
Mitchell, Sue Olsen, Barbara Piggery, Louise Ritscher,
Richard Rose, Erwin Rosin, Barbara Romaine, Bob Scarrillo,
Debbie Wefferling, Laura Winter and Helena Wispelwey.
Thank you to all who dedicated the Easter lilies that grace our
sanctuary this morning!