Morning Service
SUNDAY MAY 10, 2020
*congregation standing as able
PRELUDE
Nathan Skinner, organ
INTROIT
God Be In My Head
Words: Sarum primer, 1514 | Music: John Rutter (1945–)
God be in my head and in my understanding;
God be in my eyes and in my looking;
God be in my mouth and in my speaking;
God be in my heart and in my thinking;
God be at my end and at my departing.
* CALL TO WORSHIP from Psalm 118
led by Margaret Sloat, Elder
Leader: Open for me the gates of righteousness;
I will enter and give thanks to the Lord.
People: I will give you thanks, for you answered me;
you have become my salvation.
Leader: The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
People: This is the day that the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
* INVOCATION, CONFESSION, & 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 coming day’s bread;
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;
And lead us not into trial, but deliver us from the Evil One.
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
* PEACE
LIFE OF THE CHURCH
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ANTHEM
Duet and Chorus from Messiah
“O Death, where is thy sting?” and “But thanks be to God”
Words: 1 Corinthians 15: 55–57 | Music: G. F. Handel (1685–1759)
Lisa Bloom, mezzo-soprano; Daniel Schmunk, tenor
Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
OLD TESTAMENT READING
1 Chronicles 16:23–36
HYMN O That I Had a Thousand Voices
NEW TESTAMENT READING
1 Peter 1:3–9
GLORIA PATRI (Hymn No. 734)
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.
SERMON
“A Rejoicing Hope”
Mark Booker, Senior Minister
HYMN No. 4 All Praise to God, Who Reigns Above
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
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OFFERTORY
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Give Me Jesus
Words and Music: Traditional Spiritual
see Mk. 8:36
Marana Avant, mezzo-soprano
In the morning when I rise, give me Jesus
Give me Jesus, give me Jesus.
You may have all this world: give me Jesus.
And when I am alone, give me Jesus.
And when I come to die, give me Jesus
HYMN No. 283 Alleluia! Alleluia!
* BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
Fugue in G “Jig” by J.S. Bach
Nathan Skinner, organ
Played in thanksgiving to the Lord of Life for the birth of Daniel Zechariah Dukes and all children born during the pandemic.