sixth Sunday of Easter

                                                 May 25, 2014

 

*Those that are able are invited to stand

Gathering

 

Welcome and Announcements

 

gathering into worship          

  

*Scripture                                                                                                             Psalm 66:8-20

 

*Call to Worship

Shout for joy, sing songs of praise,

For God reigns over all the earth!

God has gone up with a shout!

Sound the trumpets and sing songs of praise!

 

*Opening Hymn                      “How Firm a Foundation”                                          #529

 

*Opening Prayer

Come Holy Spirit,

Open our minds to see the power of Scripture to give life;

Inspire our souls to draw closer to You through our prayers and praises;

Enlighten our hearts that we might see Christ in all whom we meet;

In the name of the one, holy, and living God, to whom we give all glory. Amen.

 

*Hymn                                     “Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus”                                        #349

                      Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in his wonderful face,

        and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace.

 

*Greeting One Another in Christian Love

 

                                            A Time for Prayer

(You are invited to share your prayer concerns with the congregation by writing them on the

Prayer Request cards in the pews and placing them in the offering plate.)

 

*Prayer Hymn           “Spirit of the Living God, Fall Afresh on Me”                                    #393

 

Silent Prayer / Pastoral Prayer / 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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not

 into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.  Amen.   

 

becoming the church through the word

 

Children’s Sermon

 

Anthem                                           “I Will Give Thanks”                                                             Choir                          

 

Scripture                                                                                                                    Acts 17:22-31

 

Sermon

 

Sharing our blessings

 

Offering Our Gifts and Tithes

 

Offertory

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*Doxology                  “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”                                 #95

      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.

 

Offering Prayer

O God of all glory and majesty, we give you thanks for the gift of your Son, and

his power at work in our lives and our gifts.

Bless these gifts for the benefits they afford in bringing life to others in your name. 

Bless our lives that we may be your witnesses to the end of the earth as we love

and serve you, O God most high. Amen.

 

Taking the Word to the World

    

*Closing Hymn                              “Trust and Obey”                                                     #467

 

*Benediction

 

*Hymn                                                     “He Lives” (refrain)                                           #310

                                                                 He lives!  He lives!  Christ Jesus lives today! 

                                             He walks with me and talks with my along life’s narrow ways.

                                                                    He lives!  He lives!  Salvation to impart!

                                                  You ask me how I know he lives, he lives within my heart.

Postlude

 

Prayers Concerns:

David Spencer – upcoming stomach surgery

Girls and Families in Nigeria

Paul (Veronic Greenberg’s son) – going to Afganistan

Linda (friend of Mary Kilgour) – back problems

Carolyn Hartner – in rehab

Jean Alfieri (Alfieri’s grandmother) – broke her radius, recovering

Friends and Family of the Agnews – fighting cancer

Mary Bailey (family of Kim V’s) – alzheimers disease

Sandy (friend with Kristian) – going through cancer treatment

 

Ongoing Prayer Requests:

George (friend of Kilgours)- stomach cancer; Steve (friend of Gail)- continued healing;

Joey (5th grader in Sewickley) –cancer; Cheryl (Tom’s cousin) – chemotherapy; 

Flo (cousin of Jean McQuade)- lung cancer; Baby Gavin- brain tumor;

Mary Ellen (Sharon’s sister)- cancer; Steve (John McQuade co-worker)- prostate cancer;

Sydney- Leukemia; Tina Whitehead and her work for human dignity; Our military and their families