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