Sunday Morning Worship Service
April 18, 2004
TO OUR GUESTS, we extend a warm welcome. We invite you to participate in signing our Friendship Folder, adding your address and phone number if you'd like to receive our church newsletter or a pastoral call. When we pray the Lord's Prayer at Bethel, we say "sins...sin against us" rather than "debts..." or "trespasses..."; during "a time for sharing" we welcome prayer requests from the congregation. On first Sundays each month, all who put their trust in Christ and who have received baptism in any Christian church are invited to share his sacred meal. We are glad you are with us. Please come again.
THE SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Second Sunday of Easter
April 18, 2004
GREETING, WORDS OF WELCOME, RITUAL OF FRIENDSHIP, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Worship the Lord with gladness.
And enter the Lord’s presence with songs of joy.
PRELUDE Prelude on “Valet” Will Ich Dir Gehen Schack
CALL TO WORSHIP
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.
Amen.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
*HYMN # 122 Thine Is the Glory Judas Maccabeus
*A TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION
*UNISON CONFESSION OF SIN –
Gracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo. Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has become for us a consuming fire of judgment. Set us free from a past that we cannot change; open to us a future in which we can be changed; and grant us grace to grow more and more in your likeness and image; through Jesus Christ, the light of the world. Amen.
*ASSURANCE OF PARDON –
Hear the good news! Who is in a position to condemn? Only Christ, and Christ died for us, Christ rose for us, Christ reigns in power for us, Christ prays for us. Anyone who is in Christ is a new creation. The past is finished and gone; a new life has begun. Friends, believe this good news:
In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven.
*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Gloria Patri Hymn # 579
OLD TESTAMENT READING Psalm 150
SPECIAL MUSIC Siya Hamba
Mary Ann Hensley & Laura Dailey
NEW TESTAMENT READING Revelation 1:4-8
SERMON Here We Go
The Reverend Bill Shenk
*Hymn # 442 The Church’s One Foundation Aurelia
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH – Nicene Creed (Ecumenical)
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became truly human. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
PRAYER CONCERNS AND A TIME FOR SHARING
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
DEDICATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY Offertory on a Welsh Tune Paxton
*DOXOLOGY AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION
*HYMN # 430 Come Sing, O Church, in Joy Darwall’s 148th
*CHARGE AND BLESSING God Be With You Hymn # 540
God be with you till we meet again; Loving counsels guide, uphold you,
With a Shepherd’s care enfold you: God be with you till we meet again. Amen.
*POSTLUDE Rondo in G Bull
*All who are able may stand.
This worship service is broadcast on WKTS 90.1 FM at 12:30 p.m. today.
Bethel offers Sunday school for children and four educational opportunities for adults at 9:45 AM. Childcare (babies and preschool age) is offered at 9:45 and 11 AM. Restrooms are located in our Educational Building, first floor and lower level. Ushers can provide large print hymnbooks and activity sheets for children.
The Sanctuary Flowers are provided today by....
Our Liturgist today is Joe Coen.
Ushers/Greeters are Bob & Sue Jones.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
TODAY we welcome Bill Shenk to the pulpit. The pastor is participating in the retreat for the Presbytery of East Tennessee.
TODAY the Jr. & Sr. High Youth are visiting First Presbyterian Knoxville. Next Sunday, we begin preparations for Youth Sunday, May 9.
BOOK GROUP DATE CHANGE: The Book Group will meet this Thursday, April 22, not the next week as published in the Open Door. We are meeting at the church at 2:00 PM to discuss The Red Tent.
MUSIC OF APPALACHIA with John Rice Irwin, Musician and Founder of the Museum of Appalachia. This spring event is sponsored by THE OLDER ADULT MINISTRY COMMITTEE of the Presbytery of East Tennessee on Wednesday, May 5 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Mars Hill Presbyterian Church, Athens, TN. Cost:$10 p.p. Registration deadline is Wednesday, April 21, 2004. For details, please call Marianne Shadden 354-3609.
MOTHER/DAUGHTER LUNCHEON, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 2004 at noon in Fellowship Hall. Delicious catered lunch for $7.00 per person. Menu - chicken salad, congealed salad with fruit, banana bread, dessert & drink. Reservations need to be made on or before Friday, April 30 at the church office. Please indicate if you need a vegetarian plate.
BETHEL RECORDS
April 11, 2003 –
Attendance
9:00 a.m. Service 48
11:00 a.m. Service 138
Contributions $3,813.6
One Great Hour $1,125.00
H.O.M.E. $10.00
Evening Circle $9.43.
| PLEASE PRAY FOR: Henry Tulley, Wayne Hensley, Christine Woods, Al & Dot Davis, Ella Winsbro, Charles Pickel, Ruth Moutoux, Florence Simmons, Susan Todd, Presbyterian Churches & Pastors- Knoxville - New Hope (J. Robert Mellgard) & New Prospect |
THIS WEEK
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY: BODY RECALL – 9-10 AM
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MINISTRY INITIATIVE ON BETHEL LEARNING CENTER – 7:00 PM |
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PARISH LIFE COMMITTEE – 7:00 PM |
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HANDBELLS – 5:30 PM
PROPERTY & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE – 5:30 PM
FELLOWSHIP DINNER – 6:30 PM
CHOIR 7:30 PM
MINISTRY INITIATIVE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH – 7:30 PM
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