Sunday Morning Worship Service
April 13, 2003
THE SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Easter Sunday
April 20, 2003
8:45 a.m. & 11:00 a.m
GREETING, WORDS OF WELCOME, RITUAL OF FRIENDSHIP, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Alleluia! Christ is risen!
The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!
PRELUDE This Joyful Eastertide Schack
INTROIT Ring the Easter Bells Martin
CALL TO WORSHIP
Christ is risen!
Christ is risen indeed!
This is the day that the Lord has made;
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
*HYMN # 122 Thine Is the Glory Handel
*A TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION
*UNISON CONFESSION OF SIN – Almighty God, in raising Jesus from the grave, you shattered the power of sin and death. We confess that we remain captive to doubt and fear, bound by the ways that lead to death. We overlook the poor and the hungry, and pass by those who mourn; we are deaf to the cries of the oppressed, and indifferent to calls for peace; we despise the weak, and abuse the earth you made. Forgive us, God of mercy. Help us to trust your power to change our lives and make us new, that we may know the joy of life abundant given in Jesus Christ, the risen Lord. Amen.
*ASSURANCE OF PARDON – Hear the good news! The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, that we might be dead to sin, and alive to all that is good. I declare to you in the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven.
In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven.
*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Gloria Patri Hymn # 579
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.
OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Isaiah 25:6-9
TIME WITH THE CHILDREN OF THE CHURCH
Kathy Banker
ANTHEM The Day He Wore My Crown
Mary Ann Hensley, 8:45 a.m. Service
Sing Alleluia Callaway
Chancel Choir, 11:00 a.m. Service
NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Mark 10:1-8
SERMON Name One
The Reverend Marc Sherrod
*HYMN # 106 Alleluia, Alleluia! Give Thanks Fishel
*A LITANY OF ASSURANCE James G. Kirk
With the stone rolled away came emptiness
Of a tomb that held captive the Crucified, of the space that was once filled with death,
of the cross that now pointed to greater truth of God’s love in spite of ourselves.
With the stone rolled away came questions
From those whose world lay shattered, from those who would demand living proof,
from those who were seeking s sign of promise breeding confidence, assurance and trust.
With the stone rolled away came light
To illumine the darkness of suspicion and fear, to dispel the shadows of distrust, anxiety, insecurity, to radiate with the beams of new hope and understanding the life about to be lived.
With the stone rolled away comes a future
With a truth that outshines the wisdom of ages, with space to be filled with the kingdom of God, with the company of those who through history confess Jesus Christ is risen today. Alleluia! Amen.
PRAYER CONCERNS AND A TIME FOR SHARING
SILENT PRAYER, PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE, AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
DEDICATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY Worthy of Worship Blankenship
*DOXOLOGY AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION
*HYMN # 104 Christ is Risen! Shout Hosanna! Beethoven
*CHARGE, BENEDICTION AND RESPONSE - Christ the Lord Is Risen Today!
“Christ the Lord is risen today!” Alleluia! All creation, join to say; Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high; Alleluia! Sing, O heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!
Hymn # 113
*POSTLUDE Christ Is Alive Jordan
*All who are able may stand.
This worship service is broadcast on WKTS 90.1 FM at 12:30 p.m. today.
TO OUR GUESTS today we extend a warm welcome. We ask that you sign our Guest Register in the narthex and participate in signing the Friendship Folder on your pew. Child care (preschool age) and rest rooms are located in our Educational Building. We hope you will worship with us again soon.
Our Liturgist today is Carolyn Matthews. Our Ushers for the early service are Jim & Mary B. Hines, and our Greeters are Henry & Carolyn Tulley. For the second service our Ushers are Melanie Sherrod & Nancy King and our Greeters are Jack & Fern Stackpole.
BETHEL SYMPATHY is extended to Duie Swicegood in the death of his daughter, Tina Swicegood Scudder, on April 11. The service was at Evans Mortuary yesterday.
NEXT SUNDAY the Rev. Pat Harvey will be the guest preacher as the pastor participates in a retreat through the Presbytery of East Tennessee.
COPIES of last week’s sermon are available in the narthex.
ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING OFFERING will be received today.
MOTHER/DAUGHTER LUNCHEON - Saturday, May 10 at noon at our Methodists Neighbor's Fellowship Hall. $9.00. Reservations need to be made on or before FRIDAY, APRIL 25 at the church office. Please make checks payable to Bethel Presbyterian for "Mother/Daughter Luncheon."
AMERICAN CANCER RELAY FOR LIFE - Non-Gambling Bingo, Bethel Fellowship Hall, April 25, 6-8 p.m. Donations $5 per adult per card, $1 per child per card. Also see Hope Tree in Fellowship Hall.
BABAHATCHEE COMMUNITY BAND will present their annual Spring Concert April 27, 3 p.m. in the Williamson Auditorium, Harriman. Concert is free.
BETHEL RECORDS-April 6, 2003 - Attendance 121, Contributions $8542.34, Youth Mission Trip $1977.00, One Great Hour $250.00, Parish Nurse $35.00, H.O.M.E. $50.00, Transportation $500.00, Memorials $125.00
PLEASE PRAY FOR: Christine Woods, Al & Dot Davis, Margie Gulley, Ruth Moutoux, Florence Simmons, the family of Tina Swicegood Scudder, Presbyterian Churches & Pastors - Wartburg - Lancing (Robert E. Temple) & Madisonville (Michael V. Stanfield)
THIS WEEK
TODAY - NO YOUTH GROUP
MWF - BODY RECALL 9-10 AM
TUES - WORSHIP COMMITTEE 6:45 PM
CONFIRMATION & COMMISSIONING CLASS 7:00 PM
WED - BELLS 5:30 PM
CHOIR 7:30 PM
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