FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA
JANUARY 9, 2005
MORNING WORSHIP 8:45 AND 11:00 A.M.
The First Sunday after Epiphany—The Baptism
of the Lord
GATHERING MUSIC
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Rev.
Samuel R. Schaal
THE PRELUDE I
Will Sing My MakerÕs Praises Doles
CHIMES AND TOWER
BELLS
CALL
TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: Arise, shine; for
your light has come!
People: We
have chased the star across the sky. We have journeyed far to worship
a
wrinkled, crying child.
Liturgist: The glory of God
has risen upon you!
People: We have
opened our treasures before the babe: our wealth, our hopes,
our
very lives.
Liturgist: But hear! The
hatred of Herod approaches!
People: We shall
return to our homes by another way, having knelt at this place
where
the child lay!
All: Joy
to the world, arise from your bed; the light of the ages has come!
*HYMN 130 Joy
to the World
*CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP
*INVOCATION AND LORDÕS
PRAYER (unison)
O God, as we join in
worship remembering that day the heavens opened and the Holy Spirit anointed
Jesus at his baptism, Open our eyes to behold wondrous things out of your Word;
Open our ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church; Open our hearts
to believe unto salvation and righteousness; Open our lips to witness to our
living Lord, Jesus, who taught us to prayÉ
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
debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not
into temptation, but
deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the
glory, forever. Amen.
*THE
GLORIA PATRI (Hymn 513)
THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Acts 10:34-43 Bible,
page 957
*HYMN
(insert) When
Jesus Came to Jordan
(Children
are dismissed to Sunday School during the singing of the hymn.)
THE PSALMODY Psalm
29 Bible,
page 478
THE GOSPEL LESSON Matthew
3:13-17 Rev.
Steven A. Peay, Ph. D.
Bible,
page 837
THE ANTHEM 8:45 Noel
Sing! Brown
11:00 What
is This Lovely Fragrance Willan
THE SERMON ÒGetting
at the Heart of FaithÓ Dr.
Peay
HYMN 346 Come,
Let Us Join With Faithful Souls
{Verses
one and four—please remain seated}
THE CALL TO PRAYER and SILENT MEDITATION
THE
PRAYER OF MINISTER AND PEOPLE
THE
CHORAL RESPONSE TO PRAYER
THE
OFFERTORY
THE ANTHEM 8:45 Where
Shepherds Lately Knelt Courtney
Lesley Conger Hatch, flute
11:00 Good
King Wenceslas Sowerby
*DOXOLOGY (Hymn 515)
*THE
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
*HYMN 119 As
With Gladness Men of Old
*THE CHARGE AND
BENEDICTION
Minister: Go
and speak as God has spoken to you.
People:
We go to
speak words of love and truth.
Minister:
Go and forgive as
God has forgiven you.
People:
We go to
bring reconciliation and peace.
Minister:
Go and love as
God has loved you.
People:
We go to
love freely and extravagantly.
Minister:
Go and become as
God has directed you.
People:
We go to be
the LordÕs free people.
Minister:
Go and live as
Christ has commanded you.
People:
We go to
live out our covenant for God and for others.
Minister:
And go with God's
blessing, live in God's will,
ALL:
And
God will be with us all. Amen.
THE POSTLUDE Voluntary
No. 4 Boellmann
*The congregation is
invited to stand.
TodayÕs
chancel flowers are dedicated to the memory of
Ging Moore
by David Moore and family.
Head Greeters: Mark Hendrickson, David Moore
Head Usher: Susie Daigneau
Ushers:
8:45 a.m. Captain: Susie
Daigneau, Ted McQuillen, Jack Dreyer, Linda Dreyer, Steve Leahy, Coleen Leahy
Ushers: 11:00 a.m.
Captain: Susie Daigneau, Peter
Haesler, Peggy Haesler, Jobie Heebner
Greeters: 8:45 a.m. Richard and Sharon Raymond
Greeters: 11:00 a.m. Robert and Bonnie Ornst
Acolytes:
8:45 a.m. Caroline Fink, Amanda
Cummings
Acolyte: 11:00 a.m. Shannon Rowbottom
CARE
FOR CHILDREN
A nursery for infants and toddlers is available
during the 8:45 and 11:00 a.m. services.
Sunday School at 8:45 and 11:00.
Worship Preview for Sunday, January 16, 8:45
and 11:00 a.m.
Rev. Carrie Kreps Wegenast continues the January
sermon series with:
ÒGetting at the Heart of Christianity.Ó Betty
Dethmers is the organist.
The Junior Choir, directed by Roxanne Trump Miles,
sings at 11:00. Lee Jacobi
directs the Pilgrim Choir at 8:45 and the Chancel
Choir at 11:00.
Rev. Peay will lead the Wednesday MenÕs Ministry
at 6:30 a.m.
on the 2nd and 4th
Wednesdays in Friendship Lounge.
All are welcome, including guests. Refreshments
are served.
Choir
Anthems
Pilgrim Choir
8:45
Chancel
Choir 11:00
Noel
Sing!, Based on the
French carol "Noel Nouvelet"
Noel, Noel,
Noel, Noel sing we here.
Praising God
in heaven, Voices loud and clear.
Noel we sing
to praise the newborn King.
Noel, Noel,
Noel, Noel sing we here.
Angels bring
their message, 'Shepherds haste away!
Find the
Infant Saviour lying in the hay.'
Noel we sing
to praise the newborn King.
Noel, Noel,
Noel, Noel sing we here.
Three Kings
visit Jesus, traveling from afar,
Bearing
gifts, they find him, guided by a star.
Noel we sing
to praise the newborn King.
Noel, Noel,
Noel, Noel sing we here.
Here the
Saviour Jesus, born to give us life.
Shedding
blood for all men, Conqueror of strife.
Noel we sing
to praise the newborn King.
Noel, Noel,
Noel, Noel sing we here.
Where
Shepherds Lately Knelt, Jaroslav J. Vajda
Where
shepherds lately knelt, and kept the angel's word,
I come in
half-belief, a pilgrim strangely stirred;
but there is
room and welcome there for me.
In that
unlikely place I find Him as they said;
sweet newborn
Babe how frail? and in a manger bed;
a still small
Voice to cry one day for me.
How should I
not have known Isaiah would be there,
his
prophecies fulfilled? With pounding heart I stare;
a Child, a
Son, the Prince of Peace for me.
Can I, will I
forget how love was born
and burned
its way into my heart unasked, unforced, unearned,
to die, to
live, and not alone for me?
What Is
This Lovely Fragrance, Old
French Carol
What is this
lovely fragrance
wafting like
to the scents of flowers in spring!
Shepherds, O
tell us, whence such beauty,
Hear you not
heavenly caroling?
What is this
lovely fragrance wafting like to the scents of flowers in spring.
What is this
light so fair, so tender
Breaking upon
our wondering eyes?
Never the
Morning Star so radiant
Followed his
course over eastern skies.
What is this
light so fair, so tender,
Breaking upon
our wondering eyes?
Shepherds, O
haste with eager footsteps
Seek the
Saviour, born today.
Low at His
feet we lay our treasure,
Heart's
adoration, love for aye.
Shepherds, O
haste with eager footsteps
Seek the
Saviour, born today.
Good King
Wenceslas, John M.
Neale (1818-1866)
Good King
Wenceslas looked out on the Feast of Stephen,
When the snow
lay round about, deep and crisp and even.
Brightly
shone the moon that night, though the frost was cruel,
When a poor
man came in sight, gathering winter fuel.
ÒHither,
page, and stand by me, if you know it, telling,
Yonder
peasant, who is he? Where and what his dwelling?Ó
ÒSire, he
lives a good league hence, underneath the mountain,
Right against
the forest fence, by Saint AgnesÕ fountain.Ó
ÒBring me
flesh and bring me wine, bring me pine logs hither,
You and I
will see him dine, when we bear them thither.Ó
Page and
monarch, forth they went, forth they went together,
Through the
cold windÕs wild lament and the bitter weather.
ÒSire, the
night is darker now, and the wind blows stronger,
Fails my
heart, I know not how; I can go no longer.Ó
ÒMark my
footsteps, my good page, tread now in them boldly,
You shall
find the winterÕs rage freeze your blood less coldly.Ó
In his
masterÕs steps he trod, where the snow lay dinted;
Heat was in
the very sod which the saint had printed.
Therefore,
Christian men, be sure, wealth or rank possessing,
You who now will bless the poor shall yourselves find blessing.
SUNDAY,
January 9
8:45
a.m. Worship/Children in
Church/ Sunday School
10:00
a.m. Coffee Hr.-S.H., Sunday
Symp. Adult Ed.-Lounge, Jr. Choir rehearsal-Nave
11:00
a.m. Worship/Children in
Church/ Sunday School
4:30
p.m. Jr. PF-302
6:30
p.m. Sr. PF-302
9:00 a.m. @CH-Suburban Ret. MenÕs Club
6:00 p.m. Pioneer Club-S.H. (chicken nuggets @ 5:30)
6:30 p.m. D. Swanson Career Seminar-Lounge
7:00 p.m. Bd/Trustees-LL4, Bd/Benevolence-Conf. Rm.,
Bd/CE-Parlor
8:00 p.m. AA-LL5
9, 10 & 11 a.m. Music Jamboree-LL2
12:00 p.m. Circle 7-Lounge
4:30 p.m. Communications-Conf. Rm.
6:45 p.m. Church St. Singers-LL1
7:00 p.m. Budget & Finance-Parlor, Boy Scouts-LL5,
Resolve-Lounge, Tosa Historical Soc.-S.H.
6:30 a.m. MenÕs Ministry-Lounge
9:00 a.m. Chapel-Devotions
9, 10 & 11 a.m. Music Jamboree
9:30 a.m. Prayer & Pilates-S.H.
10:00 a.m. @Luther Manor-Communion & Chat
6:00 p.m. Chili-Cook-Off All-Church Dinner
6:30 p.m. Lect. Bible Study-Parlor, Conf. Rm.
7:00 p.m. Jubilation Ringers-LL5
7:55 p.m. Chancel Choir-LL1
10:00 a.m. @CH-Hug-a-Tot
10:00 a.m. PF project @ Nehemiah House
9& 10 a.m. Music Jamboree-LL2
For those who wear a hearing
aid, our Nave is equipped with an FM loop
system. Simply, set your hearing aid to the ÒTÓ setting.
Welcome to all visitors
joining us today. Please check the welcome tables at the back of the Nave or in the hallways for fliers with
information about scheduled activities.
Sunday Symposium Adult Ed—Rev. Peay leads a discussion following his
sermon entitled ÒGetting at the Heart of Faith.Ó On January 16, Rev. Kreps
Wegenast will lead a discussion following her sermon entitled ÒGetting at the
Heart of Christianity.Ó
Your help is needed in
gathering information for our new membership database. A packet for
each family may be picked up in the atrium beginning Sunday, January 2. Please complete the forms and return
them to us as soon as possible so that we may move forward with this project in
2005.
Wednesday Night Potluck
and Lectionary Bible Study-continues
January 12. The potluck is at 6 pm., discussion at 6:30. Small group Bible studies will follow
the lectionary texts used for the next Sunday worship. Adults do not need to
pre-register, but if you need childcare please let us know in advance.
The Annual Meeting will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 16 in
the Social Hall.
Altar flowers are needed for January 16 or 23. You may give flowers in memory of or in honor of someone, please
call Gaye Clark at 414-453-5293.
Circle 13 will meet January 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the Lounge for
an organizational meeting. If you are able, come at 6:00 and join the potluck
supper.
The C.E. Board is looking for
volunteers to write a daily Lenten devotional or two for our Lenten booklet. Stop at the church office today and make a
selection of various Bible verses.
In an effort to be in better
ministry with new members, a New Member
Ministries Committee will help current
members serve as sponsors to new members, to welcome them into the church
community and encourage fellowship through some type of activity. Contact the
church office if you are interested in being a sponsor.
Faith in Film, January 16, 6 p.m. in Friendship Lounge. ÒThe
CardinalÓ (1963), Otto PremingerÕs classic movie of the education of a Catholic
cardinal who confronts abortion, celibacy, and racism in a story of triumph of
faith. Starring Tom Tryon, John Huston and Ossie Davis.