FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA

 

APRIL 10, 2005

MORNING WORSHIP 8:45 AND 11:00 A.M.

The Third Sunday of Easter

           

 

GATHERING MUSIC                                                                                                          

 

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS                                  Rev. Steven A. Peay, Ph.D.

 

THE PRELUDE                          Piece 1 (Allegretto grazioso)                                            Bridge

                                                       Ralph Ehlert, organist

                                      

CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS 

 

CALL TO WORSHIP                                                                                                                                                                         

Liturgist:    Summon the people who, though blind, clearly see; send for the people who,

                  though deaf, plainly hear!

People:     Let all of the nations gather together; let all peoples assemble to worship

                  the Lord.

Liturgist:    From the East God will bring forth our brothers,

People:     From the West God will muster our sisters;

Liturgist:    God will order the North, ÒGive up my children,Ó

People:     God will say to the South, ÒWithhold no one from me.Ó

All:            All were created for the glory of heaven. God fashioned them all from
 the clay of the earth. Let the nations assemble; let them gather together! Praise the
 Lord on the summit of God!

 

*HYMN 7                               Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

 

*CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP

 

*INVOCATION AND LORDÕS PRAYER (unison)                                Rev. Samuel Schaal

O God, your Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread.

Open the eyes of our faith, that we may see him in his redeeming work; who is alive and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, and who taught us to pray:

 

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)

 

BAPTISM  8:45                                                                                        Abi Kaye Masloroff

                                                                                daughter of John and Deborah Masloroff

 

THE CHILDREN IN WORSHIP                  Carla Cummings, Carrie Sgarlata, Claudia Scholl

 

*HYMN  (insert)                                    Christ Is Alive

               (Children are dismissed to Sunday School during the singing of the hymn.)

 

THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Acts 2:14a, 36-41                                 Bible, page 948

 

THE PSALMODY (responsive)              Psalm 116                      Hymnal, page 534 no. 100

 

THE GOSPEL LESSON                    Luke 24:13-35                                    Bible, page 920

 

THE ANTHEM   8:45                           Give Us Peace                                                    Martin

                           11:00              New Every Morning Is The Love                                         James

                                                                       

THE CALL TO PRAYER and SILENT MEDITATION

 

THE PRAYER OF MINISTER AND PEOPLE

 

THE CHORAL RESPONSE TO PRAYER

 

THE SERMON               ÒYouÕll Never Know Who YouÕll MeetÓ                           Dr. Peay

 

THE OFFERTORY

 

THE ANTHEM   8:45                        Trust in the Lord                                          Dittenhaver

                           11:00                     Fight the Good Fight!                                           Williams                    

 

*DOXOLOGY  (Hymn 515)

 

*THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

 

*HYMN 217                                   Lord of All Hopefulness                   

 

*THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

 

THE POSTLUDE                      Postlude on Westminster Abbey                                        Towers

 

*The congregation is invited to stand.

 

TodayÕs chancel flowers are given by Hank Collis in recognition, appreciation, and love of Kathy

on the celebration of her birthday.

 

SERVING April 10, 2005

Head Greeters: Mark Hendrickson, David Moore

Head Usher: Susie Daigneau, Katie Holtz

Ushers: 8:45 a.m. Captain: Merrill York, Stew Davis, Doug Jacobson, Michael Simmons, Dick Clark

Ushers 11:00 a.m. Captain: Jeff Kelling, Beth Kelling, Peter Haesler, Peggy Haesler

Greeters: 8:45 a.m. Mark, Peggy, Kathleen, Evan and Elizabeth Carollo

Greeter: 11:00 a.m. David Moore

Acolytes: 8:45 a.m. Tanner Zielke, Hayley Sawyer

Acolyte: 11:00 a.m. Brooke Sherman

 

 

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, April 17, 8:45 and 11:00 a.m.

Rev. Schaal will offer the sermon. Betty Dethmers is the organist. The Junior Choir

sings at 8:45 and Jubilation Ringers play at 11:00. Lee Jacobi directs the Pilgrim Choir at 8:45

and the Chancel Choir at 11:00.

 

 

 

CALENDAR WEEK OF April 10, 2005
SUNDAY, April 10

8:30 a.m. Nehemiah Carpet Fundraiser-Atrium

8:45 a.m. Worship/Children in Church/

Sunday School

10:00 a.m. Coffee Hr.-SH, Sun. Symposium Adult Ed.-Lounge, Jr. Choir rehearsal-Nave

11:00 a.m. Worship/Children in Church/ Sunday School

4:00 p.m. 4 OÕclock Concert –Above the Town-Lounge
4:30 p.m. Jr. PF-302

 

MONDAY, April 11

9:00 a.m. @ CH-Suburban Retired MenÕs Club

6:00 p.m. Pioneer Group (pizza @ 5:30)-SH

7:00 p.m.  Bd./Trustees-RC, Bd./Benev. -Conf. Room

8:00 p.m. AA-LL5

 

TUESDAY, April 12

9, 10, 11:00 a.m. Music Jamboree-LL2

12:00 p.m. Circle 7-Lounge, Tosa MinistersÕ Association-Parlor

7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts–LL5, Resolve-Lounge

 

WEDNESDAY, April 13

No menÕs ministry

9:00 a.m. Chapel/Devotions, Cream City Rug Club-SH

9, 10:00 a.m. Music Jamboree-LL2

9:30 a.m. Prayer & Pilates-Lounge

4:00 p.m. Bioethics Conf.-SH

6:00 p.m. Potluck Supper-Lounge

6:30 p.m. Lectionary Bible Study-Lounge

7:30 p.m. @ Med. College-Bioethics Lecture

 

THURSDAY, April 14
9:00 a.m. Big Band-SH

6:45 p.m. Pilgrim Choir-LL1

7:00 p.m. Jubilation Ringers-LL5

7:30 p.m. Combined Choir-LL1

8:30 p.m. Chancel Choir-LL1

 

FRIDAY, April 15

7:00 a.m. Rotary Board-RC

9:00 a.m. Harmony Singers-Lounge

7:00 p.m. Jr PF Overnight begins-SH

 

SATURDAY, April 16

9:00 a.m. PF Overnight ends

9, 10:00 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 table in the atrium.

 

Sunday Symposium Adult Ed—join Dan Schowalter for a discussion on ÒStem Cell Research: Wrestling with the Future.Ó On April 17 Rev. Dudley Riggle will talk about ÒIssues in Living and Dying.Ó Join us at 10 a.m. in Friendship Lounge.

 

 

Our next 4 OÕclock Concert will be held TODAY in the Lounge.  Above the Town, a contemporary bluegrass ensemble, will perform. No charge, but there will be a free will offering. DonÕt miss these talented performers!

 

 

Circle 7 will meet Tuesday, April 12 at 12 noon in Friendship Lounge. Rev. Carrie Kreps Wegenast is our guest speaker.

 

 

The PF is selling squares of carpet as a fundraiser to completely carpet the basement of Nehemiah House. The squares will be sold today, April 17 & 24 in the atrium between services. Prices are one square foot for $3, two square feet for $5 and four square feet for $10. See the glass case bulletin board near the elevator for information on purchasing rooms of carpet.

 

 

ÒReligious and Professional Perspectives on Cloning for Biomedical ResearchÓ Wed. April 13, at 4 p.m. at First Congregational Church - panel discussion.  7:30 p.m. lecture at the Alumni Center of the Medical College of WI by Professor Brett Waters of Garret-Evangelical Theological Seminary.  See Congregationalist for more details.

 

 

Junior PF Overnight @ First Congregational Church; April 15-16, 7 p.m.-9 a.m.  Registration deadline is April 10.  Forms available in the office.  Cost: $10.

 

 

Faith in Film will be on April 17, 6 p.m. in the Lounge.  WeÕll view ÒKolya,Ó a Czechoslovakian film with English subtitles.  It is set in Prague during the Russian occupation and is the story of a five-year-old boy who turns around the heart – and the life – of a once virtuoso cellist now reduced to playing in a mortuary ensemble.  Uplifting and funny. 1hr 45 min. PG-13

 

 

All-Church Spring Clean-up is Saturday, April 23, 8 a.m.–3 p.m. Lunch will be served. The Board of Trustees will have sign-up sheets available in the atrium today and April 17. Even if you can only be with us for part of the day, your help is needed and appreciated.

 

 

Strawberry Luncheon at CH on Wednesday, May 11, with a reception at 12:00 p.m. followed by a 12:30 p.m. luncheon.  After the luncheon, there will be a Goodwill vintage show, ÒWeddings of Yesterday,Ó featuring bridal wear through the decades.  Reservations accepted beginning April 11. Cost: $17.  For more information call 262-781-0550.

 

 

Choir Anthems

Pilgrim Choir    8:45

Chancel Choir 11:00

 

Give Us Peace

Isaiah 57:19, Phillipians 4:7

 

Give us peace, O God, peace to the near and the far.

Come and heal us of all of our sin; give us true peace in our hearts.

Give us peace, Lord, give us peace.

 

Give us love, O Lord, love everlasting and true;

love that reaches the heart of our need, love to restore and renew.

Give us love, Lord, give us love.

 

Peace which passes all understanding, love to fill our hearts and minds.

Love and peace through our precious Savior, through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Give us peace, Lord, give us peace!

 

Trust in the Lord

Proverbs 3:5,6

 

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart,

And lean not, unto thine own understanding:

In all thy ways acknowledge Him,

And He shall direct thy paths.

 

New Every Morning Is The Love, John Keble

 

New every morning is the love

our wakening and uprising prove;

through sleep and darkness safely brought, restored to life and power and thought.

 

New mercies each returning day,

around us hover while we pray;

new peril past, new sins forgiven,

new thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.

 

If on our daily course our mind

be set to hallow all we find,

new treasures still, of countless price,

God will provide for sacrifice.

Old friends, old scenes, will lovelier be,

as more of heaven in each we see;

some softening gleam of love and prayer

shall dawn on every cross and care.

 

The trivial round, the common task,

will furnish all we ought to ask:

room to deny ourselves;

a road to bring us daily nearer God.

 

Only, O Lord, in thy dear love,

fit us for perfect rest above;

and help us this and every day,

to live more nearly as we pray.

 

Fight The Good Fight, J.S.B. Monsell, 1863

 

Fight the good fight with all thy might;

Christ is thy Strength, and Christ thy Right;

Lay hold on life, and it shall be

Thy joy and crown eternally.

 

Run the straight race through GodÕs good grace,

Lift up thine eyes, and seek His face;

Life with its way before us lies,

Christ is the Path, and Christ the Prize.

Cast care aside, lean on thy Guide,

His boundless mercy will provide;

Trust, and thy trusting soul shall prove

Christ is its Life, and Christ its Love.

 

Faint not nor fear, His arms are near,

He changeth not, and thou art dear.

Only believe, and thou shalt see

That Christ is all in all to thee.