FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA

 

May 8, 2005

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

Ascension Sunday/MotherÕs Day

 

(Today, children should go directly to Sunday School before worship.)

           

GATHERING MUSIC                                                                                                          

 

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS                                              Rev. Samuel Schaal

 

THE PRELUDE        8:45                       Adoration                                                  Borowski

                                                     Gerald Loughney, Violin

                                 11:00            Jesu, Joy of ManÕs Desiring                                              Bach

                                                                       

CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS 

 

CALL TO WORSHIP                                                                               Jennifer Wakefield                                                                       

Liturgist:    Long ago, Jesus prayed for us.

People:     Though he left us, he is here, caring for us today.

Liturgist:    Long ago, Jesus died and rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven.

People:     Though he died, yet he lives, guiding us today.

Liturgist:    Long ago, a cloud took Jesus from our sight, and around his life

                  the church gathered.

People:     Again today we gather as the community celebrating Jesus Christ,

                  the beloved of God.

 

*HYMN 201                     The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns

 

*CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP

 

*INVOCATION AND LORDÕS PRAYER (unison)

Abiding God, we celebrate your living presence here.  You are the source of all human affection, that which bonds us to each other.  We praise you for the gift of all relationships that nurture and sustain us.  Our tongues grasp for words to describe you, Eternal God, and today we know that you are divine love itself, Mother and Father to us all.  We especially praise you for the gift of Jesus Christ, 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)

 

THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON   Ephesians 1:15-23                           Bible, page 1017

 

THE PSALMODY (unison)                     Psalm 47                                         Bible, page 490

 

*HYMN 92 vs. 1 & 4                  I Look to Thee in Every Need                                                   

                                                                       

THE GOSPEL LESSON                    Luke 24:44-53                                    Bible, page 920

                                   

THE CALL TO PRAYER and SILENT MEDITATION

 

THE PRAYER OF MINISTER AND PEOPLE

 

THE CHORAL RESPONSE TO PRAYER

 

THE SERMON IN SONG                                                    

 

            Is God For Us                                                                                                    Schultz           

                        Carol Wittig, Cello

            O Come, Let Us Sing Unto The Lord                                                                    Piccolo                       

 

            Let Thy Glory Be My Music Plaide                                                                          Mabry

 

            What Wondrous Love Is This                                                                          arr. Helvey

 

            Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge                                                        Vaughan-Williams

                          David Miles, Trumpet                                                                                   

 

THE OFFERTORY

 

THE ANTHEM                                    Largo (Xerxes)                                                  Handel

                                                Gerald Loughney, Violin (8:45)

                                                                       

*DOXOLOGY  (Hymn 515)

 

*THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

 

*HYMN 205                            Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise            

 

*THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

 

*THE CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE

 

Go now in peace. Never be afraid.

God will go with you each hour of every day.

Go now in faith, steadfast, strong and true.

Know He will guide you in all you do.

 

Go now in love, and show you believe.

Reach out to others so all the world can see.

God will be there, watching from above.

Go now in peace, in faith, and in love.

 

THE POSTLUDE                      The ChurchÕs One Foundation                                              Ore

 

*The congregation is invited to stand.

 

TodayÕs Chancel flowers are given by the York family in memory of
Margaret Grede and Janet Jacobs

and in honor of all the mothers and grandmothers of today.

 

SERVING May 8, 2005

Head Greeters: Mark Hendrickson, David Moore

Head Usher: Susie Daigneau, Katie Holtz

Ushers: 8:45 a.m. Captain: Dick Berger, Fred Rennebohm, Derek Sanderson, Erin Sanderson, Mary Beth Stevenson

Ushers 11:00 a.m. Captain: David Moore, Jobie Heebner, Myra Miller, Susan Sappington

Greeters: 8:45 a.m. Dale and Cory Halvorson

Greeters: 11:00 a.m. John, Kristin, Sophia, Alec, Isabella, Lillian, and George Poulos

Acolytes: 8:45 a.m. Jonathan Gray and Ginger Johnson

Acolyte: 11:00 a.m. Emily Dueker

 

 

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, May 15, 8:45 and 11:00 a.m.

Rev. Steven A. Peay, Ph.D. will offer the sermon.

Betty Dethmers is the organist. Lee Jacobi directs the Pilgrim Choir at 8:45

and the Chancel Choir at 11:00. Jubilation Ringers play at 8:45.

 

Two new Bible classes begin this week, both studying the Gospel of Mark.

Tuesday, 9 a.m. in the Parlor

WomenÕs Bible Study, Wednesday 6:30 a.m. in the Parlor

Purchase study guide in the office, $5

 

 

MotherÕs Day Choral Anthems

Combined Choirs

May 8, 2005      8:45 & 11:00 a.m.

 

Is God For Us

Romans 8:31-34

 

If God be for us, who can be against us?

He that spared not His Only Begotten Son Christ Jesus,

but hath sacrificed Him for us on Calvary's altar,

how shall He not with Him freely give us all things?

Who shall accuse, or who condemn the elect of God?

God is here, justifying, Jesus is here, Who hath died for us.

Who shall condemn us?

Yea, much more, He is risen from the dead,

and sitteth at God's right hand, praying for us. Hallelujah.

 

O Come, Let Us Sing Unto The Lord

Psalm 95:1-7

 

O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation!

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and show ourselves glad in him with psalms.

For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

In his hand are the corners of the earth; and the strength of the hills is his also.

The sea is his, and he made it; and his hands prepared the dry land.

O come, let us worship and fall down, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.

For he is the Lord our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

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.

 

Let Thy Glory Be My Music Plaide

Edward Taylor 1643-1729

 

In Heaven soaring up I dropt an eare to Earth

And oh and on Earth sweet melody.

And list'ning found it was the Saints

Who were encoacht for Heav'n

They sang for joy for in Christ's coach

they sweetly sing as they therein to Glory ride.

In Faith, Hope, and Charity Ōtis that I do say

That thou has been with me on Earth below

And I shall be with thee in Heav'n above.

Be thou musician Lord

Let me be made the well-tuned instrument thou dost assume

And let they glory be my music plaide

Then let thy spirit keep my strings in tune

Whilst thou art here with me on earth below.

Til I sing praise with thee in Heav'n above.

 

 

 

 

What Wondrous Love Is This

American folk Hymn attributed to Alexander Means

 

What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul!

What wondrous love is this, O my soul!

What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss

To bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul,

To bear the dreadful curse for my soul.

 

To God and to the Lamb, I will sing, I will sing;

To God and to the Lamb, I will sing.

To God and to the Lamb Who is the great ŅI Am;Ó

While millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing;

While millions join the theme, I will sing.

 

And when from death IÕm free, IÕll sing on, IÕll sing on;

And when from death IÕm free, IÕll sing on.

And when from death IÕm free, IÕll sing and joyful be;

And through eternity, IÕll sing on, IÕll sing on;

And through eternity, IÕll sing on.

 

Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge

Psalm 90

 

Lord, Thou hast been our refuge from one generation to another.

Before the mountains were brought forth or ever the earth and the world were made,

thou art God from everlasting and world without end.

Thou turnest man to destruction again

Thou sayest Come again ye children of men

For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as yesterday, seeing that is past as a watch in the night.

As soon as Thou scatterest them

They are even as a sleep and fade away suddenly like the grass.

In the morning it is green and groweth up, but in the evening it is cut down dried up and withered.

For we consume away in Thy displeasure, and are afraid at Thy wrathful indignation.

For when Thou art angry all our days are gone; we bring our years to an end as a tale that is told,

The years of our age are three score years and ten,

and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years, yet is their strength but labour and sorrow.

Turn Thee again O Lord at the last.

Be gracious unto Thy servants, O satisfy us with Thy mercy and that soon,

So shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life.

 

Lord, Thou hast been our refuge from one generation to another.

Before the mountains were brought forth or ever the earth and the world were made,

thou art God from everlasting and world without end.

And the glorious Majesty of the Lord be upon us.

Prosper Thou, the work of our hands, O prosper thou our handiwork.

                             

 CALENDAR WEEK OF May 8, 2005

SUNDAY, May 8, MotherÕs Day

8:45 a.m. Choral Service/Sunday School

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

11:00 a.m. Choral Service/Sunday School
No PF

 

MONDAY, May 9

9:30 a.m. @CH Sub. Ret. MenÕs Club

6:00 p.m. Pioneer Club Awards Dinner-SH

7:00 p.m. Bd/Trustees-RC, Bd/Benevelence-CR

8:00 p.m. AA-LL5

 

TUESDAY, May 10

9:00 a.m. Tues. Morning Bible Study-Parlor

10 & 11:00 a.m. Music Jamboree-LL2

2:00 p.m. Cemetery Sub Committee-RC

4:30 p.m. Communications-Conf. Rm.

7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts–LL5, Wauwatosa Historical Society-SH, Resolve-Parlor

 

WEDNESDAY, May 11

6:30 a.m. MenÕs Ministry-Lounge, WomenÕs Bible Study-Parlor

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

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

10:00 a.m. Music Jamboree-LL2

12:00 p.m. @CH-Strawberry Luncheon

6:00 p.m. Potluck Supper-Parlor

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

 

THURSDAY, May 12
9:00 a.m. Big Band-SH

6:45 p.m. Pilgrim Choir-LL1

7:00 p.m. Jubilation Ringers-LL5, Resolve-RC

7:55 p.m. Chancel Choir-LL1

 

FRIDAY, May 13

9:00 a.m. Harmony Singers-Lounge

10:00 a.m. @CH-Hug-a-Tot

 

SATURDAY, May 14

8:00 a.m. WomenÕs Group-RC

10:00 a.m. Music Jamboree-LL2

7:00 p.m. PF Second Saturday

 

 

For those who wear a hearing aid, our Nave is equipped with an FM loop system. Simply set your hearing aid to the ŅTÓ setting.

 

Welcome to all visitors joining us today. Please  check the welcome tables in the atrium.

 

Sunday Symposium Adult Ed will have a discussion on ŅEverything You Wanted to Know about the Bible But Were Afraid to AskÓ at 10 a.m. today in the Friendship Lounge.  There will be no Sunday Symposium on May 15 due to the Election Meeting.

 

Two New Bible Studies will meet beginning this week.  Tuesday Morning Bible Study will meet at 9 a.m.  WomenÕs Bible Study will meet on Wednesdays at 6:30 a.m.  We will be studying the Gospel of Mark using the text Basic Bible Commentary: Mark by Walter Weaver.  See the latest Congregational Columns or the bulletin board display case in the atrium for more details.

 

Suburban Retired MenÕs Club @CH, May 9, 9:30 a.m. Prescott Wurlitzer, Foreign Service Officer will present ŅChildren Around the World.Ó

 

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 fashion show, ŅWeddings of Yesterday,Ó featuring bridal wear through the decades. Cost: $17. For reservations or more information, call 262-781-0550.

 

Annual Election Meeting will take place Sunday, May 15 at 10 a.m. in the Social Hall.   Children will have ChildrenÕs Sunday practice in the Nave during this time.

 

Faith in Film will be showing ŅBabetteÕs Feast,Ó May 15, 6 p.m. in the Lounge.  Two adult sisters live in an isolated Danish village with their father.  After the father dies, housekeeper/cook Babette prepares a commemorative feast of a lifetime for the members of the tiny church and an important gentlemen related to one of them. 

 

All-Church Chicken/Pig Roast will be held Wednesday, June 1 at  6 p.m. on Ridge Court. Pre-paid reservations accepted at the church office no later than 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 29. Cost: $9/adults; $3 children under 12; under 3/free. Sides include fruit salad, pasta salad, rolls and beverages. Please bring a dessert to pass. There will be entertainment by the Ray Neumann Big Band.

 

Mission Mazahua Trip is currently being planned for Dec. 26, 2005 – Jan. 2, 2006.  If you are a high school or college student or an adult and are interested in going, please contact Carrie Kreps Wegenast.