FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA

June 19, 2005

MORNING WORSHIP 10:00 A.M.

The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost – Father’s Day

GATHERING MUSIC

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Rev. Carrie Kreps Wegenast

THE PRELUDE Adagio (Concerto in G Minor) Bruch

Gerald Loughney, Violin

CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS

CALL TO WORSHIP Rev. Samuel R. Schaal

Liturgist: Proclaim it from the housetops!

People: God is a God of love.

Liturgist: Proclaim it from the hillsides!

People: God is a God of truth.

Liturgist: Proclaim it from the highest points!

People: God is a God of peace.

All: Proclaim it with joy – We worship and proclaim it with great joy!

*HYMN 485 This Is My Father’s World

*CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP

*INVOCATION AND LORD’S PRAYER (unison)

O God, our heavenly Creator, you who are to us a guiding Father and a nurturing Mother, we thank you for your Word and for those eternal truths that guide us day by day. We thank you for the Living Word, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and for the deep assurance that he is here, present with us. Teach us, in our time together,

to turn unto you so your thoughts may be our thoughts and your ways may become our ways so we may truly be your children who 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 SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Rev. Steven A. Peay, Ph.D.

Emily Elisabeth, daughter of Dr. Karl Kissa and Rev. Wendy Sue Kissa

Cooper Errard, daughter of William Krause and Amanda Clark Krause

*HYMN (insert) Amazing Grace

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

THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Romans 6:1b-11 Bible, page 981

THE PSALMODY (unison) Psalm 86 Responsive Reading 88, Hymnal p. 528

THE GOSPEL LESSON Matthew 10:24-39 Bible, page 843

THE ANTHEM The Gift of Love Hopson

THE CALL TO PRAYER and SILENT MEDITATION

THE PRAYER OF PEOPLE AND MINISTER

THE CHORAL RESPONSE TO PRAYER

THE SERMON “God of Falling Sparrows and Counted Hairs” Dr. Peay

THE OFFERTORY

THE ANTHEM Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley arr. Schrader

*DOXOLOGY (Hymn 515)

*THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

*HYMN 341 Dear Lord and Father of Mankind

*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 Church’s One Foundation Bunjes

*The congregation is invited to stand.

"Today's chancel flowers are provided with great appreciation and the fondest memories of

Merton York, George Tanger, Walter Davis, Gerald Jacobson and Davis Wakefield
by their sons,

Merrill, Tom, Stew, Doug and Charlie."

SERVING June 19, 2005

Head Greeters: Marilyn Auer, David Moore

Head Ushers: John O’Meara, Sharon Raymond

Ushers: 10:00 a.m. Captain John O’Meara, Eileen O’Meara, Caitlin O’Meara, Leslie O’Meara, Neal O’Meara

Greeters: 10:00 a.m. Nick, Carrie, Hailey & Maddie Sgarlata

Acolytes: 10:00 a.m. Elizabeth Brown, Daniel Miles

CARE FOR CHILDREN

A nursery for infants and toddlers is available during the 10:00 a.m. services.

Sunday School at 10:00.

Worship Preview for Sunday, June 26, 10:00 a.m.

Rev. Carrie Kreps Wegenast will offer the sermon entitled, “Final Exam.”

Ralph Ehlert is the organist.

Lee Jacobi directs the Chancel Choir at 10:00.

CALENDAR WEEK OF June 19, 2005

SUNDAY, June 19

FATHER’S DAY

8:45 a.m. Lectionary Bible Study-RC

10:00 a.m. Worship/Children in Church/ Sunday School for ages 4 & 5 and grades 1 & 2 in LL2

11:00 a.m. Coffee Hour-Atrium, 4^th of July t-shirt pick-up-Atrium

MONDAY, June 20
5:00 p.m. Cardinal Stritch class-SH
7:00 p.m. Church Council-Lounge

8:00 p.m. AA-LL5

TUESDAY, June 21

9:00 a.m. Tues. Morning Bible Study-RC, @CH – Staff Retreat-Oak Room

7:00 p.m. Care Board-RC, Boy Scouts–LL5, Tosa Quilters-SH

WEDNESDAY, June 22

6:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study-Parlor,

Men’s Ministry-Lounge

9:00 a.m. Chapel Devotions

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

4:30 p.m. Rev. Kreps Wegenast’s Evaluation Focus Group-Parlor

6:00 p.m. Debtors Anonymous-LL5

7:00 p.m. Reception for Kenaz Solomon-Lounge

THURSDAY, June 23

7:00 p.m. Rev. Peay’s Evaluation Focus Group-RC

FRIDAY, June 24

No church events scheduled

SATURDAY, June 25

No church events scheduled

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

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

Pick up your previously ordered 4^th of July t-shirts in the Atrium today.

Lectionary Bible Study has moved from Wednesday evenings to Sunday mornings as of June 12 until September 4 from 8:45 - 9:45 a.m. in the Resource Center. Drop in - no registration required. Childcare is available.

Men’s Tuesday Night Church League Softball Team’s next game is June 21, 9:30 p.m. at Whitman Field.

Get the ‘Scoop” on Tsunami Relief this Wednesday, June 22 at 7:00 p.m. The Board of Benevolence will host an ice cream reception to welcome Rev. Kenaz Solomon, the president of the Travancore Council. Everyone is welcome!

Follow the events of the 2005 NACCC Annual Meeting (Sunday, June 26 – Wednesday, June 29) by going to: www.naccc.org/webcast.htm

VBS 2005 Ventures to Jerusalem Marketplace. Join us at Vacation Bible School Aug. 1 - 5, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Experience new traditions, taste new foods, try new arts and crafts projects and discover Jesus’ unfailing love for each of us. Register at the church office early to help with planning, and be sure to invite your neighbors and friends!

A 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 Rev. Carrie Kreps Wegenast. A deposit of $150, to reserve your place on the trip, is required in the church office by July 1, 2005. Join Phil Callen, Mike Elwing, Rachel Halvorson, Parker Hoerz, Diane Schowalter, Melanie Schowalter and Rev. Carrie Kreps Wegenast on this exciting mission trip.

Minister “ON CALL” at your service! To make sure someone is always available to you we have instituted an “on call” rotation. To reach the minister on call, 24-7, please dial: 414-205-0519.

Choir Anthems

Pilgrim Choir 10:00

The Gift of Love

Based on I Corinthians 13

Though I may speak with bravest fire, and have the gift to all inspire,

And have not love; my words are vain, as sounding brass, and hopeless gain.

Though I may give all I possess, and striving so my love profess,

But not be given by love within, the profit soon turns strangely thin.

Come, spirit come, our hearts control,

Our spirits long to be made whole.

O come, spirit, come,

Let inward love,

Let love guide every deed.

By this we worship, we are freed. Amen.

Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley

Traditional

Jesus walked this lonesome valley;

He had to walk it by himself.

Oh, nobody else could walk it for him;

He had to walk it by himself.

Jesus prayed for his disciples;

He prayed alone for you and me.

Oh, nobody else could bear such sorrow,

He prayed alone for you and me.

Jesus died on Calv'ry's mountain;

He died alone for you and me.

Oh, nobody else could die for sinners;

He had to die for you and me.

Jesus rose from death's dark prison;

He lives again for you and me,

Oh, nobody else could bring us victory;

He is alive to set us free!