FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA
NEW YEARS DAY
JANUARY 1, 2006 10 A.M.
GATHERING MUSIC
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Rev.
Samuel Schaal
PRELUDE The
First Nowell Burton
CHIMES AND TOWER
BELLS
CALL
TO WORSHIP (from Ecclesiastes 3:1-13)
Duane
Coates, Intern
Minister: For everything there is a
season,
People: and
a time for every matter under heaven:
Minister: a
time to be born, and a time to die; a time to weep and a time to laugh. God has
made
everything suitable for its time.
People: God has put a sense of
past and future in our minds.
Minister: It is God’s gift that all
should eat and drink and take pleasure in all their toil.
All: Today
is a time to be born afresh, a day of new beginnings!
*HYMN 8 Joyful,
Joyful, We Adore Thee
*INVOCATION AND LORD’S
PRAYER (unison)
Come
among this gathering, Gracious God, so we might know you in new and exciting
ways.
Open our eyes, open our ears, open
our hearts, open our lives to your vivid and real presence,
whom we know through 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 CHILDREN’S STORY Jim
Santelle
*HYMN (see insert) This
Is a Day of New Beginnings
(verses 1-3, 5)
THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Elizabeth
Stein
Revelation
21:1-6a Bible,
page 1085
THE PSALMSODY (responsive) Psalm
8 Hymnal,
page 515
THE GOSPEL LESSON Matthew
25:31-46 Bible,
page 861
ANTHEM Torches Joubert
Kim
Porter, Jill Bruss, Roger Jacobi and Gary Back
THE MEDITATION “Making
All Things New” Rev.
Schaal
THE CALL TO PRAYER AND SILENT MEDITATION
THE PRAYER OF MINISTER AND PEOPLE
THE CHORAL RESPONSE TO PRAYER
THE OFFERTORY
THE ANTHEM Joseph’s
Song Grier
*DOXOLOGY (Hymn 515)
CELEBRATION
OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
THE
INVITATION
THE
GREAT THANKSGIVING
(when
the minister prays “…proclaim your glory in unending praise,” respond:)
Holy,
holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven
and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna
in the highest.
Blessed
is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna
in the highest.
(the prayer continues…)
THE
BREAKING OF THE BREAD
THE
SHARING OF THE GIFTS
PRAYER
*HYMN 38 Morning
Has Broken
*THE CHARGE AND
BENEDICTION
THE POSTLUDE In Thee Is Joy Dupre
*The congregation is
invited to stand, if able.
SERVING January 1, 2006
Head
Greeters: Marilyn
Auer, David Moore
Head
Ushers: Sue
Melby, John O’Meara
Ushers: 10:00 a.m. John O’Meara-Captain, Denise O’Meara, Sue Melby,
Chris Mason and Karen Mason
Greeters:
10:00 a.m. David
Moore
Acolyte: 10:00 a.m. Daniel & Emily Miles
The
Christmas decorations are provided by the Board of Deacons
and through the generous donations of
members in honor of or in memory of loved ones.
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Worship Preview for Sunday, January 8, 2006,
8:45 and 11:00 a.m. Rev. Carrie Kreps Wegenast will offer the
message. Members of the Mission Mazahua team
participate in worship. Tom Gregory is the organist. Lee Jacobi directs the Pilgrim Choir at 8:45
and the Chancel Choir at 11:00. |
CALENDAR WEEK OF January 1,
2006
SUNDAY,
January 1
9:30 a.m. Coffee-Atrium
10:00 a.m. Worship/Communion-Nave
No Nursery care or Sunday School during worship
NEW
YEAR’S HOLIDAY-OFFICE CLOSED
9,
10, 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Music Jamboree
7:00
p.m.
Bd/Deacons-Parlor, Boy Scouts-LL5
9:00
a.m. Chapel
Devotions
9:30
a.m. Prayer
and Pilates-Lounge
9:30,
10:30, 11:30 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. Music Jamboree-LL2
4:30
p.m.
Communications-RC
6:00
p.m. Debtors
Anonymous-LL5
9:00
a.m. Big
Band-SH
6:45
p.m. Pilgrim
Choir-LL1
7:55
p.m. Chancel
Choir-LL1
8:15
a.m. Cook for
St. Vincent’s-Kitchen
9:00
a.m. Harmony
Singers-Lounge
4:15
p.m. Serve at
St. Vincent’s
9:30, 10:30, 11:30 a.m. Music Jamboree
Welcome
to all visitors joining
us today. Please check the welcome tables in the atrium for information about
our church.
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. In addition to
the loop system, there is a
new hearing assistance system, which can amplify the
worship service with the use of a receiver and headset. The headset is not usable with a hearing aid.
There will be no Sunday
Symposium today.
Join us at 10 a.m. Sunday, January 8 in Friendship Lounge when Rev. Dan
Schowalter presents, “Healing in the Roman World.” Dan will answer the question, “How was getting sick and
getting well understood within the Greco-Roman religious system?”
Beginning January 15, we will
begin a seven-week sermon series on “Imagining Church.” On January 15, Dr. Peay will
preach “Imagining Church.” On January 22, Rev. Dr. Tom Richard, of the NACCC,
will speak on “Connecting Church” and on January 29, Rev. Kreps Wegenast will
discuss “Exploring Church.”
New Spiritual Formation Classes will begin in the month of
January. “A Generous Orthodoxy”
is a book study
held Wednesday, January 11 & 25, February 1 & 15 from 7-8:30 p.m. in
the Parlor. Beginnings, a small group spiritual journey, will be held on Wednesday, January
11-February 15 from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Friendship Lounge. Invitation to the
Old Testament, the
story of God’s covenantal experience with Israel, will be held on Thursday,
January 12 – March 2 from 12-1:30
p.m. in the Resource Center. Register in the office for any of these classes.
Watch for the Book Cart! On January 8, watch for the
introduction of the book cart in the Atrium on Sundays. You can purchase texts
needed for adult education as well as a Bible and other religious books. Handouts will also be available in
advance of classes you attend.
Circle 8 will meet at the Congregational
Home at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 to take down the Christmas
decorations. Lunch will follow.
A Chili Cook-off will be held during the January
All-Church Dinner on Wednesday, January 11 at 6 p.m. in the Social Hall. Submit
a pot of your favorite chili. We’ll have a salad bar and ice cream for dessert.
Children will enjoy hot dogs. Please sign up by Sunday, January 8 at
noon. Adults/$5; children under 12/$2.
FOR THE ADVENT SEASON
Donations to the
Christmas Decorations were made by—in honor of:
Phil and Anne Callen—Erin
and Bryn Callen
Cindy Payette—Hailey and
Madeline Sgarlata
George and Sally
Wells—Merrick II and Noah Wells
Donations to the
Christmas Decorations were made by—in memory of:
Eugenia T.
Jacobus—Charles D. Jacobus
Karen Mason—Lohna and
Harold Schmidt
Susan Rondeau—Helen
Weidenkopf and Carrie Rondeau
Mary Beth
Stevenson—Grandparents: John and Naomi Ross
Donations were also
received from:
Carol Buran
Jim and Sharon Petrie