FIRST CNGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA

February 26, 2006

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

THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD

GATHERING MUSIC

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

PRELUDE Amazing Grace Martin

CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS

THE CALL TO WORSHIP R. Duane Coates, intern

Liturgist: We have come into this place of hope

People: where our hearts and minds are opened to the future.

Liturgist: We have come into this place of welcome and transformation

People: where we set aside our fear and freely gather to meet God.

Liturgist: We have come into this place of song

People: where we unite our voices in the joyful, the somber and the beautiful melodies of life.

Liturgist: Let us celebrate life as God’s people – the church.

People: Let us worship God who has given us this gift.

All: It is good to be here!

*HYMN 3 God Himself Is With Us

*THE CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP

*THE PRAYER OF INVOCATION AND LORD’S PRAYER (unison)

O God, who before the passion of your only-begotten Son revealed his glory upon the holy
mountain: Grant to us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be
strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory; through
Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever
and ever, and who taught us to pray saying:

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.

*GLORIA PATRI (Hymn 513)

THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON 2 Kings 2:1-14 Bible, page 291

THE PSALMODY Psalm 50:1-6 Bible, page 491

{We will read alternatively by whole verse.} Rev. Carrie Kreps Wegenast

*HYMN 43 Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies

{Children are dismissed to Sunday School during the singing of the hymn.}

THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 Bible, page 1005

GOSPEL LESSON Mark 9:2-9 Bible, page 876

THE SERMON “Emerging Church” Dr. Peay

ANTHEM Praise Ye the Lord Distler

Kim Porter, Jill Bruss, Roger Jacobi, Gary Back

THE CALL TO PRAYER and SILENT MEDITATION Rev. Samuel R. Schaal

THE PRAYER OF MINISTER AND PEOPLE

THE CHORAL RESPONSE TO PRAYER

THE OFFERTORY

ANTHEM 8:45 Sing Them Over Again To Me Martin

11:00 O Be Joyful Schubert-Rodby

*DOXOLOGY (Hymn 515)

*THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND DEDICATION

*HYMN 267 Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken

*THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

*THE CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE

Go Now in Peace

*The congregation is invited to stand, if able.

Today’s Chancel flowers are given by the Reddy family, in celebration of Stacy’s 20^th birthday.

Worship Preview for Sunday, March 5, 2006 ~ 8:45 and 11:00 a.m.

Dr. Peay will present the sermon entitled: “No one said it would be easy.”

Betty Dethmers is the organist.

Lee Jacobi directs the Pilgrim Choir at 8:45 and the Chancel Choir at 11:00.

Ash Wednesday services on March 1 at 10 a.m. (chapel) and 7 p.m. (nave)

All three ministers will share in the sermon.

Ecumenical Ash Wednesday service at St. Bernards, 12:10 p.m.

CALENDER

WEEK OF February 26, 2006

SUNDAY, February 26

7:45 a.m. Lectionary Bible Study-Parlor

8:45 & 11:00 a.m. Worship/Children in Church/ Sunday School

10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour-SH, Sunday Symposium-Lounge, Junior Choir rehearsal-LL5, Site Committee-Conf Rm,
Nominating Committee-Parlor

3:00 p.m. God & Family-LL5

4:30 p.m. Jr. PF

MONDAY, February 27

9:00 a.m. @CH-Suburban Retired Men’s Club, Suburban Women’s Club of Wauwatosa-Lounge

8:00 p.m. AA-LL5

TUESDAY, February 28

9:00 a.m. Retired Men’s Club Board-SH

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

2:30 & 4:00 p.m. Insurance Ad Hoc Committee-Conf Rm

7:00 p.m. Church Council-Lounge, Boy Scouts-LL5, Resolve-Parlor

ASH WEDNESDAY, March 1

6:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study “Invitation to the Old Testament”-Parlor, Men’s Bible Study-Lounge

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

10:00 a.m. Ash Wednesday Service-Chapel

10:30 a.m. Music Jamboree-LL2

6:00 p.m. Debtors Anonymous-LL5

7:00 p.m. Ash Wednesday Service-Nave

THURSDAY, March 2

9:00 a.m. Big Band rehearsal-SH

6:45 p.m. New Member Explorer Class-SH, 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, March 3

8:15 a.m. Prepare for St. Vincent’s-Kitchen

9:00 a.m. Harmony Singers-Lounge

4:15 p.m. Serve at St. Vincent’s

SATURDAY, March 4

9:00 a.m. Breakfast with the Girls-Lounge

10:00 a.m. Music Jamboree-LL2

SERVING February 26, 2006

Head Greeters: Marilyn Auer, David Moore

Head Ushers: Sue Melby, John O’Meara

Ushers: 8:45 a.m. Hugh Hudson-Captain, Carol Hudson, Chris Mason, Karen Mason,

Merrick Wells

Ushers: 11:00 a.m. Mark Boettcher-Captain, Sue Boettcher, Jeff Kelling, Beth Kelling

Greeters: 8:45 a.m. Mary Beth Stevenson

Greeters: 11:00 a.m. Ken and Janice Wittig

Acolyte: 8:45 a.m. Molly Harmon, Zoe Harmon

Acolytes: 11:00 a.m. Colleen Rowbottom

Welcome to all visitors joining us today. Please check the welcome table in the atrium for information about our church.

For those who wear a hearing aid, our Nave is equipped with an FM loop system. Set your hearing aid to the “T” setting. In addition, there is a 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. Visit the church office for a receiver and headset.

The Wauwatosa Ministers’ Association sponsors a time and place to pray for the nation(s) and pray for peace. During March, join us at Christ King on Swan Blvd., Wednesdays at 12 noon for a time of prayer.

Join us for Sunday Symposium at 10 a.m. today in Friendship Lounge when Dr. Peay, Rev. Schaal & Rev. Kreps Wegenast will have a discussion on “Imagining Church” as our sermon series concludes. On March 5, Rev. Dan Schowalter will lead a program entitled, “Applied Archaeology.” What can (and cannot) material remains tells us about Judaism, the Jesus movement, and Roman religions in the first-century family?

Suburban Retired Men’s Club will meet Monday, February 27 at 9 a.m. at the Congregational Home. Steve Schank from UBS Financial Services will be our guest speaker.

New Member Explorer Class is scheduled Thursday, 6:45 p.m. - 8:15 p.m., on March 2, 9, 23, 30 and April 6 in various locations throughout the church. We will receive new members on Easter Sunday, April 16. Those interested in becoming a member are asked to sign up in the church office.

We next serve at the St. Vincent Meal Program on Friday, March 3. Call Barb Dunham at 414-774-7147 to help prepare food in the morning. To serve, sign up in the atrium or call Jim VerDuin at 414-302-1403. Meet at church at 4:15 p.m. to ride together.

Breakfast with the Girls will meet on Saturday, March 4 at 9 a.m. Judy Mayer, a nutritionist for Outpost Natural Foods, will speak on organic foods from the Outpost. Enjoy scones, healthy, delicious muffins and organic coffee and tea. Donation: $5. Sign up at the church office.

Vacation Bible School Informational meeting: Sunday, March 5, 10 a.m. in the Conference Room. Anyone interested in volunteering or learning more about volunteer opportunities for Vacation Bible School is invited.

E-Parenting: Your Kids and the Internet: Church member and local author, Sharon Miller Cindrich will dive mouse-first into Internet topics including chats and net lingo that affect your family on Tuesday, March 7 at 7 p.m. at First Church in the Social Hall.

4 O’clock Concert: On March 12, enjoy “Bellisimi: An Afternoon of Opera Highlights” featuring Jill Bruss, Dale Porter, Dawn Riesing and Joseph Graziano, a quartet of singers formed out of the Florentine Opera. The concert will be held in the Nave.

Senior High Youth! Join youth from around Wisconsin for the Spring Rally, March

24 - 25, 2006 at North Shore Congregational Church. Bring your thinking caps for a great discussion on "A Question of Ethics: What Jesus taught us and how to use it to decipher current moral dilemmas." Carrie has forms and more details.

Junior High Rally! March 31-April 1 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Kenosha. All 6^th - 8th graders are invited to experience God through Prayer while meeting youth from Congregational churches around the state. See Carrie for more details.

Save these Dates!

WCA Church Camp - July 9 - 15, 2006 at Mt. Morris Camp and Conference Center for Junior and Senior High students.

All-Church Camp at Lake Lucerne, August 11 –13, 2006. All-Church Camp forms are available on the welcome tables. Everyone is welcome!

Choir Anthems

Quartet 8:45 & 11:00

Praise Ye the Lord

Hugo Distler