FIRST CONGREGATIONL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA

 

March 12, 2006

MORNING WORSHIP 11:00 AM

THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT

 

GATHERING MUSIC                                                               Rev. Carrie Kreps Wegenast

 

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                        

 

PRELUDE                                            Romance in F                                              Beethoven

                                                     Gerald Loughney, Violin

 

CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS 

 

THE CALL TO WORSHIP                                                                     Rev. Samuel Schaal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Minister:    God asks of us, Is not this the fast I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice;

People:     to share your bread with the hungry;

Minister:    to bring the homeless poor into your house;

People:     when you see the naked, to clothe them?

Minister:    Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,

People:     and your healing shall spring up quickly.

Minister:    Jesus calls us to take up our cross and follow. Sisters and brothers, come!

All:            We will take up the cross and follow!

 

*HYMN 14                                  The God of Abraham Praise

 

*THE CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP

 

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

God of all times and places, in Jesus Christ, lifted up on the cross, you opened for us
 the path to eternal life. Grant that we, being born again of water and the Spirit, may
 joyfully serve you in newness of life and faithfully walk in your holy ways; through
Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of 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 RESPONSE            Teach Me, O Lord, the Way of Thy Statutes                        Hymn 517

                 Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statues, And I shall keep it unto the end.

 

THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON   Romans 4:13-25                                 Bible, page 980

 

THE PSALMSODY (unison)              Psalm 22:23-31                                    Bible, page 475

 

THE GOSPEL LESSON                     Mark 8:31-38                                     Bible, page 875

                                                                                                                 Rev. Gary Manning

 

*HYMN 177                            When I Survey the Wondrous Cross                              (verses 1-3)

                                                                       

THE CHILDREN’S SERMON                                                            Rev. Kreps Wegenast

 

ANTHEM                               O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song                                     Bender

                                                               Psalm 96:1-3

                                                     Gerald Loughney, Violin

 

O sing unto the Lord a new song, O sing to the Lord, all the earth.

Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; show forth His salvation from day to day.

Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.

For the Lord is great and mighty, and greatly to be praised.

O sing unto the Lord a new song, O sing to the Lord, all the earth.

 

THE SERMON                                         “TMI”                                             Rev. Manning

 

*HYMN OF RESPONSE 177    When I Survey the Wondrous Cross                                (verse 4)

 

THE CALL TO PRAYER and SILENT MEDITATION                                                      

 

THE PRAYER OF PEOPLE AND MINISTER

 

THE OFFERTORY

 

ANTHEM                                            O Brother Man                                                 Wetzler

                                            John Greenleaf Whittier 1807-1892

 

O brother man, fold to thy heart thy brother!

Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there;

To worship rightly is to love each other,

Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer.

 

Then follow with reverent steps the great example

Of him whose holy work was doing good;

So shall the wide earth seem our Father's temple,

Each loving life a psalm of gratitude.

 

Then shall all shackles fall; the stormy clangor

Of wild war music over the earth shall cease;

Love shall tread out the baleful fire of anger,

And in its ashes plant the tree of peace.

 

*THE RESPONSE                     We Give Thee But Thine Own                                   Hymn 535

                                We give thee but thine own, Whate’er the gift may be;

All that we have is thine alone, A trust, O Lord, from thee. Amen

 

*THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND DEDICATION

 

*HYMN 404                                Take My Life and Let It Be                                                    

 

*THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

 

*THE CHORAL RESPONSE                         

 

THE POSTLUDE                   There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy                                    Johnson

 

*The congregation is invited to stand, if able.

 

Today’s Chancel flowers are given by Betty Dethmers in memory of loved ones.

 

 

Worship Preview for Sunday, March 19, 2006 ~ 8:45 and 11:00 a.m.

Next Sunday – Rev. Samuel Schaal will preach.

Betty Dethmers is the organist. Kim Williams directs the Jubilation Ringers at 8:45.

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