FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA

 

March 26, 2006

MORNING WORSHIP 8:45 A.M.

The Fourth Sunday of Lent

           

GATHERING MUSIC                                                                                                          

 

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

 

PRELUDE                                        O Love, How Deep                                                 Willan

                                                                                                                                               

CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS 

 

CALL TO WORSHIP                                                                       R. Duane Coates, Intern                                                                        

Liturgist:    We were dead.

People:     Now we are alive!

Liturgist:    We were diseased.

People:     Now we are healed!

Liturgist:    We were afraid.

People:     Now we are loved!

ALL:         Rejoice in the loving power of God!

 

*HYMN 101                           There’s A Wideness In God’s Mercy

 

*CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP

 

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

Everlasting God, in whom we live and move and have our being, you have made us for

 yourself, so that our hearts are restless until they rest in you. Give us purity of heart and

 strength of purpose, that no selfish passion may hinder us from knowing your will, no

weakness keep us from doing it; that in your light we may see light clearly, and in your

 service find perfect freedom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with

 you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever and 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 statutes, and I shall keep it unto the end.

 

THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON   Ephesians 2:1-10                             Bible, page 1017

 

THE CHILDREN IN WORSHIP

 

*HYMN 228                             Love Divine All Loves Excelling

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

 

PSALMODY (responsive)                       Psalm 107                       Hymnal, page 533, no. 99

                                                                                                                 Rev. Samuel Schaal

                                                                       

GOSPEL LESSON                              John 3:14-21                                      Bible, page 924

                                                                       

SERMON                                           “Going Public”                                              Dr. Peay

 

THE ANTHEM              Movement II (Andante) from Exsultate, jubilate                            Mozart

                                                    Kimberly Porter, Soprano

                                                                                                                                               


Tu virginum corona, Tu nobis pacem dona,

Tu consolare affectus,Unde suspirat cor.

 And Thou, O Crown of Virgins, Grant us peace,

And assuage the passions That touch our hearts. 


 

CALL TO PRAYER and SILENT MEDITATION                                                               

 

PRAYER OF MINISTER AND PEOPLE

 

THE OFFERTORY

 

THE ANTHEM                         I Sing the Mighty Power of God                                        Harlan

Isaac Watts 1674 – 1748

 

I sing the mighty pow'r of God,

that made the mountains rise,

That spread the flowing seas abroad,

and built the lofty skies.

I sing the wisdom that ordained

the sun to rule the day;

The moon shines full at his command,

and all the stars obey.

 

I sing the goodness of the Lord,

that filled the earth with food;

He formed the creatures with his word,

and then pronounced them good.

Lord, how thy wonders are displayed,

where'er I turn my eye,

If I survey the ground I tread,

or gaze upon the sky!

 

There's not a plant or flow'r below,

but makes thy glories known;

And clouds arise, and tempests blow,

by order from they throne;

While all that borrows life from thee

is ever in they care,

and everywhere that man can be,

Thou, God, art present there.

 

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 198                             Christ Is the World’s True Light             

 

*THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

 

*THE CHORAL RESPONSE

 

THE POSTLUDE                                   Psalm XX                                                   Marcello

                                     “The Lord Hear Thee In the Day of Trouble”

 

 

*The congregation is invited to stand, if able.

 

 

Today’s Chancel flowers are given by
 Joe and Ruth Kolaga
 in celebration of their 57th wedding anniversary.

Joe is also celebrating his 81st birthday.

 

 

 

 

Worship Preview for Sunday, April 2, 2006 ~ 8:45 and 11:00 a.m.

Next week Dr. Peay’s communion meditation is entitled:

“New Covenant + New Priest= New Life!”

Betty Dethmers is the organist.

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