FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA

 

April 2, 2006

MORNING WORSHIP 8:45 A.M.

The Fifth Sunday of Lent

 

The Church Gathers

           

GATHERING MUSIC                                                                                                          

 

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS                                 Rev. Carrie Kreps Wegenast

 

PRELUDE                              O Man Bewail Thy Grievous Fall                                         Bach

                                                                                                                                               

CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS 

 

CALL TO WORSHIP                                                                       R. Duane Coates, Intern                                                                       

Liturgist:    Whoever serves me must follow me, says the Lord, and where I am, there will my servant be also.

All:            Let us live this day so graciously that God will rejoice to claim us as God’s own people!

 

*HYMN (back page)                 God the Sculptor of the Mountains

 

*CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP

 

*INVOCATION AND THE LORD’S PRAYER (unison)

Almighty God, our Redeemer, in our weakness we have failed to be your messengers of forgiveness
 and hope. Renew us by your Holy Spirit, that we may follow your commands and proclaim your
reign of love; 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 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.

 

*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 Church Hears the Word

 

THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON (unison) Jeremiah 31           Hymnal, page 543, no. 122

 

THE PSALMODY (responsive)               Psalm 51                        Hymnal, page 523, no. 80

 

*HYMN 169 (vs. 1, 2, 5)               My Song Is Love Unknown

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

 

THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON  Hebrews 5:5-10                                Bible, page 1046

                                                                                                           

THE GOSPEL LESSON                    John 12:20-33                                     Bible, page 936

                                                                                                     Rev. Steven A. Peay, Ph.D.

 

THE ANTHEM                                Show Me Thy Ways                                                    Pelz

 

Show me thy ways O Lord, teach me thy paths;

Lead me in thy truth and teach me: For thou art the God of my salvation.

And on thee do I wait all the day. Show me thy ways O Lord, teach me thy paths,

Lead me in thy truth.

 

THE COMMUNION MEDITATION                                                                      Dr. Peay

                                      “New Covenant + New Priest = New Life”

 

                         The Church Offers Prayer and the Great Thanksgiving

 

THE CALL TO PRAYER and SILENT MEDITATION                                                      

 

THE PRAYER OF MINISTER AND PEOPLE

 

THE CHORAL RESPONSE TO PRAYER

 

THE OFFERTORY

 

ANTHEM                                       Good News Celebration!                                              Wood

 

Share the Good News Celebration! Sing His praises joyfully.

Share with ev’ry tribe and nation,  Christ has come and sets us free.

Worthy of our praise is He. Alleluia, alleluia! Sing and praise Him joyfully!

 

Witness now with expectation,  Share the Gospel far and near;

Tell of Christ and His salvation,  Spread the news that all may hear.

Sing and praise Him! Worthy of our praise is He.

Alleluia, alleluia! Sing and praise Him joyfully!

 

Share the Good News Celebration! Share the news of God’s design;

Let us sing with jubilation. We are branches, He’s the vine.

O sing and praise Him! Alleluia, praise the Lord!

 

 

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 GENERAL CONFESSION AND ASSURANCE OF GOD’S FORGIVENESS

                                                                                                                    Hymnal, page 495

 

THE INVITATION

 

THE Sursum Corda and Sanctus                                                                     Hymnal, page 496

 

THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER AND THE COMMUNION

 

THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING (unison)                                        Hymnal, page 496

 

                                The Church is Sent Forth to Love and to Serve

 

*HYMN 218                                  O Jesus, I Have Promised                                                                             

 

*THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

 

*THE CHORAL RESPONSE

 

POSTLUDE                                     At the Name of Jesus                                             Johnson

 

*The congregation is invited to stand, if able.

 

Today’s Chancel flowers are given in loving memory of our son,
Blake Alden Boyd,

from Butch and Jane Boyd.

 

Worship Preview for Sunday, April 9, 2006 ~ 8:45 and 11:00 a.m.

Next Sunday we celebrate Palm and Passion Sunday.

Weather permitting, we will gather in front of the meeting house

and process into service together.

Dr. Peay’s meditation for the day is entitled “A Glorious and Painful Love.”

Betty Dethmers is the organist.

Roxanne Trump-Miles directs the Junior Choir.

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