FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA
April 30, 2006
MORNING WORSHIP 8:45 A.M.
Worship for the Third Sunday of Easter
GATHERING MUSIC
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Rev.
Samuel Schaal
PRELUDE Be
Thou My Vision arr. Curnow
David
Miles, trumpet
CHIMES AND TOWER
BELLS
*CALL
TO WORSHIP
Leader: Sing
praises to God, all the faithful, give thanks to God’s holy name!
People: Weeping
may linger for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
Leader: God,
you call us your Children, you coat us in righteousness.
ALL: May
we praise you and not be silent.
*HYMN 295 Christ
for the World We Sing
*CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP
*PRAYER
OF INVOCATION AND THE LORD’S PRAYER (unison)
We
come to worship, O God, in Easter joy, seeking to be a people of the
resurrection.
Be known among us; grant us the
assurance of your presence, your love, and your
renewing power. Through your Word
and Spirit, reveal to us your purpose in our lives.
We ask these things in the name of
the one 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.
*GLORIA PATRI
PSALMODY (unison) Psalm
4 Bible,
page 466
R.
Duane Coates, Pastoral Intern
NEW TESTAMENT LESSONS Acts 3:12-19 Bible,
page 949
1
John 3:1-7 Bible,
page 1066
SPECIAL MUSIC Thy
Word
Pioneer
Club
*HYMN 225 Jesus,
the Very Thought of Thee
(Children are dismissed to Sunday School during
the singing of the hymn.)
GOSPEL LESSON Luke
24:36b-48 Bible,
page 920
Rev.
Carrie Kreps Wegenast
SERMON “A
Good Ghost Story” Rev.
Kreps Wegenast
CONFESSION OF SINS (unison)
Gracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry,
too real to hide, and too deep to undo.
Forgive what our lips tremble to
name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what
has become for us a consuming fire
of judgment. Set us free from a past that we cannot
change; open us to a future in
which we can be changed; and grant us grace to grow more
and more in your likeness and
image; through Jesus Christ, the light of the world. Amen.
WORDS OF AFFIRMATION
CALL
TO PRAYER and SILENT MEDITATION Rev.
Steven A. Peay, Ph.D.
PRAYER
OF THE MINISTER AND PEOPLE
CHORAL
RESPONSE
OFFERTORY
THE ANTHEM Like
A Shepherd Nygard
Isaiah 40:
11; Matthew 11: 28,29
He shall feed His flock like a shepherd, and He shall gather the lambs in His
arms,
and carry them in His bosom; and gently lead those that are with young.
Come unto Him all ye that labor, come unto Him, come unto Him.
All ye that are heavy laden and He will give your rest. And you shall find rest unto your souls.
He shall feed His flock like a shepherd, and He shall gather the
lambs in His arms,
and carry them in His bosom; and gently lead those that are with
young.
*DOXOLOGY
*PRAYER
OF THANKSGIVING AND DEDICATION
*HYMN [back page] He
Lives
*CHARGE
AND BENEDICTION
*POSTLUDE Maestoso Titcomb
*The congregation is invited to stand, if able.
The
Chancel flowers are given by Carolyn Schulz and son Peter and his family
in
memory of
Daniel A. Schulz.
Worship Preview for Sunday, May 7, 2006 ~ 8:45
and 11:00 a.m.
Next week R. Duane Coates, Pastoral Intern
preaches the sermon.
Betty Dethmers is the organist.
Michelle Russ directs the Cherub Choir at 8:45.
Lee Jacobi directs the Pilgrim Choir at 8:45 and
the Chancel Choir at 11:00.
Join us for a special coffee hour to bid a fond
good-bye to Duane as he graduates.