FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA

 

March 25, 2007

MORNING WORSHIP 8:45 AM

Worship for the Fifth Sunday in Lent

 

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS                                        Rev. Samuel R. Schaal

 

                      (Please pass the red pew pads now. If you are a guest this Sunday,

we would love to greet you following the service or at coffee hour in the Social Hall.)

 

THE PRELUDE                                  Wondrous Love                                          arr. Johnson

                                                                                                                                                                       

CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS

                                                                       

THE CALL TO WORSHIP                                                                                                               

Minister:    Come, brothers! Come, sisters! Press on toward the goal.                                                  

People:     We come and press on toward the prize of God’s high calling!

Minister:    Come, lay down your burdens and mistakes.

People:     We come to experience God’s new thing and to know God’s healing love.

Minister:    Come, be welcomed as God’s own.

ALL:         We come to worship the living, the loving God!

 

*HYMN 20                           Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above

 

*THE INVOCATION AND 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, 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

 

*HYMN OF RESPONSE Teach Me, O Lord, The Way of Thy Statutes

 

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

 

THE RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS                                 Rev. Steven A. Peay, Ph.D.

            Phil & Kirsten Ertl

            Ben & Dana Goetter

            Linda Stevens

 

{during the “right hand of fellowship” we will sing:}

Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love;

The fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above.

 

THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON  Isaiah 43:16-21                                    Bible, page 659

 

*THE PSALMODY                                Psalm 126                                   {sung to In Babilone}

{Children ages 3 through 8th grade are dismissed to Sunday School

during the singing of the Psalm.)

When the LORD brought home our treasure,

     All delights were like a dream;

In defeat, a shout of vict’ry;

     In the sand, a flowing stream.

Mouths that once were parched with anguish

     Now with shouts of joy are filled;

Laughter now displaces sadness

     For the goodness God has willed.

Bring us back to former glory,

     Lost through years of exile’s pain;

Generations long forgotten

     Seek God’s favor to regain.

Those who plant their seeds with grieving,

     Wetting soil with falling tears,

Shall rejoice in time of harvest,

     Reaping hope for all their years.

 

THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON   Philippians 3:4b-14                           Bible, page 1070

 

THE GOSPEL LESSON                      John 12:1-8                                       Bible, page 980

 

ANTHEM                                     Heaven, Peace and Joy!                                           Fryxell

                                                                                                                                               

THE SERMON                                  “Movin’ On Up!”                                           Dr. Peay

 

*HYMN 344                          Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us

 

THE CALL TO PRAYER AND SILENT MEDITATION

 

THE PRAYER OF PEOPLE AND MINISTER

 

THE CHORAL RESPONSE TO PRAYER

 

THE OFFERTORY

 

ANTHEM                                           Missa Brevis in G                                                 Mozart

                                                                                                                                               

*THE HYMN OF RESPONSE 535   We Give Thee But Thine Own

 

We give thee but thine own, what e’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 376                                      Lead Us, O Father

 

*THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

 

THE POSTLUDE                 Improvisation on “Mit Freuden Zart”                                                                                                         

 

*Indicates where the congregation is invited to stand.

 

The Chancel flowers are given by Cindy Payette in celebration of
 Rani Gusho’s recent birthday,

with heartfelt thanks for all she continues to do in service for the Church.

 

 

Worship Preview for Sunday, Palm/Passion Sunday, April 1

Gather in the Atrium prior to the service for the “Liturgy of the Palms.”

Thomas Gregory is the organist.

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

Holy Week Services

Maundy Thursday - 10 AM in the Friendship Lounge, 7 PM in the Social Hall

Good Friday Tenebrae Service - 7 PM in the Nave

Holy Saturday Easter Vigil

begins at 7 PM at TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH and then will conclude here at

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Easter Sunday - 8:45 AM and 11 AM

 

 

The Pilgrim Choir Anthem

Heaven, Peace and Joy!
Earnest Hargrove

No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today.
No peace lies in the future that is not hidden in this present instant.
The gloom of the world is but a shadow.
Behind it, yet within reach is joy.
Take heaven, take peace, take joy!