GRACE COVENANT

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Awakening a Love for Christ in the Heart of Richmond
May 5, 2013 The Sixth Sunday of Easter 10:55 a.m.

WE GATHER TO GLORIFY GOD

Please fill out the communication card and place it in the offering plate during the offertory. WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS PRELUDE Deck Thyself, My Soul, with Gladness CALL TO WORSHIP One: Many: One: Many: One: Many: All:

Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750 from Psalm 96

O sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth! Sing to the LORD, bless His name; tell of His salvation from day to day. For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; Our God is to be feared above all gods. Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; Come into His presence and tremble before Him, all the earth! For the Risen LORD comes to judge all nations. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with His truth. ALLELUIA!

HYMN 423 (Blue Hymnal) Jesus Shall Reign Whereer the Sun

Duke Street

PRAYER OF CONFESSION Almighty and heavenly Father, In Christ Jesus You bore the burden of our sin, suffering the pain of death, and rising from the dead to new life. But we confess that we have taken Your grace for granted. We rejoice in Your Resurrection, but divert our eyes from the Cross. We proclaim the mercy of Your forgiveness, but disregard its cost to You. We celebrate the blessing of new life in Christ, but continue old habits that keep our Selves on the throne. Lord, have mercy upon us, and forgive us our sins, we pray. Melt our hard hearts with the brilliance of Your glory; open our eyes to the sins we ignore; and spark in us a longing for holiness; that we may truly repent of self-serving ways, and seek to serve You in newness of life; through the power of Your Holy Spirit, and in the name of Jesus, Your risen Son, we pray. ASSURANCE OF PARDON EASTERTIDE ALLELUIA
(All sing the Alleluia after the organ introduction.)

Victory

Alleluia, music by William Monk, 1823-1889, 1986 by G.I.A. Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #A-715262.

WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD

PRESENTATION OF TITHES, OFFERINGS, AND GIFTS

ANTHEM Christ the Lord Is Risen Again

Philip Stopford, b. 1977

Christ the Lord is risn again, Christ hath broken evry chain. Hark, angelic voices cry, singing evermore on high, Alleluia! He who gave for us his life, who for us endured the strife, is our Paschal Lamb today; we too sing for joy, and say Alleluia! He who bore all pain and loss comfortless upon the cross, lives in glory now on high, pleads for us, and hears our cry. He who slumbered in the grave is exalted now to save; now through Christendom it rings that the Lamb is King of kings. Alleluia! Thou, our Paschal Lamb indeed, Christ, thy ransomed people feed; take our sins and guilt away: let us sing by night and day.
text: Michael Weisse (1480-1534); tr. Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878)

DOXOLOGY 592 (Blue Hymnal) PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

Old Hundredth Afua Ossei

WE HEAR THE WORD OF GOD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION OLD TESTAMENT READING Psalm 19:7-14 Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. CHILDRENS SERMON GOSPEL READING John 14:1-21 Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. SERMON First Things First Afua Ossei Holy Bible, p. 484 OT

Nicole Williams Holy Bible, p. 104 NT

Beth Baleke

WE RESPOND TO GODS WORD

HYMN 216 (Red Hymnal) Jesus, Lover of My Soul Aberystwyth

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH GLORIA PATRI 579 (Blue Hymnal)

The Apostles Creed

Red Hymnal, p. 12 Greatorex

SACRAMENT OF THE LORDS SUPPER DISTRIBUTION OF THE ELEMENTS PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE LORDS PRAYER Red Hymnal, p. 12

WE GO FORTH TO LOVE AND SERVE

HYMN 369 (Blue Hymnal) Im Gonna Live So God Can Use Me BENEDICTION AND CHORAL RESPONSE Fourfold Amen POSTLUDE Sinfonia (We Thank Thee, God, We Thank Thee) Im Gonna Live Anonymous Johann Sebastian Bach

Please join us in the Social Room following worship for refreshments and fellowship. The flowers are given to the glory of God and in honor of Charles P. (Jed) Wilson by the family.

1627 Monument Avenue Richmond, Virginia 23220 804-359-2463 Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Email: info@grace-covenant.org Website: www.grace-covenant.org Radio: WLES 590 AM Interim Pastor: The Reverend Mr. Brinton Keyes Director of Music: Christopher Martin Administrative Assistant: Vanessa Strait Custodian: James Greene Child Development Center Director: Nicole Williams Seminary Intern: Christopher Tweel