Ballygilbert Presbyterian Church SUNDAY 1 st APRIL 2007 At 7:00pm A service of Readings and Carols telling the Easter Story
Amy Blakemore Jenny Boyd Norah Brown Margaret Currie Gillian Davison Mollie Edbrooke Claire Ferguson June Ferguson Jennifer Graham Maureen Hume Jennifer McDonnell Emma Morgan Valerie Robinson Rosemary Shaw Ann Thompson Ann Todd MINISTER Rev. Roy Patton BA BD DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Helen Brown BEd MEd LTCL ACCOMPANIST Ivan M c Comb BDS LTCL READERS Susan Adamson Catherine Burns Alistair Crockard Susan Hamilton Robert Hume Perry M c Donnell Emma Robertson Billy Thompson Vivien Vance SOLOISTS Michael Brown Jennifer Graham Emma Morgan CHOIR & CHORISTERS Alfie Beaney Simon Beattie Alan Boyd David Boyd Stephen Boyd Bill Brown Michael Brown Peter Davison Mike McNeill Hugh Morrison Harry Orr Conor Patton Daniel Patton George Sittlington George Smith Eric Thompson Alastair Vance Amy Hopps Carl Eccles Hannah Davison Mary Davison Jordan Galbraith Michael Montgomery Rebecca Schofield
INVOCATION TO WORSHIP INTROIT: All in the April Evening Hugh S. Roberton All in the April evening, April airs were abroad; The sheep with their little lambs passed me by on the road. I thought on the Lamb of God going meekly to die. A cross, a cross of shame, two stark crosses between, All in a April evening, I saw the sheep with their lambs And thought on the Lamb of God. READING: The entry into Jerusalem JOHN 12:V12-19 Susan Adamson ANTHEM: Proclaim the story Te Deum Prelude, M.A.Charpentier, arr. N. Rawsthorne Proclaim, proclaim the story, The news of him who came that he might die! Make known to all his glory, Lift up his name on high. HYMN: RIDE ON RIDE ON IN MAJESTY Ride on, ride on in majesty, as all the crowds Hosanna cry; Through waving branches, slowly ride, O Saviour, to be crucified. Ride on, ride on in majesty, in lowly pomp ride on to die; O Christ, Your triumph now begin With captured death and conquered sin! Ride on, ride on in majesty, the angel armies of the sky Look down with sad and wondering eyes To see the approaching sacrifice. Ride on, ride on in majesty, the last and fiercest foe defy; The Father on His sapphire throne Awaits his own anointed Son. Ride on, ride on in majesty, in lowly pomp ride on to die; Bow your meek head to mortal pain, Then take, O God, Your power and reign! READING: Isaiah speaks about the suffering servant Isaiah 53 Perry M c Donnell
SOLO: THE HOLY CITY MICHAEL BROWN F.E.Weatherly, S. Adams READING: Jesus speaks about his own death MATTHEW 26:V17-39 & 35 Catherine Burns ANTHEM: God so loved the world from The Crucifixion Stainer God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son, That who so believeth in Him Should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not His son into the world to condemn the world But that the world through Him might be changed. READING: Jesus prays in Gethsemane MATTHEW 26:V36-44 Susan Hamilton HYMN: PRAISE TO THE HOLIEST IN THE HEIGHT Praise to the Holiest in the height, and in the depth be praise; In all His words most wonderful, Most sure in all His ways! O loving wisdom of our God! when all was sin and shame, A second Adam to the fight And to the rescue came. O wisest love! That flesh and blood, which did in Adam fail, Should strive afresh against the foe, Should strive and should prevail. O generous love! That He who came as man to smite our foe, The double agony for us As man should undergo: And in the garden secretly, and on the cross on high, Should teach His followers, and inspire To suffer and to die. Praise to the Holiest in the height, and in the depth be praise; In all his words most wonderful, Most sure in all His ways!
READING: Jesus is sentenced to death ANTHEM: Fling wide the gates MATTHEW 27:V15-32 Vivien Vance from The Crucifixion Stainer Fling wide the gates! For the saviour waits to tread in His royal way; He has come from above, in His power and love, To die on this Passion day. His cross is a sign of a love divine, His crown is the thorn wreath of woe. He bears His load on the sorrowful road, And bends neath the burden low. READING: Jesus is crucified ANTHEM: Were you there? MATTHEW 27:V33-44 Billy Thompson Spiritual, arr. F.Westbrook Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree? Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb? HYMN: LIFT HIGH THE CROSS Lift high the cross, The love of Christ proclaim Till all the world adore His sacred name. Come, Christians, follow where the Captain trod, The King victorious, Christ the Son of God: Each new-born soldier of the Crucified Bears on the brow the seal of Him who died: This is the sign that Satan s armies fear And angels veil their faces to revere: O Lord, once lifted on the tree of pain, Draw all the world to seek You once again: From farthest regions let them homage bring And on His cross adore their Saviour King:
READING: The death of Jesus MATTHEW 27:V45-55 Robert Hume SOLO: PIE JESU JENNIFER GRAHAM from Requiem, Gabriel Fauré HYMN: WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of glory died, My richest gain I count as loss, And pour contempt on all my pride. Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast Save in the cross of Christ my God; The very things that charm me most- I sacrifice them to His blood. See from His head, His hands, His feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down: When did such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown? Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were an offering far too small; Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all! READING: The Resurrection CHORISTERS: Jesus Christ the Lord is risen ANTHEM: The Day of Resurrection MATTHEW 28:V1-9 Alistair Crockard New Zealand Trad. Bill Brown Text: St John of Damascus R. Jones The day of resurrection! Earth tell it out abroad; The Passover of gladness, the Passover of God! From death to life eternal, from earth unto the sky, Our God has brought us over with hymns of victory.
HYMN: JESUS CHRIST IS RISEN TODAY Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia. Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia. Who did once, upon the cross, Alleluia. Suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia. Hymns of joy then let us sing, Alleluia. Praising Christ our heavenly King, Alleluia. Who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia. Sinners to redeem and save. Alleluia. But the pains which He endured Alleluia. Our salvation have procured; Alleluia. Now above the sky He s King Alleluia. Where the angels ever sing. Alleluia. Sing we to our God above Alleluia. Praise eternal as His love; Alleluia. Praise Him all the heavenly host, Alleluia. Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Alleluia. READING: The Resurrection of Christ CORINTHIANS 15, V1-11 Emma Robertson SOLO: I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH EMMA MORGAN from The Messiah, G.F. Handel ANTHEM: Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah, G.F. Handel Hallelujah! For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth The kingdom of this world is become The kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; And He shall reign for ever and ever King of Kings and Lord of Lords For ever and ever Hallelujah!
HYMN: THINE BE THE GLORY Thine be the glory, Risen, conquering Son, Endless is the victory Thou o er death has won; Angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away, Kept the folded grave-clothes, where Thy body lay. Thine be the glory, Risen, conquering Son, Endless is the victory Thou o er death has won; Lo! Jesus meets us, risen from the tomb; Lovingly He greets us, scatters fear and gloom; Let the church with gladness hymns of triumph sing, For her Lord now liveth; death has lost its sting. Thine be the glory, Risen, conquering Son, Endless is the victory Thou o er death has won; No more we doubt Thee, glorious Prince of Life; Life is naught without Thee: aid us in our strife; Make us more than conquerors, Through Thy deathless love: Bring us safe through Jordan to Thy home above. Thine be the glory, Risen, conquering Son, Endless is the victory Thou o er death has won; BLESSING POSTLUDE: Allen Gött in der Hoh sei Ehr G.F.Kauffmann There will be a retiring offering