The Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF CHESTNUT HILL March 27, 2016 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
ORDER OF WORSHIP OPENING VOLUNTARIES Saraband for the Morning of Easter Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Rise Up, My Love Healey Willan (1880-1968) Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come. Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. Concerto in B-flat for Trumpet and Organ George Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) CALL TO WORSHIP Minister: Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns! Christ is risen! All: He is risen indeed! Hallelujah! *HYMN IN PROCESSION Jesus Christ Is Risen Today EASTER HYMN (see bulletin) PRAYER OF CONFESSION Almighty God, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ; we acknowledge that we are unworthy of your redeeming grace. We have not believed your promises, nor trusted in our living Lord. Through worldliness of spirit, our eyes have been closed to his presence among us. Through disappointment of mind, our hearts have not burned within us at the sound of his word. We have forgotten the glad tidings of his victory over death, and not known the things that make for our peace. Forgive us, we pray, and restore unto us the joy of your salvation, through him who is our Mediator and Advocate, even Jesus Christ our Lord. PROMISE OF THE GOSPEL CHORAL RESPONSE Ye choirs of new Jerusalem, your sweetest notes employ, the Paschal victory to hymn in strains of holy joy. Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) For Judah's Lion bursts his chains, crushing the serpent s head; and cries aloud through death's domains to wake the imprisoned dead. Devouring depths of hell their prey at his command restore; his ransomed hosts pursue their way where Jesus goes before.
Triumphant in his glory now to him all power is given; to him in one communion bow all saints in earth and heaven. While we, his soldiers, praise our King, his mercy we implore, within his palace bright to bring and keep us evermore. All glory to the Father be, all glory to the Son, all glory, Holy Ghost, to thee, while endless ages run. PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION O Christ our Redeemer, you are the brightness of God s glory and express image of God s person, whom death could not conquer, nor the tomb imprison; as you have shared our mortal frailty in the flesh, help us to share your everlasting triumph in the resurrection. Let no shadow of the grave make us fearful and no fear of death turn our hearts from you. Reveal yourself to us as the first and the last, the Living One, our Savior and our Lord. Amen. FIRST LESSON Luke 24:1-12 PSALTER Psalm 118:14-17, 22-23 Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) Choir sings antiphon The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. There is a sound of exultation and victory in the tents of the righteous. All sing antiphon The right hand of the Lord has triumphed! The right hand of the Lord is exalted! I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. All sing antiphon The same stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This is the Lord s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes. All sing antiphon
SECOND LESSON Luke 24:13-27 CHILDREN S MOMENT *HYMN Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain ST. KEVIN (see bulletin) During the organ introduction, children through eighth grade may process to the chapel for the Gathering. SERMON The Love That Knows No End Ms. Jarvis While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognizing him. Luke 24:15-16 *HYMN Christ the Lord Is Risen Today! LLANFAIR (see bulletin) PRAYERS Minister: The Lord be with you, People: And with your spirit. Minister: Let us pray. O Lord, show your mercy upon us. People: And grant us your salvation. Minister: O God, make clean our hearts within us. People: And take not your Holy Spirit from us. The prayers conclude with: 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. OFFERING OFFERTORY ANTHEM Christus vincit! Christus regnat! Christus Imperat! Christ has overcome! Christ reigns! Christ commands! James MacMillan (b. 1959)
*DOXOLOGY Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Praise God, all creatures here below, Alleluia, Alleluia! Praise God above, ye heavn ly host, Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! LASST UNS ERFREUEN *AFFIRMATION OF FAITH I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, Apostles Creed And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen. *HYMN Thine Is the Glory JUDAS MACCABEUS (see bulletin) *BENEDICTION *CLOSING VOLUNTARIES Con Bravura (Musique Héroïque) Final (Symphonie I) Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Louis Vierne (1870-1937) *Congregation Standing
LEADING WORSHIP THIS MORNING Cynthia A. Jarvis, Minister Brian Russo, Director of Youth and Senior Adults Austin Crenshaw Shelley, Associate Minister for Christian Education Daniel Spratlan, Director of Music Ken Lovett, Organist/Associate Director of Music The Gallery Choir Scott Marino, Trumpet Won Suk Lee, Timpani GREETERS 9:00 a.m. Elders: Kristin Lawton and Anna McClafferty Deacons: Page F. Pendse and Anne Pringle 11:00 a.m. Elders: Thomas McClintic and Laurie Menyo Deacons: Ronalyn Iredale and Barbara Spause USHERS 9:00 a.m. William Chambers, Team #1 Leader; Richard Brown; Carolyn Manwaring; Kevin Raphael; and Harry Spaeth. 11:00 a.m. Michael Baughman, Team #2 Leader; Jim Burns; Jason Jones; Marcia Jones; Barbara Olson; and Barbara Rubin. HOSPITALITY Easter Hospitality Team FLOWER GUILD All Teams Trumpet and timpani sound to the glory of God and in loving memory of Harris A. Carr (1925-2015). MUSIC ATTRIBUTIONS Hymns, anthems and texts reproduced with permission CCLI. License #: 3140916. OneLicense.net #: License # 717-519, copied with permission.
Easter Memorial Flowers IN HONOR OF Our Loved Ones Sanford and Helen Bausman; Samuel and Barbara Sloan; and Melanie McCarthy In honor of Human Trafficking Survivors Our Loved Ones Loved Ones Mildred S. Owen and Harris A. Carr Our Parents; Grandparents; brother, Joel; and sister, Betty Jean Gilbert and Jayne Lorenzon Loved Ones My husband, Cecil, and Loved Ones Francie and Bill Jones Anne Dickinson Our Parents Our Grandmothers Audrey and Russ Van Riper Our Parents and Our Brothers Harry M. K. Johnston Morris and Maxine Steinman; and George and Eileen Kaufman All Family and Friends so Loved Jody Saltzman and Beth Anderson Our Parents: Mr. and Mrs. James Kirlin and Mr. William Murphy, III The Reverend Robert Butziger; Rosetta Myrick; and James and Elizabeth Justice Jean Olson Margaret and Chester Olson Dr. William F. Neide Loved Ones Loved Ones Loved Ones Ott Ward; and Jim and Marie Mallory Garret Watson; Marie Watson; and Tony Pitone Bill White Our Parents; Ray Yeldham; and Loved Ones GIVEN BY John and Barbara Armbruster Robert and Karen Bausman Laura L. Brobyn The Canfield family Ann Carr Emilie H. Carr Susan and Bill Cobb Diane and Jan Cornely and Blake Brown Marci Corson Janet, Mardette and Cecil Cross, III The DeCaro Family Gregory Dickinson and Jonathan Manser Barbara and Terry Frazier Tony and Hope Gay Cheryl and Debbie and Families Nancy and Dick Hassold Sally R. Johnston Jane and Russel Kaufman The Kay/Brown Family Anna McClafferty Diane and Bill Murphy Steven and Linda Myrick The Olson Family The Olson Family Ed and Anne Pringle Barbara and Harry Spaeth Alice Lea and Bill Tasman Mary Anne and Peter Van Blarcom Matthew Ward Declan, Julianne and Ali Watson His Family Beth Wrigley and Pam Yeldham