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Faith Presbyterian Church
Worship Service- May 8, Mother's Day, 7th Sunday of Easter
Service of Worship
Locations & Times
Faith Presbyterian Church
124 Mill St, Williamston, SC 29697, USA
Sunday 11:00 AM
GATHERING AROUND THE WORD
Introit: “Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen!” (G #150, Verse 1)
Welcome and Announcements
Introit: “Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen!” (G #150, Verse 1)
Welcome and Announcements
Wednesday Night Bible Study
Wednesday Night Bible Study continues using Engage: Gospel. Please join us for these important lessons as we learn together God's call on our lives to live and spread the good news. Please sign up to make dinner if you are able.
Food Bank Clothing Drive
It's spring cleaning time! The Food Bank will be collecting clothing and home goods to give to the Methodist Thrift store for credit to be used at Christmas.
Mother's Day Breakfast
Thank You!
The Men of the Church would like to invite you: mothers, grandmothers, wives, daughters, and other special woman, to a special breakfast to thank you for all that you do.
Sunday, May 8th, 9am
The Men of the Church would like to invite you: mothers, grandmothers, wives, daughters, and other special woman, to a special breakfast to thank you for all that you do.
Sunday, May 8th, 9am
Cereal
The Presbyterian Women ask you to join in a Cereal Collection for Anderson Interfaith Ministries (AIM). The need for breakfast food is especially great when school is out for the summer. We will collect cereal during May and June. Boxes will be in the vestibule for your donations. Please remember this project when you are grocery shopping. Thank you.
1 Corinthians 11-12 Quiz
)1. What do the Corinthians not really come together to eat?
2. What do we proclaim every time we eat the Lord's supper?
3. Where do all of the spiritual gifts come from?
4. What are we individually members of?
Answers from last week: )1. Even if Paul is free with respect to all, what has he made himself? (a slave to all 9:19) 2. He has become_________ to all people? (all things 9:22) 3. What will we not be tested beyond? (your strength 10:13) 4. What should we seek over our own advantage? (that of the other 10:24)
(Next Week, 1 Corinthians 13-14)
2. What do we proclaim every time we eat the Lord's supper?
3. Where do all of the spiritual gifts come from?
4. What are we individually members of?
Answers from last week: )1. Even if Paul is free with respect to all, what has he made himself? (a slave to all 9:19) 2. He has become_________ to all people? (all things 9:22) 3. What will we not be tested beyond? (your strength 10:13) 4. What should we seek over our own advantage? (that of the other 10:24)
(Next Week, 1 Corinthians 13-14)
* Hymn of the Month #106: "Alleluia, Alleluia! Give Thanks"
Refrain: Alleluia, Alleluia! Give thanks to the risen Lord.
Alleluia, Alleluia! Give thanks to His name.
1. Jesus is Lord of all the earth.
He is the king of creation.
2. Spread the good news o'er all the earth:
Jesus has died and has risen.
3. We have been crucified with Christ.
Now we shall live for ever.
4. Come, let us praise the living God,
Joyfully sing to our Savior.
Refrain: Alleluia, Alleluia! Give thanks to the risen Lord.
Alleluia, Alleluia! Give thanks to His name.
1. Jesus is Lord of all the earth.
He is the king of creation.
2. Spread the good news o'er all the earth:
Jesus has died and has risen.
3. We have been crucified with Christ.
Now we shall live for ever.
4. Come, let us praise the living God,
Joyfully sing to our Savior.
Alleluia, Alleluia! Give Thanks- notes
This text and tune were created together in the context of an ecumenical, charismatic, missionary Christian community of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Their energy and emphasis center in the opening and closing refrain's "Alleluia"--the essential Easter word of proclamation. Text and Tune: Donald Fishel, 1971
* Call to Worship
Leader: This is the day the LORD has made;
People: Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Leader: This is the day the LORD has made;
People: Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
* Prayer of the Day
Lord of the resurrection, you died and were raised
so that ultimately death would not prevail. Remind
us daily that sin, and even death, have no power
over us. Amen.
Lord of the resurrection, you died and were raised
so that ultimately death would not prevail. Remind
us daily that sin, and even death, have no power
over us. Amen.
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession
Lord Jesus, after your death and resurrection you sent your followers into the world to proclaim your resurrection to the entire world. Send us into the world to bear witness to all you have done in our lives. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
Leader: Friends, believe the good news of the gospel!
People: In Jesus Christ, our sins are forgiven. Thanks be to God!
* Gloria Patri
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
World without end, amen, amen.
Prayer of Confession
Lord Jesus, after your death and resurrection you sent your followers into the world to proclaim your resurrection to the entire world. Send us into the world to bear witness to all you have done in our lives. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
Leader: Friends, believe the good news of the gospel!
People: In Jesus Christ, our sins are forgiven. Thanks be to God!
* Gloria Patri
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
World without end, amen, amen.
Anthem: "A Christian Home"
Children's Sermon
Children's Sermon
WE HEAR THE WORD READ AND PROCLAIMED
Hymn #119 The Strife is O'er"
1 Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
The strife is o'er, the battle done;
the victory of life is won;
the song of triumph has begun.
Alleluia!
2 The powers of death have done their worst,
but Christ their legions has dispersed.
Let shouts of holy joy outburst.
Alleluia!
3 The three sad days are quickly sped;
he rises glorious from the dead.
All glory to our risen Head.
Alleluia!
4 He closed the yawning gates of hell;
the bars from heaven's high portals fell.
Let hymns of praise his triumph tell.
Alleluia!
5 Lord, by the stripes which wounded thee,
from death's dread sting thy servants free,
that we may live and sing to thee.
Alleluia!
Final Ending:
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Hymn #119 The Strife is O'er"
1 Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
The strife is o'er, the battle done;
the victory of life is won;
the song of triumph has begun.
Alleluia!
2 The powers of death have done their worst,
but Christ their legions has dispersed.
Let shouts of holy joy outburst.
Alleluia!
3 The three sad days are quickly sped;
he rises glorious from the dead.
All glory to our risen Head.
Alleluia!
4 He closed the yawning gates of hell;
the bars from heaven's high portals fell.
Let hymns of praise his triumph tell.
Alleluia!
5 Lord, by the stripes which wounded thee,
from death's dread sting thy servants free,
that we may live and sing to thee.
Alleluia!
Final Ending:
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Leader: These are the words of God for the people of God
People: Thanks be to God
Illumination: "I'm Gonna Sing When the Spirit Says Sing"
I'm gonna sing when the Spirit says sing,
I'm gonna sing when the Spirit says sing,
I'm gonna sing when the Spirit says sing
and obey the Spirit of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God
Illumination: "I'm Gonna Sing When the Spirit Says Sing"
I'm gonna sing when the Spirit says sing,
I'm gonna sing when the Spirit says sing,
I'm gonna sing when the Spirit says sing
and obey the Spirit of the Lord.
Sermon: "Passing Down the Story"
WE RESPOND TO GOD'S WORD
Giving of our Tithes and Offering
*Prayer of Dedication
*Festival Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him all creatures here below;
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost;
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Giving of our Tithes and Offering
*Prayer of Dedication
*Festival Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him all creatures here below;
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost;
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
*The Nicene Creed
We believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible;
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again to judge both the quick and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end.
And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke through the prophets. And we believe one holy catholic and apostolic church. We acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. And we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
We believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible;
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again to judge both the quick and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end.
And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke through the prophets. And we believe one holy catholic and apostolic church. We acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. And we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
Prayers of the People
Now Thank We All Our God
Although this hymn is often used on large and festive occasions, it's first two stanzas had much humbler beginnings: they originated as a family table prayer during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648). These words have been associated with this tune since the mid-17th century.
WE BEAR THE WORD INTO THE WORLD
Hymn #555 Now Thank We All Our God
1 Now thank we all our God
with heart and hands and voices,
who wondrous things has done,
in whom his world rejoices;
who from our mothers' arms
has blessed us on our way
with countless gifts of love,
and still is ours today.
2 O may this bounteous God
through all our life be near us,
with ever joyful hearts
and blessed peace to cheer us,
to keep us in his grace,
and guide us when perplexed,
and free us from all ills
of this world in the next.
3 All praise and thanks to God
the Father now be given,
the Son and Spirit blest,
who reign in highest heaven
the one eternal God,
whom heaven and earth adore;
for thus it was, is now,
and shall be evermore.
Hymn #555 Now Thank We All Our God
1 Now thank we all our God
with heart and hands and voices,
who wondrous things has done,
in whom his world rejoices;
who from our mothers' arms
has blessed us on our way
with countless gifts of love,
and still is ours today.
2 O may this bounteous God
through all our life be near us,
with ever joyful hearts
and blessed peace to cheer us,
to keep us in his grace,
and guide us when perplexed,
and free us from all ills
of this world in the next.
3 All praise and thanks to God
the Father now be given,
the Son and Spirit blest,
who reign in highest heaven
the one eternal God,
whom heaven and earth adore;
for thus it was, is now,
and shall be evermore.
Benediction and Blessing "Halle, Halle, Hallelujah"
Hall-le, hal-le, hal-le-lu-jah!
Hall-le, hal-le, hal-le-lu-jah!
Hall-le, hal-le, hal-le-lu-jah!
Hal-le-lu-jah! Hal-le-lu-jah! (repeat)
Hall-le, hal-le, hal-le-lu-jah!
Hall-le, hal-le, hal-le-lu-jah!
Hall-le, hal-le, hal-le-lu-jah!
Hal-le-lu-jah! Hal-le-lu-jah! (repeat)
Wednesday Night Bible Study
Wednesday Night Bible Study continues using Engage: Gospel. Please join us for these important lessons as we learn together God's call on our lives to live and spread the good news. Please sign up to make dinner if you are able.
Nursery
The Wee Ones class is in need of colored copy paper. A special thank you to all who have donated supplies to the class: Ace Hardware, Sue Chamberlin, and Louise Ware.
Food Bank Clothing Drive
It's spring cleaning time! The Food Bank will be collecting clothing and home goods to give to the Methodist Thrift store for credit to be used at Christmas.