Ascension Sunday/Memorial Sunday
10:30 a.m., May 24, 2009
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE
*CALL TO Worship
L: You are worthy of all our praise, O God, for you are the source of all good power. By your power,
P: heaven and earth were formed.
L: By your power,
P: you created us and gave us life.
L: By your power,
P: we are guided and protected.
L: By your power,
P: Jesus Christ triumphed over the grave.
L: By your power,
P: the Holy Spirit comes to sustain and care for us.
*OPENING HYMN: The Faith We Sing No.2074 “Shout to the Lord”
My Jesus, my Savior, Lord, there is none like you. All of my days I want to praise the wonders of your mighty love. My comfort, my shelter, tower of refuge and strength. Let every breath, all that I am, never cease to worship you.
Refrain
Shout to the Lord, all the earth, let us sing; power and majesty, praise to the King. Mountains bow down and the seas will roar at the sound of your name. I sing for joy at the work of your hand; forever I’ll love you, forever I’ll stand. Nothing compares to the promise I have in you.
A Litany for memorial day:
L: Let us lift up thankful hearts to God for all those through whom God has blessed our pilgrimage, whose lives that have empowered us, whose influence is a healing grace,
P: We lift up thankful hearts.
L: For the dear friends and family members whose faces we see no more, but whose love is with us forever.
P: We lift up thankful hearts.
L: For those who sacrificed themselves, our brothers and sisters who have given their lives for the sake of others,
P: We lift up thankful hearts.
L: For those who in all times and places have been true, brave, and have lived upright lives and ministered to their fellows.
P: We lift up thankful hearts.
L: For those who served their country in its hour of need, and especially for those who gave even their lives in that service.
P: We lift up thankful hearts.
L: O almighty God and most merciful Father, as we remember these your servants, remembering with gratitude their courage and strength, we hold before you those who mourn them. Look upon your bereaved servants with your mercy. As this day brings them memories of those they have lost awhile, may it also bring your consolation and the assurance that their loved ones are alive now and forever in your living presence. Amen.
*Hymn: No.437 “This Is My Song”
SHaring joys and concerns
silent prayer and pastoral prayer
Scripture lesson: Acts 1:1-11 John Atkinson
CONGREGATION’S FAVORITE HYMNS
CHILDREN’S MOMENT
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Ephesians 6:10-18
Sermon “A Biblical Recipe for Managing Life Changes and Transition”
Rev. J. Christine
Gilbert OFFERTORY
Today’s Special Offering goes for East Jordan Habitat Mission
OFFERING: No. 95 “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”
OFFERTORY PRAYER
*CLOSING Hymn: No.347 “Spirit Song”
*Dismissal with blessing
L: In the presence of Christ, we have gathered.
P: In the grace of Christ, we depart.
L: May God clothe you with power on high.
P: May God put this power to work in each of us. Amen.
