Saturday, May 15, 2021

May 16 Bulletin

 Marshall Presbyterian Church

May 16, 2021       7th Sunday of Easter

Carol Ann West, Pianist

Rev. Melissa Upchurch, Pastor

ASSEMBLING IN GOD’S NAME

PRELUDE

WELCOME

* CALL TO WORSHIP (from Psalm 1)

One:​Happy are those who do not ridicule and scoff

​but who delight in God’s teachings and meditate

​on them day and night.

All:​They are like trees planted by streams of

​water.  They yield fruit in due season,

​and their leaves do not wither.

​Let us worship God!

* OPENING PRAYER

* HYMN​Red Hymnal #14​For the Beauty of the Earth

CALL TO CONFESSION

UNISON PRAYER OF CONFESSION

We pray, O Lord, not due to our own wisdom, insight and strength, but through you. You intercede for us because we do not know how to pray as we ought. You even hear and know our sighs, which are too deep for words. Forgive us, O Lord, when our prayers are filled with empty phrases and meaningless platitudes. Forgive us, O Lord, when our prayers fail to express our love for you and our neighbors in need. Forgive us, O Lord, when our prayers do not lead to engagement with justice and peace. Fill us with your word and grant us a new beginning in you. Through Jesus Christ, your Son, we pray. Amen.

* ASSURANCE OF PARDON

One:​In Christ Jesus, God has promised to forgive us ​and reconcile us to God and each other.  Accept ​this good news with joy and be at peace.

All:​Thanks be to God; Amen!

* 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.

* PASSING THE PEACE

SPECIAL MUSIC:    ???

HEARING AND RESPONDING TO GOD’S WORD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

THE SCRIPTURES

New Testament:​Acts 1:15-17, 21-26​
Epistle​1 John 5:9-13​
Gospel:​John 17:6-19​

One:​The Word of God for the People of God!
All:​Thanks be to God!

TIME WITH YOUNG DISCIPLES

MESSAGE    ​Rev. Melissa Upchurch

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (from 1 Cor. 15:1-11)

This is the good news which we have received, in which we stand, and by which we are saved, if we hold it fast: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day and that he appeared first to the women, then to Peter, and to the Twelve, and then to many faithful witnesses. We believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. Jesus Christ is the first and the last, the beginning and the end; he is our Lord and our God. Amen.

* HYMN​ Red Hymnal #321 ​When I Survey the Wondrous Cross


SHARING JOYS AND CONCERNS​(See bulletin insert)


PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE 

SHARING THE GIFTS OF GOD  

 OFFERTORY

*DOXOLOGY (ca. 1500s)

 Praise God from whom all blessings flow; 
 Praise him all creatures here below;
 Praise him above, ye heavenly host;
 Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

* PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND DEDICATION

Christ has made the name of the Lord known to us, so we give thanks. In your name, O Lord, use these gifts, and the time, talents and very lives they represent, for your glory as your kingdom breaks forth in this world. Amen

GOING FORTH IN GOD’S NAME

* HYMN​Purple Hymnal #313​Lord, Make Us More Holy

* INVITATION

* CHARGE

* BENEDICTION


POSTLUDE