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Fourth Sunday of Easter
April 21, 2024
MORNING WORSHIP - 10:00 A.M.
WATCHWORD FOR THE WEEK: I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. -John 10:11
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS...................................Rev. Ginny Hege Tobiassen
PRELUDE - The Lord’s My Shepherd ......................................T. Brother James’ Air
M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)
CALL TO WORSHIP
LITURGY: Discipleship, pages 37-42
SCRIPTURE LESSONS:
- Acts 4: 5-12
- Psalm 23
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul.
He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord my whole life long.
- 1 John 3: 16-24
During the singing of the next hymn, children age 3 and up are welcome to follow
Godly Play leaders to continue their worship in CE-106.
HYMN 593 - How Great the Bliss to Be a Sheep of Jesus...............T. Agnus Christi
GOSPEL LESSON: John 10: 11-18......................................Rev. Dr. Robert Sawyer
SERMON - Shepherd and Lamb
HYMN 200 - Welcome Among Your Flock of Grace..............................T. Pilgrimage
PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
The offertory provides an opportunity to reflect on the many ways that we can express our gratitude in response to God: with time, treasure, talents, and testimony. For financial giving online: Use the Moravian Ministries Foundation giving portal at https://mmfa.info/giving-portal/. Click the “Give Now” button on any page of the Home Church website. For more information, go to HomeMoravian.org/online giving. You can make one-time or recurring gifts. Text HOME to 73256 on your phone.
OFFERTORY INVITATION
ANTHEM - My Shepherd Will Supply My Need....Trad. Hymn Tune, arr. Virgil Thomson
Choir
My shepherd will supply my need, Jehovah is his name. In pastures fresh he makes me feed beside the living stream. He brings my wandering spirit back when I forsake his ways. He leads me for his mercy’s sake in paths of truth and grace. When I walk through the shades of death, thy presence is my stay. One word of thy supporting breath drives all my fears away. Thy hand in sight of all my foes, doth still my table spread. My cup with blessings overflows, thine oil anoints my head. The sure provisions of my God attend me all my days; O may thy house be my abode and all my work be praise. There would I find a settled rest, while others go and come, no more a stranger or a guest, but like a child at home.
DOXOLOGY
OFFERTORY PRAYER
PRAYERS FOR THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD
HYMN 469 - Come Let Us Sing..............................................................T. Wareham
POSTLUDE - The Lord is my Faithful Shepherd ....T. Der Herr ist mein getreuer
Hirt Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
BENEDICTION
CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE - Hymn 832, The Grace of Our Lord
While singing, we extend the right hand of fellowship.
- Thank you to the Rev. Dr. Robert Sawyer, a member and former pastor of this congregation, for his leadership in today’s service.
- The flowers are placed in the Sanctuary today by Jim and Zena Yarbrough in loving memory of their parents Ernest and Anne Snidow Yarbrough and Mike and Genevieve Giering Strub, in honor of Jim’s daughters, Julie Yarbrough, Margie Yarbrough, and Molly and Doug Davis, and granddaughter Sophie Davis, and in honor of Zena’s children, Duncan and Allison Gilley, and Heather and Greg Bulwinkle, and grandchildren, Nigel, Corbin, and Gretchen Bulwinkle.
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