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South Church in Andover
United Church of Christ
THE
WORSHIP OF GOD
ORDER FOR THE SERVICE
April 27, 2008
The Sixth Sunday of Easter
Let the prelude
be a curtain of music which brings us into the sanctuary to worship God.
Let necessary conversation be gentle and the preparation we make
together be prayerful.
PRELUDE Marni Swanson of the Grey
Coast A. T.
Evanton
WELCOME Dr. Kallis
Introduction of Visitors and Guests
Announcements
Exchange of Peace
The peace of Jesus Christ be with
you.
And also with you.
INTROIT Sing for God’s Glory
arr. John Bell
CALL TO WORSHIP Jennifer
Bouchard
Sing for joy all the earth!
Our God creates with sounds and
silence.
Bend and sway, all living things!
Our Christ dances among us.
Ebb and flow, all waters, air, and
fire!
Our Spirit pours life upon creation.
Steadfast remain, all stones and high
places.
May gathering here bring constancy
and
challenge to the communities of our
lives.
Vibrant and resonant, all universal
being –
May we respond to the revelations and
the Mystery of our Creator.
* HYMN Like the Murmer of the Dove’s
Song #314 Red
INVOCATION AND the LORD’S PRAYER
(debts)
Jan
Brink
LET THE CHILDREN COME
Terry Ebner
Children in grades
K-High School may move to their church school classrooms.
Parents of children up to age 7, please go to your child’s classroom
after worship.
* HYMN God, Who Stretched the
Spangled Heavens #268 Red
SCRIPTURE Genesis 1: 26 – 31 (in
bulletin) Ken Redford
SERMON Made in the Image of God
Dr. Newell
RESPONSE IN SONG Out of Chaos
A. Dvorak, adpt. D. H. Clark
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
Holly Benzenhafer Redford
OFFERING OF OUR GIFTS IN THANKSGIVING
Invitation
Offertory Spirit Seeking Light and
Beauty Janet
Stuart
* Doxology
* Dedication Prayer
Janet Clarke
* HYMN God, You Spin the Whirling
Planets #285 Red
* BENEDICTION Dr. Newell
* RESPONSE God is Still Speaking
Holly
Benzenhafer Redford
POSTLUDE Irish Real Set
Traditional
* Those who are able may stand.
Participating in Today's Service:
Celtic Fiddle and Voice: Julia Kwalyk
Piano: Jon Peiffer,
Bass
soloist: Don Miller
Greeters: The Gray family
Acolytes: Bryce Jenkins and Juliet Fletcher
Head
Usher: Margaret Crockett
We are thrilled
to welcome to our pulpit this morning, the Rev. Dr. J. Philip Newell
from Edinburgh, Scotland. Dr. Newell is an internationally
recognized theologian in the recovery of the Celtic tradition for today.
Scriptures For This Day New Revised Standard Version
Genesis 1: 26-31
26Then God said, “Let us make humankind
in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over
the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle,
and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping
thing that creeps upon the earth.”
27So
God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
28God blessed them, and God said to
them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and
have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and
over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”
29God said, “See, I have given you
every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and
every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food.
30And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air,
and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the
breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
31God
saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there
was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. |