South Church in Andover
United Church of Christ

THE WORSHIP OF GOD
ORDER FOR THE SERVICE

May 28, 2006
Memorial Sunday

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              Allegro for Violin and Organ                     J.H. Fiocco

                                        Nancy Miller, Violin

WELCOME                                                                                            
     Introduction of Visitors and Guests
     Announcements     Call to Semi-Annual Meeting June 4

                                                                                           Fran Fink, Clerk
     Exchange of Peace

     The peace of Jesus Christ be with you.
         And also with you.

INTROIT                    Laudate Nomen Nomine                                   Tye

CALL TO WORSHIP                                                                                                

The eternal God is our refuge
and underneath are the everlasting arms.

Let us worship God in whom we live
and move and have our very being.

In Jesus Christ, God has come to us and shared our common lot,
conquering sin and death and reconciling the world to God.

Let us worship Jesus Christ our Savior and redeemer.

Through the Holy Spirit, God has surrounded us with power
to be the church through all generations.

Let us declare God's everlasting love and amazing grace
as the first and final fact of our life.

For God is great.

And greatly to be praised.
Holy is the name of God forever. Alleluia!

* HYMN               All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name!                # 142 red

INVOCATION AND THE LORD'S PRAYER (debts/debtors)              

SCRIPTURE                    Romans 8:31-39                          (in bulletin)

SERVICE OF REMEMBERANCE AND TOLLING OF THE BELL

     Lee Piver, Roxy Barry, Jim Vanderpol,  Kathi Levine, Deacons

* HYMN                            For All the Saints                             #306 blue

Let the Children Come                                            Kathleen Johnston

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.

SCRIPTURE         Job 19:23-26, Luke 24: 44-53                (in bulletin)

SERMON           I Know That My Redeemer Lives                Dr. Mutti

INTERLUDE                         Gavotte                                          Rameau

PASTORAL PRAYER

OFFERING OF OUR GIFTS IN THANKSGIVING TO GOD

Invitation

Offertory Anthem           King Jesus Hath A Garden                   Rutter

*Doxology                                                               Old Hundredth Tune

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

*Dedication Prayer                                                                               

* HYMN                        Alleluia! Sing to Jesus!                         # 144 red

* BENEDICTION      May God Bless You and Keep You                 Hamill

* RESPONSE                                  

* POSTLUDE                   Allegro non troppo                           W. Mathias

* Those who are able may stand

Participating in Today’s Service
Greeters: Lisa, Thomas, Dany, Michelle and Jaquelyn Guy
Acolytes: Samantha Beati & Teddy Sorota
Deacon: Jim Vanderpol

 

Family and friends are invited to take a candle lighted this morning honoring the life of their loved ones as a reminder that your family of faith in the church grieves with you in your loss, and finds in the promise that nothing shall separate us from the eternal love of God.

Scriptures For This Day                      New Revised Standard Version

Romans 8:31-39

What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Job 19:23-26

O that my words were written down!
   O that they were inscribed in a book!
O that with an iron pen and with lead
   they were engraved on a rock for ever!
For I know that my Redeemer lives,
   and that at the last he will stand upon the earth;
and after my skin has been thus destroyed,
   then in my flesh I shall see God.

Then he said to them, ‘These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.’ Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to them, ‘Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.’ Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, he blessed them. While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy; and they were continually in the temple blessing God.