South Church in Andover
United Church of Christ

THE WORSHIP OF GOD
ORDER FOR THE SERVICE

June 11, 2006
Children’s Celebration Sunday
Trinity Sunday, Presence and Call

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     Nun Bitten Wir     Buxtehude

GATHERING HYMN     Jesus Loves Me!     Beginners

          (Congregation sings the second verse) & Pre-K

Jesus loves me! This I know, As He loved so long ago,

Taking children on His knee, Saying, “Let them come to Me.”

Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me!

Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.

WELCOME        Terry Ebner

Exchange of Peace

The peace of Jesus Christ be with you.

And also with you.

INTROIT     Surely the Presence     Carol Choir

CALL TO WORSHIP     Psalm 29 Jackie Guy & Dennis Hacker

Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,  Treble Choir

Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.     Soundscape

Ascribe to the Lord the glory of His name;

Worship the Lord in holy splendor.

* PROCESSIONAL HYMN       Kindergarten

          Sarah Crockett, Soloist & Nick Galat, Flute
     Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty     #251 blue

               (Congregation Sings vs. 2-4)

INVOCATION AND THE LORD’S PRAYER 3^rd Grade

        LET THE TEACHERS COME                     7^th/8^th Grades

* HYMN  Here I Am, Lord  # 525 red

SCRIPTURE     Isaiah 6:1-8     4^th Grade

DRAMA     Isaiah’s Amazing Story 6^th Garde

     (Props: 2^nd Grade, Violin: Brendan O’Donnell, Angels: Kindergarten)

ANTHEM     I’m Gonna Sing     Treble Choir

                        M.C. duGard

REFLECTION ON GOD’S PRESENCE AND CALL

Annelise Mesler

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE                                         5^th Grade

OFFERING                                                               First Grade

       Invitation                                                            Offertory                                             Treble & Carol Choir

* Doxology         

* Dedication Prayer        First Grade

* BENEDICTION     

* RESPONSE        Go Now In Peace  Kindergarten

POSTLUDE          Marianna Jordan

* Those who are able may stand.

Participating in Today’s Service
Organist:  Carol-Georgine West

Greeters: 4^th  Grade

Ushers: First Grade

Bulletin Cover Artwork: 3^rd Grade

Acolytes: Burton Deady & Nick Bouchard

Scriptures For This Day        New Revised Standard Version

Isaiah 6: 1-8

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.” The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke. And I said: “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!” Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.” Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!”