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ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR SERVICE OF WORSHIP THIS MORNING

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church lives to celebrate God’s love through worship, seek God’s truth through education, and share God’s gifts through mission and fellowship. We encourage you to join us in the Fellowship Hall for a time of coffee, cookies and fellowship following the morning service. All who profess Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior are welcome to join St. Andrew's. If you have no church home, we invite you to consider uniting with us as we seek to faithfully serve our Lord.  Speak to an usher or the Pastor at the close of the service to learn more.

Greeters:  Beverly Clark

Ushers:  Ray and Emile Tucker

Acolyte:  Will Baird

Liturgist:  Emerson Parker

Children’s Church:  Diana Henderson

Coffee Hosts:  Betty Harris and Betty Harper

2^nd Sunday of Easter

April 15, 2007                                                                                               10:00 a.m.

*Opportunities to stand

GREETINGS, CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH AND REGISTRY OF ATTENDANCE

PRELUDE               “Rise Up My heart, With Gladness”                                      Bach

BRINGING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST INTO THIS ROOM

*CALL TO WORSHIP

ALL:  (Hymn 104 Verse 1)   Christ is risen!  Shout Hosanna!  Celebrate this day of days!  Christ is Risen!  Hush in wonder:  All creation is amazed.  In the desert all surrounding, See, a spreading tree has grown.  Healing leaves of grace abounding Bring a taste of love unknown.

ONE:  Grace to you and peace from then one who is and who was and who is to come, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead.

ALL:  Our God is the Alpha and the Omega, the one who is, and the one who was and who is to come.

ONE:  Let us worship the eternal God.

*HYMN  113            “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today!”

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION AND ASSURANCE OF PARDON

Living God, for whom no door is closed, and no heart is locked, draw us beyond our doubts.  Forgive us for not loving You with our whole heart and mind and strength.  You alone know how often we have sinned in wandering from Your ways and wasting Your gifts.  Have mercy upon us, O Lord, and help us to live in your light, and walk in your ways, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Savior.

*SILENT PRAYER

*ASSURANCE OF GOD’S PARDON

*GLORIA PATRI (Hymn 579)

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.

OLD TESTAMENT LESSON                                     Responsive Reading Psalm 150

NEW TESTAMENT LESSONS                                                                 Acts 5:27-32

                                                                                                        Revelation to John 1:4-8

ANTHEM                               “There Is a Balm in Gilead”                                 Larson

TIME WITH THE CHILDREN

Jesus loves me, this I know!  For the Bible tells me so.  Little ones to him belong, They are weak, but he is strong!  Yes, Jesus loves me!  Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so!

(Toddlers may go to the Nursery, older children to Children’s Church)

GOSPEL LESSON                                                                                    John 20:19-31

SERMON                                “Having Doubts”                Rev. J. Rodgers Spencer

(Click this link to read the sermon)

*HYMN  115                  “Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain”

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH

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.

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER (Page 16, Traditional)

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.  Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.  For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever.  Amen.

PRESENTATION OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY                       “Meditation”                                                            Binckes

*DOXOLOGY (Hymn 592) AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION

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. Amen.

*HYMN  123           “Jesus Christ Is Risen Today”

*THE CHARGE AND THE BENEDICTION

*CARRYING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST INTO THE WORLD

*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE

And the peace of God, that passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts, shall keep your minds on Jesus Christ.

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