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ALL WORSHIP SERVICES INSIDE LITTLE CHAPEL HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
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Memorial Day Observance
Sunday, May 24, 2020

Chiming of the Hour
Welcome and Announcements
Prelude: Fugue on America by Eugene Thayer
Call to Worship
Hymn of Praise: (331) God of the Ages, Whose Almighty Hand
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon
Special Music: God Bless America by Irving Berlin, Larry Honeycutt, soloist
Morning Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
Hymn of Preparation: My Country, ‘Tis of Thee
Prayer for Illumination
Psalter Reading: Psalm 143
Sermon: “Remembering”
Text: Psalm 143:5
Closing Hymn: (338) O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
Benediction
Postlude: Pilgrims’ Chorus by Richard Wagner
Closing Chime

"God of the Ages, Whose Almighty Hand"
God of the ages, whose almighty hand
leads forth in beauty all the starry band
Of shining worlds in splendor through the skies,
our grateful songs before Thy throne arise.

Thy love divine hath led us in the past.
In this free land by Thee our lot is cast.
Be Thou our ruler, guardian, guide, and stay:
Thy word our law, Thy paths our chosen way.

From war’s alarms, from deadly pestilence,
be Thy strong arm our ever sure defense.
They true religion in our hearts increase.
Thy bounteous goodness nourish us in peace.

Refresh Thy people on their toilsome way.
Lead us from night to never-ending day.
Fill all our lives with love and grace divine,
And glory, laud, and praise be ever Thine.

"My Country, ‘Tis of Thee"

My country, ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing:
land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrims’ pride,
from every mountainside, let freedom ring.

My native country, thee, land of the noble free, thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills, thy woods and templed hills;
my heart with rapture thrills like that above.

Let music swell the breeze, and ring from all the trees sweet freedom’s song.
Let mortal tongues awake; let all that breathe partake;
let rocks their silence break, the sound prolong.

Our father’s God, to thee, author of liberty, to thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright with freedom’s holy light;
Protect us by thy might, great God, our King.

"O Beautiful for Spacious Skies"

O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain,
for purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain!
America! America! God shed his grace on thee,
and crown they good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife,
who more than self their country love, and mercy more than life!
America! America! God mend thy every flaw;
confirm thy soul in self-control, they liberty in law!

O beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the years
thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears!
America! America! May God they gold refine
till all success be nobleness and every grain divine!

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“All Things Bright and Beautiful”
All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all.

Each little flower that opens, each little bird that sings,
God made their glowing colors; God made their tiny wings.
All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all.

The purple-headed mountain, the river running by,
the sunset, and the morning that brightens up the sky:
All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all.

The cold wind in the winter, the pleasant summer sun,
the ripe fruits in the garden, God made them every one.
All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all.

God gave us eyes to see them, and lips that we might tell
how great is God Almighty, who has made all things well.
All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all.

“My Hope is Built on Nothing Less”
My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand; all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

When darkness seems to hide His face, I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale, my anchor holds within the veil.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand; all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

His oath, his covenant, his blood support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way, He then is all my hope and stay.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand; all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

When He shall come with trumpet sound, O may I then in Him be found,
Dressed in his righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand; all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

Sixth Sunday of Easter
Chiming of the Hour
Welcome and Announcements
Prelude: Pastorale, by Sydney Watson
Call to Worship
Opening Hymn: #20 All Things Bright and Beautiful
Prayer of Praise and Adoration
Call to Confession
Assurance of Pardon
Prayer for Illumination
Psalter Reading: Psalm 66: 1-12
Morning Prayer
Special Music: The Lord’s Prayer – Albert Hay Mallote
Brett Blizzard, Soloist
New Testament Lesson: I Peter 3: 13-22
Hymn of Preparation: # 353 My Hope is Built on Nothing Less
Sermon: HOPE
Closing Hymn: #462 I Love to Tell the Story
Benediction
Postlude: Jerusalem by C.H. Perry
Closing Chime

“I Love to Tell the Story”
I love to tell the story of unseen things above,
of Jesus and His glory, of Jesus and His love.
I love to tell the story, because I know ‘tis true;
It satisfies my longings as nothing else could do.
I love to tell the story; ‘twill be my theme in glory
To tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love.

I love to tell the story; ‘tis pleasant to repeat
What seems, each time I tell it, more wonderfully sweet!
I love to tell the story, for some have never heard
The message of salvation from God’s own hold Word.
I love to tell the story; ‘twill be my theme in glory
To tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love.

I love to tell the story, for those who know it best
Seem hungering and thirsting to hear it, like the rest.
And when, in scenes of glory, I sing the new, new song,
‘Twill be the old, old story that I have loved so long.
I love to tell the story; ‘twill be my theme in glory
To tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love.

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Mother’s Day Service
May 10, 2020
Chiming the Hour
Welcome and Announcements
Prelude
Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain - setting by Jan Bender
Call to Worship
Opening Hymn: #14 ~ For the Beauty of the Earth
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon
Prayer for Illumination
Psalter Reading: Psalm 31:1-8, 15-16
Special Music
“Climb Ev’ry Mountain” – Rodgers and Hammerstein
Elizabeth Dinko, soprano
Morning Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
Hymn of Preparation: # 300 ~ We Are One in the Spirit
Scripture Lesson ~ Proverbs 31:10-31
Sermon: “A Good Wife, Mom, Grandma…”
A Litany of Thanksgiving for Mother’s Day
Closing Hymn: # 327 ~ From All That Dwell Below the Skies
Benediction
Postlude
From All that Dwell Below the Skies – setting by Hal Hopson
Closing Chime

For the Beauty of the Earth

For the beauty of the earth,
For the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies.
REFRAIN: Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.

For the wonder of each hour
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon, and stars of light.
REFRAIN

For the joy of ear and eye,
For the heart and mind’s delight,
For the mystic harmony
Linking sense to sound and sight:
REFRAIN

We Are One in the Spirit

We are one in the Spirit; we are one in the Lord;
We are one in the Spirit; we are one in the Lord,
And we pray that all unity may one day be restored:

Refrain: And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love;
Yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.

We will walk with each other; we will walk hand in hand;
We will walk with each other; we will walk hand in hand,
And together we’ll spread the news that God is in our land:

Refrain

We will work with each other; we will work side by side;
We will work with each other; we will work side by side,
And we’ll guard human dignity and save human pride:

Refrain

All praise to the Father from whom all things come,
And all praise to Christ Jesus, God’s only Son,
And all praise to the Spirit, who makes us one:

Refrain

A Litany of Thanksgiving for Mother’s Day

Pastor: Mothers come in many different forms and today we celebrate them all, as we draw on the image, O God, of you as one who nurtures, who gathers, who protects. We pray for those women who have nurtured us and others, and who are no longer with us and whom we miss dearly.

People: We reflect upon those women who have influenced our own lives in so many ways, and we give thanks.

Pastor: We pray for the women around the world who are working long days and nights to raise their children right now.

People: We pray for the mothers around the world.

Pastor: We pray for mothers who have fled violence and difficult situations, including refugees, and who have been separated from their children, or experienced the tragedy of the death of a child.

People: We pray for mothers living in uncertainty and facing the unknown.

Pastor: We pray for all the women who are expecting, but aren’t quite mothers yet.

People: Thank God for the soon-to-be mothers.

Pastor: We pray for families where a mother’s illness has led to an early death. We pray for those who step in to help with the care and nurture of the children, including extended family. We pray for the women who took in others’ children through adoption and foster care.

People: We give thanks for these mothers with such big hearts.

Pastor: We pray for those women who have lost children to death and still must carry on.

People: We pray for strength and courage for mothers who have faced grief and loss.

Pastor: We pray for women whose children have grown and whom they now seldom see.

People: We pray for mothers who are at a distance from their children.

Pastor: We pray for all the women who have desperately wanted to have children of their own, but chose instead to mother everyone else.

People: We thank God for the mothers in spirit.

Pastor: Loving and merciful God, we offer these prayers to you this day.

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

From all that dwell below the skies
Let the Creator’s praise arise:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Let the Redeemer’s name be sung
Through every land, in every tongue.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

In every land begin the song;
To every land the strains belong:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
In cheerful sound all voices raise
And fill the world with joyful praise.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Eternal are thy mercies, Lord;
Eternal truth attends the word:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

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I COME WITH JOY

I come with joy, a child of God, forgiven, loved, and free,
The life of Jesus to recall, in love laid down for me,
in love laid down for me.

I come with Christians far and near to find, as all are fed,
The new community of love in Christ’s communion bread,
in Christ’s communion bread.

As Christ breaks bread and bids us share, each proud division ends.
The love that made us, makes us one, and strangers now are friends,
and strangers now are friends.

The Spirit of the risen Christ, unseen, but ever near,
Is in such friendship better known, alive among us here,
alive among us here.

Together met, together bound by all that God has done,
We’ll go with joy to give the world the love that makes us one,
the love that makes us one.

IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME

In remembrance of me, eat this bread.
In remembrance of me, drink this wine.
In remembrance of me, pray for the time when God’s own will is done.

In remembrance of me, heal the sick.
In remembrance of me, feed the poor.
In remembrance of me, open the door
and let your neighbors in, let them in.

Take, eat, and be comforted; drink and remember too,
That this is my body and precious blood shed for you, shed for you.

In remembrance of me, search for truth.
In remembrance of me, always love.
In remembrance of me, don’t look above,
but in your heart, look for God.

Do this in remembrance of me.

GOD BE WITH YOU
TILL WE MEET AGAIN

God be with you till we meet again;
Loving counsels guide, uphold you, with a shepherd’s care enfold you: God be with you till we meet again.

God be with you till we meet again;
Unseen wings protecting hide you, daily manna still provide you:
God be with you till we meet again.

God be with you till we meet again;
When life’s perils thick confound you, put unfailing arms around you:
God be with you till we meet again.

God be with you till we meet again;
keep love’s banner floating o’er you,
Smite death’s threatening wave before you:
God be with you till we meet again.

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Celebration of the Sacrament of Holy Communion
Chiming the Hour
Welcome and Announcements
Prelude: Elegy by George Thalben-Ball; Tom Solley, Clarinet
Call to Worship
Opening Hymn: (515) I Come with Joy
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Lesson: Luke 17: 11-19
Special Music: Come Sunday by Duke Ellington; Tom Solley, Saxophone
Meditation
"Social Distancing
as a new Spiritual Practice"
Hymn of Preparation: (521) In Remembrance of Me
Words of Invitation for Communion
Prayer of Great Thanksgiving and Lord’s Prayer
Words of Institution
Sharing the Meal
Prayer following Communion
Closing Hymn: (542) God Be With You Till We Meet Again
Benediction
Postlude: Psalm 145:3 His Greatness is Unsearchable by Lester Groom
Closing Chime

THIRD SUNDAY of EASTER

Chiming the Hour
Welcome and Announcements
Prelude
In the Bulb There is a Flower (Promise)
Setting by James Biery
Holy, Holy, Holy
Setting by Robert Hebbie
Call to Worship
Opening Hymn (p.1)
Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon
Prayer for Illumination
Psalter Reading Psalm 116: 1-4; 12-19
Morning Prayer
Hymn of Preparation (p. 472)
Kum ba Yah
Gospel Lesson Luke 24: 13-35
Sermon “On the Road with Jesus”
Closing Hymn
Every Morning is Easter Morning
Benediction
Postlude
Festival Piece on “Old Hundredth”
Clarence Eddy
Closing Chime

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Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!

Kum ba Yah

EVERY MORNING IS EASTER MORNING

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three persons, blessed Trinity!

Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee,
Casting down their gold crowns around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,
Who wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.

Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide Thee,
Though the eye of sinfulness thy glory may not see,
Only Thou art holy; There is none beside Thee,
Perfect in power, in love and purity.

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy name, in earth and sky and sea.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three persons, blessed Trinity!

Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah!
Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah!
Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah!   O Lord, kum ba yah!

Someone’s crying, Lord, kum ba yah!
Someone’s crying, Lord, kum ba yah!
Someone’s crying, Lord, kum ba yah!    O Lord, kum ba yah!

Someone’s singing, Lord, kum ba yah!
Someone’s singing, Lord, kum ba yah!
Someone’s singing, Lord, kum ba yah!    O Lord, kum ba yah!

Someone’s praying, Lord, kum ba yah!
Someone’s praying, Lord, kum ba yah!
Someone’s praying, Lord, kum ba yah!    O Lord, kum ba yah!

REFRAIN: Every morning is Easter morning from now on!
Ev'ry day's resurrection day, the past is over and gone!

Goodbye guilt, goodbye fear, good riddance! Hello, Lord, Hello sun!
I am one of the Easter people! My new life has begun!
REFRAIN

Daily news is so bad it seems the Good News seldom gets heard,
Get it straight from the Easter People!
God's in charge, spread the word!
REFRAIN

Yesterday I was bored and lonely; But today look and see!
I belong to the Easter People! Life's exciting to me!
REFRAIN

Ev'ry morning is Easter morning,
Ev'ry morning is Easter morning,
Ev'ry morning is Easter morning from now on!

WORSHIP SERVICE
April 19, 2020

Chiming the Hour
Welcome and Announcements
Prelude
Variations on “Now the Green Blade Rises”
setting by Franklin D. Ashdown
Call to Worship
Opening Hymn - Christ Is Risen! Shout Hosanna!
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon
Prayer for Illumination
Psalter Reading: Psalm 16
Morning Prayer
Gospel Lesson: John 20:19-31
Sermon
Closing Hymn - Every Morning is Easter Morning
Benediction
Postlude
The Risen Christ (Woodland)
setting by Franklin D. Ashdown
Closing Chime

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CHRIST IS RISEN! SHOUT HOSANNA!

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.

Christ is risen! Raise your spirits from the caverns of despair.
Walk with gladness in the morning. See what love can do and dare.
Drink the wine of resurrection, not a servant, but a friend.
Jesus is our strong companion. Joy and peace shall never end.

Chris is risen! Earth and heaven nevermore shall be the same.
Break the bread of new creation where the world is still in pain.
Tell its grim, demonic chorus: “Chris is risen! Get you gone!”
God the First and Last is with us. Sing Hosanna everyone!

EVERY MORNING IS EASTER MORNING

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JESUS CHRIST IS RISEN TODAY
Jesus Christ is risen today, Allleluia!
Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!
Who did once upon the cross, Allelulia!
Suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia.

Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia!
Unto Christ, our heavenly King, Allelulia!
Who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia!
Sinners to redeem and save. Alleluia!

But the pains which He endured, Alleluia!
Our salvation have procured; Alleluia!
Now above the sky He’s King, Alleluia!
Where the angels ever sing. Alleluia!

Sing we to our God above, Alleluia!
Praise eternal as God’s love; Alleluia!
Praise our God, ye heavenly host, Alleluia!
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Alleluia!

THE DAY OF RESURRECTON
The day of resurrection! Earth, tell it out abroad;
The Passover of gladness, The Passover of God.
From death to life eternal, From this world to the sky,
Our Christ hath brough us over With hymns of victory.

Our hearts be pure from evil, That we may see aright
The Lord in rays eternal Of resurrection light;
And, listening to His accents, May hear, so calm and plain,
His own “All hail!” and, hearing, May raise the victor strain.

Now let the heavens be joyful, Let earth the song begin,
Let the round world keep triumph, And all that is therein.
Let all things seen and unseen Their notes of gladness blend,
For Christ the Lord is risen, Our joy that hath no end.

EASTER SUNDAY
Chiming the Hour
Welcome and Announcements
Prelude
Call to Worship
Hymn "Jesus Christ is Risen Today" (232)
Prayer of Praise and Adoration
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession
Words of Assurance
Prayer for Illumination
Psalter Reading Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
Morning Prayer and Lord's Prayer
Hymn of Preparation "The Day of Resurrection (233)
Resurrection Story Matthew 28: 1 - 10
Sermon
Affirmation of Faith "Apostles' Creed"
Closing Hymn "Christ the Lord is Risen Today" (245)
Benediction
Postlude
Closing Chime

CHRIST THE LORD IS RISEN TODAY
Christ the Lord is risen today! Alleluia!
All creation, join to say; Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high; Alleluia!
Sing, O heavens, and earth reply. Alleluia!

Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won; Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids Him rise; Alleluia!
Christ has opened paradise. Alleluia!

Lives again our glorious King; Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now your sting? Alleluia!
Jesus died, our souls to save; Alleluia!
Where your victory, O grave? Alleluia!

Hail the Lord of earth and heaven! Alleluia!
Praise to You by both be given; Alleluia!
Every knee to You shall bow, Alleluia!
Risen Christ, triumphant now. Alleluia!

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ALL GLORY, LAUD AND HONOR

REFRAIN: All glory, laud and honor To Thee Redeemer King!
To whom the lips of children Made sweet hosannas ring.

Thou art the King of Israel, Thou David’s royal Son.
Who in the Lord’s name comest, The King and blessed One.
REFRAIN

The people of the Hebrews, With palms before Thee went.
Our praise and prayers and anthems, Before Thee we present.
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To Thee, before Thy passion, They sang their hymns of praise;
To Thee, now high exalted, Our melody we raise.
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Thou didst accept their praises; Accept the prayers we bring.
Who in all good delightest, Though good and gracioius King.
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Palm Sunday / Passion Sunday
Celebration of the Sacrament of Communion
Chiming the Hour
Welcome and Announcements
Prelude
Call to Worship
Hymn of Praise - All Glory, Laud and Honor
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Lesson - Matthew 21: 1 - 11
Meditation
Affirmation of Faith - Apostles' Creed
Sacrament of Communion
Words of Invitation
Prayer of Great Thanksgiving and Lord's Prayer
Words of Institution
Sharing the Meal
Prayer following Communion
Closing Hymn - Let Us Break Bread Together
Benediction
Postlude
Closing Chime

LET US BREAK BREAD TOGETHER

Let us break bread together on our knees.
Let us break bread together on our knees.

REFRAIN:
When I fall on my knees,
With my face to the rising sun,
O Lord have mercy on me.

Let us drink wine together on our knees.
Let us drink wine together on our knees.

REFRAIN

Let us praise God together on our knees.
Let us praise God together on our knees.

REFRAIN

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Sunday, March 22, 2020
9 am Worship Service

Chiming the Hour
Welcome and Announcements
Prelude
Introit
Call to Worship
Opening Hymn #35 – Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty
Prayer for Illumination
Psalter Reading Psalm 23
Morning Prayer
Gospel Lesson – Luke 13: 1-9
Sermon – “Recovering from a Bad Shot”
Closing Hymn # 819 – Be Still, My Soul
Benediction
Postlude

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