First Presbyterian Church Founded in 1821 For Christ in the Heart of Charlotte Order of Worship Fourth Sunday in Lent March 11, 2018 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. You are invited to use the time before the service to prepare your heart and mind for worship. In consideration of others, please silence your cell phones. Preparation Prelude Plein jeu and Cromorne sur la Taille François Couperin Words of Welcome e Reverend Katherine Kerr Adoration Choral Call to Worship arnsberg God, reveal your presence; gladly we adore you, and with awe appear before you. Holy is your temple; all within keep silence; humbly bow with deepest reverence. You alone now we own as our God and Savior. Praise your name forever. *Hymn No. 415 “Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy” restoration
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First Presbyterian
ChurchFounded in 1821
For Christ in the Heart of Charlotte
Order of WorshipFourth Sunday in Lent
March 11, 20189 a.m. and 11 a.m.
You are invited to use the time before the service to prepare your heart and mind for worship. In consideration of others, please silence your cell phones.
Preparation
Prelude Plein jeu and Cromorne sur la Taille François Couperin Words of Welcome The Reverend Katherine Kerr
Adoration Choral Call to Worship arnsberg God, reveal your presence; gladly we adore you, and with awe appear before you. Holy is your temple; all within keep silence; humbly bow with deepest reverence. You alone now we own as our God and Savior. Praise your name forever. *Hymn No. 415 “Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy” restoration
ConfessionCall to Confession The Reverend Katelyn Gordon Cooke Call to Prayer (choir sings first, then congregation joins)
Prayer of Confession All: Merciful God, Forgive us when the distance between our head and our heart is the longest, hardest journey of all. Forgive us when we know the right answers, but we do not follow with right action. Forgive us when we know you are God, but we are too afraid to trust you. Forgive us when we know our neighbors need us, but we remain unconvinced our little lives can make a difference.
Assurance of Pardon One: Friends, believe the good news. All: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven.
*Response (Hymn No. 215, stanza 1) wondrous love What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul, what wondrous love is this, O my soul! What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss to bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul, to bear the dreadful curse for my soul!
Sacrament of BaptismSacrament of Baptism (9 a.m.) Reagan Haley Priester (11 a.m.) Meyer James McNabb
Hymn No. 188 jesus loves me 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.
*Apostles’ Creed I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
Children in kindergarten through 2nd grade may leave for First Church. They will return to the sanctuary during the last hymn. Younger children may go to the nursery.
Large-print hymnals and Bibles are available. Please let an usher know if you would like one.
The rosebud in the sanctuary celebrates the birth of Asher Paul Cox, son of Michael and Christina Cox.
Reagan is the daughter of David and Christy Priester.
Meyer is the son of Ian and Lindsay McNabb.
The 11 a.m. service is televised over WSOC-TV, Channel 9, this morning and streamed live atwww.firstpres-charlotte.org.
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Proclamation
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 pew Bible pg. 559 One: This is the word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
Anthem “None Other Lamb” Joseph Roff None other lamb; none other name; none other hope in heaven or earth or sea; none other hiding place from guilt and shame, none beside thee. My faith burns low; my hope burns low; only my heart’s desire cries out in me; by the deep thunder of its want and woe cries out to thee. Lord, thou art life though I be dead; love’s fire thou art, however cold I be. Nor heaven have I, nor place to lay my head; nor home, but thee. Amen.
Scripture John 3:11-21 pew Bible pg. 94
Sermon “The Promise of Eternal Life” The Reverend Pen Peery
*Hymn No. 209 “My Song Is Love Unknown” love unknown
ResponseRecognition of Seniors (11 a.m.) The Reverend Pen Peery
Prayers of the People The Reverend Erika Funk
Stewardship of Life Presentation of Tithes and Offering
Offertory Anthem “God So Loved the World” John Stainer God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whoso believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.
*Doxology (Hymn No. 606) old hundredth 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.
*Prayer of Dedication and The Lord’s Prayer 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.
Sending Forth *Hymn No. 634 “To God Be the Glory” to god be the glory *Charge and Benediction
*Benediction Response “Amen” danish
Postlude Dialogue on the Grands Jeux François Couperin
The sanctuary flowers are given to the glory of God and in honor of the marriage of Allison Claire Coggins and William Lee Robertson, III on March 10, 2018.
A time of personal prayer is offered following both services. If you would like to pray with a pastor and a member of our prayer team, please meet them in the sanctuary overflow area after the 9 a.m. service or in the chapel following the 11 a.m. service.
* Please stand if you are able.
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cCallie School
South Mecklenburg H
igh School
Myers Park H
igh School Charlotte Latin School
Charles Alexander MayoJack Woods Mallory
Emily Orrell
Will Hull
Myers Park H
igh School
Davy Rayner
Matthew Johnson
Alexandra Fauber Ayer
Elizabeth Carter Pandos
Myers Park H
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Myers Park H
igh School
South Mecklenburg H
igh School Lake Norm
an Charter High School
Kate Leo
Hannah Leo
Matthew M’Cauley Fryling
Paxton Riley Williamson
Myers Park H
igh School
Myers Park H
igh School
South Mecklenburg H
igh School Abigail Kennedy Giles
Abigail Justis
Ansley Nurkin John Owens
South Mecklenburg H
igh School
South Mecklenburg H
igh School
Charlotte Latin School
Myers Park H
igh School
Reese Torstrick
Will Griffin
Adele Robertson CampbellJack Bitter
Charlotte Country Day School
Myers Park H
igh School
Myers Park H
igh School
South Mecklenburg H
igh School
Anna Elizabeth Mack
Charlotte Country Day School
Davis Lane McMillan
Myers Park H
igh SchoolFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CLASS OF 2018
*Hymn No. 415 “Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy”
1 My song is love unknown, my Savior’s love to me, love to the loveless shown that they might lovely be. O who am I that for my sake my Lord should take frail flesh, and die?
2 He came from heaven’s thronesalvation to bestow;the world that was his ownwould not its Savior know.But O my Friend,my Friend indeed,who at my needhis life did spend!
3 Sometimes we strew his way,and his sweet praises sing,resounding all the day hosannas to our King.Then “Crucify!”is all our breath,and for his deathwe thirst and cry.
4 Unheeding, we will haveour dear Lord made away,a murderer to save,the prince of life to slay.Yet steadfast heto suffering goes,that he his foesfrom thence might free.
5 Here might I stay and sing,no story so divine:never was love, dear King,never was grief like thine.This is my Friend,in whose sweet praiseI all my dayscould gladly spend.
6 You shall not live by bread alone,but by every wordthat proceeds from the mouth of God.Allelu, alleluia!
*Hymn No. 634 “To God Be the Glory”
*Hymn No. 209 “My Song Is Love Unknown”
1 Come, ye sinners, poor and needy,weak and wounded, sick and sore;Jesus ready stands to save you,full of pity, love, and power.
Refrain:I will arise and go to Jesus;he will embrace me in his arms.In the arms of my dear Savior,O there are ten thousand charms.
2 Come, ye thirsty, come, and welcome;God’s free bounty glorify,true belief and true repentance,every grace that brings you nigh. (Refrain)
3 Come, ye weary, heavy laden,lost and ruined by the fall;if you tarry till you’re better,you will never come at all. (Refrain)
4 Let not conscience make you linger,nor of fitness fondly dream;all the fitness he requirethis to feel your need of him. (Refrain)
1 To God be the glory;great things he has done!So loved he the worldthat he gave us his Son,who yielded his lifean atonement for sin,and opened the life-gatethat all may go in.
Refrain:Praise the Lord, praise the Lord;let the earth hear his voice!Praise the Lord, praise the Lord;let the people rejoice!O come to the Fatherthrough Jesus the Son,and give him the glory:great things he has done!
2 Great things he has taught us;great things he has done,and great our rejoicingthrough Jesus the Son;but purer and higherand greater will beour wonder, our transport,when Jesus we see. (Refrain)
