The

Resurrection of our

Lord Jesus Christ

THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

of CHESTNUT HILL

April 5, 2015

9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

ORDER OF WORSHIP

OPENING VOLUNTARIES

Saraband for the Morning of Easter Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Alleluia Randall Thompson (1899-1984)

Sonata in D for Trumpet and Organ Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709)

CALL TO WORSHIP

Minister: Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns! Christ is risen!

All: He is risen indeed! Hallelujah!

*HYMN IN PROCESSION Jesus Christ Is Risen Today EASTER HYMN

(see bulletin)

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

Almighty God, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ; we acknowledge

that we are unworthy of your redeeming grace. We have not believed your promises, nor

trusted in our living Lord. Through worldliness of spirit, our eyes have been closed to his

presence among us. Through disappointment of mind, our hearts have not burned within

us at the sound of his word. We have forgotten the glad tidings of his victory over death,

and not known the things that make for our peace. Forgive us, we pray, and restore unto

us the joy of your salvation, through him who is our Mediator and Advocate, even Jesus

Christ our Lord.

PROMISE OF THE GOSPEL

CHORAL RESPONSE Paul Fetler (b. 1920)

Christ the Lord is risen, alleluia!

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

O Christ our Redeemer, you are the brightness of God’s glory and express image of

God’s person, whom death could not conquer, nor the tomb imprison; as you have shared

our mortal frailty in the flesh, help us to share your everlasting triumph in the

resurrection. Let no shadow of the grave make us fearful and no fear of death turn our

hearts from you. Reveal yourself to us as the first and the last, the Living One, our Savior

and our Lord. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Isaiah 25:6-9

PSALM 118:14-17, 22-23 Peter R. Hallock

(1924-2014)

Choir Sings Antiphon:

The Lord is my strength and my song,

and he has become my salvation.

There is a sound of exultation and victory

in the tents of the righteous.

All Sing Antiphon

The right hand of the Lord has triumphed!

The right hand of the Lord is exalted!

I shall not die, but live,

and declare the works of the Lord.

All Sing Antiphon

The same stone which the builders rejected

has become the chief cornerstone.

This is the Lord’s doing,

and it is marvelous in our eyes.

All Sing Antiphon

NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Mark 16:1-8

CHILDREN’S MOMENT

*HYMN Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain ST. KEVIN (see bulletin)

During the organ introduction, children through fifth grade

may process to the chapel for the Gathering.

SERMON The Promises God Kept in Jesus Christ: Ms. Jarvis

The Promise of Death Destroyed

“And he will destroy of this mountain the shroud that is cast over all people,

the sheet that is spread over all nations; he will swallow up death forever.”

Isaiah 25:7

*HYMN Christ the Lord Is Risen Today! LLANFAIR (see bulletin)

PRAYERS

Minister: The Lord be with you, People: And with your spirit. Minister: Let us pray. O Lord, show your mercy upon us. People: And grant us your salvation. Minister: O God, make clean our hearts within us. People: And take not your Holy Spirit from us.

The prayers conclude with:

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.

OFFERING

OFFERTORY ANTHEM Stephen Caracciolo (b. 1962)

Christ victorious; Christ, now reigning;

Christ, your Lord and King, commands!

Shouts of triumph, praise unceasing,

“Holy, holy to the Lamb.”

Alleluia, alleluia, Christ by heaven and earth adored.

Alleluia, alleluia, righteous King and mighty Lord.

Christ the Image; Christ, the Dawning;

Christ the first of God’s commands.

All things through him, all things for him,

Stars and all of heaven’s expanse.

Alleluia, alleluia, Light and Source and Holy One.

Alleluia, alleluia, Christ who was and is to come.

Christ the Victim, Christ the Healing;

Love anoints his hands and feet.

Christ the dying; Christ the rising,

God’s own sacrifice complete.

Alleluia, alleluia, Hail the Chosen One of God!

Alleluia, alleluia, Great Redeemer, saving Lord.

Come Almighty, claim your kingdom.

Call a nation for your own.

Come with beauty, power and blessing.

Gather all your people home.

Alleluia, alleluia, Christ the Banquet, Christ the Song.

Alleluia, alleluia, Christ the glory, Christ alone.

*DOXOLOGY LASST UNS ERFREUEN

Praise God from whom all blessings flow,

Praise God, all creatures here below, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Praise God above, ye heavn’ly host,

Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH 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.

*HYMN Thine Is the Glory JUDAS MACCABEUS (see bulletin)

*BENEDICTION

*CLOSING VOLUNTARIES

Con Bravura (Musique Héroïque) Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Final (Symphonie I) Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

*Congregation Standing

LEADING WORSHIP THIS MORNING Cynthia A. Jarvis, Minister Brian Russo, Director of Youth and Senior Adults Austin Crenshaw Shelley, Associate Minister for Christian Education Daniel Spratlan, Director of Music Ken Lovett, Organist/Associate Director of Music The Gallery Choir Scott Marino, Trumpet Won Suk Lee, Timpani

GREETERS 9:00 a.m.

Elders: Anna McClafferty and Thomas McClintic Deacons: Peg Bachmann and Beth Wrigley

11:00 a.m. Elders: Kristin Lawton and Barbara Olson Deacons: Bruce Beyer and Susan E. Cobb

USHERS 9:00 a.m.

Michael Baughman, Team #2 Leader; Jim Burns; Marcia Jones; Barbara Olson; and Barbara Rubin

11:00 a.m. William Cobb, Team #3 Leader; Robert Bausman; Randy Bown; Peter Cooke; B. Graeme Frazier; and Doug Olson

HOSPITALITY Barbara Armbruster

FLOWER GUILD All Teams

TUESDAY COUNTERS John Hausner and Doug Olson MUSIC ATTRIBUTIONS

Hymns, anthems and texts reproduced with permission CCLI.

License #: 3140916. OneLicense.net #: License # 717-519, copied with permission.

Easter Memorial Flowers IN HONOR OF

GIVEN BY

Our loved ones John and Barbara Armbruster

Jon Baughman Michael, Kelly, Charlotte, Caroline, Lilly

and William Baughman

In honor of human trafficking survivors and

In memory of officer Robert Wilson III,

Philadelphia Police

Laura Leeds Brobyn

Dr. and Mrs. William J. Brown and Family Nancy Brown and Bill Kay and family

Our parents Susan and Dick Brown

Our loved ones The Canfield family

Perry Canfield The Canfield family

Loved ones Ann and Harris Carr

Mildred S. Owen Emilie H. Carr

Gilbert and Jayne Lorenzon Diane and Jan Cornely and Blake Brown

My mother Ruth Corson Marci Corson

My husband Cecil and loved ones Janet Cross

For beloved Emily Her mom, Amy

Loved ones The DeCaro family

Ernestine Manser Gregory Dickinson and Jonathan Manser

Our parents Barbara and Terry Frazier

Our parents and our brothers Nancy and Dick Hassold

Harry M. K. Johnston Sally R. Johnston

Fred A. Keeler His family

Bette O’Brien A long-time friend who benefitted from

Bette’s assistance

Herbert Groschopp and Clinton Kooman The Kooman family

Our parents Mr. and Mrs. James Kirlin and

Mr. William Murphy III

Diane and Bill Murphy

Dr. William F. Neide Ed and Anne Pringle

Charlotte E. Ritz, mother and

Arthur C. Ritz, brother

Hope Ritz

All my family Barbara Rubin

Easter Memorial Flowers IN HONOR OF

GIVEN BY

John W. Sheble Barbara L. Sheble and family

Our parents Frank and Taylor Slaughter

Loved ones Barbara and Harry Spaeth

Charles Fritz, Marianne Fritz, Bob “Griz”

Grisdale, Dorothy “Grammy” Spause and Gerald

“Dadone” Spause

Jim and Barbara Spause

In honor of Heather Coddington, our forever angel Sylvia Studenmund and family

Loved ones Alice Lea and Bill Tasman

In memory and in honor of our parents Rebecca and David Thornburgh

Karl and Betty Krantz and

Bill and Dorothy Toffey

Kathy Krantz and Bill Toffey

Our family Mary Anne and Pete Van Blarcom

Audrey and Russ Van Riper Cheryl and Debbie and their families

Christopher Lawler Matthew Ward and David Fitzpatrick

Our loved ones The Webber family

Robert W. White His Loving family

Our parents Arthur and Elsbeth B. Wrigley and

Raymond H. Yeldham

Elsbeth H. Wrigley and Pamela W.

Yeldham