Travis Park UMC-Sunday Morning Worship
Sunday, March 11th, 2007
Third Sunday in Lent
9:00 a.m.
PRELUDE: Camerata San Antonio
CALL TO WORSHIP*
Leader: Come to the Lord, who is rich in grace; approach our God, who is full of mercy.
People: We will praise God with all our heart and glorify the name of the Most High
forever.
--Lenten liturgy, Church of the Servant, Grand Rapids, Michigan
OPENING HYMN* No. 2001 We Sing to You, O God ALL
PRAYER of CONFESSION
If we say that we have no sin,
we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just,
Will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all righteousness.
Let us confess our sins to Almighty God.
--based on 1 John 1:8-9, NRSV
SILENT PRAYERS
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
MESSAGE 1 Corinthians 10:13 Rev. John Flowers
TITHES AND OFFERINGS: Lux aeterna
Words: English text from the Burial Service (slightly altered); Laten text, Missa pro defunctis
Music: John Rutter
Sanctuary Choir; Lana Cartlidge Potts, accompanist; Patty Riggle Bonner, soprano soloist
I head a voice from heaven saying unto me,
Blessed are the dead who dies in the Lord,
For they rest from their labours: even so saith the Spirit
Lux aeterna luceat eis Domine: cum sanctis tuis in aeternum, quia pius es.
Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Light eternal shine upon them, Lord, we pray:
with saints and angels ever dwelling, for thy mercy’s sake, may the rest in peace.
Grant them rest eternal, Lord our God, we pray to thee:
and light perpertual shine on them for ever.
(Please register your attendance in the red registration books.)
*DOXOLOGY
(See insert)
SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION
Leader: The Spirit of God be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts to heaven
People: where Christ in glory reigns.
Leader: It is right, and a good and joyous prayer, always and everywhere to give you thanks. For
in the beginning, Creator God, You made the earth; round, rich, and fertile, the mother of all life, the seedbed of all growth.
People: You bent low and gently gathered up a handful of clay and shaped and
wonderfully and intricately made man and woman.
Leader: You breathed wind and spirit into flesh and bone.
People: We became like you, formed in your image carrying the stars in our eyes,
the moon in our hearts and the cosmos in every breath.
Leader: And, so with all the saints who have gone before, all the creatures of the earth, and all the
faithful touched by the Spirit, we praise your name and join the unending hymn of praise:
--from Water Words by Larry Peacock
SANCTUS #2257-b in The Faith We Sing ALL
WORDS OF INSTITUTION AND CONSECRATION
Leader: Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here and on these gifts of bread and wine.
Make them become for us the presence of Christ, so that we may be signs of new life for our searching world. By your Spirit make us one with Christ, one with all creation and one in service to all the world until Christ comes in radiant glory and seats all at the heavenly table.
All: Eternal Spirit, Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver,
Source of all that is and that shall be, Father and Mother of us all, living God, in whom is heaven:
The hallowing of your name echo through the universe!
The way of your justice be followed by the people of the world!
Your heavenly will be done by all created beings!
Your commonwealth of peace and freedom sustain our hope and come on earth.
With the bread we need for today, feed us.
In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us.
In times of temptation and test, strengthen us.
From trials too great to endure, spare us.
From the grip of all that is evil, free us.
For you reign in the glory of the power that is love, now and forever.
Amen.
--from A New Zealand Prayer Book
DISTRIBUTION OF THE ELEMENTS
COMMUNION MUSIC: Camerata San Antonio
HYMN OF INVITATION* No. 127 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah ALL
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE: Camerata San Antonio
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