Ellie and her Easter Bonnet!

Here are the two leading ladies in my life: my incredible wife Sarah and our amazing daughter Eleanor (Ellie). Ellie has got her new Easter dress (thanks Grandma Stobaugh) and bonnet. I was bummed because I was so busy at the church that I never actually got to see her until the afternoon but it's clear she was pretty darn cute!

Easter Sunday 11:00 liturgy

Here is the liturgy for our 'contemporary' service.

Travis Park UMC
Celebration Worship Service-Easter Sunday
Sunday April 8th, 2007

Prelude: The Empty Tomb TPUMC Handbell Ensemble

OPENING MUSIC:
Christ the Lord is Risen Today
It’s a New Season
O Happy Day

WELCOME (registration, prayer cards) Rev. John Flowers

You Alone are Holy

PRAYER CARDS AND EXT. PRAYER Rev. Willie Glaster

Stained Glass Sunrise TPUMC Handbell Ensemble

CALL FOR OFFERING Rev. Taylor Boone

OFFFERTORY: Beautiful Day
(or perhaps one of two other pieces)

MESSAGE The Grace-full Heart Rev. Karen Vannoy

THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY BAPTISM: The Villarreal Family

INVITATION TO DISCIPLESHIP: Victory Chant

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE: Victory Chant

Easter Sunday 2007 9:00 Liturgy

Below you will find the Easter liturgy at Travis Park for our 9:00 service. Please check out the picture a few posts below to get a visual idea of what the service was like. I wanted to do something with the Exsultet but life was just too full to find a way to work it in this year.

Travis Park UMC-Sunday Morning Worship
Sunday, April 8th, 2007;
Easter Sunday
9:00 a.m.


PRELUDE: Ken Freudigman, cello; Emily Watkins, viola

GREETING
Leader: Grace and peace to you from Jesus Christ our Lord. My brothers and sisters in Christ: on this most holy morning in which Jesus Christ passed over from death to life, we gather as the Church to watch and pray. This is the Passover of Christ in which we share in Christ’s victory over death.

HYMN: No. 302 Christ the Lord is Risen Today ALL

OPENING PRAYER
God of life, through Jesus Christ you have bestowed upon the world the light of life. Sanctify this new fire, and grant that our hearts and minds may also be kindled with holy desire to shine forth with the brightness of Christ’s rising, that we may attain to the feast of everlasting light; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Leader: If, at times, we deny you, God forgive. When the risks of discipleship are
high, and we are nowhere to be found:
People: God forgive.
Leader: When we wash our hands of responsibility:
People: God forgive.
Leader: When we cast our lot with powerful oppressors and seek to buy freedom
with silver:
People: God forgive.
Leader: When fear keeps us from witnessing to your truth, or prejudice keeps us
from believing it:
People: God forgive.
Leader: In the bright light of Easter morning, O God, our sin is exposed, and
your grace is revealed.
People: Tender God, raise us in your love so that, with joy, we may
witness to your awesome deeds in the name of Jesus, the
risen on. Amen.
--The Book of Common Worship

SILENT PRAYERS

WORDS OF ASSURANCE
MESSAGE The Grace-full Heart Rev. Karen Vannoy

TITHES AND OFFERINGS: Ken Freudigman, cello; Emily Watkins, viola
(Please register your attendance in the red registration books.)

*DOXOLOGY
(This morning’s doxology is found in the back of The Faith We Sing found in your pew rack.)


SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION
(Rev. Vannoy, do you have another liturgy you’d like to use?)
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 from Requiem
Text from Missa pro defunctis; Music by John Rutter
Sanctuary Choir, Lana Cartlidge Potts, accompanist

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: Ken Freudigman, cello; Emily Watkins, viola

HYMN OF INVITATION* No.307 Christ is Risen ALL

BENEDICTION



CHORAL BENEDICTION: Hallelujah from Messiah
Text and Music: G.F. Handel
Sanctuary Choir, Lana Cartlidge Potts, accompanist

Good Friday Service

On Good Friday this year we did something that I don't know has ever been done. We had a Good Friday service that used the blues as the primary musical source for the service. Two of our singers, Ralph Cortez and Henry Paridilla, set the Seven Last Words of Christ from the cross to seven different blues styles. Ralph added a little bit of extra lyrics and I offered a meditiation over each of the seven words. The service was incredibly powerful.

Travis Park UMC-Good Friday Worship
Friday, April 6th, 2007
7:oo p.m.

GATHERING

Opening Video

The Old Rugged Cross

Greeting:
Leader: Christ himself bore our sins in his body on the tree.
People: That we might die to sin and live to righteousness.
Leader: Let us pray.
All: Almighty God, graciously behold this your family, for whom our
Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, One God, for ever and ever. Amen.
--after The Book of Common Prayer

Opening Song: What Wondrous Love is This

Introduction to the Blues Service Jackie Shepherd
(Jackie Shepherd is a candidate for the Doctorate of Music degree at Boston University and has recently completed doctoral research on the blues and American culture)

A Change is Gonna Come (Henry and Ralph)

PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
Spoken Reflection
1st Word: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
Spoken Reflection
2nd Word: “Today, thou shalt be with me in paradise.”
Spoken Reflection
3rd Word: “Woman, behold thy son! [Son] behold thy mother.”
Spoken Reflection
4th Word: “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
Spoken Reflection
5th Word: “I thirst.”
Spoken Reflection
6th Word: “It is finished.”
Spoken Reflection
7th Word: “Father, into thy hands, I commend thy spirit.”

Easter Sunday 9:00 Service

Happy Easter!
We had a wonderful trio of Easter Sunday services this past weekend. In this picture you can see our 9:00 service with choir, our two co-pastors, myself conducting and our new paschal candle. I will post the order of worship soon. We had a wonderful Easter and I pray you did too!

Holy Thursday Service

Check out this Holy Thursday service with a sure to be excellent sermon by the man, Evan Jones!

Travis Park UMC
Holy Thursday, April 5th, 2007
7:00 p.m.

ENTRANCE

CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP The Sun Still Shines
Text: found in Auschwitz concentration camp in Germany; Music:???
Joyful Melodies Choir; Jackie Shepherd, conductor

GREETING*
Leader: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
People: Christ has prepared a feast of love.
--The United Methodist Book of Worship

OPENING HYMN* No. 384 Love Divine, All Loves Excelling ALL

PRAYER of CONFESSION
Leader: My sisters and brothers, Christ shows us his love by becoming a humble servant. Let us
draw near to God and confess our sin in the truth of God’s Spirit.

SILENT PRAYERS

People: Most merciful God, we your Church confess that often our spirit has not
been that of Christ. Where we have failed to love one another as he loves us, where we have pledged loyalty to him with our lips and then betrayed, deserted, or denied him, forgive us, we pray; and by your Spirit make us faithful in every time of trials; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Leader: Who was in a position to condemn? Only Christ. But Christ suffered and died for us,
and continues to intercede for us. Believe the good news: in the name of Jesus Christ you are forgiven!
People: In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven! Glory to God. Amen!

PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
All: Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit, that, as the
Scriptures are read and your Word proclaimed, we may hear with joy what you say to us today. Amen.

A READING FROM THE HEBREW BIBLE Exodus 12:1-14

PSALM 116:1-2, 12-19 UMH No. 837 (let’s chant it or use the responses!)

A READING FROM THE EPISTLES 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

HYMN No. 2266 Here is Bread, Here is Wine

GOSPEL LESSON John 13:1-17, 31b-35

SERMON “One More Thing…” John 13:1-17, 31b-35 Evan Jones

TITHES AND OFFERINGS: The Last Supper
Words and Music: Allen Pote
Emmaus Youth Choir: Patty Riggle Bonner, accompanist; narrator

THANKSGIVING AND COMMUINION

TAKING THE BREAD AND CUP

THE GREAT THANKSGIVING (using OSL lit.)

THE LORD’S PRAYER

BREAKING THE BREAD

GIVING THE BREAD AND CUP

SENDING FORTH

Hymn No. 292 What Wondrous Love is This?

STRIPPING OF THE CHURCH

DISMISSAL WITH BLESSING
Leader: Go in peace. May Jesus Christ, who for our sake became obedient unto death, even death
on a cross, keep you and strengthen you this night and forever. Amen.

PLEASE LEAVE IN SILENCE

Very Cool Palm/Passion Sunday 2007

Hey Everybody!
We are doing a very cool palm/passion Sunday service this Sunday using the Rutter Requiem. Check it out!

Travis Park UMC-Sunday Morning Worship
Sunday, April 1st, 2007
Palm Sunday
9:00 a.m.

CALL TO WORSHIP Trumpet Voluntary Lana Cartlidge Potts

GREETING
Leader: If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross
and follow me.
People: For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their
life for my sake and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.
--Mark 8:34b-35

OPENING HYMN* No. 278 Hosanna, Loud Hosanna ALL

CALL TO CONFESSION
Like the people who greeted Jesus as he entered Jerusalem and then later pronounced “Crucify him,” we are fickle people who often deny Christ in our thoughts, words, and deeds. Remembering the events of Jesus’ last week helps us see ourselves for what we are: sinners in need of a Savior, a Savior—praise God—we have in Christ. In honesty and hope, we confess now our sins to God.
--The Worship Sourcebook

SILENT PRAYERS
I. Requiem aeternam John Rutter

Réquiem aetérnam dóna éis, Dómine Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord
et lux perpétua lúceat éis. and let perpetual light shine upon them.

Te décet hýmnus Déus in Zíon, A hymn befits thee, O God in Zion
et tíbi redétur and to thee a
vótum in Jerúsalem vow shall be fulfilled in Jerusalem

exáudi oratiónem méam, Hear my prayer,
ad te ómnis cáro véniet. for unto thee all flesh shall come.

--from Missa pro defunctis

WORDS OF ASSURANCE



HOMILY The Rev. John Flowers


II. Out of the deep Marilyn de Olivieiri, cellist John Rutter
Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice.
O let thine ears consider well: the voice of my complaint.
If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss: O Lord, who may abide it?
For there is mercy with thee: therefore shalt thou be feared.
I look for the Lord; my soul doth wait for him: in his word is my trust.
My soul fleeth unto the Lord; before the morning watch, I say, before the morning watch.
O Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy:
and with him is plenteous redemption.
And he shall redeem Israel: from all his sins.
--Psalm 130

TITHES AND OFFERINGS/PLEDGE CARDS
III. Pie Jesu Jackie Shepherd, soprano soloist John Rutter
Píe Jésu Dómine, Merciful Lord Jesus,
dóna éis requiem. grant them rest.
--from ‘Dies Irae’, Missa pro defunctis
(Please register your attendance in the red registration books.)

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 John Rutter
Sánctus, Sánctus, Sánctus, Holy, Holy, Holy
Dóminus Déus Sábaoth. Lord God of Hosts
Pléni sunt caéli et térra glória túa Heaven and earth are full of thy glory.
Hosánna in excélsis. Hosanna in the highest.

Benedíctus qui vénit in nominee Dómini. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosánna in excélsis. Hosanna in the highest.

WORDS OF INSTITUTION AND CONSECRATION
Leader: Your Son, Jesus Christ, fulfilled the prophets’ words, and entered the city of Jerusalem
where he was lifted high upon the cross, that the whole world might be drawn to him. By his suffering and death he defeated the power of death, becoming the source of eternal life. The tree of defeat became the tree of victory; where life was lost, life has been restored.
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: Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done, on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and for ever. Amen.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE ELEMENTS
V. Agnus Dei John Rutter
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Lamb of God who takest away the sins of the world.
dona eis requiem. grant them rest.

Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery.
He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem.

In the midst of life we are in death: of whom may we seek for succor?

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem.

I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
--Latin text from Missa pro defunctis; English texts from the Burial Service,
1662 Book of Common Prayer

A TIME OF REFLECTION ON THE EVENTS OF HOLY WEEK
VI. The Lord is my shepherd Larry Muelluer, oboist John Rutter
The Lord is my shepherd: therefore can I lack nothing.
He shall feed me in a green pasture: and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.
He shall convert my soul: and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness, for his Name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.
Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me:
thou has anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full.
But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
--Psalm 23, Miles Coverdale/Anglicaan translation

PRAYER FOR LIGHT (the congregations candles will be lit by the pastors here)
VII. Lux aeterna Patty Riggle Bonner, soprano soloist John Rutter
I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me,
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for they rest from their labours: even so saith the Spirit.

Lux aéterna lúceat éis, Dómine: May light eternal shine upon them, O Lord.
Cum sánctis túis in aetérnum, in the company of thy saints forever and ever;
quia píus es. for thou art merciful.
Requiem aetérnam dóna éis, Dómine, Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord,
et lux perpétua lúceat éis. and let perpetual light shine upon them.
--English text from the Burial Service (slightly altered); Latin text, Missa pro defunctis

BENEDICTION Rev. Joe Stobaugh

3/25/07 11 Lit.

Travis Park UMC
Celebration Worship Service
Sunday, March 25th, 2007
Fifth Sunday in Lent

OPENING MUSIC:
Guide My Feet (16)
Blessed be the Name of the Lord (17)

WELCOME (Registration Pads, Questions)

Give Thanks (18)

PRAYER OVER THE PRAYER CARDS

Surely God is Able (4)

CALL FOR THE OFFERING
(ushers, please come forward after the call for the offering)

OFFERTORY: The Old Rugged Cross (19)

MESSAGE “Are You Ready for Something New” Isaiah 43:16-21 Rev. John Flowers

PROCESSION OF THE ELEMENTS: Here is Bread, Here is Wine (7)

SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION

MUSIC DURING COMMUNION: Here is Bread, Here is Wine (7)

INVITATION

INVITATION TO DISCPLESHIP: Can You Believe (20)

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE: Can You Believe (reprise)

3/18/07 11 Lit.

Travis Park UMC
Celebration Worship Service
Sunday, March 18th, 2007
Fourth Sunday in Lent

OPENING MUSIC:
God is Good (All the Time)
I Will Bless the Lord

WELCOME (Registration Pads, Questions)

More Like You

PRAYER OVER THE PRAYER CARDS –Taylor Boone

Surely God is Able

CALL FOR THE OFFERING
(ushers, please come forward after the call for the offering)

OFFERTORY: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (band only)

MESSAGE “Parties for Prodigals” Luke 15 Rev. Karen Vannoy

PROCESSION OF THE ELEMENTS: Here is Bread, Here is Wine

SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION

MUSIC DURING COMMUNION: Let us Be Bread

INVITATION

INVITATION TO DISCPLESHIP: Through it All

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE: God is Good (reprise)

3/11/07 11 Liturgy

Travis Park UMC
Celebration Worship Service
Sunday, March 11th, 2007
Third Sunday in Lent

OPENING MUSIC:
Your Name is Great
Victory Chant

WELCOME (Registration Pads, Questions)

Because of Who You Are

PRAYER OVER THE PRAYER CARDS –Taylor Boone

Surely God is Able

CALL FOR THE OFFERING
(ushers, please come forward after the call for the offering)

OFFERTORY: We Fall Down

MESSAGE 1st Corinthians 10:13 Rev. John Flowers

SERMON REFLECTION SONG: It Don’t Come Easy

PROCESSION OF THE ELEMENTS: Here is Bread, Here is Wine

SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION

MUSIC DURING COMMUNION: Taste and See

INVITATION

INVITATION TO DISCPLESHIP: This Little Light of Mine

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE: Victory Chant (reprise)

2/25/07 11:00 Liturgy

Travis Park UMC
Celebration Worship Service
Sunday, February 25th, 2007
First Sunday in Lent

OPENING MUSIC:
All Around
Guide My Feet

WELCOME (Registration Pads, Questions)

Change My Heart O God

PRAYER OVER THE PRAYER CARDS

Surely God is Able

CALL FOR THE OFFERING
(ushers, please come forward after the call for the offering)

OFFERTORY: Your Name is Great

MESSAGE Luke 4:1-13 Rev. Karen Vannoy

INVITATION TO DISCPLESHIP: I Want Jesus to Walk with Me

POSTLUDE: I Want Jesus to Walk with Me (w/solos)

3/18/07 9:00 Liturgy

Travis Park UMC-Sunday Morning Worship
Sunday, March 18th, 2007
Fourth Sunday in Lent
9:00 a.m.

PRELUDE: Emily Watkins, viola
"I'll Bid My Heart Be Still" Rebecca Clarke

CALL TO WORSHIP*
Leader: In your wisdom, O God, you call us here to worship you.
People: We gather, alive to the Word of God.
Leader: You call us to be fully alive with your life abundant, ready to listen and respond with
heart, soul, strength, and mind.
People: We listen, alive to the Word of God.
Leader: You call us to be always watchful for your Word of wisdom, sometimes startling and
unexpected, sometimes still and quiet, but always dwelling among us.
People:: We watch and wait for the Word of God.
--Reformed Worship

OPENING HYMN* No. 2008 Let All Things Now Living ALL

CALL TO CONFESSION
O God, make me discontented with things the way they are in the world,
and in my own life. Make me notice the stains when people get spilled on.
Make me care about the slum child downtown, the misfit at work, the people crammed into the mental hospital, the men, women and youth behind bars.
Jar my complacence, expose my excuses, get me involved in the life of my city and world. Give me integrity once more, O God, as we seek to be changed and transformed, with a new understanding and awareness of our common humanity.
-- adapted from Robert Raines

SILENT PRAYERS

WORDS OF ASSURANCE

MESSAGE “Parties for Prodigals” Luke 15 Rev. Karen Vannoy

TITHES AND OFFERINGS: Agnus Dei
Words: English text from the Burial Service, 1662 Book of Common Prayer; Latin text, Missa pro defunctis
Music: John Rutter
Sanctuary Choir; Lana Cartlidge Potts, accompanist; Jackie Shepherd, conductor

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Lamb of God who takest away the sins of the world.
dona eis requiem. grant them rest.

Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery.
He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem.

In the midst of life we are in death: of whom may we seek for succor?

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem.

I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.

(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: Emily Watkins, viola
"Londonderry Air" trad. Arr. By Lionel Tertis

HYMN OF INVITATION* No. 384 Love Divine, All Loves Excelling ALL

BENEDICTION/POSTLUDE: Lana Cartlidge Potts

3/11/07 9:00 LIturgy

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

3/4/07 9:00 Liturgy

Travis Park UMC-Sunday Morning Worship
Sunday, March 4th, 2007
Second Sunday in Lent
9:00 a.m.

PRELUDE: Lana Cartlidge Potts

CALL TO WORSHIP*
Leader: Let us worship God, who has done great things.
People: We rejoice in our God, who made a way through the desert of this world.
Leader: Let us worship God, who has caused streams of mercy to flow in the wasteland.
People: We are the people God has formed through Christ; we worship him, and we rejoice!
Leader: Let us worship God in spirit and in truth.
All: We praise God for the grace that has saved us. Alleluia! We rejoice! --based on Isaiah 43:19-21

OPENING HYMN* No. 2001 We Sing to You, O God ALL

PRAYER of CONFESSION
Leader: Search me, O God, and know my heart;
People: try me and know my thoughts
Leader: See if there is any wicked way in me,
People: and lead me in the way everlasting.
--Psalm 139:23-24, NRSV

SILENT PRAYERS

WORDS OF ASSURANCE

MESSAGE Your Citizenship Papers Philippians 3:17-4:1 Rev. Joe Stobaugh

TITHES AND OFFERINGS: Be Thou My Vision
Words: Ancient Irish
Music: Traditional Irish melody and THAXTED by Gustav Holst, arranged by John Leavitt
Sanctuary Choir; Lana Cartlidge Potts, accompanist

Please turn to number 451 in The United Methodist Hymnal for text.
(Please register your attendance in the red registration books.)

*DOXOLOGY
(This morning’s doxology is found in the back of The Faith We Sing found in your pew rack.)

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: Someone from Camerata

HYMN OF INVITATION* No. 257 We Meet You, O Christ ALL

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE: Someone from Camerata

2/25/07 9:00 Liturgy

Travis Park UMC-Sunday Morning Worship
Sunday, February 25th, 2007
First Sunday in Lent
9:00 a.m.

PRELUDE: Ken Freudigman & Emily Watkins

CALL TO WORSHIP*
Leader: Let us worship God, who reconciled us to Godself through Christ.
People: We are new creations; the old has gone, the new has come!
Leader: Let us worship God as Christ’s ambassadors.
People: Through us and through our worship may we announce the good news to
all.
Leader: Let us worship God in spirit and in truth.
All: Praise God! We are reconciled, redeemed, renewed!
--based on John 4:24, 2 Corinthians 5:17-21

OPENING HYMN* No. 2234 Lead On, O Cloud of Presence ALL

PRAYER of CONFESSION
Leader: O Lord, you desire truth in our inward being;
People: teach us wisdom in our secret heart.
Leader: Send out your light, send out your truth,
People: and let them lead us to our home.
Leader: Take from us the weight of our sin,
People: that room might be made for the spirit of truth.
Leader: If we prepare a dwelling place, that spirit will abide within us,
People: and the truth will set our spirits free.
Leader: Then shall we love not only in word or in speech; then we shall love in deed and truth.
People: and by this know that our service is faithful.
Leader: O Lord, you desire truth in our inward being;
People: teach us wisdom in our secret heart. Amen.
--Ruth C. Duck

SILENT PRAYERS

WORDS OF ASSURANCE

MESSAGE Luke 4:1-13 Rev. Karen Vannoy

TITHES AND OFFERINGS: We Meet You, O Christ
Words: Fred Kaan
Music: Carl F. Schalk
Sanctuary Choir; Lana Cartlidge Potts, accompanist

Please turn to number 257 in The United Methodist Hymnal for text.
(Please register your attendance in the red registration books.)

*DOXOLOGY
(This morning’s doxology is found in the back of The Faith We Sing found in your pew rack.)

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: Lana Cartlidge Potts

HYMN OF INVITATION* No. 2105 Jesus, Tempted in the Desert ALL

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE: Ken Freudigman & Emily Watkins

The Mean Green goes to the big dance...

Well, I still haven't died yet, despite the long period between postings. (Though my church might be trying to kill me as there is a rash of TB cases floating around. The church staff had to be tested by the city...sorry, Evan...take time to smell the roses before the summer comes, my friend.)

I've got lots things to talk about but very little time. Here's some highlights...
1. Several very cool holy week services coming up that will be posted soon.
2. Reading lots of good books: almost done with Lauren Winner's Girl Meets God and just
started Barack Obama's most recent, which is quite readable.
3. Getting ready to take Eleanor Grace to meet her extended family from Tennessee today!
4. Tomorrow, at 11:30 central, my alma mater, The University of North Texas is playing Memphis in the NCAA tournament! The last time the Mean Green was in the tournament was 1988...We're probably going to get killed but it's great to be there!

Well, I've got lots to do before the flight leaves so I better split but I'll post more later!

May you experience the fullness of the Spirit this Lenten season.

Ash Wednesday 2007

Ash Wednesday is here again. Here is the second draft of the liturgy for TPUMC.
TRAVIS PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
ASH WEDNESDAY, February 21st, 2007 at 7:00 PM

GREETING
The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
And also with you.
Bless the Lord who forgives all our sins.
God’s mercy endures forever.

*HYMN 2138 Sunday’s Palms are Wednesday’s Ashes

*OPENING PRAYER IN UNISON:
For the mystery of your Presence in and beyond all that can be see thanks be to you. Guide me further this night into the inner universe of my soul ever opening inwards light upon light new depth after new depth. Guide me through strange and fearful spaces towards the place of your eternal dwelling. Amen.

LESSON FROM HEBREW SCRIPTURE Joel 2:1-2. 12-13

ANTHEM Create in Me a Clean Heart Carl F. Mueller
Sanctuary Choir; Lana Cartlidge Potts, accompanist
LESSON FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT II Corinthians 6:2b-10

HOMILY Beyond the Ashes Rev. Deanna Kirby

BURNING OF THE PALMS

THANKSGIVING OVER THE ASHES
The Lord be with you
And also with you
Let us pray:
Almighty God, you have created us out of the dust of the earth; these ashes may be to us a sign of our mortality and penitence, so we may remember that only by your gracious gift are we given to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

IMPOSITION OF ASHES

*HYMN 77 How Great Thou Art

BENEDICTION

*Please stand if you are able.

February 18 9:00 Liturgy

Well, our pastor wasn't preaching about the Transfiguration but I got it in as best I could! :)

Travis Park UMC-Sunday Morning Worship
Sunday, February 18th, 2007
9:00 a.m.

PRELUDE: Camerata San Antonio

CALL TO WORSHIP*
Leader: How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news,
People: Who publish peace, who bring good tidings, who publish salvation, and
proclaim, “Your God reigns!”
Leader: God will judge between many peoples,
People: And they shall beat their swords into plowshares and nation shall not lift
up sword against nation: neither shall they learn war any more.
All: Let us lift up our voices and praise the God of peace and justice. Amen.
--Ruth C. Duck

OPENING HYMN* No. 2103 We Have Come at Christ’s Own Bidding ALL

PRAYER of CONFESSION
Eternal God, we confess that we do not expect and long for the transforming power of your love to work miracles in these hard hearts of ours. Yet we secretly long for a rescue, an escape, a miracle, to relieve us of the responsibilities and the challenges you set before us. Healing Spirit, renew our confidence in your power and in the power of love to change our lives, and give us courage to be the fully responsible persons Christ calls us to be. Amen.
--Ruth C. Duck

SILENT PRAYERS

WORDS OF ASSURANCE

MESSAGE Matthew 12:31-32 Rev. John Flowers

TITHES AND OFFERINGS: Waitin’ for the Light to Shine from Big River
Words and Music by Roger Miller
Sanctuary Choir; Lana Cartlidge Potts, accompanist

I have lived in the darkness for so long, I’m waitin’ for the light to shine.
Far beyond horizons I have seen, beyond the things I’ve been,
Beyond the dreams I’ve dreamed are the things I’ve done,
In fact, each and everyone are the way that I was taught to run.

I am waitin’ for the light to shine, I am waitin’ for the light to shine.
I have lived in the darkness for so long, I’m waitin’ for the light to shine.
Yes, I’m waitin’ for the light to shine, I’m waitin’ for the light to shine.
I have lived for the darkness for so long, I’m waitin’ for the light to shine.
(Please register your attendance in the red registration books.)

*DOXOLOGY
(This morning’s doxology is found in the back of The Faith We Sing found in your pew rack.)

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. 378 Amazing Grace ALL

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE: Camerata San Antonio

February 11 9:00 Liturgy

Travis Park UMC-Sunday Morning Worship
Sunday, February 11th, 2007
9:00 a.m.

PRELUDE: Lana Cartlidge Potts

CALL TO WORSHIP*
Leader: Sing praises to God, O you saints, and give thanks to God’s holy name!People: We exalt you, O God, for you have restored us to life!
Leader: We may cry through the night, but your joy comes with the morning.
People: You hear us, O God, and you are gracious in our distress.
Leader: You turn our mourning into dancing!
People: Our souls cannot be silent! O God, our Savior, we give thanks to you for
ever!
--Jane C. Weaver

OPENING HYMN* No. 102 Now Thank We All Our God ALL

PRAYER of CONFESSION
Leader: God, we confess our day to day failure to be truly human.
People: God, we confess to you.
Leader: God, we confess that we often fail to love with all we have and are, often because we don
not fully understand what loving means, often because we are afraid of risking ourselves.
People: God, we confess to you.
Leader: God, we cut ourselves off from each other and we erect barriers of division.
People: God, we confess to you.
Leader: God, we confess that by silence and ill-considered word
People: we have built up walls of prejudice.
Leader: God, we confess that by selfishness and lack of sympathy
People: we have stifled generosity and left little time for others.
Leader: Holy Spirit, speak to us. Help us listen to your word of forgiveness, for we are very deaf.
Come, fill this moment and free us from sin.

SILENT PRAYERS

WORDS OF ASSURANCE

MESSAGE Rev. John Flowers

TITHES AND OFFERINGS: Blest Are They
Text: Matthew 5:3-16; Music: David Haas
Sanctuary Choir; Lana Cartlidge Potts, accompanist

For the text please see No. 2155 in The Faith We Sing
(Please register your attendance in the red registration books.)


*DOXOLOGY
(This morning’s doxology is found in the back of The Faith We Sing found in your pew rack.)

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: Emily Watkins, viola

HYMN OF INVITATION* No. 2076 O Blessed Spring ALL

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE: Emily Watkins, viola

I promise I'm not dead! (And other random thoughts.)

Wow, it's been yet another long sojourn from blogging. Life is full!!!! I just returned from a wonderful few days of skiing with great friends in New Mexico. We drove in during a blizzard (which, unfortunately, seemed to keep us from seeing any aliens in Roswell) so the skiing was great.

Recently, I have been preparing for my final ordination interview. The moment of truth, so to speak, occurs February 27th, at 2:00. I'm a bit nervous but I am looking forward to getting started on the interview.

I just finished reading Marcus Borg's The Heart of Christianity. Borg is truly a gift to the church. While the ending wasn't as strong, at least in my humble opinion, as the rest of the book, I believe it should be required reading for any progressive Christian.

Also, I finished reading Parker Palmer's Let Your Life Speak during my vacation. Palmer is a gift as well! I would recommend this book for anyone who is struggling to discern what their true vocation might be.

More random thoughts...the Sanctuary Choir here at TPUMC is working on the Rutter Requiem which is coming along better some days than others...I'm struggling not to panic! :)

I just found out that I will be preaching March 4th and I am quite excited about it! I will be preaching the early service and our district superintendent the second. The lectionary texts for the day are Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27; Philippians 3:17-4:1; and Luke 13:31-35. Lot's of difficult and interesting options!

Well, I've got a few more minutes until my wife gets out from her work with our youth group, so I better wrap things up!

God bless you and do not be afraid!!!