Program for the April 26 worship service

Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church
Service for the Lord’s Day
Third Sunday of Easter
April 26, 2009

Liturgists: Guatemala Team

We Gather in God’s Name

Welcome Guests!

The Marimba Calls Us to Worship

Greeting (Elder Elaine Trautwein)
Leader: The grace of the risen Christ be with you.
People: And also with you.

The Life of the Church

Greetings from Estoreño Presbyterians (Ben Langley)

Prelude

*Call to Worship (Carlos Lara)

Leader: In life and in death we belong to God.
People: We trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel, whom alone we worship and serve. We trust in Jesus Christ. We trust in God. We trust in the Holy Spirit.
Leader: Let us rejoice and worship God with enthusiasm.

*Hymn #472 PH “Cantad al Señor” (Sing in the language of your heart)

*Call to Confession (Carlos Lara)

*Prayer of Confession
All: We rebel against God; we hide from our Creator, ignoring God’s commandments. We violate the image of God in others and ourselves, accept lies as truth, exploit neighbor and nature, and threaten death to the planet entrusted to our care. We deserve God’s condemnation.

Silence (for examination of conscience and personal prayers of confession)

*Pouring of the Baptismal Water

*Declaration of Forgiveness (Carlos Lara)
Leader: Yet God acts with justice and mercy to redeem creation.
People: We rejoice that nothing in life or in death can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Leader: We have been saved.

*Sung Response #2026 SF
Halle, Halle, Halleluja! Halle, Halle, Halleluja!
Halle, Halle, Halleluja! Halleluja! Halleluja!

*The Peace in Q´eqchi´ (Perry Chang)
Leader: Chicuank taxak li tuktuquil usilal eriq’uin.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Please exchange signs of Christ’s peace.
(Translation: Peace be with you.)

Litany of Parting
Congregation: May God be with you there.
Children: May God be with you here.

We Hear and Proclaim God’s Word

Prayer for Illumination (Ellen Dozier)

The Scriptures
Psalm 133 (Ellen Dozier)
Romans 1#8-12 (Jane Larsen-Wigger)

The Message
Jane Larsen-Wigger
Lowell Linder
Ben Langley and Luke Van Marter
Ellen Dozier
Soni Castleberry

We Respond to God’s Word

*Hymn #377 PH “Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore” (Sing in the language of your heart)

Gathering the Prayers of the People (Lowell Linder)
Response:
Leader: . . . In your mercy,
People: hear our prayer.

The Offering

Offertory Marimba Video

*Sung Response “Unidos, Unidos”

Spanish:
Unidos, unidos, en tu nombre unidos.
Unidos, unidos, en tu nombre unidos.
Pues en este mundo—paz ya amor—tendremos,
Pues en este mundo—paz y amor—tendremos.
Unidos, siempre unidos, tomandonos las manos
Iremos por el mundo cantando al amor.
La Gloria de Jesus, al fin resplandecera
Y el mundo llenara de amor y de paz.

English:
Together, together, in your name, we gather.
Together, together, in your name, we gather.
Then we’ll have in this world—peace and love—around us.
Then we’ll have in this world peace and love—around us.
Together we’re united;
We hold hands as we struggle;
We walk into the world singing God’s song of love.
The glory of our Lord, resplendent ever will shine.
The whole world will be joyful with love and peace.

We Give Thanks to God

*Prayer of Thanksgiving (Perry Chang)
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.

We Go in God’s Name

*Hymn #432 PH “Song of Hope” (Sing first in Spanish, then in English)

*Blessing and Sending

*All: Alleluia! Amen.

Service Notes: The Call to Worship, Prayer of Confession, and Declaration of Forgiveness are taken from A Brief Statement of Faith—Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)


Announcements

Leading today’s worship service include the members of the team which recently made a visit on our behalf to Guatemala: Perry Chang, Ellen Dozier, Ben Langley, Jane Larsen-Wigger, Lowell Linder, and Luke Van Marter. Also assisting are Carlos Lara Gabb and Soni Castleberry who were both very instrumental in planning for this trip.

You can contribute at any time to the Guatemala Mission Partnership Fund which supports partnership activities between CHPC and the Q´eqchi´Estoreño, Izabal presbytery. Make checks payable to CHPC with the designation “Guatemala Mission Partnership Fund.”

Pray for our partners in eastern Guatemala: For the San Jorge church in northern El Estor; Pastor Mario Xo Ical; church elders, deacons, and members; and their building program.