04.21.24 Large Print Bulletin
04.21.24 Large Print Bulletin
*Call to Worship
We gather in the name of the living Christ to worship God.
Surely, God is in this place and calls us to worship in spirit and in truth.
God’s love is for you and for all people everywhere.
God calls us to share love and life with all of creation.
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May our time in worship renew us in the refreshing Spirit of the living Christ.
Let us praise the Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer of life! Amen.
THE LIFE OF THE NATIONS
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*Prayer of Confession
specific nation is mentioned in this hymn of praise and prayer for peace.
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welcome us to your fold, but we make others feel as if they don’t belong.
Forgive our life-alienating ways, our exclusion and judgment; the way we
evaluate and compare, demean and degrade. Redeem us. Restore us. Help us
be faithful
4/10/13 as your flock. Amen.
*Prayer Response
(Hymn 327, stanza 3)
Eternal are thy mercies, Lord; eternal truth attends thy word:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
till suns shall rise and set no more.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
*Greeting of Peace
Announcements
The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want. He makes me down to lie in pastures
green; He leadeth me the quiet waters by. My soul He doth restore again, and
in His love abide. Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, yet will I fear no ill;
for Thou art with me; and Thy rod and staff my comfort still. My table Thou
hast furnished, my cup Thou overfills. Goodness and mercy all my life shall
surely follow me; and in God's house forevermore my dwelling
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oil anoints my head. The sure provisions of my God attend me all my days. O
may thy house be my abode and all my work be praise. There would I find a
6/6/13
settled rest, while others go and come. No more a stranger or a guest, but like
a child at home. (Issac Watts)
6/6/13
*Doxology
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Christ, all people here below;
Praise Holy Spirit evermore;
One God, Triune whom we adore. Amen.
*Prayer of Dedication
God, you meet our needs and transform us for service. Accept these gifts as
signs of our gratitude and our commitment to Christ’s ministry. Amen.
Prayers of the People - Pastoral Prayer - Silent Prayer
Prayer of Our Savior
Our Creator, 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, for ever and ever. Amen.
CHRIST’S RETURN AND JUDGMENT
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2 Bap - tized in one con - fes - sion, one church in all the earth,
3 Where ty - rants’ hold is tight - ened, where strong de - vour the weak,
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to preach your true sal - va - tion in ev - ery age and land:
we bear our Lord’s im - pres - sion, the sign of sec - ond birth:
where in - no - cents are fright - ened, the righ - teous fear to speak,
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one ho - ly peo - ple gath - ered in love be - yond our own,
there let your church a - wak - ing at - tack the powers of sin
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to keep the faith un - bro - ken as long as worlds en - dure.
by grace we were in - vit - ed; by grace we make you known.
and, all their ram - parts break - ing, with you the vic - tory win.
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*Benediction and Blessing
The text was written by a leading Chinese educator, author, and editor who chaired the commission that
prepared an important ecumenical Chinese hymnal, Hymns of Universal Praise (1936). This familiar tune
invites comparison of these words with its usual text (see no. 321).
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Choral Response God Be With You
TEXT: Timothy T’ingfang Lew, 1933, alt.; trans. Mildred A. Wiant, 1966
MUSIC: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1864
AURELIA
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Dale Wood
Text © 1977 Chinese Christian Literature Council Ltd.
4/10/13
Worship Credits and Sources:
Call to Worship by Pastor Jason Coulter. Confession and Prayers by Rev. Teri McDowell Ott of the Presbyterian Outlook.
Music Permissions My Shepherd Will Supply My Need. Music: J.S. Bach and Traditional Folk Melody. Setting:
Kevin Keil. © 1999, GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE
#A-735926. All rights reserved. The Lord Is Risen. Music: George Frideric Handel. Words and Setting: Patrick
M. Liebergen (ASCAP). © 2014, Candelaworks Music (ASCAP), a division of Jubilate Music Group, LLC. All
rights reserved. Reprinted and Podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-735926. All rights
reserved. God of Our Fathers. Music: George William Warren. Setting: David Schack. © 1985, Concordia
Publishing House. All rights reserved. Podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-735926. All rights
reserved. God of the Ages, Whose Almighty Hand. Music: George William Warren, 1892; Words: Daniel Crane
Roberts, 1876, alt. Public Domain. From All That Dwell Below the Skies. Music: Geistliche
Kirchengesang, 1623, alt.; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906; Words: Stanzas 1, 3, Issac Watts,
1719. Public Domain. The Lord's My Shepherd. Music: Roger Price. Words: Psalm 23. © 2014, St. James
Music Press. Used with permission. License #23508. God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending. Music: The
Sacred Harp, 1844; harm. James H. Wood, 1958. © 1958, ren. 1986, Broadman Press (admin. Music Services).
All rights reserved. Words: Robert L. Edwards, 1961, alt.© 1961, ren. 1989, The Hymn Society (admin. Hope
Publishing Company). All rights reserved. Reprinted and Podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-
735926. All rights reserved. My Shepherd Will Supply My Need. Music: Traditional Hymn Tune; Words: Isaac
Watts; Setting: Virgil Thomson. © 1938, Virgil Thomson. © assigned 1947, The H.W. Gray Co., Inc. ©
Renewed 1966. All rights reserved. Reprinted and Podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-735926.
All rights reserved. Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow. Music: Genevan Psalter, 1551; Words:
Thomas Ken, 1695, 1709. Public Domain. O Christ, the Great Foundation. Music: Samuel Sebastian
Wesley, 1864; Words: Timothy T'ingfang Lew, 1933, alt.; trans. Mildred A. Wiant, 1966. © 1977, Chinese
Christian Literature Council Ltd. All rights reserved. Reprinted and Podcast with permission under
ONE LICENSE #A-735926. All rights reserved. Aurelia. Music: Sauel S. Wesley. Setting: Hal H. Hopson.
2016, Hope Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-
735926. All rights reserved. God Be With You. Music: American Folk Hymn; Words: Jeremiah Eames Rankin,
alt.; Dale Wood; Setting: Dale Wood. © 1973, The Sacred Music Press. All rights reserved. Podcast with
permission under ONE LICENSE #A-735926. All rights reserved. Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing!
Music: Melchior Vulpius. Setting: Jane Holstein. © 2008, Hope Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-735926. All rights reserved.
The workshop, open to all members of the church, will be offered at the First
Congregational Community Center on two dates. The first took place last Sunday, but
our next session is Saturday, April 27 from 9am-12:30 pm. Breakfast will be included
and these sessions are identical, so you do not need to have attended the first session.
Please RSVP to Pastor Jason for which date you would like to attend and if you have
questions, feel free to contact one of our moderators, Julie Captain or Chris Krei.
Visitors: We are delighted that you are joining us for worship. Please sign the Welcome
Book at the back of the sanctuary. We invite our visitors to include your name, address
and email so that we might acknowledge your visit with a card. All are welcome to join us
after services in the fellowship space for refreshments and conversation.
Babies and Toddlers: Little ones enrich our community and add vibrancy to our
congregation. Please don’t fret about coos or cries during the service. All ages are
welcome here. Visit our rocking chair area to find books & coloring pages for use during
the service, or you are welcome to drop off infants to 4 year-olds with our Nursery
Supervisor.
Children: Young people are invited to come forward for the Children’s Message during
worship. Afterwards, children in grades K-6th are welcome to walk with our teacher team
to our Sunday School classroom at the Community Center, 1/2 block down Hinman Ave.
At the end of the service, leaders bring children back to the sanctuary to join their families
for fellowship time. Adult visitors are welcome to accompany their children to Sunday
School. Connect with Rev. Liz Jones if you have any questions.
Use this QR Code to check out events and ongoing programming at FCCE.
WELCOME to First Congregational Church of Evanston
Mission Statement
We express God’s love in action, compassion, and justice.
Church Staff
Rev. Jason W. Coulter, Senior Minister jason@firstchurchevanston.org | ext.21
Matthew Hogan, Music Director matthew@firstchurchevanston.org | ext. 23
Mahdia Lynn, Church Administrator mahdia@firstchurchevanston.org | ext. 22
Rev. Liz Jones, Minister of Communications & Community Life |
liz@firstchurchevanston.org
Dave Canfield, Student Pastor | dave@firstchurchevanston.org
Jordan Griffin, Justice Fellow | jordan@firstchurchevanston.org
Kelly Tran, Nursery Supervisor
Julie Captain, Moderator | Chris Krei, Vice-Moderator
Please join us immediately following today’s service for fellowship & refreshments