NOTE: Sheet music for all hymns can be found at the end of this document.

This worship service can be watched live on YouTube, as it happens,

anywhere you have an internet connection. Additionally, past services

will be archived so you can stay up-to-date or relive your favorite

Sunday morning moments. You can find the link on our website or check

it out at https://bit.ly/FPClive

Order of Worship

April 26, 2020

Faith Presbyterian Church of Emmaus 3002 N. Second Street, PO Box 507

Emmaus, Pennsylvania 18049 610.967.5600

office@faithchurchemmaus.org www.faithchurchemmaus.org

THE ORDER OF MORNING WORSHIP SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER

10:00 AM APRIL 26, 2020

FOCUSING UPON GOD’S PRESENCE AND VOICE PRELUDE “Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now” PAUL MANZ WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL TO WORSHIP

Leader: Sing a new song! People: A joyful melody of springtime glory and rebirth Leader: Sing praise to our Still-Laughing Easter God People: Who has rolled away the bindings of yesterday Leader: Immerse your anxiety and despair in the fountain of new birth. People: We place our visions and hopes on the table of wine and wheat. Leader: For God has taken ordinary things. People: And made them extraordinary. Sing a new song!

OPENING PRAYER HYMN #267 “Come Christians Join to Sing” MADRID LITANY OF AFFIRMATION

Leader: None of us likes to look foolish, but which is sillier? Chasing after the world

and all its gaudy trinkets which flatter our souls, or being a 'fool for Christ',

imitating him in service to others, offering ourselves in love and joy to the

world? Let us admit to God the foolish choices we make each and every

day, as we pray, saying,

People: You know better than we do, Amused God, what important people we

believe we are. Believing we have to be serious all the time, we miss

out on the joy of your creation. Choosing to feast on the pain of the

world, we skip the picnic offered in paradise. Clinging to the despair

which is our best friend, we ignore Jesus. who can bring us home to

your heart.

Forgive us, Heart of Joy, and make us open to the startling, and upside-

down, ways in which you work. Fill us with Easter's laughter; fill us with

your healing joy; fill us with the love poured into us through Jesus

Christ, our Lord and Savior.

ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS SHARING THE PEACE

Leader: Since God has forgiven us, let us also forgive one another.

The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

People: And also with you.

HYMN OF ASSURANCE #581 Gloria Patri

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

World without end. Amen, Amen.

THE WORD OF GOD TO THE CHURCH

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION FIRST SCRIPTURE LESSON MARK 6:53-56

53When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored

the boat. 54When they got out of the boat, people at once recognized him, 55and

rushed about that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever

they heard he was. 56And wherever he went, into villages or cities or farms, they

laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch even the

fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were healed.

ANTHEM “Alleluia” ARR. WALTER EHRET Ann Greenwood, Dianne Macdonald SECOND SCRIPTURE LESSON ACTS 3:1-10

3One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, at

three o’clock in the afternoon. 2And a man lame from birth was being carried in.

People would lay him daily at the gate of the temple called the Beautiful Gate so

that he could ask for alms from those entering the temple. 3When he saw Peter

and John about to go into the temple, he asked them for alms. 4Peter looked

intently at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” 5And he fixed his attention on

them, expecting to receive something from them. 6But Peter said, “I have no

silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,

stand up and walk.” 7And he took him by the right hand and raised him up; and

immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. 8Jumping up, he stood and

began to walk, and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and

praising God. 9All the people saw him walking and praising God, 10and they

recognized him as the one who used to sit and ask for alms at the Beautiful Gate

of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had

happened to him.

SERMON “Miracles at the Beautiful Gate” REV. REBECCA MALLOZZI HYMN #688 “Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart” MORECAMBE SHARING JOYS & CONCERNS

INTERCESSIONS AND PETITIONS THE LORD’S PRAYER GLORY TO GOD HYMNAL – PG. 35

(Please use “debts & debtors”.)

OUR RESPONSE TO GOD'S WORD CALL FOR OFFERTORY OFFERTORY “O My Soul, Be Glad and Joyful” G. BOHM DEDICATION HYMN #606 DOXOLOGY PRAYER OF DEDICATION HYMN #716 “God Whose Giving Knows No Ending” BEACH SPRING CHARGE & BENEDICTION POSTLUDE “Praise God the Lord, All Ye on Earth” J. WALTHER

May 25 ................. Memorial Day: Church Office closed May 30 ................. Yard Sale

May 31 ................. Pentecost June 22-25 .......... Vacation Bible School

July 4 .................... Independence Day Sept. 7 ................. Labor Day: Church Office closed

Oct. 12 ................. Columbus Day: Church Office closed Nov. 3 .................. Election Day

Looking Ahead… *No Sunday School

Faith Life SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020

The Fellowship Committee is continuing to

sponsor virtual Fellowship gatherings after

worship using Zoom. The invitation to the

virtual Fellowship gathering is below.

Topic: FPC Sunday Morning Fellowship

Time: Apr 26, 2020 immediately following worship

Meeting ID: 610 967 5600

Password: 9675600

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6109675600?pwd=NnpMWXhZVEU1RUR0RTRWczNLRGFOUT09

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computer must have a microphone and speaker to participate. Running a sound test prior to connecting to an event is strongly

recommended.

There are many articles and instructional videos available on the Zoom Website (https://support.zoom.us). We recommend “Join a

Meeting” and “How do I host a Video Meeting”.

Welcome to worship in the courts of the house of the Lord ...Praise the Lord!” Psalm 116:19)

fellowship

This calendar is prepared a few days prior to distribution. Please see the church website for the most up-to-date information. Room Numbers, indicating where meetings will be held (when known), are shown in parentheses following the listing.

THIS WEEK Sunday, April 26 10:00 AM— Worship Service: online only 5:00 PM— Youth Group (Zoom) Monday, April 27 Lynda will be in the office only in the morning to do

financial business, after which she will immediately leave. Tuesday through Thursday, she will work from home.

Tuesday, April 28 Church Office Closed 7:00 PM— Fellowship Committee (Zoom) Wednesday, April 29 Church Office Closed 3:30 PM— Zoom Story Time for Kids Thursday, April 30 Church Office Closed 7:00 PM— Narcotics Anonymous (FH) Friday, May 1 Church Office Closed Saturday, May 2 Parking lot to be sealed this week.

NEXT WEEK No parking lot access to vehicles. Sunday, May 3 10:00 AM— Worship Service: online only 5:00 PM— Youth Group (Zoom) Monday, May 4 Lynda will be in the office only in the morning to do

financial business, after which she will immediately leave. Tuesday through Thursday, she will work from home.

7:00 PM— Discipleship Committee (Zoom) Tuesday, May 5 Church Office Closed 7:00 PM— Stewardship Committee (Zoom) Wednesday, May 6 Church Office Closed 3:30 PM— Zoom Story Time for Kids Thursday, May 7 Church Office Closed 7:00 PM— Narcotics Anonymous (FH) Friday, May 8 Church Office Closed Saturday, May 9 10:00 AM— Crazy Quilters (FH)

Two Weeks of Faith

4/26 Steven Shussett

4/30 Lisa Heineman

5/2 Gabrielle Howorth, James Robinson