April 26, 2020Third Sunday of Easter

Grier Richards, Associate Pastor for DiscipleshipGloria Johnson, Associate Pastor for Outreach

Chip Pope, Associate Pastor for Youth and their Families Karl Zinsmeister, Director of Music

Kirsten Homdrom, Associate Director of MusicJeff Siker, piano; Chip Hartzog, djembe; John Crumpler, guitar

Vocalists from Adult Choirs and OnPoint House Band

ORDER OF SERVICE

GREETING

PRELUDE We Gather Together

arr. J. Siker

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALL TO WORSHIP

HYMN 240Alleluia, Alleluia! Give Thanks

ALLELUIA NO. 1

PRAYER OF ADORATION

OLD TESTAMENT LESSONPsalm 116:1-4, 12-19

NEW TESTAMENT LESSON

Luke 24:13-35

A TIME WITH YOUNG DISCIPLES

RECOGNITION AND BLESSING FOR OUR 2020 CONFIRMANDS

SERMON“We Had Hoped”

SONG OF RESPONSE Morning Has Broken

(CONTINUED)

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER

RESPONDING IN FAITH

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (from A Brief Statement of Faith, 1983)

We trust in Jesus Christ,fully human, fully God.

Jesus proclaimed the reign of God:preaching good news to the poor

and release to the captives,teaching by word and deedand blessing the children,

healing the sickand binding up the brokenhearted,

eating with outcasts,forgiving sinners,

and calling all to repent and believe the gospel.Unjustly condemned for blasphemy and sedition,

Jesus was crucified,suffering the depths of human pain

and giving his life for the sins of the world.God raised this Jesus from the dead,

vindicating his sinless life,breaking the power of sin and evil,

delivering us from death to life eternal.

HYMN 254That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright

PUER NOBIS

CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

CHIMING OF THE TRINITY

POSTLUDEGigue

arr. K. Zinsmeister

* * *Annual Congregational Meeting

Sunday, May 3 at 12:15 p.m.The Session has called a rescheduled Annual Meeting of the Congregation. All church members are invited to join us after the Sunday, May 3, 11:00 a.m. live stream worship service for our Annual Congregational Meeting. We will use the Zoom Webinar format. This format allows for video presentations from the panelists, Q&A, audio participation,

and voting. The purposes of the meeting are: the election new church officers, the election of the nominating committee, the approval of pastor terms of call, and

the presentation of the 2019 Annual Report.

Registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sdOK9SuhQ7CURSw-JfQifQ

THE LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father, 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, forever.

Amen

Congratulations to the Confirmation Class of 2020CONFIRMANDSSheppard Kellam Ames IVEmma Claire AndersonWilson Ellis AngleySydney Elizabeth BallBrooke Elizabeth BargerBenjamin Michael BotzisWilliam Crosswell Bowen IVAmelia Merritt BowmanBlythe Catherine BowmanHenry Maxson BrockRobert Andrew BrownBennett Thomas CannonAndrew Chapman CellaMatthew James CorkeyKatelyn Elizabeth DoughertyElizabeth Ann DurlandAlexander Roald FinnertyCameron Reed FountainDavis Alexander GreenAva Elizabeth GrimesJoshua McKenzie HansonJames Jordan HawseWilliam Ryan HenleyAva Catherine HoyleJonathan Carter KennemurAdora Prevost KoonceIsabel Haley LiebowitzGrace Anderson McDanielSadie Armstrong McMahonJane Temple McNeillAngus McLeod MillicanLauren Charlotte MullinsAndrew Harrison Peatross IIILillian Rae PembertonJohn Hilmer Peterson IV

Celia Kathleen PopeChase Alexander RaifordMargaret Latané RaynalJames Jeffy RittenmeyerCecilia Gray RobertsKatherine Liles SloopDylan Webster SparksAngus Jones WallSarah Elizabeth WashburnHarris Livingtson WebsterOwen Hargett WestonLucy Moye WhitfordJohnston Jeffress WilsonLillian Gray WrightMolly Catherine Wyatt

MENTORSDelana AndersonJeff BrockPaula CorkeyKimberly DurlandSarah FinnertyAmy HallEmy HansonBurke KoonceKathleen LiebowitzElisabeth McMahonJohn McNeillTammy PeatrossCharles RaynalDavid SloopTimothy SparksGregg ThompsonWalker WilsonRobert Wyatt