Easter SundayThe Resurrection of the

LordApril 1, 2018

Alleluia!

GATHERING

O God, make the door of this house wide enough to receive all who need human love and fellowship, narrow enough to shut out all envy, pride, and strife. Make its threshold smooth enough to be no stumbling block to

children, nor to straying feet, but rugged and strong enough to turn back the tempter’s power. God, make the door of this house the gateway to Thine eternal kingdom. Amen. --St. Stephen’s Wolbrook, England

*ALL WHO ARE ABLE ARE INVITED TO STANDPRELUDE "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata No. 146 J.S. Bach

"Prelude" from Suite for Organ and Brass Craig PhillipsBrass Quintet and Organ

INTROIT “This is the Day” Anonymous ca. 1600Schola Cantorum

*CALL TO WORSHIP Rev. Kathryn Kibbie Laird Minister: Alleluia! Christ is Risen!People: Christ is Risen Indeed! Alleluia!Minister: Glory to you, O God: on this day you won victory over death, raising

Jesus from the grave and giving to the world eternal life.People: Glory to you, O Christ: for us and our salvation you overcame the powers

of evil and opened the gate to your kingdom on earth.Minister: Glory to you, O Holy Spirit: you lead us into all truth.People: Glory to you, O Blessed Trinity, now and forever. Amen

*HYMN No. 123 “Jesus Christ is Risen Today” Easter Hymnarr. Aaron David Miller

*RESPONSIVE PRAYER FOR EASTER Rev. Mary Marple ThiesMinister: O Christ, in your resurrection, the heavens and the earth rejoice. Alleluia!

By your resurrection you broke open the gates of hell, and destroyed sin and death.

People: Keep us victorious over sin.Minister: By your resurrection you raised the dead, and brought us from death to life.People: Guide us in the way of eternal life.Minister: By your resurrection you proclaimed good news to the women and apostles,

and brought salvation to the whole world.People: Direct our lives as your new creation.

(silence)Minister: God of mercy, we no longer look for Jesus among the dead, for he is alive and

has become the Lord of Life. From the waters of death you raise us with him and renew your gift of life within us. Increase in our minds and hearts theRisen life we share with Christ, and help us to grow as your people toward the fullness of eternal life with you, through Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE No. 579 The Gloria PatriGlory 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.

SHARING OUR LIFE AND MINISTRYPlease sign the card and pass it to your neighbor. As you pass it back to the center, take note of who is here so we can become better acquainted. Visitors, please give your address, telephone, and e-mail information.

THE WORD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION (9 a.m.) Andrew Gifford; (11 a.m.) Katrina Parkhill

SCRIPTURE LESSON John 20:1-18 (NT pages 114-115)Leader: Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.People: Thanks be to God.

(Children leave for Children’s Chapel following the Scripture Lesson at 11:00 am service)

ANTHEM9:00 Anthem: “Christ Is Risen/Mary Told the Good News” John Horman (Children leave for Children’s Chapel following the Anthem at 9:00 am service)

11:00 Anthem: “Alleluia, Christ is Risen!” William Mathias

SERMON “What Are You Looking For?” Rev. Kathryn Kibbie Laird

THE RESPONSE

*HYMN No. 495 “We Know that Christ is Raised” Engelberg arr. Aaron David Miller

PRESENTATION OF TITHES, OFFERINGS AND OURSELVES

OFFERTORY “Light's Glittering Morn Bedecks the Sky” Horatio Parker

*DOXOLOGY WITH ALLELUIAS Lasst uns erfreuenPraise God, from whom all blessings flow;Praise God all creatures here below, Alleluia, Alleluia! Praise God above, ye heavenly host.Creator, Christ and Holy Ghost, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

INVITATION TO THE LORD’S TABLE

PRAYER OF GREAT THANKSGIVINGMinister: The Lord be with you.People: And also with you. Minister: Lift up your hearts. People: We lift them to the Lord.Minister: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. People: It is right to give our thanks and praise. Minister: It is truly right and our greatest joy…

Please join in the responsive singing of the Sanctus and the singing of the Memorial Acclamation:

MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION Hymn No. 113 (verse 2) LlanfairLove’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia! Fought the fight, the battle won; Alleluia! Death in vain forbids Him rise; Alleluia! Christ has opened paradise; Alleluia!

LORD'S PRAYER (unison)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.

WORDS OF INSTITUTION*COMMUNION OF THE PEOPLE

Communion will be served by intinction in which the bread is dipped into the cup. The wine is served in two chalices: the larger chalice contains wine, the smaller, grapejuice. Gluten- free crackers are available on each plate. “Thanks be to God,” is a proper response to the receiving of communion. We will begin with people in the back rows and work our way to the front.

COMMUNION MUSICAnthem: “O Sacred Feast” Healey Willan

Schola Cantorum“Cantilene" from Suite for Organ and Brass Craig Phillips

Brass Quintet and Organ

Congregational Hymn No. 106 “Alleluia, Alleluia! Give Thanks” Alleluia No.1 Please sing the refrain after every verse.

PRAYER FOLLOWING COMMUNION (unison)Radiant God of light and love, thank you for feeding us with the bread of life and renewing us for your service. Help us who have shared in Christ’s body and received his cup, to be his faithful disciples. Send us out, shining with Christ’s Resurrection in our lives. Amen.

SENDING

*HYMN No. 151 “Crown Him with Many Crowns” Diademata arr. Richard Webster

*CHARGE AND BLESSING

CHORAL RESPONSE “This Joyful Eastertide” Charles Wood

RINGING THE CHURCH BELL

*POSTLUDE "Toccata" from Suite for Organ and Brass Craig PhillipsBrass Quintet and Organ

TODAY AT FIRST PRESBYTERIANWe welcome you to the Service of Worship for the Lord's Day. Parents of infants through 4 year olds are invited to take their children to the Nursery School classrooms during our services. 9 A.M. and 11:00 A.M.: Today in Sunday's Cool we will be combining grades PreK through 4th. Please follow your teacher to the Common Room for Children’s Chapel dedicated to the Easter Story.

TODAY’S WORSHIP PARTICIPANTSWorship Coordinator: 9:00 A.M. Jim Ely, 11:00 A.M. John ServideaGreeters: 9:00 A.M.: The Gilbert family; 11:00 A.M.: The Mierendorf familyUshers: 9:00 A.M.: Brian Carlson, Ed Elbert, Bob Spangler, Jen Van de Graaf; 11:00 A.M.: Kip and Mike Farrell, Gigi Guthrie, Nicholas Van NestLay Readers: 9:00 A.M.: Andrew Gifford; 11:00 A.M.: Katrina ParkhillCross Bearers: 9:00 A.M.: Max Gifford; 11:00 A.M.: Homer ParkhillCommunion Preparers: 9:00 A.M.: Lis Ely, Mary Lee Lesko, Denise Riehl; 11:00 A.M.: Rose Scott Rothbart Communion Officers: 9:00 A.M.: Steve and Jen Van de Graaf; 11:00 A.M.: Peggy Hooker and Dede McEvoy Child Wrangler: Chris TateMusicians: Both Services: The First Presbyterian Church Choir; Schola Cantorum; Brass Quintet.At the 9 AM Service: The Children’s Easter Choir, Sherry Tate, director, Christine Mangone, piano.Sanctuary flower decorations provided by the Flower Committee.Let us keep in our thoughts and prayers: New Concerns: family of Chester Billings, Jr.; William Boyd Kegg (Mike and Kip Farrell’s son). Continued concerns: Grace Chung; Neil Coakley; Ann Depuy; John Edwards; Graham Hard- en; Vince Lombardi; Jim Mierendorf; Alanna Ruszkowski; The Stricos family (friends of Joe and Diana Ruszkowski); Jim Servidea; Ronald Witt. The Abo Noktah family (our Syrian refugees): Khaldoun (father), Khawla Alzob (mother), daughters Hanin and Zain, and sons Yaman and Ahmed.Flower Memorials: If you wish to have flowers in the sanctuary to celebrate an anniversary, a baptism, a birthday, or to memorialize a loved family member or friend please call Barbara Wentzel, Flower Coordinator, at 203-966-5402 or email at barbarawentzel@mac.com.

New Canaan Food Pantry : Items in need now due to low/no stock are Salad Dressing, Kids Juice Boxes, Kids Snacks, Brownie Mix, Pancake Mix – add water only, Tea, Canned Chili, Canned Stew, Jelly, Packaged Pasta, Packaged Potatoes. No beans or soup are needed now. Please drop these items in the shopping cart at the back of the Sanctuary and we will make sure they are delivered to the New Canaan Food Pantry.

Cents-ability: On March 4, we collected $130. Our total collection since we began Cents-ability at our church November 2011 is $18,802. Thank you for your awareness and generous response to hunger. If you would like more information on Cents-ability or need a Cents-ability cup, please call the church office. Remember to fill up your Cents- ability cup ‘til it runneth over! Our next collection is May 6.

Spring Bible Studywith Rev. Mary Marple Thies

Genesis Part II Jacob and Joseph:Like Father, Like Son

DON’T COME to this class looking for guidance on family values. The stories of Jacob and Joseph are marked by sibling

rivalry, familial dysfunction, deception, theft and sexual harassment, as well as poignant

tales of longing and grief, love and reconciliation.

DO COME if you sometimes wonder where God is at work in the world and discover how

God’s grace broke into the lives of theseall-too-human people.

Week 1, 4/17 Esau & Jacob Genesis 25:19-Genesis 28

Week 2, 4/24 Jacob & Rachel & LabanGenesis 29-32:2

Week 3, 5/1Jacob, Esau & Jacob’s ChildrenGenesis 32:3-Genesis 34

Week 4, 5/15 Jacob & Joseph Genesis 35-37*

Week 5, 5/22 Joseph & Dream InterpretationGenesis 39-45

Week 6, 5/29 The Family ReunitedGenesis 46-50

*We will not study Genesis 38 since we did so Fall 2016

THIS WEEK AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH178 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan, CT 06840

Tel.: 203-966-0002 / www.fpcnc.orgChurch Office Hours are Monday-Friday 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

SUNDAY, APRIL 1-Easter Sunday 9:00 AM Holy Communion Service 10:15 AM Children’s Chapel10:30 AM Coffee Hour11:00 AM Holy Communion Service11:15 AM Children’s Chapel 12:00 PM Coffee Hour

MONDAY, APRIL 2-Church Offices closed2:00 PM Meditation Group6:30 PM Purple Heather Dancers

TUESDAY, APRIL 39:30 AM Leadership Team

11:30 AM Gentlemen Songsters 8:00 PM Men’s A.A.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 410:00 AM Music Librarians

5:00 PM Cherub Choir 5:00 PM Carol Choir5:00 PM Confirmation Class

THURSDAY, APRIL 53:30 PM Special Church 7:30 PM FPC Choir

FRIDAY, APRIL 69:00 AM Friday’s Café

SATURDAY, APRIL 79:15 AM A.A. (closed)

10:30 AM A.A. (open)SUNDAY, APRIL 810:00 AM Worship

Rev. Christopher G. Tate preaching 10:15 AM Church School for grades preK-7 11:00 AM Blood Pressure Clinic11:15 AM Coffee Hour 11:15 AM No Cherub Choir

If you have remembered FPCNC in your estate plans,and would like to be included on the list of members of the

Bell Tower Society, please let the church officeknow. Thank you for making plans to leave a legacy.

Easter Flowers†In loving memory of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Thompson, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Perry Bartlett,

from Dede and Jim Bartlett.†In loving memory of Leroy Beyer, Bonnie Pipkins Beyer, and George A. Baker, from Scott, Allison,

Gray and Rachel Beyer.†In loving memory of Stephen and Madeline Benko and Donald and Pearleen Baer, from the Benko family.†In loving memory of her husband, Howard Blose and their daughter, Ann Blose Edyt, from Marion Blose.†In loving memory of Frank Bondor, Steve Begala, and Dorothy Morse, from Anna Mae Bondor and family.†In loving memory of Jim Bridgman, from his family.†In loving memory of Bob Brownley, from his family.†In loving memory of family and friends, from Sherman and Peg Bull.†In loving memory of Sally Anne Elbert Kalin, from her family.†In loving memory of Virginia Kip Carson, from the Farrell and Guthrie family.†In loving memory of David B. Findlay Jr., from his family.†In loving memory of John R. Lawrence and James Flournoy, from Nancy and Peter Flournoy.†In loving memory of our dear grandparents who have already received the gift of eternal life, the Gifford Family.†In loving memory of Chuck Gulden, our beloved husband and father, with love from Jen, Whitney & Perry.†In loving memory of Chuck Gulden and Alan Wentzel from the Gulden, Wentzel and O’Connor families.†In loving memory of Bill Hart, from his Swan-Hart family.†In loving memory of Gordon & Marilyn Jones, from the Holden/Jones family.†In loving memory of George Hooker, from his family.†In memory and honor of my family, from Elsbeth Johnson.†In loving memory of her husband, Skip Kniffin, and his cousin, Mary Long, from Anne Kniffin and family.†In loving memory of their parents, Louis and Helen Dahle, and James and Julia Riehl,

and for the life of David M. Kispert and Dominique Schieck, from Denise and Jim Riehl.†In loving memory of our parents, James S. Russell and Reginald and Noreen Martin,

from Linda and Paul Martin.†In loving memory of Donal C. O’Brien, Jr., Constance and Donal O’Brien, and Nancy and George Slight,

and George Slight, Jr., from their family.†In loving memory of Linda Moore Post, George Browne Post, Jr. and Irene Emery Goodale,

from their family.†In loving memory of Mary Ann Marston Jackson and Jack and Pat Quinn from the Quinn family.†In loving memory of Maxine Mackle, from Tracey Mackle and the Reeves family.†In loving memory of Bonnie’s grandparents, Thomas M. and Mary W. Curran, and John Irving,

Mary Kennedy, and Phillip Du Val, with love from Matt, Bonnie and Courtney Rumilly.†In loving memory of her husband, Peter Schurman, and her brother, Donald Calhoun, from Judy Schurman.†In loving memory of George Stevens, from his family.†In loving memory of Jackson Johnson Taylor and Mary Ellen Trimmer Taylor, by their daughter

Ellen Trimmer Taylor Sisson, Jack, Mary and Frances.†In loving memory of our parents, from Nell and Roger Smith.†In loving memory of Craig Tate, William and Hazel Graham, John and Evelyn Tate, and Jane V. Brown Tate,

from Sherry Tate.†In memory of Ronald Watkins from his loving family.†In loving memory of her husband and their father, Bob Witt, from his family.

Our Ministers

The Entire Congregation

Our Pastors The Rev. Kathryn Kibbie Laird, Acting Head of Staff

The Rev. Mary Marple Thies, Parish AssociateRev. Christopher G. Tate, Parish Associate

Our Staff Victoria Shields, Director of Music / Sherry Tate, Cherub Choir director

Jim Beall, Acting Church Administrator / Tina St. Armand, Office Manager Erika Hagan, Administrative Assistant to Children and Youth Ministries

Kuky and Andres Pereira, Operations/Security Managers / Edgar Torres, Day Sexton The Session Our Pastors

Scott Beyer, Clerk of SessionGeorge Benington, Bell Tower Society

Sue Benko, CommunicationsLaurel Carlson, Youth Ministries

Carole Clarkson, Worship, Music and ArtsLinda Ferguson, Nominating

Lisa Gifford, Congregational Life Jennifer Gulden, Personnel

Julie Hoffman, Member-At-Large Freia Mierendorf, Co-Youth Glenn Mierendorf, Outreach

Dede McEvoy, Strategic Planning Andy Petitjean, Finance

Lynn Quinn, Adult EducationJulie Reeves, Membership Involvement

Charles Robinson, Co-Buildings and GroundsRose-Scott Rothbart, Co-Buildings and Grounds

Kevin Thomson, Advisory CommitteeSpencer Reeves, Co-Youth

Jenny Volanakis, Children's Ministries Barbara Wentzel, Stewardship

The D e acons Jen and Steve Van de Graaf, Co-Moderators

Carson Allsteadt, Co-YouthErica Bergmans, Inspirica, Meals-on-Wheels

Mary Jane Bolin, Senior LunchPeg Bull, Flock Program

William Dooley, Co-Youth Cindy Hagopian, Inspirica

Karen Hanson, Memorial Services and ReceptionsBeth Hersam, Flowers and Cards Chris Kniffin, Member-At-Large

Nichole LaBadie, Co-YouthLinda Martin, Baptisms; Flock Program

Sarah Robinson, Pastoral Care Team Kristen Rodgers, Cards and Flowers

Kathleen Servidea, Cards and FlowersElizabeth Stuart, Flowers and Cards, Treasurer

Ashley Walker, Co-Youth

Rev. T. Guthrie Speers, Jr., Pastor Emeritus - Mrs. Marilyn J. Ballantine, Minister of Music Emerita