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THE CORPORATE CONFESSION OF FAITH

With Christians all around the world and down through the ages, we confess our faith together using the Nicene Creed and the Apostles Creed. These two creedal statements are some of the oldest summaries of Christian theology and teaching available to us. The Apostles Creed was not actually written by the apostles. It originated in the second century as part of a baptismal rite. Its present form was developed by the seventh century. The Nicene Creed was written in AD 325 as a summary of the work at the Council of Nicea. It goes into more detail than the Apostles Creed because it was written to correct heresies that denied the Trinity and confused the doctrine of the Incarnation of Christ.

Liturgical Color: Green– symbolizes our growth in Christ

In Preparation

PRELUDE Patricia Dolan Improvisation on “My Shepherd Shall Supply All My Need” - Southern Harmony/Joseph Martin

WORDS OF PREPARATION/SILENCE John 2:1-12 All scripture passages printed in back of bulletin.

COLLECT OF THE DAY O merciful Lord, you did not spare your only Son but delivered him up for us all. Grant us courage and strength to take up the cross and follow him, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

SILENT PRAYER Following the prelude, please observe silence in final preparation for gathered worship.

PASTOR’S WELCOME

Congregation stands as able. !3

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Emmanuel Presbyterian Church opens wide her doors and offers welcome to all who sin and need a Savior; to all who are spiritually weak and seek rest; to all who mourn and long for comfort; to all who struggle and desire victory; to all who are strangers and want fellowship; to all who hunger and thirst after righteousness; and to whosoever will come.

The Divine Service September 10, 2017

The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

The Service of Entrance

CALL TO WORSHIP

INTROIT Christ is Made the Sure Foundation — Dale Wood

Christ is made the sure foundation, Christ the Head and Corner stone; Chosen of the the Lord, and precious, binding all the Church in one; Holy Zion's help forever, And her confidence alone.

HYMN OF INVOCATION


Minister: Blessed be the Lord from this time forth and forever. People: From the rising of the sun until its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised! Minister: In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. People: Amen. Minister: Let us pray.

PRAYER OF ADORATION

… world without end. Amen.

CORPORATE CONFESSION OF SIN


Minister: Dearly beloved, we have come together in the presence of Almighty God our heavenly Father, to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his holy Word, and to ask, for ourselves and on behalf of others, those things that are necessary for our life and our salvation. And so that we may prepare ourselves in heart and mind to worship him, let us with penitent and obedient hearts confess our sins, that we may obtain forgiveness by his infinite goodness and mercy. Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God –

People: Almighty and most merciful Father; we have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou those, O God, who confess their faults. Restore thou those who are penitent; according to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of thy holy Name. Amen.

Minister: Having confessed together our great need for God’s mercy, let us now silently and humbly confess to God our personal and particular sins.

DECLARATION OF ABSOLUTION

Minister: Hear the Word of the Gospel: “Christ has died for our sins and been raised for our justification.” All you who repent of your sin and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ for your salvation, rejoice and be glad and give glory to the Lord who has taken away all of your sins in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

People: Amen.

Minister: Our help is in the name of the Lord, People: the Maker of heaven and earth. Minister: O Lord, open our lips, People: and our mouth will declare your praise.


THE GLORIA

HYMN OF GRATITUDE


The Service of the Word

THE PSALTER Psalm 149

Minister: Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, People: his praise in the assembly of the faithful!

Let Israel be glad in his Maker, let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King! Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with timbrel and lyre! For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with victory. Let the faithful exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their couches. Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands, to wreak vengeance on the nations and chastisement on the peoples, to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron, to execute on them the judgment written! This is glory for all his faithful ones. Praise the LORD!

THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Exodus 12:1-14

Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God!

THE EPISTLE LESSON Romans 13:8-14



OUR RESPONSE


WELCOME At this time, please sign and pass the attendance pads down the row.

INTERLUDE

PRAYER OF SUPPLICATION Luke Hargrove

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.

THE SERMON LESSON John 2:1-12


PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

MORNING SERMON Rev. Greg Ward Give Me A Sign

John 2:1-12


The Service of the Table

CORPORATE CONFESSION OF FAITH Apostles Creed

Unison: I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth,

And in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints; the *

forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

PASSING OF THE PEACE

Minister: The peace of the Lord be always with you. People: And also with you! Minister: Let us offer one another a sign of peace.

Members of the congregation greet one another with a sign of friendship such as the ancient words that the church has used over the centuries, “The peace of Christ be with you,” and the response, “And also with you.”

“Catholic” here means universal.*


TITHES AND OFFERINGS*

Minister: The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof; People: the world, and they that dwell therein.

HYMN OF GRATITUDE TO GOD

*Please make checks payable to Emmanuel Presbyterian Church. All gifts are tax deductible and as such are at the discretion of the Session of EPC for the ministry of the Church.


Minister: Yours, Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the splendor, and the majesty; for everything in heaven and on earth is yours.

PRAYER OF DEDICATION

Minister: Our Holy and Triune God, for your glory and the advancement of your kingdom, with grateful, joyous, and faithful hearts we present to you these tithes and offerings, together with all that we are. Multiply these gifts and increase their usefulness; magnify your name and purposes in their distribution; continually increase in us the joy of honoring you so; and now set your blessing upon us all, supplying our every need according to your riches and glory in Christ Jesus, in whose mighty name we pray.

People: Amen.


THE GREAT THANKSGIVING

Minister: The peace of the Lord be always with you! People: And also with you! Minister: Lift up your hearts! People: We lift them up to the Lord! Minister: Let us give thanks to our Lord God! People: It is good and right to do so! Minister: It is very good and right that we should at all times and in all places give

thanks to you, O Holy Lord, Father Almighty, Everlasting God, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who on this day overcame death and the grave and by his glorious resurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life. Therefore, with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we praise and magnify your glorious name, evermore praising you and singing:


Emmanuel invites all baptized Christians to come to the table of our Lord and rejoice with us in God’s grace given to us in Christ. This includes all Christians, whether you are a member of Emmanuel Presbyterian Church or another Church. Baptized children are admitted to the Table upon an age-appropriate profession of faith in Christ. If you require a gluten free communion bread, please come forward during the passing of the peace. The center cup and inner circle contain grape juice and the outer circles contain wine. Please hold each element until all have been served so that we may partake together.

WORDS OF INSTITUTION

PRAYER OF CONSECRATION

COMMUNION HYMN (as the bread is served)


AGNUS DEI

COMMUNION HYMN (as the cup is served)


BENEDICTION

DEPARTING HYMN

Please be seated for brief announcements.


The Lessons

Exodus 12:1-14 1 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 “This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. 3 Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household. 4 And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, 6 and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight. 7 “Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 8 They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts. 10 And you shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. 11 In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord's Passover. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord. 13 The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt. 14 “This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast.

Romans 13:8-14 8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. 11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. 12 The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

Sermon Lesson - John 2:1-12 1 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” 6 Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. 9 When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.” 11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him. 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.

Sermon Outline

Introduction:

I. Two Perspectives

II. Domestic Realities

III. Symbolic Realities

Conclusion:

Taking Gathered Worship Home The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost– Sunday, September 10, 2017

DAILY COLLECT O merciful Lord, you did not spare your only Son but delivered him up for us all. Grant us courage and strength to take up the cross and follow him, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

SUNDAY Morning Psalter – 63, 98 1 Kings 12:21-33 Acts 4:13-31 John 10:31-42 Evening Psalter – 103

HYMN OF INVOCATION

MONDAY Morning Psalter – 41, 52 1 Kings 13:1-10 Philippians 1:1-11 Mark 15:40-47 Evening Psalter – 44 THE GLORIA

TUESDAY Morning Psalter – 45 1 Kings 16:23-34 Philippians 1:12-30 Mark 16:1-20 Evening Psalter – 47, 48

HYMN OF GRATITUDE WEDNESDAY Morning Psalter – 119:49-72 1 Kings 17:1-24 Philippians 2:1-11 Matthew 2:1-12 Evening Psalter – 49, 53

HYMN OF RESPONSE

THURSDAY Morning Psalter – 50 1 Kings 18:1-19 Philippians 2:12-30 Matthew 2:13-23 Evening Psalter – 59, 60

HYMN OF GRATITUDE TO GOD

FRIDAY Morning Psalter – 40, 54 1 Kings 18:20-40 Philippians 3:1-16 Matthew 3:1-12 Evening Psalter – 51

FIRST COMMUNION HYMN SATURDAY Morning Psalter – 55 1 Kings 18:41—19:8 Philippians 3:17—4:7 Matthew 3:13-17 Evening Psalter – 138, 139

SECOND COMMUNION HYMN

Taking Gathered Worship Home” (TGWH) has been developed for you to use in the private worship of your home, whether you are married or single, and whether or not you have children. It is a tool to knit us together throughout the church year. While we would encourage the use of TGWH in its entirety, you are encouraged to adapt the offerings to your particular circumstances. The prayer is taken from “Lutheran Worship” and the psalm readings are taken from the “Book of Common Prayer” and the daily readings are from “The Book of Common Worship.”

IN PREPARATION FOR THE DIVINE SERVICE The Fifteenth Week after Pentecost, September 17th, 2017

Preaching: Rev. Greg Ward Sermon Reading: John 2:13-23

Scripture Lessons: Genesis 50:15-21 Psalm 103:1-12 Matthew 18:21-35 Romans 14:1-12

CHURCH LIFE

CALENDAR

PLEASE BE IN PRAYER FOR:

- Rev. Gary Fugman asks that we pray, “For George and Elsie Fugman who transitioned this week from house and hospital care to assisted living in Mesa AZ, and for the brothers going there this week”

- Please be in prayer for all of those affected by Hurricane Harvey. Pray for all of those coming to the aid of those who are suffering: local officials, first responders, family and friends.

- David Drell writes, “please pray for Fran and her family. She has a cousin in New Orleans named Fran Perez. Fran Perez's two-year-old granddaughter passed away a few weeks ago. Please also pray for Fran’s brother, Louis, and his family, as their Houston home was flooded.”

- Snezhana Popova asks that we, “Pray for our friend and sister in Christ from Birmingham AL, Peggy Frese, in her battle with cancer.”

- Please continue to pray for Anna Nell Bland’s, Susan Ellis’s aunt, recovery from her stroke and working towards returning to her assisted living apartment. Please pray for John and Susan to extend grace and energy to her in the midst of her struggles and frustrations.

- Sara Rimann asks that we, “Please pray for Brooke (13yrs.) and Kristine (17yrs.), whose mom died two weeks ago. They will be experiencing many challenges as their mom was their primary caregiver.”

- Gregory Okeson writes, “Praise to God for allowing me to pass my GSEC certification.”

Today, September 10 10:00 am The Divine Service

11:15 am School of Discipleship

Saturday, September 16 7:30 am Men’s Breakfast @ 1431 Cafe

Sunday, September 17 10:00 am The Divine Service

11:15 am Church Feast

Sunday, September 24 10:00 am The Divine Service


Sunday, October 1 10:00 am The Divine Service


GETTING INVOLVED

At Emmanuel, we have a variety of small group activities to participate in during the week. For more information on our gatherings, please see the list below:

Wednesday Evening Women’s Bible Study— 7-8:30 pm At the home of Barbara Dunn

15804 Royal Ashdown Dr. Austin, TX 78717

Contact: Alison Ferguson [email protected]

Breaking Bread Together Coordinator: Monica Dziuk

[email protected]

Sunday Evening Youth Group — 4–6pm - On Break for Summer -

At the home of Luke and Stephanie Hargrove: 1609 Graford St. Leander 78641

Coordinators: Tommy Connell- [email protected] Luke Hargrove- [email protected]

Men’s Breakfast — 7:30am 3rd Saturday of the Month

1431 Cafe 601 E Whitestone Blvd, Ste. 300

Cedar Park, TX 78613

EPC Leadership and Staff

Elders Joel Altsman

John Ellis Tommy Connell

Senior Pastor Rev. Greg Ward

[email protected]

Assistant Pastor Rev. Dr. Ken Campbell

[email protected]

Church Administrator Katie Drell

[email protected]

Worship: The Gym of Summit Christian Academy, 2121 Cypress Creek Road, Cedar Park TX 78613

Mail: 13359 N Hwy 183, # 406–301, Austin, TX 78750 Call: 512.690.2577

www.EmmanuelCedarPark.church

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