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The hymn of InvocaTIon and ProcessIon

Since the creation of the world, God has set in place a pattern of work and worship. When the day of worship dawns, God’s people lay down their earthly cares and concerns to gather together for worship. As they go, they sing! “I was glad when they said unto me, ‘let us go up to the house of the Lord,’” David sings in Psalm 122. So also, when we gather each Sunday, we sing as we ascend Mt. Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem (Heb 12:22). Our pastors lead us into the presence of God by celebrating God’s name, his work, and the blessings that he continues to bestow on his people. So, lift up your voice! Join with us as we enter into God’s presence—knowing that “this is the day that the Lord has made, [so] let us rejoice and be glad in it” (Psalm 118:24).

Liturgical Color: White–symbolizes the brightness of day, the birth of Christ, and his resurrection.

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The Divine ServiceMay 26, 2019

The Sixth Sunday of Easter

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.

PRELUDE Bogum ParkJesus, You’re the Sweetest Name of All.—T. Coomes

Jesus, you’re the sweetest name of all.Jesus, you always hear me when I call.

Oh, Jesus, You pick me up each time I fall,

you’re the sweetest, the sweetest name of all.

WORDS OF PREPARATION/SILENCE Luke 15:1-32 All scripture passages printed in back of bulletin. COLLECT OF THE DAY

O God, you make the minds of your faithful to be of one will; therefore grant to your people that they may love what you command and desire what you promise, that among the manifold chang-es of this age our hearts may ever be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord, 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

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The Service of EntranceCALL TO WORSHIP

InTroIT God’s Son Has Set Me Free—Edward Grieg

HYMN OF INVOCATION


Minister: Now is Christ risen from the dead,People: And become the firstfruits of them that slept. Minister: For since by man came death,People: By man came also the resurrection of the dead.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: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor—

People: Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your 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 raisedfor 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

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The Service of the Word

The acTs of The aPosTles Acts 16:9-15

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

The PsalTer Psalm 67

Choir: May God be merciful to us and | bless us, show us the light of his countenance and | come to us.

All: Let your ways be known up- | on earth, your saving health among all | nations.

Let the peoples praise you, | O God; let all the peoples | praise you.

Let the nations be glad and | sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide all the nations up- | on earth.

Let the peoples praise you, | O God; let all the peoples | praise you.

The earth has brought forth her | increase; may God, our own God, give us his | blessing.

May God give us his | blessing, and may all the ends of the earth stand in | awe of him.

Glory be to the Father and | to the Son and to the Holy | Spirit; As it was in the be- | ginning, is now, and will be forever. | Amen.

The ePIsTle lesson Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5


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OUR RESPONSE

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WELCOMEAt this time, please pass the contact folders down the row, fill out the contact cards as necessary, and drop the card in the offering plate.

InTerlude

recognITIon of graduaTes Joseph Flathmann Jonathan Martin

Elizabeth RimannrecognITIon of volunTeers

PRAYER OF SUPPLICATION Ivaylo Georgiev

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 Luke 15:1-32

Leader: This is the Gospel of the Lord.People: Praise be to you, O Christ!

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

MORNING SERMON Rev. Greg WardOn Earth As It Is In Heaven

Luke 15:1-32

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The Service of the Table

CORPORATE CONFESSION OF FAITH The 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 sits 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: Christ is risen!People: He is risen indeed!Minister: Filled with the hope and joy of the resurrection, 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.”


TIThes & 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 themajesty; for everything in heaven and on earth is yours.

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.

PRAYER OF DEDICATION

Minister: Our Glorious God and Father, you have shown your great power in raising the Lord Jesus Christ from the dead. By his death you brought us life, and in his resurrection you have secured our hope. We acknowledge that you have created us, redeemed us, and will bring us to yourself, for from you, and through you, and to you are all things. Because we are wholly yours and so that the glad tidings of this resurrection might be made known in all places, we offer now these tithes and our offerings to you. Receive them O Lord, and distribute them according to your wisdom for the honor of your name, and all through the power of Jesus Christ our Lord.

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 givethanks to you, O Holy Lord, Father Almighty, Everlasting God, through Jesus Christ our Lord; but chiefly we are bound to praise you for the glorious resurrection of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord; for he is the very Paschal Lamb, which was offered for us and has taken away the sins of the world. By his death he has destroyed death, and by his rising to life again he has restored to us 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:


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 LessonsActs 16:9-15

9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10 And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

11 So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis, 12 and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days. 13 And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together. 14 One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. 15 And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.


Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5

10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God.

22:1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.


Luke 15:1-32

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

3 So he told them this parable: 4 “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

8 “Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? 9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ 10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

11 And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. 13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living. 14 And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16 And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.

17 “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’ 20 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. 21 And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ 22 But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. 23 And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.

25 “Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. 27 And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.’ 28 But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him, 29 but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’ 31 And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. 32 It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”

Leader: This is the Gospel of the Lord.People: Praise be to you, O Christ!

On Earth As It Is In HeavenLuke 15:1-32

Introduction:

I. The Younger Son

II. The Older Son

III. Bringing Down The Kingdom

Conclusion:

Taking Gathered Worship HomeThe Sixth Week of Easter – Sunday, May 26, 2019

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.”

DAILY COLLECTLord, because you have promised to give what we ask in the name of your only-begotten Son, teach us rightly to pray and with all your saints to offer you our adoration and praise; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

SUNDAY Morning Psalter – 93, 96 Deuteronomy 15:1-11 1 Timothy 3:14—4:5 Matthew 13:24-35 Evening Psalter – 34

HYMN OF INVOCATION

MONDAY Morning Psalter – 80 Deuteronomy 8:1-10 James 1:1-15 Luke 9:18-27 Evening Psalter – 77 THE GLORIATUESDAY Morning Psalter – 78:1-39 Deuteronomy 8:11-20 James 1:16-27 Luke 11:1-13 Evening Psalter – 78:40-72

HYMN OF GRATITUDE

WEDNESDAY Morning Psalter – 119:97-120 Deuteronomy 19:1-10 James 5:13-20 Luke 12:22-31 Evening Psalter – 68

HYMN OF RESPONSE

THURSDAY Morning Psalter – 8, 47 Ascension Day Ezekiel 1:1-14, 22-28 Hebrews 2:5-18 Matthew 28:16-20 Evening Psalter – 24, 96

HYMN OF GRATITUDE TO GOD

FRIDAY Morning Psalter – 85, 86 Ezekiel 2:1—3:3 Hebrews 4:14—5:6 Luke 9:28-36 Evening Psalter – 91, 92

FIRST COMMUNION HYMN

SATURDAY Morning Psalter – 87, 90 Ezekiel 3:4-15 Hebrews 5:7-14 Luke 9:37-50 Evening Psalter – 136 SECOND COMMUNION HYMN

IN PREPARATION FOR THE DIVINE SERVICEThe Seventh Sunday of Easter, Sunday, June 2, 2019

Preaching: Rev. Greg Ward1 John 1:1-4

Scripture Lessons:

Acts 16:16-34 Psalm 97Rev. 22:12-14,16-17, 20-21 John 17:20-26

CHURCH LIFE

calendar

Sunday, May 26 10:00 am The Divine Service

11:15 am Last School of Discipleship of the semester

Monday, May 27 10:00 am Quilting Ministry

Sunday, June 2 10:00 am The Divine Service

11:30 am Membership Class

Sunday, June 9 10:00 am The Divine Service

Monday, June 10 10:00 am Quilting Ministry

Saturday, June 15 7:30 am Men’s Breakfast

PLEASE BE IN PRAYER FOR:

- Prayers for a safe pregnancy for Sula Ly as she and Karim expect their fourth child. Strength for Sula as she continues working through the course of the pregnancy.

- George and Eva Schalles ask for prayer for Ashlynne (14), daughter of Lisa Mannes, who has been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. She needs peace, strength, perseverance, and health.

- Please pray for Laurence and Beckye Estill’s son Jonathan, who had surgery last week. Please pray it will solve the issues from which he has been suffering. Pray for healing, comfort, a quick recovery, and relief from pain.

- Give thanks that Doug Hancock has finished his current round of cancer treatment, and pray that a scan at the end of this month would confirm no new tumors.

- Pray for Carol Crill’s sister’s family, mourning the death of Carol’s niece. Pray also for Carol’s health and her job search.

- Please pray for our missionaries in the Middle East, who have had a discouraging setback in their ministry efforts. Pray that they will be physically and emotionally replenished, and encouraged in their work.

- Praise God that Ben Finklea’s company has been able to get some short-term customers. Please pray that these customers would successfully transitions to being long-term. Pray also that God would send new opportunities and relationships that the company needs to be successful.

- Please pray that God would call a Pastoral Resident to Emmanuel to participate in the life and ministry of our church, and for the session to have wisdom as we search to find the right man.

- Give praise that our sister church Grace + Peace has called a new pastor. Pray for the Sweet family as they move to Austin.

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:

Youth Group Fellowship OpportunitiesCheck the calendar for upcoming events!Contact:Tommy Connell — [email protected]

Quilting MinistrySecond and Fourth Mondays of the Month 10:00 amContact: Gail Shaff — [email protected]

COMMUNITY GROUPS

Check the website for a Community Group near you!www.emmanuelcedarpark.church

Financials Year-to-DateActuals vs. Budgeted

October 1–April 30, 2018

Budgeted Income $172,525Actual Income $158,228Deficit ($14,297)

Budgeted Expense $164,133Actual Expense $143,233Surplus $20,900

Actual Income vs. Expense $14,995(Surplus)

Men’s BreakfastThird Saturday of the Month, 7:30 am Gloria’s Cafe1201 N Lakeline BlvdCedar Park 78613Contact: Rev. Dr. Kenneth Campbell — [email protected]

EPC Leadership and Staff

EldersJoel Altsman

Tommy ConnellJohn Ellis

DeaconsBen Finklea

Ivaylo GeorgievChris Kiick

DeaconessesDeborah Altsman

Barbara Dunn

Senior PastorRev. Greg Ward

[email protected]

Pastor EmeritusRev. Dr. Ken Campbell

[email protected]

Church AdministratorChristine Scott

[email protected]

Worship: The Gym of Summit Christian Academy, 2121 Cypress Creek Road,

Cedar Park, TX 78613Mail: 13359 N Hwy 183, # 406–301, Austin, TX 78750

Call: 512.690.2577www.EmmanuelCedarPark.church

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