THE WORSHIP OF GOD March 13, 2016 v 9:00 a.m.

Celebrations v Sanctuary

THE WORSHIP OF GODMarch 13, 2016 v 9:00 a.m. Sanctuary

GATHERING MUSIC Can’t Stop Singing Israel Houghton Tapestry, Celebration Singers, Ellie Sanford, soloist

Because my heart is full and my soul is free, in my weakness You had a plan for me, And I can’t stop singing about Your love, Jesus forever You will be more than enough.

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so. OPENING PRAYER Lindy Purdy

SPECIAL MUSIC Jesus Loves Me TraditionalCherub Choir

+ SONGS OF PRAISE As It Is In Heaven Ed Cash and Matt Maher

Our Father Who art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name. Come and let Your glory come and let Your glory fall.

Our Father Who art in Heaven, the rocks cry out Your name. Come and let Your glory come, and let Your glory fall.I will sing sing a new song, I will sing sing a new song,

I will sing sing a new song, to the Lord.

Let Your Kingdom come let Your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.Ev’ry heart proclaim, the mercy of Your name, on earth as it is in Heaven.

Ed Cash | Matt Maher © 2005 spiritandsong.com (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing) Thankyou Music)

Good, Good Father Chris Tomlin

I’ve heard a thousand stories of what they think you’re like,But I’ve heard the tender whisper of love in the dead of night,

And you tell me that you’re pleased,And that I’m never alone.

(Chorus) You’re a Good, Good Father.It’s who you are, it’s who you are, it’s who you are

And I’m loved by you.It’s who I am, it’s who I am, it’s who I am.

Oh, and I’ve seen many searching for answers far and wide,But I know we’re all searchingFor answers only you provide,

Cause you know just what we needBefore we say a word. (Chorus Twice)

© 2015 Chris Tomlin. EVERGREEN Music. All rights reserved. Used with permission. CCLI 50578

+ RESPONSIVE PRAYER & LORD’S PRAYER Kristen Jeide Leader: Let us join our voices together in a prayer for Lent.

All: Eternal God, you created us for balanced lives of faith, hope, and love. Yet, many days we feel like a fiddler on a roof, trying to scratch out a pleasant tune without losing our balance. Use these days of Lent to affirm us in faith, ground us in hope, and steady us in love. Work in us, and through us, to re-store balance in our lives, our families, our communities, and our world.

Leader: All this we pray through Jesus Christ our Lord, who taught us to pray saying: All: 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.

COMMUNITY MOMENTS John Ross STEPPING STONE BLESSING Clergy

CALL TO OUR CHILDREN Jodie Nyberg

OFFERTORY Precious Lord/Just A Closer Walk With Thee Traditional Tapestry arr. Todd & Nicol Smith

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Lindy Purdy

SCRIPTURE Select Gospel Passages Rachel Sorrentino Leader: Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church Word, Inc.

All: Thanks be to God!

LENTEN ANTHEM Sabbath Prayer Bock & Harnick WCC’s Good Works Community Theater’s Cast of Fiddler On The Roof

May the Lord protect and defend you. May He always shield you from shame.May you come to be, In Israel a shining name.

May you be like Ruth and like Esther. May you be deserving of praise.Strengthen them, Oh Lord, And keep them from the strangers’ ways.

May God bless you and grant you long lives. May God make you good mothers and wives.May the Lord protect and defend you. May the Lord preserve you from pain.

Favor them, Oh Lord, with happiness and peace. Oh, hear our Sabbath prayer. Amen.

SERMON FIDDLER: Funambulism 101 John Ross

+ SENDING SONG The Solid Rock Edward Mote arr. Travis Cottrell My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ love and righteousness, I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

(Chorus) On Christ the solid Rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand, All other ground is sinking sand. (continued)

When darkness veils His lovely face, I rest on God’s unchanging grace, in every high and stormy gale, My anchor holds within the veil. (Chorus)

When He shall come with trumpet sound, O may I then in Him be found, Dressed in His righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne. (Chorus Twice)

© 2002 Word Music (A Division Of Word Music LLC) All rights reserved. Used with permission, CCLI 50578

+ BLESSING Bless Us and Keep Us John WallerLord bless us, and keep us, make your face to shine upon us. Raise your countenance on us, and give us peace. (Repeat 2x)

SHARING THE ELEMENTSEveryone is invited to the table that is set for us by Jesus Christ. Following the service,

all who wish to receive communion should come forward by the center aisle and go to the transept on either side of the chancel for the bread and cup. Exit by way of a side aisle.

+ You are invited to stand.…The End of Worship, the Beginning of Service…

v

The Chancel Flowers are given by Gillian Jeffy-Anderson in loving memory of her mother, Maureen Hall Jeffy, on her birthday.

v

WORSHIP LEADERS

Preacher Rev. Dr. John F. Ross Liturgist Rev. Dr. Allen Hilton, Rev. S. Lindy Purdy, Rev. Kristen Jeide

Deacons Susanna Woods, Jeff Johnson, Susanna WoodsMusic Tapestry, Cherub Choir Chancel Guild Sandy Werts Head Ushers Jim Cada & Steve BeachlerUshers The Brad Alexander Team

MUSIC NOTES: (Autumn Toussaint, Director of Contemporary Music Ministry) Tevye (the dairyman, and main character of Fiddler On The Roof) and his family welcome guests in their home for the Sabbath in the particular scene you see this morning. Along with Tevye, his wife Golde, and daughters Tzeitel, Hodel, Chava, Shprintze, and Bielke, they welcome Motel, the local tailor, and Perchik, a student passing through (often considered by some to be a radical). This is a modern version of the prayer usually said as part of the Friday evening ritual ushering in Shabbat, the weekly Sabbath. It calls upon God, in His mercy and compassion, to keep and protect the Jewish people from any harm and, equally import-ant, to not stray from the Jewish traditions found in the Torah. The Sabbath table is adorned with at least two candles (representing the dual commandments to remember and observe the Sabbath), a glass of wine, and two loaves of challah (bread) to represent the dual portion of manna that God provided for the Israelites. The candles must be lit no later than 18 minutes before the sun goes down. They are lit by the woman of the house, and after lighting them, she waves her hands over the candles, welcoming in the Sabbath. She then proceeds to cover her eyes, so as not to see the candles before reciting the blessing. This prayer acts as a counterpoint to the tension in the scene directly preceding it, reflecting on the normal emotions and disagreements often found in families. As the cast has discovered throughout the rehearsal processs, the families of Anatevka are not that different from our own.....