GRACE COVENANT

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Awakening a Love for Christ in the Heart of Richmond March 9, 2014 The First Sunday in Lent 10:55 a.m.

Please fill out the communication card and place it in the offering plate during the offertory. Please stand for these parts of the service.

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

WE GATHER TO GLORIFY GOD

PRELUDE Soliloquy CALL TO WORSHIP (from Psalm 32) One: Many: One: Many: One: All: David Conte, b. 1955 Luke Woodcock

Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Happy are those to whom the LORD imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. Therefore let all who are faithful offer prayer to you; at a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters shall not reach them. You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance.

HYMN 446 (Blue Hymnal) Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken

Austrian Hymn

PRAYER OF CONFESSION (IN UNISON) One: Many: One: Many: One: Have mercy on us, O God, according to your steadfast love; According to your abundant mercy blot out our transgressions. Wash us thoroughly from our iniquity, and cleanse us from our sin, For we know our transgressions, and our sin is ever before us. Against you, you alone, have we sinned, and done what is evil in your sight, Hide your face from our sins, and blot out all our iniquities. Create in us a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within us. Do not cast us away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from us. Restore to us the joy of your salvation, and sustain in us a willing spirit. Forgive us, O God, through your Son Jesus Christ. Amen.

Many: All: KYRIE

Lord, Have Mercy Upon Us, music by John Merbecke 1990 Westminster/John Knox Press. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #A -715262.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON GLORIA PATRI 579 (Blue Hymnal) Glory 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, Amen. SACRAMENT OF HOLY BAPTISM Miriam Noor Ralston
At this time, children 9 years old and younger are invited to come to the front of the sanctuary with our volunteer leaders. The children and their leaders will worship in the chapel. They will be in "Children's Church" for the remainder of the morning and will meet parents in the social room.

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WE HEAR THE WORD OF GOD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION Beth Bowman

OLD TESTAMENT READING ANTHEM Lord, Make Me to Know Thy Ways

Psalm 73

Holy Bible, p. 516 OT William Byrd, 1543-1623

Lord, make me to know thy ways. Teach me thy paths, O Lord. O lead me in thy truth, and teach me, for thou art the God of my salvation. Psalm 25:4-5a

NEW TESTAMENT READING SERMON

Romans 12:9-21

Holy Bible, p. 153 NT

When the Grass Is Greener Over There Rev. Hulme-Lippert

WE RESPOND TO GODS WORD

HYMN 191 (Blue Hymnal) God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength APOSTLES CREED (IN 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.

Winchester Old

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORDS 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, for ever. Amen.

WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD

PRESENTATION OF TITHES, OFFERINGS, AND GIFTS

ANTHEM Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God

Carl Mueller, 1892-1982

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
Psalm 51:10-13

DOXOLOGY 592 (Blue Hymnal) Old Hundredth Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

WE GO FORTH TO LOVE AND SERVE

HYMN 87 (Blue Hymnal) The Glory of These Forty Days BENEDICTION AND CHORAL RESPONSE Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days POSTLUDE Chaconne Erhalt Uns, Herr St. Flavian Louis Couperin, 16261661

Please join us in the Social Room following worship for refreshments and fellowship. The flowers are given to the glory of God in loving memory of my mom, Nell Goshorn, by Pat Ball.

1627 Monument Avenue Richmond, Virginia 23220 804-359-2463 Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Email: info@grace-covenant.org Website: www.grace-covenant.org Radio: WLES 590 AM Pastor: Bobby Hulme-Lippert Director of Music: Christopher Martin Administrative Assistant: Vanessa Strait Christopher Tweel: Christian Education Coordinator for Children Bookkeeper: Martha Rubin Custodian: James Greene Child Development Center Director: Nicole Williams Luke Woodcock: Seminary Intern