Mural from a carpark in Chippenham, England

First Congregational Church of

Evanston
United Church of Christ
An Open and Affirming Church
Founded 1869
Sunday, April 30th, 2023 | 10 o’clock in the morning
Fourth Sunday of Easter
 ORDER OF WORSHIP
Responses in italics may be spoken out loud.
Please stand, if you wish, at places marked by an asterisk (*).

PreludePastorale on “The God of Love My Shepherd Is” John Barr

Introit O Come Let Us Worship Richard Shephard

Words of Welcome Beth Babbit Borst

*Call to Worship
People of God, come follow the Way!
We want to walk in the footsteps of Jesus.
People of God, come seek the Truth!
We desire to live lives that reflect the love and mercy of our God.
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People of God, come embrace the Life!
Jesus is our way, truth, and life! We live our lives in Him!
JESUS CHRIST: PASSION AND DEATH
*Opening Hymn
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2 When the woes of life o’er - take me, hopes de -
3 When the sun of bliss is beam - ing light and
4 Bane and bless - ing, pain and plea - sure, by the

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o’er the wrecks of time; all the light of sa - cred
ceive, and fears an - noy, nev - er shall the cross for -
love up - on my way, from the cross the ra - diance
cross are sanc - ti - fied; peace is there that knows no

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sake me; lo, it glows with peace and joy.
stream - ing adds more lus - ter to the day.
mea - sure, joys that through all time a - bide.

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*Prayer of Confession
O God, we confess that we have lost our way. We have not followed in your
footsteps; Likewe Isaachave not Ihelped
Watts’s “When our sisters
Survey the Wondrous Cross” (nos.and brothers
223, 224), this hymn is a to findon your
reflection Galatianspath.
Forgive us named our for adistractions and
soloist in the composer’s set our
Connecticut choir. feet on your path again. Empowered
6:14, but this text is more abstract and devotes no attention to the person hanging on the cross. The tune is

by yourTEXT:
grace, direct us as we seek to follow you once again, walking
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John Bowring, 1825 RATHBUN
in your
truth and bringing to light your life. Amen.
MUSIC: Ithamar Conkey, 1849 8.7.8.7

*Words of Grace and Mercy

From generation to generation, God’s love overcomes human sinfulness. God is
committed to fresh starts and new creations. This is good news!
In Jesus Christ we are forgiven!

*Prayer Response
(Hymn 327, stanza 3)
Eternal are thy mercies, Lord; eternal truth attends thy word:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
till suns shall rise and set no more.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

First Scripture Acts 2: 42-47 Beth Babbit Borst

Children’s Message Rev. Jason W. Coulter

*Greeting of Peace

Announcements
Anthem The Lord is My Shepherd (Psalm 23)Howard Goodall
Christina Adams, soloist
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want; He maketh me to lie down in
green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. Yea, though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for you are
with me, you will comfort me. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
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Sermon Scripture 1 Peter 2: 19-25
JESUS CHRIST: LIFE
Sermon “Suffering Fools” Rev. Jason W. Coulter
157 I Danced in the Morning
*Hymn CapoI 3:
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1 I danced in the morn - ing when the world was be - gun, and I
2 I danced for the scribe and the Phar - i - see, but
3 I danced on the Sab - bath and I cured the lame. The
4 I danced on a Fri - day when the sky turned black. It’s
5 They cut me down and I leapt up high. Œ
( Em ) (A)

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Gm C

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danced in the moon and the stars and the sun, and I
they would not dance and they would not foll - ow me. I
ho - ly peo - ple said it was a shame. They
hard to dance with the dev - il on your back. They
I am the life that will nev - er, nev - er die. I’ll
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came down from heav - en and I danced on the earth. At
danced for the fish - er - men, for James and John. They
whipped and they stripped and they hung me high, and
bur - ied my bod - y and they thought I’d gone, but
live in you if you’ll live in me, ‰
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Beth - le - hem I had my birth.
came with me and the dance went on.
left me there on a cross to die.
I am the dance and I still go on.
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
 JESUS CHRIST: LIFE

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Invitation to Offering Jesus Makes My Heart Rejoice

Born in the Night, Mary’s Child Robert 158
J. Powell
Jesus makes my heart rejoice, I'm his lamb and know his voice. He's my
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and out with peace. He will feed me with the treasure
of his grace in richest
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night, Mar - y’s I thirst,
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2 Clear shin - ing light, Mar - y’s Child, your face lights up our way;
supply. Shall I sing
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Praise God, fromLightwhom
of the all blessings
world, flow;dawn on our dark - ened day.
Mar - y’s Child,
yes, it is true, Mar - y’s Child, shown on your cross of wood.
Praise Christ, all
Kingpeople
of the here below;
earth, Mar - y’s Child, walk in our streets a - gain.
Praise Holy Spirit evermore;
One God,Guitar
Triune whom
chords we adore.
do not correspond Amen.
with keyboard harmony.

*Prayer of Dedication
Carried by a blues-like tune, this text of clustered phrases centers on the core words “Mary’s Child,”
We return toinitially
you, Oimages
linking God, giftsa Nativity
that suggest that hymn,arebutnot our
by the
of the Incarnation: birth, life, death, resurrection, ascension, return.
own.
third stanza Wetogratefully
widening the full arc know that
they comeTEXT:from your generous hand. As we follow in your way, may all that
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Geoffrey Ainger, 1964, alt. MARY’S CHILD
we have and
MUSIC: all that we do be an expression of our gratitude to you. Amen.
Geoffrey Ainger, 1964; harm. Richard D. Wetzel, 1972
Text and Music © 1964 Stainer & Bell, Ltd. (admin. Hope Publishing Company)
7.6.7.6

Prayers of the People - Pastoral Prayer - Silent Prayer

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Prayer of Our Savior
Our Creator, 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 and ever. Amen.

*Closing Hymn Where

WhereCharity
Charity andand Love Prevail
Love Prevail #316 316
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1 Where char - i - ty and love pre - vail, there God is ev - er found;
2 Let us re - call that in our midst dwells Christ, God’s ho - ly Son.
3 Let strife a - mong us be un -known; let all con - ten - tions cease.
4 Let us for - give each oth - er’s faults as we our own con - fess,

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5 Love can ex - clude no race or creed if hon - ored be God’s name;

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brought here to - geth - er by Christ’s love, by love we thus are bound.
As mem - bers of each bod - y joined, in him we are made one.
Be God’s the glo - ry that we seek; be his our on - ly peace.
that we may love each oth - er well in Chris-tian gen - tle - ness.

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our com - mon life em - brac - es all whose Mak - er is the same.

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˙ ˙ œ œ ˙

This English paraphrase is based on a longer Latin hymn traditionally associated with the footwashing ritual
*Benediction and Blessing
on Maundy Thursday, an enactment of Christ’s “new commandment” that we should love one another
(John 13:34). For a chant setting of the first line of the hymn see no. 205.
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TEXT: Latin, 8th cent.; trans. Omer Westendorf, 1960, alt. TWENTY-FOURTH
Choral Response With Joyful Singing, Go Forth Franz Schubert
MUSIC: Lucius Chapin, 1812 CM
Text © 1960, ren. 1988 World Library Publications
arr. Jane Holstein

Postlude Good Christians All, Rejoice and Singarr. Jane Hosltein

4/10/13
Sunday Morning Service Roles
Deacons: Lay Reader:
- Doug Smith Beth Babbit Borst
- Nick Tucker
- Chris Krei
Livestream/Tech Support: Sunday School
- Julie Captain & Sarah - Eda Uca
Pressly - Thekla Metz
Want to volunteer and get more involved in Sunday services? See the sign-up sheet in
the back of the sanctuary or contact Mahdia at mahdia@firstchurchevanston.org

Worship Credits and Sources:

Call to Worship and Prayers from the Abingdon Worship Annual

Music Permissions Pastorale on "The King of Love My Shepherd Is." Music: John Bacchus Dykes. Setting:
John Barr. © 2010, Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. All rights reserved. Podcast with permission under ONE
LICENSE #A-735926. All rights reserved. O Come Let Us Worship. Words and Music: Richard Shephard. ©
2017, St. James Music Press. Used with permission. License #23508. In the Cross of Christ I Glory. Music:
Ithamar Conkey, 1849; Words: John Bowring, 1825. Public Domain. In the Cross of Christ I Glory. Music:
Ithamar Conkey, 1849; Words: John Bowring, 1825; Descant: Charles H. Webb, Jr. © 2013, Indiana University
Jacobs School of Music. All rights reserved. Used with permission. From All That Dwell Below the Skies.
Music: Geistliche Kirchengesang, 1623, alt.; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906; Words: Stanzas 1,
3, Issac Watts, 1719. Public Domain. The Lord is My Shepherd. Music: Howard Goodall; Words: Psalm 23.
© 1994 and 2000, Howard Goodall. All rights reserved. Reprinted and Podcast with permission under ONE
LICENSE #A-735926. All rights reserved. I Danced in the Morning. Music: American Shaker melody; adapt.
Sydney Carter, 1963; Words: Sydney Carter, 1963. © 1963, Stainer & Bell, Ltd. (admin. Hope Publishing
Company). All rights reserved. Reprinted and Podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-735926. All
rights reserved. Jesus Makes My Heart Rejoice. Music: Herrnhut MS Choral Buch, 1735, arr. Robert J. Powell;
Words: H. Louise von Hayn, alt. and F.W. Foster, alt. © 2010, St. James Music Press. Used with permission.
License #23508. Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow. Music: Genevan Psalter, 1551; Words:
Thomas Ken, 1695, 1709. Public Domain. Where Charity and Love Prevail. Music: Lucius Chapin, 1812;
Words: Latin, 8th cent.; trans. Omer Westendorf, 1960, alt. © 1960, ren. 1988, World Library Publications. All
rights reserved. Reprinted and Podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-735926. All rights
reserved. With Joyful Singing, Praise God. Music: Franz Schubert; Words: Patrick M. Liebergen (ASCAP);
Setting: Patrick M. Liebergen (ASCAP). © 2014, Candelaworks Music (ASCAP), a division of Jubilate Music
Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Reprinted and Podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-735926. All
rights reserved. Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing! Music: Melchior Vulpius. Setting: Jane Holstein. ©
2008, Hope Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-
735926. All rights reserved.
Support Needed for Family Promise and Overnight
Shelter Guests!
Interfaith Action of Evanston (IAE) needs volunteers to
bring sack breakfasts to the 30 weekend guests at the IAE
Emergency Overnight Shelter through May 21st. Deliver
breakfasts Sat & Sun mornings between 7-8am to Hilda's
Place in the basement of Lake St. Church. Sack breakfasts
should include 1. Breakfast with Protein (ex. breakfast
sandwich with egg, or muffin plus yogurt/cottage cheese cup
w/spoon), 2. Fruit (banana or tangerine), 3. Drink (water or
juice).

Sign Up for Fellowship Refreshments!

Please sign up to bring refreshments for our fellowship time
after worship. To prevent carrying hot coffee pots up and
down the stairs, please bring boxed to go coffee (1 reg, 1
decaf) from a local coffee shop. For refreshments, please
bring fruit and treats for about 40 people. See the sign-up
sheet in the narthex or contact Mahdia in the office for how to
sign up. Thank you for helping to make our community warm
and welcoming!

Support the Margarita Inn!

Help us support our neighbors at Connections for the Homeless in securing a future for
The Margarita Inn. There are powerful NIMBY voices in Evanston that want
the Margarita to close or severely scale back its mission and it is essential that
Evanstonians raise their voice in support of our neighbors experiencing housing
insecurity. Join us at Evanston City Council on May 8th and May 22nd to advocate for
this valuable resource in our community.
Welcome to First Congregational Church of Evanston, UCC

We are glad you chose to be with us on this Sunday morning!

And we want you to know that no matter who you are, or where
you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!

Childcare is provided in the downstairs nursery for infants and

children to age 5. The space at the back of the Sanctuary
available for our families. Children K-6 are invited to Sunday School in the Church
House after the Children’s Message.

Please sign the Attendance Pads in the pews. We invite our visitors to include your
name, address and email so that we might acknowledge your visit with a card. All are
welcome to join us after services in the narthex or outside for refreshments and
conversation.

Babies and Toddlers: Little ones enrich our community and add vibrancy
to our congregation. Please don't fret about coos or cries during the service. All ages
are welcome here. Visit our rocking chair area to find books & coloring pages for use
during the service, or you are welcome to drop off infants to 3 year-olds with
our Nursery Supervisor.

Children: Young people are invited to come forward for the Children's Message during
worship. Afterwards, children in grades K-6th are welcome to walk with our teacher
team to our Sunday School classroom at the Church House, 1/2 block down Hinman
Ave. At the end of the service, leaders bring children back to the sanctuary to join their
families for fellowship time. Adult visitors are welcome to accompany their children to
Sunday School. Connect with Sarah Petersen if you have any questions.

Use this QR Code to check out events and ongoing programming at

FCCE.
 WELCOME to First Congregational Church of Evanston

Mission Statement
We express God’s love in action, compassion, and justice.

Open and Affirming Statement

As an inclusive congregation, we welcome all faith experiences and family types; we
are an open and affirming community of faith who welcome and celebrate differences
of age, ability, race, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and national
origin.

Immigrant Welcoming Statement

We commit to take actions consistent with the values and resources of our community
to oppose xenophobia and to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation and
the hardships such deportation will cause them and their families.

First Congregational Church of Evanston, UCC

Sanctuary: 1445 Hinman Avenue (at Grove Street)
Mailing address: 1417 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201
Phone: 847-864-8332 | Email: info@firstchurchevanston.org
Website: www.firstchurchevanston.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/firstcongregationalchurchofevanston/

Church Staff
Rev. Jason W. Coulter, Senior Minister jason@firstchurchevanston.org | ext.21
Matthew Hogan, Music Director matthew@firstchurchevanston.org | ext. 23
Mahdia Lynn, Church Administrator mahdia@firstchurchevanston.org | ext. 22
Kelly Tran, Nursery Supervisor
Chris Krei and Chris Petersen, Members at Large
Julie Captain and Sarah Pressly, Co-Moderators

Today’s flowers on the altar were donated by Betty Philips

Thank you to Julie Captain and the Krei family for this Sunday’s refreshments

Chancel Choir Quartet

Christina Adams, soprano | Hannah Little, alto
Michael Brauer, tenor | Joseph Roberts, bass

To make a donation to First Congregational Church you may do so during

the offering, or you may make an electronic donation through the church
website by using this QR Code. Thank you for your generosity!