Welcome to worship at Northminster!

Thank you for worshipping with us today. If you are visiting with

us this morning we hope you feel the presence of God and the

hospitality of this congregation. If you have any questions about our

church please ask one of the pastors or a greeting host wearing a red

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SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY

SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

May 13, 2018

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* Those who are able, please stand.

Congregation responds in bold.

CENTERING THOUGHT

Loaves and Fishes – a poem By David Whyte

This is not

the age of information.

This is not

the age of information.

Forget the news,

and the radio,

and the blurred screen.

This is the time of loaves

and fishes.

People are hungry,

and one good word is bread

for a thousand.

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APPROACHING GOD

Please silence your cell phone before worship begins.

WELCOME Teri Thomas

PRELUDE (9:00) Andante Grazioso Gaston Dethier

(1875-1958)

arr. Charles Callahan

(born 1951)

Kathy Hershberger, Viola

(11:00) Toccata in F Major Dietrich Buxtehude

(1637-1701)

*CALL TO WORSHIP

Happy are those who take delight in the law of the Lord.

They are like trees planted by streams of water. In all that

they do they prosper.

For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous.

May God number us with the righteous as we worship the Lord.

Let us worship God!

*HYMN NO. 744 Arise, Your Light Is Come! FESTAL SONG

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION Marland Pittman

Gracious God, you call us to delight in your teachings,

yet we can become cynical and full of doubt.

We continue to live in fear.

You invite us to share in Christ’s ministry, but we ignore the

calling of our baptism.

Do not judge us, we pray, but heal us and restore us to you.

Guard us and protect us from evil.

Set us free from a past we cannot change;

open to us a future in which we can be changed;

and grant us grace to grow more and more

in your likeness and image;

through Jesus Christ, the light of the world.

*SILENCE FOR PERSONAL PRAYER AND REFLECTION

*DECLARATION OF FORGIVENESS

In Christ Jesus, God has promised to forgive us and reconcile us

to God and each other.

With joy, let us share in the hope that we are forgiven.

Friends, I declare that you are forgiven.

*GLORIA John Weaver

*SHARING THE PEACE

The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

And also with you.

(Worshippers may greet one another with words of Christ’s peace.)

LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD

CHILDREN’S TIME

(Children may be excused for Church School at this time.)

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION Mikotoba o kudasai

Yasushige Imakoma

(9:00) Section Leaders

(11:00) Chancel Choir

FIRST LESSON Acts 1: 15-17, 21-26 (Pg. 118)

PSALM 1 (9:00) John Wright, Cantor

(11:00) Robbie Foote, Cantor

SECOND LESSON John 17: 6-19 (Pg. 111)

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

SERMON One Good Word Teri Thomas

SILENCE FOR REFLECTION

RESPONDING TO GOD’S WORD

* HYMN NO. 451 Open My Eyes, That I May See

OPEN MY EYES

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

THE LORD’S 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, forever. Amen.

OFFERING(Please sign the pew pad and pass it to your neighbor.)

OFFERTORY (9:00) Adagio Alexander Guilmant

(1837-1911)

arr. Charles Callahan

(11:00) O for a closer walk with God

Charles Stanford

(1852-1924)

Chancel Choir

O for a closer walk with God, a calm and heavenly frame;

A light to shine upon the road that leads me to the Lamb!

Return, O holy Dove, return! Sweet messenger of rest;

I hate the sins that made thee mourn, and drove thee from my

breast.

So shall my walk be close with God, calm and serene my

frame;

So purer light shall mark the road that leads me to the Lamb.

*DOXOLOGY LASST UNS ERFREUEN

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;

Praise God, all creatures here below. Alleluia! Alleluia!

Praise God, the source of all our gifts!

Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts!

Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit, Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

GOING FORTH

*HYMN Somebody Prayed for Me African-American spiritual

arr. John Bell

(born 1949)

(Choir sings stanza 1, All sing stanza 2 “My sister…,

stanza 3 “My brother…, stanza 4 “Somebody…”)

*BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE (9:00) Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

John Wyeth

(1770-1858)

arr. Lee Burswold

(1941-2017)

CHORAL RESPONSE (11:00) I Believe This is Jesus

African-American spiritual

arr. Undine Smith Moore

(1904-1989)

Chancel Choir

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Ruth Moore is enjoying vacation time.

MUSIC IN WORSHIP

Today’s Psalm, Psalm 1, informs us that those who delight in the

law of the Lord are happy, righteous and prosperous. The psalm

makes a sharp contrast between the lot of the righteous and the

wicked. Of the righteous, the psalmist states, “They are like trees

planted by streams of water, bearing fruit in due season, everything

they do shall prosper.” Of the wicked, the psalmist states, “It is not

so with the wicked; they are like chaff which the wind blows away.”

The psalm is sung in the plainchant style.

Today’s 11:00 Offertory, “O for a closer walk with thee,” was

composed by the Irish composer Sir Charles Stanford (1852 –

1924). It is a setting of the hymn CAITHNESS (see Glory to

God No. 739), which first appeared in the 1635 Scottish

Psalter. Written for organ and SATB choir, the sopranos make the

opening statement and then are joined by the lower three voices.

The mood of the music reflects the tender poem by William Cowper

(1731 -1800). Charles Stanford, along with composers Elgar and

Parry, brought about the so-called “English Musical Renaissance,” a

rebirth of internationally significant compositions in Great Britain at

the beginning of the 20th century. Stanford was a highly respected

teacher; some of his pupils were the composers Ralph Vaughan

Williams, Gustav Holst, and Herbert Howells.

Pentecost Special Offering – May 20

The Pentecost Offering helps support and guide the Christian

formation of our young people – building a solid foundation of faith

formed in the first third of life, from childhood through young

adulthood. Your gift (envelopes in the pews and in offering boxes)

will support the Young Adult Volunteer Program, ministries with

youth (including Youth Triennium) and programs for youth at risk.

Northminster will retain 40 percent of the offering collected to

develop and support programs for young people in our church and

community.

What’s Next?

Sunday Worship

May 20 – DAY OF PENTECOST. Today is about the church, the

Spirit,

flames, wind and more. Wear RED and join in the

celebration! We

will honor graduates and recognize teachers.

May 27 – Trinity Sunday. This will be Marland’s last Sunday

with us and

he will be preaching. Drop in before the Race.

Mission and Outreach

Back to School Extravaganza – Washing and sorting of

clothing will begin in late May or early June

Pentecost Offering – May 20

Events and Education

Sound & Spirit – The Tannahill Weavers in Concert – May 18,

7pm, FREE

Reception for graduates, Marland Pittman, and Cheryl

Plunkett – May 20, 10am

Youth Fellowship – May 20, 5:30pm

Curious Conversations – information sessions - June 3, 10am

or 12:15pm; June 10, 10am

For more information, check out our website

(northminster-indy.org).

To give by text message on a smartphone, text the amount you

would like to give to 317-316-3009. Our online giving system,

ShelbyNext, will then prompt you through a one-time set up for

giving.

MINISTRY

Teri L. Thomas

Pastor

Ruth Chadwick Moore

Associate Pastor

John M. Wright

Director, Music Ministries

Maureen Wilson

Director of Education and Youth

Ministries

Marko Petričić

Music Associate/Organist

Marland Pittman

Seminary Intern

Denise Harrington

Senior Ministry Consultant

Carol McDonald

Parish Associate

Barbara A. Sloop

Parish Associate

Carol Campbell

John Reed

Tony Dzwonar

Stephen Ministry Leaders

Donald R. Durrett

Associate Pastor Emeritus