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The Divine ServiceSunday, March 22, 2020
The Fourth Sunday in Lent
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.
as you Wait for the service to Begin Psalm 121 COLLECT OF THE DAY
Almighty God, our heavenly Father, your mercies are new every morning, and though we have in no way deserved your goodness, you still abundantly provide for all our wants of body and soul. Give us, we pray, your Holy Spirit that we may heartily acknowledge your merciful goodness to-ward us, give thanks for all your benefits, and serve you in willing obedience; through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
PASTOR’S WELCOME
Liturgical Color: Purple– the color of penitence and fasting
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The Service of EntranceCALL TO WORSHIP
Minister: Know that the LORD he is God: it is he that has made us, and not we ourselves;People: We are his people and the sheep of his pasture.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: Dearly beloved, we have come together in the presence of Almighty God our heavenly Father, to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his holy Word, and to ask, for ourselves and on behalf of others, those things that are necessary for our life and our salvation. And so that we may prepare ourselves in heart and mind to worship him, let us with penitent and obedient hearts confess our sins, that we may obtain forgiveness by his infinite goodness and mercy. Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God –
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
People: Almighty and most merciful Father; we have erred, and strayed from your ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against your holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and there is no health in us. But you, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare those, O God, who confess their faults. Restore those who are penitent; according to your promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of your holy 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.
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The Service of the Word
the oLd testament Lesson 1 Samuel 16:1-13
The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” 2 And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’ 3 And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you.” 4 Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?” 5 And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
6 When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him.” 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.” 9 Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.” 10 And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these.” 11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.” 12 And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.” 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God!
the gospeL Lesson John 9:1-41
As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” 6 Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man’s eyes with the mud 7 and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.
8 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” 10 So they said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” 11 He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed and received my sight.” 12 They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”
13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. 14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” 16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them. 17 So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”
18 The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight 19 and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” 20 His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. 21 But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.” 22 (His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.) 23 Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.” 25 He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” 26 They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” 27 He answered them, “I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?” 28 And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.” 30 The man answered, “Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. 32 Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” 34 They answered him, “You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out.
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” 36 He answered, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” 37 Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you.” 38 He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. 39 Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.” 40 Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?” 41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.
Leader: This is the Gospel of the Lord.People: Praise be to you, O Christ!
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PRAYER OF SUPPLICATION Ben Finklea
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.
Please go to emmanuelcedarpark.church/pages/contact to submit prayer requests
THE SERMON LESSON Psalm 121
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?2 My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.6 The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.8 The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God!
the epistLe Lesson Ephesians 5:8-14
8 for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), 10 and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. 13 But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, 14 for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
“Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead,and Christ will shine on you.”
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God!
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
MORNING SERMON Rev. Greg Ward
COVID-19, Exposure, & The LORD Psalm 121
Introduction:
I. The Problem: Vulnerability
II. The Solution: The LORD
Conclusion:
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The Service of Response
CORPORATE CONFESSION OF FAITH The Nicene Creed
Unison: I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made: Who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost, of the Virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried; and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge the quick and the dead: Whose kingdom shall have no end.
I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. And I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
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tithes & offerings*
Minister: The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof; People: the world, and they that dwell therein.
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
Minister: Our Gracious God and Father, giver of all good gifts, you have shown us the riches of your kindness and grace in the supremely magnificent offering of your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and by pouring upon us the gift of your Holy Spirit. Extravagant in your love and incomparable in wisdom and power, you are the one in whom we live, and move, and have our being. We return to you now the tithes and offerings given this week, from thy hand giving to thee. Take these loaves and fish and make of them your feast for the hungry that your church may be sustained, your gospel proclaimed in all the world, one generation tell the next of your greatness, and a house for your name be built among us. We pray this in the matchless name of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
People: Amen.
*To give online, please go to emmanuelcedarpark.churchcenteronline.com/giving. You may also write a physical check and mail it to 13359 N Hwy 183, Suite #406-301, Austin, TX 78750.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.
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BENEDICTION
hymn of response
Announcements
Taking Gathered Worship HomeThe Fourth Sunday in Lent – Sunday, March 22, 2020
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 Daily Office.”
DAILY COLLECTAlmighty God, our heavenly Father, your mercies are new every morning, and though we have in no way deserved your goodness, you still abundantly provide for all our wants of body and soul. Give us, we pray, your Holy Spirit that we may heartily acknowledge your merciful goodness toward us, give thanks for all your benefits, and serve you in willing obedience; through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
SUNDAY Morning Psalter – 66, 67 Genesis 48:8-22 Romans 8:11-25 John 6:27-40 Evening Psalter – 19, 46
MONDAY Morning Psalter – 89:1-18 Genesis 49:1-28 1 Corinthians 10:14—11:1 Mark 7:24-37 Evening Psalter – 89:19-52 TUESDAY Morning Psalter – 97, 99, 100 Genesis 49:29—50:14 1 Corinthians 11:2-34 Mark 8:1-10 Evening Psalter – 94, 95
WEDNESDAY Morning Psalter – 101, 109 Genesis 50:15-26 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 Mark 8:11-26 Evening Psalter – 119:121-144
THURSDAY Morning Psalter – 69 Exodus 1:6-22 1 Corinthians 12:12-26 Mark 8:27—9:1 Evening Psalter – 73
FRIDAY Morning Psalter – 102 Exodus 2:1-22 1 Corinthians 12:27—13:3 Mark 9:2-13 Evening Psalter – 107:1-32
SATURDAY Morning Psalter – 107:33-43, 108 Exodus 2:23—3:15 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Mark 9:14-29 Evening Psalter – 33
IN PREPARATION FOR THE DIVINE SERVICEThe Fifth Sunday in Lent, Sunday, March 29, 2020
Preaching: Rev. Greg WardEzekiel 37:1-14
Scripture Lessons:
Ezekiel 37:1-14 Psalm 130Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45
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CHURCH LIFE
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PLEASE BE IN PRAYER FOR:- Please pray that the Lord will contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, providing wisdom for all
the decision-makers and caregivers, and healing for those affected by the disease.
- Please pray for Ron Hendricks, who has been admitted to the hospital with diverticulitis and infection. Pray for quick healing and relief from pain.
- Pray for Cathy Campbell, recovering from surgery to clean out an infected wound on her back.
- Please continue to pray for John and Susan Ellis’s friend, Maryann. She is healing following a time in the ICU fighting sepsis and a kidney stone. Pray for patience and healing.
- Thank God that the son of Ken Anderson’s friend Jeff, Riley, is at home after a successful cancer treatment.
- Pray that Carol Crill’s seizures would be healed.
- Van and Joy Martin ask for prayer for their friends, Jeff and Linda. Linda is experiencing a recurrence of cancer. Pray for doctors’ wisdom, that Linda’s body responds to treatment, and that Linda and Jeff get time to enjoy together.
- Praise God that we have found a new pastoral resident in Adam Lopez! Pray for Adam, his wife Kindell, and their children as they prepare to move to Texas, and for the transition to go smoothly.
- Pray for Doug Hancock’s friend, Scott Conard, who is experiencing complications following a heart valve replacement surgery. Pray for healing from the surgery and lung complications, and comfort from pain. Pray also for his wife Claudia as she cares for him.
- Pray for Hristina Georgieva’s friend and sister, Penka, who is having blood pressure issues. Pray for peace and trust in the Lord.
If you have a prayer request, please submit it at emmanuelcedarpark.church/pages/contact
GETTING INVOLVED
Please note that due to COVID-19, all activities and community groups are currently suspended. If you are interested in joining one of these groups, we encourage you to reach out to its leader to be contacted when it resumes.
Youth Group Fellowship OpportunitiesCheck the calendar for upcoming events!Contact:Tommy Connell — [email protected]
High School Girl’s Bible StudySunday Afternoons, 4:00-6:00Contact: Susan Ellis — [email protected]
Quilting MinistrySecond Monday of the Month 10:00 amContact: Gail Shaff — [email protected]
COMMUNITY GROUPS
Please check the church website for location and time convenient for you, and join a group near you when it resumes.
Ladies’ Bible StudyWednesday Mornings, 9:30Contact: Meghan Anderson—[email protected]
Men’s BreakfastThird Saturday of the Month, 7:30 amGloria’s Cafe1201 N Lakeline BlvdContact: JD Stewart — [email protected]
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EPC Leadership and Staff
Senior PastorRev. Greg Ward
Pastor EmeritusRev. Dr. Ken Campbell
Church AdministratorChristine Scott
Chief MusicianBecky Sato
Nursery DirectorFran Drell
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
EldersJoel Altsman
Tommy ConnellJohn Ellis
DeaconsBen Finklea
Ivaylo Georgiev
DeaconessesDeborah Altsman
Barbara Dunn
