This Week's Service...                                   Sunday, May 13, 2001
Lighting of the Candles                                                                                        Acolytes
Opening:                                                                              Please
remain seated and sing
I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart,
I will enter His courts with praise...
I will say this is the day that the Lord has made,
I will rejoice for He has made me glad.
Chorus: He has made me glad, He has made me glad, I will rejoice for he has made me glad....(repeat chorus)
Announcements
*Call to Worship
     
All dominion belongs to the Lord.
     
Who rules over the nations.
     
Let us praise the Lord in the great congregation,
     
And proclaim God's deliverance to the ages.   (from Ps 121)
*Prayer by the Pastor
*Hymn "How Great Thou Art"                                                                                   77
*Greeting each other in the Name of Christ
Prayers of the People and Pastoral Prayer
Responsive Reading             Psalm 148                                                                     861
Offering
*Doxology                                                                                                                  94
      Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
      Praise God, all creatures here below;
            Al-le-lu-ia!  Al-le-lu-ia
      Praise God, the source of all our gifts!
      Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts!
      Praise the Spirit,  Holy Spirit!
            Al-le-lu-ia, Al-le-lu-ia, Al-le-lu-ia!
Anthem
Children's Time
Prayer for Illumination of Scriptures
New Testament Reading                                                                          Revelation 21:1-6
Hymn                                                                
New Testament Reading                                                                         Matthew 20:20-23
Message for Today                                                                               "Mother's Love...."
*Hymn "Happy the Home"                                                                                      445
*Taking the light of God's Word into the World                                               Acolytes
*Benediction