Morning Service

SUNDAY MAY 16, 2021
 Sunday After the Ascension 

*congregation standing as able

PRELUDE
Flourish for an Occasion, by W. H. Harris (1983-1973)
Nathan Skinner, organ

INTROIT
A New Commandment
Words: John 13:34-35
Music: Richard Shephard (b. 1949)

A new commandment I give unto you;
That you love one another as I have loved you.
By this shall all men know that you are my disciples
If you have love for one another.

* CALL TO WORSHIP from Psalm 47
Jason Abraham, moderator-elect

Leader: Alleluia! Christ is risen.

People: He is risen indeed. Alleluia!

Leader: O clap your hands together, all you peoples;
O cry aloud unto God with shouts of joy.

People: For the Lord Most High is to be feared,
he is the great King over all the earth.

Leader: God has gone up with a triumphant shout,
the Lord with the sound of the trumpet.

People: O sing praises, sing praises unto our God;
O sing praises, sing praises unto our King.

Leader: For God is the King of all the earth;
think upon his mighty acts and praise him with a song.

* HYMN No. 295 Crown Him with Many Crowns

* INVOCATION, CONFESSION, & 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 coming day’s bread;
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;
And lead us not into trial, but deliver us from the Evil One.
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

* PEACE

LIFE OF THE CHURCH
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NEW TESTAMENT READING
Sammi Sung (Hong Kong)
Acts 1:1-11

Leader: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God

* HYMN See, the Conqueror Mounts in Triumph

NEW TESTAMENT READING
Jason Peter (India)
John 21:15-25

Leader: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God

* GLORIA PATRI (hymn no. 734)

SERMON
“Love, Feed, and Follow”
Mark Booker, Senior Minister

* HYMN No. 648 My Jesus I Love Thee

CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Raymond Kam, Minister to Internationals
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OFFERTORY
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See What Love
Words: 1 John 3:1
Music: Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

See what love hath the Father bestowed on us in his goodness,
That we should be called God’s own children.

* HYMN No. 310 Rejoice, the Lord is King

* BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE
Crown Imperial, by William Walton (1902-1983)
Nathan Skinner, organ

Note: Today’s postlude evokes the image of a king ascending to his throne in splendor; it was composed for such an occasion in the human sphere (the coronation service of George VI in Westminster Abbey) and thus provides a faint echo by which we might savor the glorious ascension of Jesus Christ, King of kings, to his heavenly throne.