Worship at Home Guide

May 2, 2021 FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Gathering

Call to Worship Hymn #240

Refrain

Alleluia, alleluia! Give thanks to the risen Lord. Alleluia, alleluia! Give praise to his name.

Spread the good new o’er all the earth; Jesus has died and has risen. Refrain

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

And also with you.

Together we worship God and together we pray:
Creator of the universe, you made the world in beauty, and restore all things in glory through the victory of Jesus Christ. We pray that, wherever your image is still disfigured by poverty, sickness, selfishness, war and greed, the new creation in Jesus Christ may appear in justice, love, and peace, to the glory of your name. Amen.

Hymn #509 “All Who Hunger”

All who hunger, gather gladly; holy manna is our bread.

Come from wilderness and wandering. Here in truth, we will be fed.

You that yearn for days of fullness, all around us is our food.

Taste and see the grace eternal. Taste and see that God is good.

All who hunger, never strangers, seekers, be a welcomed guest.

Come from restlessness and roaming. Here, in joy, we keep the feast.

We that once were lost and scattered in communion’s love has stood.

Taste and see the grace eternal. Taste and see that God is good.

All who hunger, sing together; Jesus Christ is living bread.

Come from loneliness and longing. Here, in peace, we have been led.

Blest are those who from this table live their days in gratitude.

Taste and see the grace eternal. Taste and see that God is good.

Music: William Moore’s Colombian Harmony, 1825 HOLY MANNA

A Litany of Supplication and our Prayer of Confession

We join together in a litany of supplication from Psalm 22.

From you comes my praise in the great congregation;

my vows I will pay before those who fear him.

The poor shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD.

May your hearts live forever!

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD;

and all the families of the nations shall worship before him.

For dominion belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations.

To him, indeed, shall all who sleep in the earth bow down;

before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and I shall live for him.

Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord,

and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, saying that he has done it.

Trusting in God’s grace, we confess our sins.

Holy and merciful God, in your presence we confess our failure to be what you created us to be. You alone know how often we have sinned in wandering from your ways, in wasting your gifts, in forgetting your love. Hear our individual prayers of confession…

By your loving mercy, help us live in your light and abide in your ways, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen

Hymn #450 “Be Thou My Vision”

Be thou my vision , O Lord of my heart, naught be all else to me, save that thou art;

thou my best thought by day or by night, waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.

Riches I heed not, nor vain, empty praise, thou mine inheritance now and always;

thou and thou only, first in my heart, High King of Heaven, my treasure thou art.

Text; Irish poem trans. Mary Byrne 1905, Elizabeth Hull, 1912. Music: Irish ballad SLANE

Scripture John 15:1-8

The Vine and the Branches

"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.

I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.

Message ”The Dude Abides” The Rev. Dr. Dan Saperstein

An Affirmation of Faith from I John 4:7-8, 10-11, 16

Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.

In this is love, not that we loved God but that God loved us and sent the Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another.

So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.

Prayers of the People

Holy God, you have called us to follow in the way of your risen Son, and to care for those who are our companions, not only with words of comfort, but with acts of love. Seeking to be true friends of all, we offer our prayers on behalf of the church and the world…

Guide us in the path of discipleship, so that, as you have blessed us, we may be a blessing for others, bringing the promise of the kingdom near by our words and deeds.

Our Offerings of Time, Talent and Treasure

Offering Music “Lamb of God” Twila Paris

Invitation and Great Thanksgiving

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.

Communion of the People

Hymn #295 “Go to the World!”

Go to the world! Go into all the earth. Go preach the cross where Christ renews life’s worth,

baptizing as the sign of our rebirth. Al-le-lu-ia. Al-le-lu-ia.

Go to the world! Go struggle, bless, and pray; the nights of tears give way to joyous day.

As servant church, you follow Christ’s own way. Al-le-lu-ia. Al-le-lu-ia.

Go to the world! Go as the ones I send, for I am with you til the age shall end,

when all the hosts of glory cry “Amen!”. Al-le-lu-ia. Al-le-lu-ia.

Text: Sylvia G. Dunstan, 1985 Music: Ralph Vaughn Williams, 1906.

Sharing of the Peace and the Sending

Peace be with you. And also with you.

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. Amen.

Resources from the Book of Common Worship and Glory to God Hymnal, PCUSA.

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