John Calvin Presbyterian Church

SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY

Fifth Sunday of Easter

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA)

May 2, 2021 Ten Thirty in the morning

Minister: The Reverend Aaron Ochart             

Liturgist: Sheryl Wise

Please silence all cell phones. 

Face Masks must be worn at all times. 

Bold face indicates congregational participation.

GATHERING

WORDS OF WELCOME          

PRELUDE Soliloquy by Healey Willan           

ADORATION

CALL TO WORSHIP (Responsive)                             John 14:5–6

How can we know the way of God? 

Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.

Faithful Deliverer, You have chosen us to receive salvation by faith, not by the works of our hands. Deliver us, then, from the law, and free us from the bondage of sin so that with our hands we might serve you in purity of joy and response to your goodness, for the sake of Jesus Christ, who is all goodness. Amen.

HYMN 488                  “The God of Abraham Praise”

CONFESSION 

CALL TO CONFESSION                                                                  

SILENT CONFESSION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION 

Almighty God, in raising Jesus from the grave, you shattered the power of sin and death. We confess that we remain captive to doubt and fear, bound by the ways that lead to death. We overlook the poor and the hungry, and pass by those who mourn; we are deaf to

the cries of the oppressed, and indifferent to calls for peace; we despise the weak, and abuse the earth you made.

Forgive us, God of mercy. Help us to trust your power to change our lives and make us new, that we may know the joy of life abundant given in Jesus Christ, the risen Lord. Amen.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON                     

GLORIA PATRI 579 

PROCLAMATION

SACRAMENT of BAPTISM         Nina Pizani

 

Presider: As many of you as were baptized into Christ

have clothed yourselves with Christ.

People: There is no longer Jew or Greek,

there is no longer slave or free,

there is no longer male and female;

for all are one in Christ Jesus. …

 

THANKSGIVING OVER WATER

The Lord be with you. 

And also with you.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right to give our thanks and praise.

 

FIRST LESSON                                                              Luke 1:68-79

“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,

    for he has looked favorably on his people and redeemed them.

He has raised up a mighty savior for us

    in the house of his servant David,

as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

    that we would be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us.

Thus he has shown the mercy promised to our ancestors,

    and has remembered his holy covenant, 

the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham,

    to grant us that we, being rescued from the hands of our enemies,

might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness

    before him all our days.

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;

    for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

to give knowledge of salvation to his people

    by the forgiveness of their sins.

By the tender mercy of our God,

    the dawn from on high will break upon us,

to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,

    to guide our feet into the way of peace.”                         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

ANTHEM                 “Come To The Banquet”                 Joseph Martin

Come to the banquet God has prepared, a table of plenty, 

no cost has been spared.

Christ is our servant, we are His guest at a feast of forgiveness 

where all will be blessed.

Come and remember as you eat the bread

all the ways that He fed you by the words that He said.

There’s rest for the weary, and strength for the small.

O come and remember the Saviour of all. 

Come to the table, rejoice in the wine that refreshes the spirit, 

brings peace to the mind.

Come drink your fill till hearts overflow, O come to the banquet where God’s grace is shown.

Go from the banquet with hearts strong and pure,

Your place at the table forever secure. 

 Ask all who hunger to join with you there,

for there’s room at the banquet, and plenty to share!

                 

SECOND LESSON                                             Galatians 3:1-9, 23-29                                     

                  

SERMON                      “No Longer”                          Rev. Aaron Ochart 

 RESPONSE     

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH                      Westminster Shorter Catechism

 Q1. What is the main purpose for humanity?