Sunday, April 19, 2015
Morning Worship | 8:00, 9:30, 11:00am
Let us enter the Sanctuary in a spirit of meditation in preparation for worship.
Welcome – Greeting of the People – Announcements
Prelude
“Meditation on ‘Stracathro’ ”
William Lloyd Webber
Congregational Introit To God our Strength, to Jacob’s God, a song and shout now raise!
With psalm and timbrel, harp, and lute, awake to joyous praise!
At each new moon the trumpets blow for solemn festal days.
- Psalm 81:1-3
Brother James Air
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn of Adoration No. 97
“All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”
Coronation
*Confession of Faith—The Apostles Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ His only Son, our Lord; Who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and
buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth at
the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe
in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of
the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
*Hymn No. 623—Gloria Patri
Sharing of Family News
Prayer of Intercession and Lord’s Prayer
8:00 Dr. Todd Smedley
Old Testament Reading 9:30 Rev. Dave O’Connell
11:00 Rev. Corey Gray
Isaiah 32:1-8
pages 592-3, pew Bible
Dr. Robert M. Norris, Senior Pastor; Dr. Todd Smedley, Senior Associate Pastor;
Rev. Corey Gray, Rev. Ron Meyer, and Rev. David O’Connell, Pastors
*Hymn No. 466 “Jesus, Lover of My Soul”
Aberystwyth
Call for the Offering and Prayer of Dedication
Passing of Friendship Register
Receiving of Tithes and Offerings
Offertory
“By His Grace”
Sanctuary Choir; Lynn Rechel, clarinet Steve Fry
arr. Antony Baldwin
By His grace I am redeemed,
By His blood I am made clean;
And I now can know Him face to face.
By His power I have been raised,
Hidden now in Christ by faith;
I will praise the glory of His grace.
By Your grace I am redeemed,
By Your blood I am made clean;
And I now can know You face to face.
By Your power I have been raised,
Hidden now in You by faith;
I will praise the glory of Your grace.
~ Steve Fry
New Testament Reading Sermon Luke 18:9-17
page 877, pew Bible
“The Generosity of Grace” 2nd in a series,“Divine Grace Made Visible”
Dr. Robert M. Norris
“When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” Hamburg
Passing of the Peace
Hymn No. 185
Deacons Offering
“Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
Special Blessings Bell Choir; Linda Elkan, director
Nettleton
Benediction
Postlude “Grand Chorus”
Participating Officers:
8:00 Sid Menkis
9:30 Steve Furgeson
Theodore Dubois
11:00 Doug Nyhus
Elders are available for prayer or ministry at the front of the Sanctuary at the conclusion of each service.
Sanctuary flowers are a ministry of the Women of Fourth Flower Committee.
The morning worship service is broadcast each Sunday at 11:00am locally on WAVA 105.1 FM
and worldwide by Internet streaming audio at www.wava.com.
Hearing enhancement units are available for checkout in the Media Center
or ask an usher for assistance.
Agape & Eucharist Service, 6pm
in the Upper Room
“Straightening Up on the Sabbath” | Luke 13:10-21
Dr. Todd Smedley
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be celebrated.
Stewardship & Finance
Next Sunday, April 26
GENERAL GIVING
Morning Service
Annual Budget
$ 4,710,418
8:00, 9:30, 11:00am
Year to Date Budget
$ 1,098,403
Year to Date Received
$ 1,029,765
Mortgage Balance
$ 4,540,965
“The Prodigality of God”
I Corinthians 11:23-26
Dr. Robert M. Norris
Fourth Presbyterian Church
5500 River Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20816–3399
Phone: 301-320-3434 | Fax: 301-320-6315
www.4thpres.org
Fourth Presbyterian Church is a member congregation
of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC).
Evening Service
6pm in the Sanctuary
“The Feast in the Kingdom” | Luke 13:22-35
Rev. Dave O’Connell
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be celebrated.