Grace Presbyterian Church
Meeting in the Chapel at Union Congregational Church
Serving people, through Christ, to meet the spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of the community and the world around us.
Welcome
Prelude “We Declare Your Majesty” Malcolm duPlessis
arr. Mark Hayes
Call to Worship
One: Oh Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth
All: You have set your glory above the heavens
One: When we look at your heavens- the work of you hands, the moon and the stars that you have
established
All: Lord we worship and praise you- that in your magnificence and grandeur you continue to be
mindful and caring for us!
Opening Prayer
Hymn 339 * “Be Thou My Vision”
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Lesson (in Unison) Psalm 139: 1-10
O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, O Lord, you know it completely. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain it.
Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me fast.
Time With Children
Call to Confession
Unison Prayer of Confession
Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought word and deed, by what we have done and what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart, we have not loved our neighbor as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways to the glory of your Name. Amen
Assurance of Forgiveness
Praise Be To God in Song “Gloria Patri”
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, Amen.
Passing of the Peace
Scripture Lesson Proverbs 1:1-7, Psalm 111: 1-10, Job 38: 1-7
Message Wisdom Seekers The Rev. Cynthia Wilcox
Hymn 276 * “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
Affirmation 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 Ghost, 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 on 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 Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
Choral Anthem “Surrexit Dominus Vere/All Things New” Jacques Berthier/Rory Cooney
Call to Offering
Offertory
Doxology Lasst Uns Erfreuen
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise him, all creatures here below;
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Praise him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper including 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.
Hymn 467 * “How Great Thou Art”
Announcements and Benediction
Mark your calendars:
Tuesday, May 6, Men’s Breakfast, 8:00 AM, at St. John’s Parish House, 55 Montclair Avenue
Wednesday, May 7, Caregivers Group, 10:30 AM in the Learning Center at Union Congregational
Thursday, May 8, Church Rebuild meeting on Zoom
Thursday, May 8, No Choir Rehearsal!
Alison, our church administrator, will be on vacation through May 7. If you have business with the church office, such as a prayer request or an item that needs to go in the bulletin or the weekly email, contact Pat Walsh (201-572-2867 / clerk@gracemontclair.org).
Daily Devotionals online Monday-Friday 9:00 AM. Check out www.gracemontclair.org for more information.
The next Friends of Grace community dinner is this Sunday, May 18, 5 – 6:30 at St John’s Episcopal. If you can provide salad, appetizer, entree or dessert to feed 30 guests, please let the church office know.
Food for the Little Pantry: Please consider picking up non-perishables on your next grocery trip. Food may be dropped off at the Manse or placed in the basket as you enter or leave the chapel on Sunday.
