Silence Your Cell Phone and Join us for Worship!

1. Before the worship service begins, please turn off your cell phone. God may be calling YOU, but probably not on your cell phone. Please turn off your cell phone, or put it on vibrate.

2. Welcome! We are so glad you are here!

3. CALL TO REFLECTION

4. PRELUDE – • Andante Religioso • Felix Mendelssohn

5. The News • of the • Community

6. Visitors, to First Church! Following worship, please join us on the patio for refreshments!

7. A Deacon’s Fund offering will be collected TODAY. Please use the envelope provided in your bulletin.

8. Just a reminder — we continue to collect hygiene supplies and gently used or new sneakers and blue jeans for the Jubilee Center. The Center has an urgent need for non-perishable food items.

9. Monday, June 3rd, 9:00 – Noon Friday, June 7th, 9:00 – Noon

10. For information about First Church and our activities, please visit our website: fpcoh.org

11. HYMN • Praise Ye the Lord, • the Almighty • #482, in the Blue Hymnal

12. Praise ye the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation! All ye who hear, now to His temple draw near;Join me in glad adoration!

13. Praise ye the Lord, who o'er all things so wondrously reigneth, Shelters thee under His wings, yea, so gently sustaineth! Hast thou not seen how thy desires e’er have been Granted in what He ordaineth?

14. Praise ye the Lord! O let all that is in me adore Him!All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him. Let the Amen sound from His people again,Gladly for aye we adore Him.

15. PRAYER OF FORGIVENESS – • (in unison) • Adapted from • Angela Ashwin, • Writer and Editor

16. Lord, without your resurrection our faith would be empty and without hope. But you are alive, and we rejoice and dance and wonder in the mystery of your presence among us.

17. Free us from the shackles of guilt and legalism and help us to proclaim the message of healing and forgiveness for which you died. In your name, Jesus, we pray. Amen.

18. A TIME • OF SILENCE

19. Assurance of Forgiveness

20. *To God Be the Glory O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood, to every believer the promise of God; the vilest offender who truly believes, that moment from Jesus a pardon receives. Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear His voice!

21. Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice! • O come to the Father, • through Jesus the Son, and • give Him the glory, • great things He hath done.

22. SOLO — • Holy Ground • arr. Lloyd Larson • Jared Schwartz, soloist

23. A TIME WITH THE Children

24. The News • of the • Community

25. Visitors, to First Church! Following worship, please join us on the patio for refreshments!

26. Pancake Brunch across the street in the Rice Room, following worship June 9th.

27. SUMMER WORSHIP SCHEDULE (June 9th through mid-August) 8:30 a.m.: Morning Glory Service 10:00 a.m.: Bible Study 11:00 a.m.: Classic Service

28. WaumbaLand will not meet during the summer (June 9th through mid-August). Child care in the nursery will be available during the 10am Bible study and the 11 am worship service

29. Embracing the Power The Power of Life Over Death, Steadfastness I Corinthians 15:35-41, 50-57 June 2, 2019

30. Thanksgiving for the Word

31. O Word of God incarnate, O Wisdom from on high, O Truth unchanged, unchanging, O Light of our dark sky: We praise You for the radiance That from the hallowed page, A lantern to our footsteps, Shines on from age to age.

32. Scripture Reading— I Corinthians 15:35-41, 50-57 (New Testament, Page 177 in NRSV pew Bible)

33. But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” Fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And as for what you sow, you do not sow the body that is to be, but a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.

34. But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. Not all flesh is alike, but there is one flesh for human beings, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.

35. There are both heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one thing, and that of the earthly is another.

36. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; indeed, star differs from star in glory.

37. What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, but we will all be changed,

38. in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

39. For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled:

40. “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” “Where, O death, is your victory?    Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

41. Embracing the Power The Power of Life Over Death, Steadfastness I Corinthians 15:35-41, 50-57 June 2, 2019

42. * This We Believe • (in unison) • Romans 5:1-5, • NRSV This We Believe (in unison) The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator 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, died and was buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the -dead; he ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of God the Father; from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sin, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. *Hymn of Commitment - Christ, When for Us You Were Baptized # 70 The News of the Community (Sing 2 times) Holy Spirit, come to us, Kindle in us the fire of your love. Holy Spirit, come to us. Holy Spirit, come to us. Prayers of the People & The Lord's Prayer - (Debtors version) (front of Hymnal, pg. 16) Response - Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Melt me, mold me, Fill me, use me. Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me.

43. Therefore, since we are justified by faith, wehave peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. This We Believe (in unison) The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator 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, died and was buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the -dead; he ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of God the Father; from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sin, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. *Hymn of Commitment - Christ, When for Us You Were Baptized # 70 The News of the Community (Sing 2 times) Holy Spirit, come to us, Kindle in us the fire of your love. Holy Spirit, come to us. Holy Spirit, come to us. Prayers of the People & The Lord's Prayer - (Debtors version) (front of Hymnal, pg. 16) Response - Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Melt me, mold me, Fill me, use me. Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me.

44. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,  This We Believe (in unison) The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator 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, died and was buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the -dead; he ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of God the Father; from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sin, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. *Hymn of Commitment - Christ, When for Us You Were Baptized # 70 The News of the Community (Sing 2 times) Holy Spirit, come to us, Kindle in us the fire of your love. Holy Spirit, come to us. Holy Spirit, come to us. Prayers of the People & The Lord's Prayer - (Debtors version) (front of Hymnal, pg. 16) Response - Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Melt me, mold me, Fill me, use me. Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me.

45.  and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. This We Believe (in unison) The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator 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, died and was buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the -dead; he ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of God the Father; from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sin, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. *Hymn of Commitment - Christ, When for Us You Were Baptized # 70 The News of the Community (Sing 2 times) Holy Spirit, come to us, Kindle in us the fire of your love. Holy Spirit, come to us. Holy Spirit, come to us. Prayers of the People & The Lord's Prayer - (Debtors version) (front of Hymnal, pg. 16) Response - Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me; Melt me, mold me, Fill me, use me. Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me.

46. HYMN • Christ Is Risen! • Shout Hosanna • # 104 in the Blue Hymnals

47. Christ is risen! Shout hosanna!Celebrate this day of days!Christ is risen! Hush in wonder:All creation is amazed.In the desert all-surrounding,See, a spreading tree has grown. Healing leaves of grace aboundingBring a taste of love unknown.

48. Christ is risen! Raise your spirits From the caverns of despair. Walk with gladness • in the morning. See what • Love can do and dare. • Drink the wine of resurrection, • Not a servant, but a friend. • Jesus is our strong companion.Joy and peace shall never end.

49. Christ is risen! Earth and heaven Nevermore shall be • the same. Break the bread of new creation Where the world is still in pain. Tell its grim, demonic chorus: "Christ is risen! Get you gone!“ God the First and Last is with us.Sing Hosanna, everyone!

50. OFFERING • OUR TITHES • AND GIFTS • (Visitors, in the pew rack you will • find a Guest Information card. • Please complete the card, then • place it in the offering plate.)