Good
Shepherd Sunday
Fourth
Sunday of Easter
April
21, 2013
*Those
that are able are invited to stand
Gathering
“But The Lord is Mindful of His Own” F. Mendelssohn
Welcome and Announcements
Introit
“Bring Back the Springtime”
Choir
Celebrating
God’s Faithfulness
*Call to Worship
Leader: Listen for the voice of the Good
Shepherd!
People: God, help us to hear the Shepherd's
voice and follow him.
Leader: Refuse to listen to the hireling or the
wolf!
People: Hirelings don't care, and wolves snatch
and scatter.
Leader: Refuse to follow bandits and thieves!
People: The thief comes only to steal and kill
and destroy, but Jesus came to
give us an
abundant life!
Leader: Listen for the voice of the Good
Shepherd!
All: Today, we turn our hearts and our attention
to the Good Shepherd who
loves the
sheep and knows each one of us by name.
*Hymn “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” #140
*Opening Prayer
Welcoming
God’s children
Scripture
Psalm 23
Children’s Message
A Time of
Prayer
Joys and Concerns
Prayer Hymn “Precious Lord, Take My
Hand” #474
Silent Prayer / Pastoral Prayer / 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 trespasses as we
forgive those who trespass
against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and
the glory
forever. Amen.
Anthem “The Lord Is My Shepherd” Choir
Moving
into the Word
Scripture John 10:22-30
Message
Sharing
our blessings
Offering our Gifts and Tithes
*Doxology “Praise God, from Whom All
Blessings Flow”
#94
*Offering
Taking the Word to the World
*Hymn “Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us” #381
*Benediction
*Hymn “He Lives” (refrain) #310
Postlude “Unto All The
World” C. Neal
Pastor: Rev. Kelly J. Smith
Organist: Chris Koesel
Choir Director: Gary Burdick
Liturgist:
Cathleen Perry
Acolytes: Olive Brewer
Greeter: Sue Irons
Kristin (Ginnie's
granddaughter) - pregnant and due in August, ordered bed rest
Jessica (Pastor Kelly's cousin) -
rectal cancer, began chemotherapy
Byron (Eric's cousin) - concussion
Toby (Kim's nephew)-
deployed to Afghanistan
Mary Kim (Kim's niece) - in the
Navy, transferred to North Korea
Kim Viehland
- mother moved to Alzheimer’s care home
Diana (Pastor Kelly's aunt) - stage
4 breast cancer and back in hospital
Kim Slobodnyak-
in and out of hospital with infection
Allison's soon to be Father-in-Law
(co-worker of Tammy Conn) - brain aneurysm