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April 24, 2011

Easter Sunday

GRACE COVENANT

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH


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WELCOME

TO GRACE COVENANT!We are an historic Presbyterian congregation offering traditional worship and multiple

ministries for persons of all ages.Please join us after worship for fellowship in the Social Room.

Thank you for turning off your cell phones, pagers, cameras, and other electronicdevices during worship, and for leaving food and beverages outside the sanctuary.

Temporary Supply Pastor: Brint KeyesDirector of Music: Christopher Martin

Christian Educator: Kelley LaneAdministrative Assistant: Vanessa Strait

Bookkeeper: Martha RubinSexton: Willie Alford

Child Development Center Director: Brenda Van Pelt

1627 Monument Avenue Office Hours:Richmond, VA 23220 Monday-FridayPhone: 804.359.2463 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.Fax: 804.278.6298 Radio: WLES 590 AM www.grace-covenant.org [email protected]

Hearing Aids, Large Print Hymnals, and Bulletins

are available each week from the ushers.


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PREPARATIONFORWORSHIP

[Y]ou have stripped off the old self with its practicesand have clothed yourselveswith the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of itscreator. In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircum-cised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all!

-Colossians 3:9b-11

But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look intothe tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had beenlying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, Woman, why areyou weeping? She said to them, They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know

where they have laid him.

-John 20:11-13

It is not at all a question of being better than you were before. The new life meansthat forces for life can now be seen within you, that something of God and ofheaven, something holy, can grow in you. It means we can actually see that it is nolonger the sinful desires that have power, but that there is something of Christs resur-rection, something of his life that has power through the Spirit and that leads you to-ward wholenessAgain and again Christ arises anew. In what we know of the risen Christ, God wantsto renew all things. His will is for the earth as much as it is for the heavens. Other-wise we would never know his reality. We could never conceive of anything becom-ing different. We would think that his resurrected life was some spiritual thing that wehuman beings could not understand. Thats not what it is. No. The power of hisresurrection is something that is within our reach.

-Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt


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A SERVICEOF WORSHIPCELEBRATINGTHE RESURRECTION

April 24, 2011 Easter Sunday

WE GATHERTO GLORIFYGOD

PRELUDE Carillon de Westminster Louis Vier(1870-19

CHORAL INTROIT Choral Fanfare for Christ the King H. Hamilton SmChancel Choir (b. 192

He shall rule from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.All kings shall pay him homage. All nations shall serve him. Alleluia, alleluia!His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not be taken away.

And his kingdom shall not be destroyed. Alleluia, alleluia!

- Psalm 72:8, 11; Daniel 7:14

Please stand for these parts of the service.

CALLTO WORSHIP (from Psalm 11

Leader: O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good;His steadfast love endures forever!

People: Let those who fear the LORD say,His steadfast love endures forever.

Leader: Out of my distress I called on the LORD;People: the LORD answered me and set me in a broad place.

Leader: The LORD is my strength and my might; He has become my salvatioPeople: I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the LORLeader: The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstonPeople: This is the LORDs doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.All: O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good,

for His steadfast love endures forever!

HYMN 204 (Red Hymnal) Jesus Christ Is Risen Today Easter Hym


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PRAYEROF CONFESSION

Almighty God,in raising Jesus from the grave,you shattered the power of sin and death,

breaking its hold on us.

But we confess that we have allowed it to remain.We prefer familiar sins and failures

to the challenge of new life.We place our hope in our own improvement,

And avoid your call to be changed.We shrink from the brilliance of Your light;

and hide in the shadows of self-righteousness.

Lord, have mercy upon us, and forgive us our sins.

In the glory of Your resurrection,Tear away our veils of self-deception.Flood our hearts with the light of Your love,

and lead us down paths of compassion,That we may live in You, and You in us,That Your Holy Spirit may guide our every step,And that we may shed abroad the light of Your love,

Made known to us and to all the world in your Son,Christ Jesus, our Risen Lord,

in whose glorious and triumphant name we pray. Amen.

ASSURANCEOF PARDON

Alleluia, music O FILLIIET FILIAE,Airs sur les hymnes sacrez, odes et nols, 1623,

1990, The Presbyterian Hymnal, Westminster/John Knox Press.All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Reprinted under OneLicense.net #A-715262.


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WE GIVE THANKSTO GOD

WELCOME Everett Revel

Please fill out the communication card and place it in the offering plate.

OFFERING

ANTHEM The Day of Resurrection Thomas MattheChancel Choir (1915-19

The day of resurrection! Earth, tell it out abroad;The Passover of gladness; The Passover of God.

From death to life eternal, From earth unto the sky,Our Christ hath brought us over With hymns of victory.

Our hearts be pure from evil, That we may see arightThe Lord in rays eternal Of resurrection light;And, listening to His accents, May hear so calm and plainHis own All hail and hearing, May raise the victor strain.

Now let the heavens be joyful, Let earth her song begin,The round world keep high triumph, And all that is therein;Let all things seen and unseen Their notes together blend,For Christ the Lord is risen, Our joy that hath no end. Alleluia!

- words by St. John of Damascus, 8th century

DOXOLOGY592 (Blue Hymnal) Old Hundred

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him, all creatures here below;Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

PRAYEROF THANKSGIVING Everett Revel


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WE HEARTHE WORDOF GODPRAYERFORILLUMINATION Everett Rev

EPISTLE READING Colossians 3:1-11 Holy Bible, p. 191

CHILDRENS SERMON Kelley L

HANDBELL CHOIR Thine Is the Glory arr. Cynthia Dobri

GOSPEL READING John 20:1-18 Holy Bible, p. 110

SERMON New Life B. Brinton P. K

HYMN 108 (Blue Hymnal) Christ Is Alive! Tr

SACRAMENTOF BAPTISM

RECEPTIONOF NEWMEMBERS

AFFIRMATIONOF 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 theHoly 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 sittethon the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shallcome to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communionof saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and thelife everlasting. Amen.

GLORIA PATRI 579 (Blue Hymnal) Greatorex


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PASTORAL PRAYERAND THE LORDS PRAYER

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdomcome, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this dayour 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 isthe kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.

WE GO FORTHIN GODS NAME

HYMN That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright Puer Nobis Nasc

The Chancel Choir will move to the steps on the first stanza of the hymn.

You are invited to come forward on the final stanzato join the choir in the singing of the Hallelujah Chorus.Copies of the music are available up front.

That Easter day with joy was bright, The sun shone out with fairer light,When, to their longing eyes restored, The apostles saw their risen Lord.

O Jesus, King of gentleness, Do all our inmost hearts possess,And we to You will ever raise The tribute of our grateful praise.

From every weapon death can wield, Your own redeemed forever shield;O Lord of all, with us abide In this our joyful Eastertide.

BENEDICTION

CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah) George Frederick Han

POSTLUDE Toccata in F Major (Organ Sonata No. 5) Charles-Marie W(1844-1

Please join us in the Social Room following worship for refreshments and fellowship.

The Easter Lilies are given to the glory of God by members of the congregation.


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We welcome :

Whitney GlassJohn AlexanderGaynelle WorleySudie Wood

Louis Vierne was organist at the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris for thirty-seven years and was one the greatest musical improvisers of his generation. As the title indicates, Carillonde Westminsteris a fantasia on theWestminster chimes, played from the Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster, since 1858. Viernfriend Henry Willis hummed the tune for the composer upon Vierne's request; apparently, either Willishummed the tune incorrectly or Vierne misheard his friend upon transcription. Vierne misquoted the

second quarter of the chimes. Throughout Europe bells peal from cathedrals on Easter Sunday, and soour service today begins with Viernes festive carillon on the familiar four-note Westminster theme.

Todays Introit is a choral fanfare which is a dialogue between choir and organ. The choral anthem is byDr. Thomas Matthews who was longtime organist-choirmaster at Trinity Episcopal Church in Tulsa.Matthews composed thirty anthems over his long career. The anthem text is from a hymn that originatfrom the Eastern Church. It was translated by John Mason Neale and appeared in his Hymns of the Easern Church (1862). The Handbell Choir rings an arrangement of George Frederick Handels hymn tuneJudas Maccabeus, an oratorio of the same name by Handel. This arrangement features a brief theme oO for a Thousand Tongues to Sing.

Charles-Marie Widor was the organist at St. Sulpice in Paris where he remained for nearly sixty-fouryears. The worship service concludes with Widors famous Toccata in F Majorfrom his fifth organ sym-phony. It is a superbly virtuosic and rhythmic work with a strong tonal development. As such, it hasevery reason to be regarded as the head of all French organ toccatas ever composed.
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE! Dinner begins at 6:00p.m. This weeks program is a concert presented by GraceCovenants Handbell Choir. Family Style for dinner

with roast pork, scalloped potatoes, green peas, rolls, andromaine fruit salad with peach cobbler for dessert.

WORSHIP SUPPORT FOR TODAY: Opener-Wayne Casey; Greeters-Brian BaCarrie Rose; Nursery Worker-Julia Poppell; Worship Kits-Judy Waldron; FellowsHour-The McCulloughs

WORSHIP SUPPORT FOR NEXT SUNDAY (May 1): Opener-Cal Gray; GreeteBob Copeland, Everett Reveley, Leslie Hartman; Nursery Worker-Julia Poppell; WorsKits-Judy Waldron;Fellowship Hour-TBD

Give thanks to God for Tracy Coltrains successful surgery; Dave Martins recovery; and forthe fellowship and commitment of our new members joining today: John Alexander, Whitn

Glass, Sudie Wood, & Gaynelle Worley.Lift up to God Bill Stuart, recovering from knee replacement surgery; Beverly Proffitt, recoving from hand and wrist surgery; Ray Inscoe, recovering from heart surgery; Mary Chenowerecovering at home; Betty Berry, moved to Manor Care

Tom Millers father, Joe; Peter and Loretta Albertis; Vanessa Strait; Jim Woolfolks mother anstepfather, Dan & Linda; Ashby Price, John Lootens, Jennifer Schooley, Wayne Casey, JessieGriffin, Erika Tabor and Matt Hartman, all facing vocational challenges; Leslie Hartmans comunity garden ministry

Stuart Chapman and William Bridenstine, serving in our nations Armed Forces; the people oJapan; the people of North African and Middle Eastern nations seeking democracy; andprayers for the Spirit of the Resurrection in Metropolitan Richmond - for a spirit of hope, opossibility, of eternal life, and of commitment to the redeeming power of God who brings life out of death to people and communities.

"Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiing let your requests be made known to God." - Phil 4:6


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Sermons are online every week!Access Sunday service podcasts at grace-covenant.org;click onWE GATHER, then on SERMONS. Youhave a choice of Childrens Sermon, Sunday Sermonor Full Service by clicking on the MP3 icon of yourchoice.

CHILDREN & WORSHIP: All children are encouraged to at-tend worship with their parents. Following the childrens sermon,children who are not yet in Kindergarten may choose to go to the

nursery for a snack and play time.The infant and toddler nurseries are available throughout the wor-

ship service for those children who are not ready to attend worship at this point.

CHILDRENS SUNDAY MORNING CLASSES:

Infants, 0-16 months old Nursery main level

Toddlers, 17 months - 2 years old Room 102

Preschoolers, 3 and 4 year olds Room 101

Grades Kindergarten - 2nd grade Rooms 207-210

Grades 3rd-6th Rooms 207-210

Japan Disaster Relief: THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!Thanks to thegenerosity of the members of Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church the Kids Club andYouth Palm Sunday Craft Sale generated $277, all of which will be donated to the JapanesRelief Fund of the PCUSA. The children and youth are grateful for your support in theirefforts to spread Gods love to the world.


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GCPC has updated its Facebook page! This is a great way to connect withGCPC members and visitors, and to stay current on church events and announcements. Visit http://www.facebook.com/GraceCovenantPCand be sure to "Like

BREAD BREAKERS: The next Bread Breakers Fellowship Time is Satur-day, May 14, at 6:30 p.m. at the Prices home , located at 8514 AcademyRoad, 23229. BBQ, slaw and rolls will be provided. Please bring a side dishor dessert to share. Our hosts this month are Ashby & Carson Price and

Vickie & Johnny Overstreet. It is important to RSVP, please do so by [email protected] your attendance.

Sunday morning classes are a great way to deepen your faith and also to fellowship with otheThere are several Sunday School Classes to choose from. All Sunday School Classes begin9:30 a.m.

Connections Class Westminster Confession of Faith Room 303

Vanguard Class The Book of Romans Room B-4

Grace Class Bible Study Room 212Forum Class Revelation with Tom Miller Room B-7

May 1 is Older Adult Sunday. Each year the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) aside the first Sunday in May to acknowledge older adults as one of the gift

with which God has blessed us. Older adults represent the gifts of wisdomgained through living a life in faith, hope through hard times lived with per

verance, and generosity in loving and stewardship.

Grace Covenant is blessed to have a thriving Older Adult Ministry withour own Rev. Charles Sutton as its champion. The Older Adults serve all areas of the church, as officers, musicians, worship leaders & assista

teachers, and as volunteers with the WNL Food committee, children's nurseries, our RaMinistry, church cleaning days, and so much more! We love each and every one of ourOlder Adult members for all they bring and for making us feel more like a family of mbers at Grace Covenant, and rejoice in this special opportunity to recognize how deeplyGod has blessed us through their talent, wisdom, loyalty, service, and faith.
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THIS WEEKAT GRACE COVENANTSunday, April 24 EASTER SUNDAY

8:30 a.m. Handbell Choir Sanctuar10:30 a.m. Chancel Choir Choir Room11:00 a.m. Worship Service Sanctuar

Monday, April 25 CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED

Tuesday, April 2610:00 a.m. Staff Meeting Room 212:00 p.m. Care Team Meeting Room 217:00 p.m. Handbell Rehearsal Fellowship Ha

Wednesday, April 274:30 p.m. Carol Choir (ages 3-K) Choir Room5:00 p.m. Junior Choir (grades 1-6) Choir Room6:00 p.m. Wednesday Night Live & Program Fellowship Ha7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir Choir Room

Thursday, April 28

9:30 a.m. Mothers Together10:00 a.m. MT Childrens Choir Choir Room10:30 a.m. Childrens Chapel Chap

Friday, April 29 GRACE NOTES MAILING5:45 p.m. Community Group 2107 Maplewood Avenu

Saturday, April 30

6:00 p.m. PEOPLE Group Event Joy and John Nevin205 Kinloch Roa

Sunday, May 1 OLDER ADULT SUNDAY10:30 a.m. Chancel Choir Choir Room11:00 a.m. Worship Service Sanctuar12:30 p.m. Deacons Meeting Vanguard Room12:30 p.m. Members Class Connection Classroom


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2011 OfficersOur Elders serve the church as leaders.Our Deacons lead the church in service.

Please feel free to approach them with anyquestions or feedback

about GCPC's ministries.

LERK OF SESSION: Everett Reveley

LDERS:

an Appich (11) - Christian Education

rian Baird (11) - Evangelism (M)

aurice Bell (13) - Finance/Stewardship

ent Cardwell (12) - Missions (M)al Gray (11) - Property (M)

att Hartman (13) - Worship; Evangelism

heryl Jacobs (12) - Worship (M); Administration

atherine Kerns (13) - Christian Education; Evangelism

aroline Leith (11) - Worship

avid Martin (13) - Administration (Co-M); Property

atie McCullough (13) - Administration (Co-M); Mission

ana McKnight (11) - Finance/Stewardship (M)om Miller (12) - Christian Education (M)

verett Reveley (12) - Finance/Stewardship

EACONS:

at Aldridge (11) - Cards and Prayer Ministry

etty Appich (11) - Deacon Support

at Ball (12) - Flower Deliveries

herry Corley (12) - (Moderator)

usan Farrell (12) - Visitation, Transportation

ikki Hazlegrove (13) - Meal Deliveries

m McCullough (13) - Deacons Fund

lia Poppell (11) - (Secretary) Visitation

arrie Rose (13) - Visitation and Card Ministry

awson Watkins (11) - (Vice-Moderator) Visitor follow-up

arol Wood (13) - Visitation and Prayer Ministry

d Yates (12) - Ushers


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MEMORIAL LILIESWe wish to thank the members and friends of the congregation

who have provided Easter lilies for the Sanctuary.

In Memory of:

James Christian Adams

Elizabeth B. LucasPhyllis and Edward Albertis

Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Aldridge andMr. and Mrs. C. W. Baker

Family and loved onesDonald L. AppichMargaret MarshallSheryl Webb ListerAudrey Webb Payne

Taylor DickensonVicky Giblin, Ann Van Steenburgh,

James B. Roberts, Ethel GrayMary McBride, Sam McBride,Merlin Griffin

My family, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Kessel,and brother, Don Kessel

All my loved ones, past and presentMy mother, Anne Amonette LeysMr. and Mrs. Paul K. McKnightGeorge S. Kemp, Jr.John B. Madden

Anna MartinSharon Martin

Mr. and Mrs. Lynford LondreyDr. and Mrs. J. Langdon Moss

Our beloved parentsC. B. Pearson, Jr.All those we hold in our heartsMom, Elizabeth SatterfieldDan Turner

My grandparents,Mr. and Mrs. Maurice T. CurtisMr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Lewis

Dr. D. E. WatkinsOur parentsBill KochEvelyn R. Yates

In Honor of:

Henry W. LeithNew lifeAnthony and Richard Pais

Brown Pearson

Evelyn Withers

Given by:

Marjorie and Ed Adams

Loretta and Peter Albertis

Patricia Baker Aldridge andElisabeth Aldridge Spivey

Jean AppichThe familyThe Baird familyBrenda Barrett

Nellie DickensonLisa and Cal Gray

Jessie and Jason Griffin

Jan Kessel

Dottie-Ray KochSallie LeysDana E. McKnightWill Kemp Madden

Christopher Martin

Gay and Langdon Moss

Joy and John NevinAnn PaisThe Rubin FamilySteve SatterfieldEvelyn TurnerRob TurnerJudith C. Waldron

Dawson WatkinsMary and Whit WhitleyKathy, Katey, and Christopher WinstonSidney E. Yates

Given by:

Caroline H. LeithMr. and Mrs. John G. OverstreetAnn Pais

Dawson Watkins


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SERMONNOTESNew Life

B. BRINTON P. KEYES

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