March 2, 2014Epiphany VIII

11am

Welcome to Church of the Resurrection!We are so glad you are here to worship today. Let us know how we can serve you.

Visit the “Getting Connected” Table in the foyer for more information about Resurrection.

Prelude Processional Hymn “When in Our Music God is Glorified” Hymn #420

Call to Worship Hear O Israel: The Lord Our God, The Lord is One.Let us love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength!Walk in the way the Lord has commanded you;Let us worship the Lord in spirit and in truth!Blessed be God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and blessed be His Kingdom now and forever. Amen.Let us pray together. Almighty God, to You all hearts are open, all desires known, and from You no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of Your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love You, and worthily magnify Your holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Song of Worship “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name” Hymn #450

Song of Worship “Hosanna” Brooke Ligertwood

Proverb Reading Proverbs 23:22-25 Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding. The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him. Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice.

Song of Worship “Be Unto Your Name” Gary Sadler & Lynn DeShazo

Prayer of the DayThe Lord be with you. And also with you. Let us pray. (please be seated)

Old Testament Reading Deuteronomy 5:1, 16And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the rules that I speak in your hearing today, and you shall learn them and be careful to do them. [And God said]... 16 ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.’”The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.Gospel Reading Matthew 10:32-39The Holy Gospel of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ according to Matthew. Glory to You, Lord Christ.32 So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, 33 but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven. 34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. 37 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to You, Lord Christ.

The Sermon David Drake“The Gospel and the Ten Commandments: Why Honor Your Father and Mother?”

The Apostles’ Creed

The Prayers of the PeopleO Lord, show your mercy upon us; And grant us your salvation.Fill your ministers with righteousness; And make your chosen people joyful.Give peace, O Lord, in all the world; For only in you can we live in safety.Lord, keep the nations under your care; And guide us in the way of justice and truth.Let your way be known upon earth; Your saving health among all nations.Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten; Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.Create in us clean hearts, O God; And sustain us with your Holy Spirit.Let us pray for our own needs, and those of others, and give thanks for our abundant blessings. (People may add their own prayers.)

Almighty Father, whose blessed Son before his passion prayed for his disciples that they might be one, as you and he are one: Grant that your Church, being bound together in love and obedience to you, may be united in one body by the one Spirit, that the world may believe in him whom you have sent, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

The Confession of SinLet us confess our sins against God and our neighbor. Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against You in thought, word and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors 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.

The Absolution and Peace Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen. The peace of the Lord be always with you; And also with you.

Announcements

Offertory

DoxologyPraise God from whom all blessings flow;Praise Him all creatures here belowAlleluia, Alleluia

Praise Him above ye heavenly hostsPraise Father Son and Holy GhostO praise Him, O praise HimAlleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Amen.

Holy CommunionThe Great Thanksgiving

The Lord be with you. And also with you.Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord.Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give Him thanks and praise.

Opening Prayer

Words of Adoration Holy Holy Holy Lord, God of power and might. Heaven and earth are full of Your glory. Hosanna in the Highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the Highest.

(All may sit or kneel)

Words of Remembrance Response: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.

Words of Consecration

The Lord’s PrayerAnd now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say,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 and ever. Amen.

The Breaking of the BreadAlleluia, Alleluia! Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us;Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia, Alleluia!

*Gluten free wafers are available. Please ask at the table.***A prayer team is available for any who desire prayer for themselves or others

during Communion in the Narthex, at the back of the church.**

Communion Music “The Power of the Cross” Getty & Townend “Jesus Paid it All” Hall & Grape “Blessed Assurance” Crosby & Knapp

Post – Communion Prayer

The Blessing

Recessional “Lift High the Cross” Hymn #473

Dismissal Alleluia, Alleluia! Let us go forth to love and serve the Lord!Thanks be to God! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Postlude

Today at ResurrectionReaders: Micul Ann Morse, Brad BoucherWorship Assistant: Phil LambooyIntercessor: Michele CunninghamChalicists: Joan Smith, Tim BishopCrucifer: Tim BishopTorchbearers: Ana Bishop, Savannah NeyUshers:  Anita Anyanele, Griffin Waldhauser, Shane LayngPrayer Team: Judy Wickemeyer, Kurt PfundAltar Guild: Vicki SnyderFlowers: Meg Brooks

What’s Happening at ResurrectionARE YOU RECEIVING OUR WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER? - Most of our weekly announcements come via our once-weekly e-newsletter on Friday mornings. Please contact Kari Edwards (kari@resbalt.org) if you would like to be added to our list. Don’t miss out on what’s going on at Resurrection!

Families with Children: ResKidz (ages 3-10)ResKidz offers a vibrant children’s worship program during ALL Sunday morning services. Our hope is that ResKidz will give our children an opportunity to experience God’s profound love through Christ, and to understand that they have been created for a specific and special purpose. Today we are learning - Jesus Teaches His Disciples to Pray: We pray to God. (Matthew 6:5-13)

Ages 8-10 - Meet in Education Trailer; Ages 5-7 - Meet in orange classroom; Ages 3-4 - Meet in blue classroom**Nursery Care is available for infants and toddlers ages 0-2 years.**

Calling VBS Volunteers!! - We are looking for energetic and excited volunteers to join us in our biggest outreach of the year. It promises to be a week filled with fun, friends, and Jesus’s one-of-a-kind love! Contact Claire Trainor (claire@resbalt.org) if you would like to be a part of the action.

Ash Wednesday Service – March 5 at 7pm - Service of Holy Communion with the Imposition of Ashes. The Rev. Phil Lambooy will be preaching. Child care is provided.Student Worship Service (5th-12th Grades)- Our next Student Worship Service will be next week, Sunday March 9 at the 11am service. Please meet in the Education Trailer behind the church. Contact Brad Boucher (cbboucher@loyola.edu) for further details or any questions about the Student Ministry.

Lenten 1662 Prayer Book Service - Beginning next week, Sunday March 9 at 7:45am and continuing for the first five Sundays of Lent, we will be offering a traditional service using the rich language of the 1662 Prayer Book.

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner, March 4 at 6:30pm - Come enjoy pancakes and fellowship to honor Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent begins! Bring a dish, if you wish, but mostly come for pancakes & sausage cooked and served by the Thursday Men’s Bible Study. All ages welcome. ResEd Adult Education: Sign up on the “Getting Connected” Table in the hallway. • Biblical View of Healing taught by our Bishop, The Rt. Rev. John Guernsey on Tuesday, March 11th at 7pm. Childcare available; please call the office. • Seminar on Prayer led By Jeff Merwin, Margaret Buxton, and Dedi Whitaker on Saturday, March 29th 10am - 2pm.Men’s Night Out, Friday March 14 at 6:30pm - Celebrate St. Patrick's Day in the Parish Hall with a not-so-traditional Irish Corned Beef & Cabbage dinner courtesy of Stephen Holmes. Ages 16 and up!

The Well (20s & 30s Ministry): Saturday, March 29 at 6pm - Rockclimbing and dessert. Details to come; please contact Stephen Holmes (stephen@resbalt.org) for more information.

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All are invited to meet one another and enjoy refreshments following the service.

To hear sermons online or for more information about Resurrection, visit resbaltimore.org

Dear Resurrection Family and Friends,

The following excerpts give a great explanation of the season of Lent:

“Lent originated in the very earliest days of the Church as a preparatory time for Easter, when the faithful rededicated themselves and when converts were instructed in the faith and prepared for baptism. The ancient church that wrote, collected, and canonized the New Testament also observed Lent, believing it to be a commandment from the apostles.”  “Lent is a season of soul-searching and repentance. It is a season for reflection about what really matters and taking stock of where we stand with the Lord. “  “Lent is a way to place ourselves before God humbled, bringing in our hands no price whereby we can ourselves purchase our salvation. It is a way to confess our total inadequacy before God, to strip ourselves bare of all pretense to righteousness, to come before God in dust and ashes. It is a time to empty ourselves of our false pride, of our rationalizations that prevent us from seeing ourselves as needy creatures, of our ‘perfectionist’ tendencies that blind us to the beam in our own eyes.”  “In Lent, through prayer and lifestyle choices that give up self, we seek to open ourselves up before God, and to hear anew the call ‘Come unto me!’ We seek to recognize and respond afresh to God’s presence in our lives and in our world. We seek to place our needs, our fears, our failures, our hopes, our very lives in God’s hands, again. And we seek, by affirming our desire to follow Christ, to recognize again who God is, to allow His transforming grace to work in us once more, and to come to worship Him on Easter Sunday with a fresh perspective of His victory and our hope.”  (Excerpts by Dennis Bratcher  Copyright ©, Dennis Bratcher - All Rights Reserved See The Apostolic Constitutions, Book V, section III.)

Looking forward to a meaningful Lent with you, ~ David