Bulletin, September 20, 2009

April 24, 2011 Easter Sunday

Loving God & Our Neighbors in the Heart of the City

GRACE COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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 electronic devices during worship, and for leaving food and beverages outside the sanctuary. Temporary Supply Pastor: Director of Music: Christian Educator: Administrative Assistant: Bookkeeper: Sexton: Child Development Center Director: 1627 Monument Avenue Richmond, VA 23220 Phone: 804.359.2463 Fax: 804.278.6298 www.grace-covenant.org [email protected]

Brint Keyes Christopher Martin Kelley Lane Vanessa Strait Martha Rubin Willie Alford Brenda Van Pelt Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Radio: WLES 590 AM www.wlesradio.com

Hearing Aids, Large Print Hymnals, and Bulletins are available each week from the ushers.

PREPARATION FOR WORSHIP …[Y]ou have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, 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 into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you 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 means that forces for life can now be seen within you, that something of God and of heaven, something holy, can grow in you. It means we can actually see that it is no longer the sinful desires that have power, but that there is something of Christ’s resurrection, something of his life that has power through the Spirit and that leads you toward wholeness… Again and again Christ arises anew. In what we know of the risen Christ, God wants to renew all things. His will is for the earth as much as it is for the heavens. Otherwise we would never know his reality. We could never conceive of anything becoming different. We would think that his resurrected life was some spiritual thing that we human beings could not understand. That’s not what it is. No. The power of his resurrection is something that is within our reach. -Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt

A SERVICE OF WORSHIP CELEBRATING THE RESURRECTION April 24, 2011

Easter Sunday

11:00 a.m.

WE GATHER TO GLORIFY GOD PRELUDE

Carillon de Westminster

CHORAL INTROIT

Choral Fanfare for Christ the King Chancel Choir

Louis Vierne

(1870-1937)

H. Hamilton Smith (b. 1929)

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.

†CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: People: Leader: People: Leader: People: Leader: People: All:

(from Psalm 118)

O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His steadfast love endures forever! Let those who fear the LORD say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” Out of my distress I called on the LORD; the LORD answered me and set me in a broad place. The LORD is my strength and my might; He has become my salvation. I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the LORD. The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This is the LORD‟s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. 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 Hymn

†PRAYER OF 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. †ASSURANCE OF PARDON

Alleluia, music O FILLII ET FILIAE, Airs sur les hymnes sacrez, odes et noëls, 1623, © 1990, The Presbyterian Hymnal, Westminster/John Knox Press. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #A-715262.

WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD WELCOME

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

OFFERING ANTHEM

The Day of Resurrection Chancel Choir

Thomas Matthews

(1915-1999)

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 aright The Lord in rays eternal Of resurrection light; And, listening to His accents, May hear so calm and plain His 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

†DOXOLOGY 592 (Blue Hymnal)

Old Hundredth

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. †PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

Everett Reveley

WE HEAR THE WORD OF GOD PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION EPISTLE READING

Everett Reveley Colossians 3:1-11

Holy Bible, p. 191 NT

CHILDREN’S SERMON

Kelley Lane

HANDBELL CHOIR

Thine Is the Glory

arr. Cynthia Dobrinski

GOSPEL READING

John 20:1-18

Holy Bible, p. 110 NT

SERMON

“New Life”

B. Brinton P. Keyes

†HYMN 108 (Blue Hymnal)

Christ Is Alive!

Truro

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS †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.

†GLORIA PATRI 579 (Blue Hymnal)

Greatorex

PASTORAL PRAYER AND 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.

WE GO FORTH IN GOD’S NAME †HYMN

That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright

Puer Nobis Nascitur

The Chancel Choir will move to the steps on the first stanza of the hymn. You are invited to come forward on the final stanza to 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) †POSTLUDE

George Frederick Handel

Toccata in F Major (Organ Sonata No. 5)

Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)

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.

We welcome :

Whitney Glass John Alexander Gaynelle Worley Sudie Wood

Louis Vierne was organist at the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris for thirty-seven years and was one of the greatest musical improvisers of his generation. As the title indicates, Carillon de Westminster is a fantasia on the Westminster chimes, played from the Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster, since 1858. Vierne's friend Henry Willis hummed the tune for the composer upon Vierne's request; apparently, either Willis hummed 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 so, our service today begins with Vierne’s festive carillon on the familiar four-note Westminster theme. Today’s Introit is a choral fanfare which is a dialogue between choir and organ. The choral anthem is by Dr. 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 originates from the Eastern Church. It was translated by John Mason Neale and appeared in his Hymns of the Eastern Church (1862). The Handbell Choir rings an arrangement of George Frederick Handel’s hymn tune Judas Maccabeus, an oratorio of the same name by Handel. This arrangement features a brief theme of O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing. Charles-Marie Widor was the organist at St. Sulpice in Paris where he remained for nearly sixty-four years. The worship service concludes with Widor’s famous Toccata in F Major from his fifth organ symphony. It is a superbly virtuosic and rhythmic work with a strong tonal development. As such, it has every reason to be regarded as the head of all French organ toccatas ever composed.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE! Dinner begins at 6:00 p.m. This week’s program is a concert presented by Grace Covenant’s Handbell Choir. “Family Style” for dinner with roast pork, scalloped potatoes, green peas, rolls, and romaine fruit salad with peach cobbler for dessert.

WORSHIP SUPPORT FOR TODAY: Opener-Wayne Casey; Greeters-Brian Baird, Carrie Rose; Nursery Worker-Julia Poppell; Worship Kits-Judy Waldron; Fellowship Hour-The McCulloughs WORSHIP SUPPORT FOR NEXT SUNDAY (May 1): Opener-Cal Gray; GreetersBob Copeland, Everett Reveley, Leslie Hartman; Nursery Worker-Julia Poppell; Worship Kits-Judy Waldron; Fellowship Hour-TBD

Give thanks to God for Tracy Coltrain’s successful surgery; Dave Martin’s recovery; and for the fellowship and commitment of our new members joining today: John Alexander, Whitney Glass, Sudie Wood, & Gaynelle Worley. Lift up to God Bill Stuart, recovering from knee replacement surgery; Beverly Proffitt, recovering from hand and wrist surgery; Ray Inscoe, recovering from heart surgery; Mary Chenoweth, recovering at home; Betty Berry, moved to Manor Care… Tom Miller’s father, Joe; Peter and Loretta Albertis; Vanessa Strait; Jim Woolfolk’s mother and stepfather, Dan & Linda; Ashby Price, John Lootens, Jennifer Schooley, Wayne Casey, Jessie Griffin, Erika Tabor and Matt Hartman, all facing vocational challenges; Leslie Hartman’s community garden ministry… Stuart Chapman and William Bridenstine, serving in our nation’s Armed Forces; the people of Japan; the people of North African and Middle Eastern nations seeking democracy; and prayers for the Spirit of the Resurrection in Metropolitan Richmond - for a spirit of hope, of possibility, of eternal life, and of commitment to the redeeming power of God who brings new life out of death to people and communities. "Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God." - Phil 4:6

Sermons are online every week! Access Sunday service podcasts at grace-covenant.org; click on WE GATHER, then on SERMONS. You have a choice of Children‟s Sermon, Sunday Sermon or Full Service by clicking on the MP3 icon of your choice.

CHILDREN & WORSHIP: All children are encouraged to attend worship with their parents. Following the children’s 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 worship service for those children who are not ready to attend worship at this point. CHILDREN‟S 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 the

generosity of the members of Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church the Kids Club and Youth Palm Sunday Craft Sale generated $277, all of which will be donated to the Japanese Relief Fund of the PCUSA. The children and youth are grateful for your support in their efforts to spread God’s love to the world.

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

BREAD BREAKERS: The next Bread Breakers Fellowship Time is Saturday, May 14, at 6:30 p.m. at the Prices‟ home, located at 8514 Academy Road, 23229. BBQ, slaw and rolls will be provided. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. Our hosts this month are Ashby & Carson Price and Vickie & Johnny Overstreet. It is important to RSVP, please do so by emailing [email protected] about your attendance.

Sunday morning classes are a great way to deepen your faith and also to fellowship with others. There are several Sunday School Classes to choose from. All Sunday School Classes begin at 9:30 a.m. Connections Class “Westminster Confession of Faith” Room 303 Vanguard Class “The Book of Romans” Room B-4 Grace Class “Bible Study” Room 212 Forum Class “Revelation” with Tom Miller Room B-7

May 1 is Older Adult Sunday. Each year the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) sets aside the first Sunday in May to acknowledge older adults as one of the gifts with which God has blessed us. Older adults represent the gifts of wisdom gained through living a life in faith, hope through hard times lived with perseverance, and generosity in loving and stewardship.

Grace Covenant is blessed to have a thriving Older Adult Ministry with our own Rev. Charles Sutton as its champion. The Older Adults serve in all areas of the church, as officers, musicians, worship leaders & assistants, teachers, and as volunteers with the WNL Food committee, children's nurseries, our Radio Ministry, church cleaning days, and so much more! We love each and every one of our Older Adult members for all they bring and for making us feel more like a family of members at Grace Covenant, and rejoice in this special opportunity to recognize how deeply God has blessed us through their talent, wisdom, loyalty, service, and faith.

THIS WEEK AT GRACE COVENANT Sunday, April 24

8:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

EASTER SUNDAY Handbell Choir Chancel Choir Worship Service

Sanctuary Choir Room Sanctuary

Monday, April 25

CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED

Tuesday, April 26 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

Staff Meeting Care Team Meeting Handbell Rehearsal

Room 213 Room 213 Fellowship Hall

Wednesday, April 27 4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

Carol Choir (ages 3-K) Junior Choir (grades 1-6) Wednesday Night Live & Program Chancel Choir

Choir Room Choir Room Fellowship Hall Choir Room

Thursday, April 28 9:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m.

Mothers Together MT Children’s Choir Children’s Chapel

Friday, April 29

Saturday, April 30

Sunday, May 1

5:45 p.m.

GRACE NOTES MAILING Community Group

6:00 p.m.

PEOPLE Group Event

10:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m.

OLDER ADULT SUNDAY Chancel Choir Worship Service Deacons’ Meeting Member’s Class

Choir Room Chapel

2107 Maplewood Avenue

Joy and John Nevins 205 Kinloch Road

Choir Room Sanctuary Vanguard Room Connection Classroom

2011 Officers Our Elders serve the church as leaders. Our Deacons lead the church in service. Please feel free to approach them with any questions or feedback about GCPC's ministries. CLERK OF SESSION: Everett Reveley ELDERS: Jean Appich („11) - Christian Education Brian Baird („11) - Evangelism (M) Maurice Bell („13) - Finance/Stewardship Kent Cardwell („12) - Missions (M) Cal Gray („11) - Property (M) Matt Hartman („13) - Worship; Evangelism Cheryl Jacobs („12) - Worship (M); Administration Catherine Kerns („13) - Christian Education; Evangelism Caroline Leith („11) - Worship David Martin („13) - Administration (Co-M); Property Katie McCullough („13) - Administration (Co-M); Mission Dana McKnight („11) - Finance/Stewardship (M) Tom Miller („12) - Christian Education (M) Everett Reveley („12) - Finance/Stewardship DEACONS: Pat Aldridge („11) - Cards and Prayer Ministry Betty Appich („11) - Deacon Support Pat Ball („12) - Flower Deliveries Cherry Corley („12) - (Moderator) Susan Farrell („12) - Visitation, Transportation Nikki Hazlegrove („13) - Meal Deliveries Jim McCullough („13) - Deacons’ Fund Julia Poppell („11) - (Secretary) Visitation Carrie Rose („13) - Visitation and Card Ministry Dawson Watkins („11) - (Vice-Moderator) Visitor follow-up Carol Wood („13) - Visitation and Prayer Ministry Sid Yates („12) - Ushers

MEMORIAL LILIES We 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. Lucas Phyllis and Edward Albertis Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Aldridge and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Baker Family and loved ones Donald L. Appich Margaret Marshall Sheryl Webb Lister Audrey Webb Payne Taylor Dickenson Vicky Giblin, Ann Van Steenburgh, James B. Roberts, Ethel Gray Mary McBride, Sam McBride, Merlin Griffin My family, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Kessel, and brother, Don Kessel All my loved ones, past and present My mother, Anne Amonette Leys Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. McKnight George S. Kemp, Jr. John B. Madden Anna Martin Sharon Martin Mr. and Mrs. Lynford Londrey Dr. and Mrs. J. Langdon Moss Our beloved parents C. B. Pearson, Jr. All those we hold in our hearts Mom, Elizabeth Satterfield Dan Turner My grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice T. Curtis Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Lewis Dr. D. E. Watkins Our parents Bill Koch Evelyn R. Yates In Honor of: Henry W. Leith New life Anthony and Richard Pais Brown Pearson Evelyn Withers

Given by: Marjorie and Ed Adams Loretta and Peter Albertis Patricia Baker Aldridge and Elisabeth Aldridge Spivey Jean Appich The family The Baird family Brenda Barrett Nellie Dickenson Lisa and Cal Gray Jessie and Jason Griffin Jan Kessel Dottie-Ray Koch Sallie Leys Dana E. McKnight Will Kemp Madden Christopher Martin Gay and Langdon Moss Joy and John Nevin Ann Pais The Rubin Family Steve Satterfield Evelyn Turner Rob Turner Judith C. Waldron Dawson Watkins Mary and Whit Whitley Kathy, Katey, and Christopher Winston Sidney E. Yates Given by: Caroline H. Leith Mr. and Mrs. John G. Overstreet Ann Pais Dawson Watkins

SERMON NOTES “New Life”

B. BRINTON P. KEYES