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The Worship Service
Leading worship this morning
Robert W. Henderson, senior minister
Joan Watson, associate minister
Stephen Talley, minister of music
Susan Talley, associate director of music
Leading other services
Jessica Patchett, associate minister
Henry Trexler, Covenant member and Union Presbyterian Seminary
student
Daniel Heath, contemporary worship leader
Bible Carrier: Nick Stratos
Crucifer: Mary Margaret Borrelli
Playing the Carillon: Katie Cornwell
Note to Parents: During the school year, Sunday morning programs are
offered in the Education Wing for preschool and elementary age children
at both 9:30 and 11 a.m.
Welcome to Covenant
Join us for fellowship and refreshments in the Circle, where today's preaching
minister will be glad to greet you. You also may learn more about our life
of faith together at our website or on Facebook.
Interested in joining Covenant? We welcome new members each Sunday at
10:30 a.m. in the parlor, located downstairs in the Sanctuary building.
Each Sunday, we offer education and fellowship opportunities in the mornings
and evenings for children, youth and adults in the Education Wing and
Fellowship Hall. Please see the digital signs for details.
Each Sunday, Covenant expects and gladly welcomes many first-time and
repeat visitors. By introducing yourself and sharing a warm greeting,
you express the hospitality of our congregation. Please share a smile and
welcoming word with those around you.
Congregational Notes
The congregation extends is sincere sympathy and love to:
Louise Grubbs on the death of her brother and to Susan Hickok on the death
of her uncle, Duard Franklin Cress of China Grove, NC on January 29;
and to
Richard and Karen Good on the death of his father, Alan T.A. Good of
Houston, TX on January 30; and to
Cason Young on the death of his mother, Tara Winkler Young, on February 2,
and rejoices with them in the assurance of the resurrection.
Births
Congratulations to Leigh Ann and Bo Hall on the birth of their daughter,
Dylan Mackenzie Hall on February 1; and to
Lisa and Aaron Jones on the birth of their daughter, Fallyn Diane Jones on
February 2.
In the Hospital (as of Thursday, Feb. 5)
Dorothy Ball – Novant Presby
Beth Koonce – Novant Presby
Joe Pool – CMC-Main
In Memoriam
Tara Winkler Young
September 13, 1971 – February 2, 2015
To the Greater Glory of God
A Service for Worship
Sunday, February 8, 2015
11 a.m.
Sanctuary
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1000 E. Morehead Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28204
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Covenant Presbyterian is a dynamic Christian community that gladly
invites all people into a transformational experience of faith; boldly
proclaims the gospel, bravely works toward a whole and just world,
and passionately nurtures discipleship.
A Service for the Worship of God
Sunday, February 8, 2015
11 a.m.
Welcome to Covenant; we are glad you are here.
Children are always welcome in worship. Child care and children's
programs (ages 6 weeks to fifth grade) are offered in the Education
Wing. An infant soothing room with live video of the worship service is
available in the balcony and parlor. See an usher for assistance.
Congregational Response (Choir and Congregation)
Take, O take me as I am. Summon out what I shall
be. Set your seal upon my heart and live in me.
Voluntary
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
Beautiful Savior �� arr. C. Ore
Jesus Loves Me�� Traditional
Choristers Ringers; Doug Bacon, flute
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Words of Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship
Liturgist: Welcome to this worship place:
People: A house of song and prayer; a home for heart
and soul;
Liturgist: Welcome to this gathering place:
People: Friend and stranger, saint and sinner in all
who gather here.
Liturgist: Come with hope or hesitation; come with joy
or yearning; all who hunger, all who thirst.
People: Generous God and generous savior, meet us
here today.
*Opening Hymn: 14
For the Beauty of the Earth�� Tune: Dix
*Prayer of Adoration
Call to Confession
Silent Prayer
Corporate Prayer of Confession
Liturgist: Gracious God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
God in community, look now on us who look to you…
People: And hear our prayer;
Liturgist: Where there is falseness…
People: Overcome it by your truth;
Liturgist: Where there is any coldness…
People: Kindle the flame of your love;
Liturgist: Where there is joy…
People: Free us to share it together;
Liturgist: And make us one…
People: As you are one.
Liturgist: Before God and you who are near me, I
release anything I hold against you; I regret all I have
done to harm you; I stand beside the wrong in my life
and ask for God’s forgiveness.
People: Before God and you who are near, we
release anything we hold against one another; we
regret all the harm we have done; we stand beside
the wrong in our lives and ask for God’s forgiveness;
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
Invitation to the Lord’s Table
Leader: The Lord be with you;
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts;
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God;
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Hymn of Preparation: 529 (seated)
Draw Us in the Spirit's Tether��Tune: Union Seminary
Liturgist: Now bind our hearts with honesty as we off
them to each other and our prayer to you.
All: 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.
(During the singing of the Hymn of Preparation, members
of Covenant Church families bring forward loaves of bread
which they provide for the sacrament. Gluten-free rice
crackers are also available.)
Declaration of Pardon
*Congregational Response
Gloria Patri��Sung in Unison
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the
Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now and
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.
*Passing of the Peace
A Time with Young Disciples
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Reading
Mark 1:40-45 �� Pew Bible, NT p. 33
Sermon: A Closed Universe?
Robert W. Henderson
The anthem
“Beautiful Savior”
is a 2014 setting of
the beloved hymn.
The text is an
English translation
of the German
hymn“ Schönster
Herr Jesu” from
the 1677 Münster
Gesangbuch. The
hymn is included
in over one hundred
hymnals in multiple
languages. The
tune, often called
Crusader’s Hymn,
is a Silesian folk
song from the
1842 Schlesische
Volkslieder. The tune
name is derived from
apocryphal stories
that the text and tune
date back to the 12th
century crusades.
The delicate choral
setting was written
by contemporary
American composer
Michael Burkhardt.
*Hymn of Response: 707
Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord�� Tune: Hall
Congregational Life & Concerns
Offering and Offertory Anthem
Beautiful Savior �� arr. M. Burkhardt
Beautiful Savior, King of creation, Son of God and Son
of Man! Truly I'd love thee, truly I'd serve thee, light of
my soul, my joy, my crown. Fair are the meadows, fair
are the woodlands, robed in flowers of blooming spring;
Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer, he makes our sorrowing
spirits sing. Fair is the sunshine, fair is the moonlight,
bright the sparkling stars on high; Jesus shines brighter,
Jesus shine purer than all the angels in the sky.
THE CONGREGATION IS INVITED
TO STAND AND SING.
Beautiful Savior, Lord of the nations, Son of God and
Son of Man! Glory and honor, praise, adoration, now
and forevermore be thine!
The Covenant Choir
The anthem “When
I Survey the
Wondrous Cross” is
a setting of a 1707
text by English
hymnist Isaac
Watts. The 1824
tune was written by
American composer
Lowell Mason and
was inspired by the
simple patterns of
Gregorian Chant.
The choral setting
was written by
American composer
Gilbert M. Martin
for the 1968
commencement
ceremony of
Westminster Choir
College in Princeton
New Jersey and
has be sung at every
commencement since.
The Words of Institution
Celebration
Music at Communion
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross��arr. G.M. Martin
When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince
of glory died, my richest gain I count but loss, and pour
contempt on all my pride. Forbid it, Lord, that I should
boast, save in the death of Christ, my God. All the vain
things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.
See, from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love
flow mingled down. Did e'er such love and sorrow meet,
or thorns compose so rich a crown? Were the whole realm
of nature mine, that were a present far too small; Love,
so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all!
Amen!
The Covenant Choir
*Closing Hymn: 686
God of Our Life�� Tune: Sandon
*Benediction
*Benediction response: 733
We All Are One in Mission��
�� Tune: Es Flog Ein Kleins Waldvögelein
We all are one in mission; we all are one in call,
Our varied gifts united, by Christ, the Lord of all.
A single, great commission, compels us from above
To plan and work together that all may know Christ’s love.
*Voluntary
The Church's One Foundation��arr. Ore
* Those who are able please stand