CHRIST THE KING SUNDAY
NOVEMBER, 2002

CROWN HIM WITH MANY CROWNS

Celebrating Christ the King
in the Seasons of the Church Year

CALL TO WORSHIP

P: 	Our God reigns; let the earth be glad. 
God's word is truth; let all creation sing.

C: 	We bow before God's strength and majesty; 
     	We come in awe before his throne.

P:  	Be gathered, then, by God's love and truth, 
to worship and make faithful witness.

C: 	God is our righteousness and our peace. 
     	God's truth renews us.

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS

P: 	God calls us to be his children and to live in his kingdom. Let us
come before our king with our confession.

C: 	Almighty God, whose reign we have denied and whose purposes we have opposed, we pray for forgiveness and     healing. We confess that self-concern, rather than your will,  has motivated us. We have claimed to follow Jesus, but our discipleship has been compromised and is half-hearted. Our worship has been empty of passion and expectation. Turn us around and claim us for your purposes. In Jesus' name. Amen.

P:	Christ loves us and frees us from our sins. Those who are of the truth will bear Christ's voice and will bear witness to God's salvation. God is our righteousness and our security. Our sins are forgiven, there is no need for us to fear.

SHARING OF THE PEACE

ENTRANCE HYMN			"Rejoice the Lord is King! "
	Rejoice the Lord is king! Your Lord and King adore; 
rejoice, give thanks, and sing, and triumph evermore;

(chorus) Lift up your heart, lift up your voice; rejoice, again I 
say, rejoice!

Our Savior Jesus reigns, the God of truth and love; when he 
had purged our stains, He took his seat above; (chorus)

PASTORAL GREETING AND PRAYER

P: 	The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the 
 communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

C:  	And also with you.

P: 	Let us pray. Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to 
restore all things to your beloved Son, whom you anointed 
priest forever and king of all creation: Grant that all the people of the earth, now divided by the power of sin, may he united under the glorious and gentle rule of your son, our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C:	 Amen.

CROWN HIM WITH MANY CROWNS, THE LAMB UPON HIS THRONE; HARK, HOW THE HEAVENLY ANTHEM DROWNS ALL MUSIC BUT ITS OWN. AWAKE, MY SOUL, AND SING OF HIM WHO DIED FOR THEE, AND HAIL HIM AS THY MATCHLESS KING THROUGH ALL ETERNITY.

LESSON 								Isaiah 40:9-11
HYMN					"Oh, Come, Oh, Come, Emmanuel"

Oh, come, oh, come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear.

(chorus) Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to you, 0 Israel.

Oh, come, blest Dayspring, come and cheer our spirits by your advent here; disperse the gloomy clouds of night, and death's dark shadows put to flight. (chorus)

CROWN HIM THE VIRGIN'S SON, THE GOD INCARNATE BORN, WHOSE ARM THOSE CRIMSON TROPHIES WON WHICH NOW HIS BROW ADORN; FRUIT OF THE MYSTIC ROSE, YET OF THAT ROSE THE STEM, THE ROOT WHENCE MERCY EVER FLOWS, THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM.

LESSON 							Luke 1:26-27, 30-33
HYMN							"Joy to the World"

Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Let earth receive its King; let ev'ry heart prepare him room and heav'n and nature sing, and heav'n and nature sing, and heav'n and heav'n and nature sing.

Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns! Let all their songs employ, while fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy, repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

CROWN HIM THE LORD OF PEACE, WHOSE POW'R A SCEPTER SWAYS FROM POLE TO POLE, THAT WARS MAY CEASE, ABSORBED IN PRAYER AND PRAISE. HIS REIGN SHALL KNOW NO END, AND ROUND HIS PIERCED FEET FAIR FLOW'RS OF PARADISE EXTEND THEIR FRAGRANCE EVER SWEET.

LESSON 							Zephaniah 3:14-18a
ANTHEM							"Peace Like a River"
Chancel Choir

CROWN HIM THE LORD OF LOVE - BEHOLD HIS HANDS AND SIDE, RICH WOUNDS, YET VISIBLE ABOVE, IN BEAUTY GLORIFIED. NO ANGELS IN THE SKY CAN FULLY BEAR THAT SIGHT, BUT DOWNWARD BEND THEIR BURNING EYES AT MYSTERIES SO BRIGHT.

LESSON 							Philippians 2:5-11
HYMN					"0 Sacred Head, Now Wounded"

0 sacred head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down, now scornfully surrounded with thorns, thine only crown; 0 sacred head, what glory, what bliss till now was thine! Yet, though despised and gory, I joy to call thee mine.

THE NICENE CREED 						Page 64
THE OFFERING
OFFERTORY MUSIC	"Adagio" 			W. A. Mozart

CROWN HIM THE LORD OF LIFE, WHO TRIUMPHED O'ER THE GRAVE AND ROSE VICTORIOUS IN THE STRIFE FOR THOSE HE CAME TO SAVE. HIS GLORIES NOW WE SING, WHO DIED AND ROSE ON HIGH, WHO DIED, ETERNAL LIFE TO BRING, AND LIVES THAT DEATH MAY DIE.
LESSON 					I Corinthians 15:19-26
OFFERTORY HYMN		"Jesus Christ Is Risen Today"

Jesus Christ is ris'n today, Alleluia! Our triumphant holy day,
Alleluia! Who did once upon the cross, Alleluia! Suffer to redeem
our loss, Alleluia!

Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia! Unto Christ, our heav'nly king, Alleluia! Who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia! Sinners to redeem and save. Alleluia!

CROWN HIM THE LORD OF YEARS, THE POTENTATE OF TIME, CREATOR OF THE ROLLING SPHERES, INEFFABLY SUBLIME. ALL HAIL, REDEEMER, HAIL! FOR THOU HAST DIED FOR ME; THY PRAISE AND GLORY SHALL NOT FAIL THROUGHOUT ETERNITY.

LESSON								Mark 10:13-16
CANTICLE						"Create in Me A Clean Heart"

Create in me a clean heart, 0 God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with your free Spirit.

THE PRAYER OF THE CHURCH

THE LORD'S PRAYER
THE BENEDICTION
CLOSING HYMN	"Rejoice, the Lord Is King!"

His kingdom cannot fail; He rules o'er earth and heav'n; the keys of
death and hell are to our Jesus giv'n:

(chorus) Lift up your heart, lift up your voice; rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

He sits at God's right hand till all his foes submit and bow to his command and fall beneath his feet: (chorus)

POSTLUDE		"Toccata in e"			Johann Pachelbel