A Conversation with Nonoy: Acts 2 Church

April 30, 2023
Pastor Jacob Lee
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Service of Worship

Pastorale
Melanie Bonis
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(Adapted from “A Native American Interpretation of the 23rd Psalm”)

Leader: The GREAT FATHER above a SHEPHERD CHIEF is. great father above a shepherd chief
People: I am His and with Him I want not.
Leader: He throws out to me a rope, and the name of the rope is love and He draws me to where the grass is green
People: and the water is not dangerous, and I eat and lie down and am satisfied.
Leader: Sometimes my heart is very weak and falls down but He lifts me up again and draws me into a good road.
People: His name is WONDERFUL.
Leader: Some time, it may be very soon, it may be a long, long time, He will draw me into a valley.
People: It is dark there, but I’ll be afraid not, for it is between those mountains that the SHEPHERD CHIEF will meet me and the hunger that I have in my heart all through life will be satisfied.
Leader: Sometimes he makes the love rope into a whip,
People: but afterwards, He gives a staff to lean upon.
Leader: He spreads a table before me with all kinds of foods.
People: He puts His hand upon my head and all the “tired” is gone.
Leader: My cup he fills till it runs over.
People: What I tell is true. I lie not.
Leader: These roads that are “away ahead” will stay with me through this life and after;
People: and afterwards, I will go to live in the Big Teepee and sit down with the SHEPHERD CHIEF forever. Amen.

(This interpretation of Psalm 23 was taken down by Isabel Crawford, a late nineteenth-century Baptist missionary to the Kiowa Indians in Oklahoma.)

Opening Hymn — #140 “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”

1. Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
there is no shadow of turning with thee;
thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;
as thou hast been, thou forever wilt be.

Refrain
Great is thy faithfulness!
Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
all I have needed thy hand hath provided;
great is thy faithfulness,
Lord, unto me!

2. Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
join with all nature in manifold witness
to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love.

Refrain

3. Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!

Refrain

Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Thomas Obediah Chisholm | William Marion Runyan
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Pastor’s Time With the Children (Singing with the Congregation) – Rev. Jacob Lee

Lord I lift your name on high
Lord I love to sing your praises
I’m so glad you’re in my life
I’m so glad you came to save us

You came from heaven to earth to show the way
From the earth to the cross my debt to pay
From the cross to the grave
From the grave to the sky
Lord I lift your name on high.

Lord I Lift Your Name on High
Rick Founds
© 1989 Universal Music – Brentwood Benson Publishing
Used by Permission. CCLI License # 656051

I’ve got peace like a river (3x) in my soul
I’ve got peace like a river (3x) in my soul

I’ve got joy like a fountain
I’ve got love like an ocean

I’ve Got Peace Like a River
African-American Spiritual
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Jesus loves me this I know
For the Bible tells me so
Little ones to Him belong
They are weak but He is strong

Yes Jesus loves me (3x)
The Bible tells me so.

Jesus Loves Me, This I Know
Anna Bartlett Warner
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Joys and Concerns, Pastoral Prayer, 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 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, the power, and glory forever. Amen.

For those who are called and able, gifts and tithes can still be made through online giving, by mailing them in, and by dropping them off to the office through the secure mail slot to the left of the double door entry to the church hallway.

Offertory – Josh

“Raindrop” Prelude Op. 28 No. 15
Frederic Chopin
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Doxology

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.

Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow (Old 100th)
Louis Bourgeois | Thomas Ken
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Offertory Prayer

Caring and compassionate God, we feel like we have been through so much. Battered by division, perceived by some as too judgmental and by others as too accommodating, and we know our witness to the world has suffered. Bless the gifts we give and help them to be used to sow seeds of kindness, healing, hope, and justice. When we as a church falter, remind us that Christ, our Good Shepherd, never falters. In Christ, we pray. Amen.

(1 Peter 2:19-25)

Scripture Readings — Acts 2:43-47 (NRSV)

43 Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. 44 All who believed were together and had all things in common; 45 they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceedsa to all, as any had need. 46 Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at homea and ate their food with glad and generousb hearts, 47 praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.

Response
The Word of the Lord:
Thanks be to God.

Choral Anthem — Chancel Choir

Let There Be Singing
Dale Wood
© 1995 The Sacred Music Press | Lorenz Corp
Used by Permission. ONE LICENSE # A-401420

Sermon — Rev. Jacob Lee and Rene
“A Conversation with Nonoy: Acts 2 Church”

Closing Hymn — #545 “The Church’s One Foundation” (v. 1)

1. The church’s one foundation
is Jesus Christ her Lord;
she is his new creation
by water and the Word.
From heaven he came and sought her
to be his holy bride;
with his own blood he bought her,
and for her life he died.

The Church’s One Foundation (Aurelia)
Samuel John Stone | Samuel Sebastian Wesley
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Benediction

Postlude – Hani

Marche-Sortie
Theodore Dubois
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