CELEBRATION OF WORSHIP
Peachtree is a community of Jesus followers inviting people to follow God in heart, mind, and strength.
ASSEMBLE IN GOD’S NAME Prelude
Congregational Introit* Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation Prayer of Adoration*
GIVE PRAISE TO GOD
Hymn of Praise** Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above #15 Lighting of Candles Placing the Bible Life of the Congregation** Pastoral Prayer & 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.
Offering Our Gifts It Is Well with My Soul arr. John Ness Beck When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my soul. It is well with my soul, It is well, it is well with my soul. My sin, O the joy of this glorious thought My sin, not in part, but the whole Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
LISTEN TO GOD’S WORD
UNLIKELY FRIENDS
Matthew 9:9–13 (Pew Bible 1509) Vic Pentz 8:45, 10:00 | Mark Crumpler 11:15
CELEBRATE THE SACRAMENT
Communion Liturgy (see pages 4–5)
GO IN GOD’S NAME
Hymn of Response* Eternal Father, Strong to Save #521 Invitation and Benediction* Postlude
It is well with my soul, It is well, it is well with my soul. And, Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight, The clouds be rolled back as a scroll: The trumpet shall sound and the Lord shall descend, “Even so” it is well with my soul! It is well with my soul, It is well, it is well with my soul. Doxology* Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow #544 The beautiful flowers in the Sanctuary this morning are given to the glory of God and in Loving Memory of: Drew Pogue by his parents, Tom and Susan Pogue, and his sister, Rebecca
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Those who are able, please stand. Ushers will seat latecomers at this time.
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If your young child needs attention during worship, live broadcasts of the service are available in the Williams Center and the Families Room off of the Williams Center.
LEADING WORSHIP
MILESTONES
8:45
WEDDINGS
Vic Pentz Senior Pastor Chuck Roberts Pastor for Congregational Life Vicki Harrington Franch
Mary Catherine Sikes & Richard Norman Kirchgraber 5/30 Sanctuary
Pastor for Pastoral Care 10:00
Vic Pentz Senior Pastor Chuck Roberts Pastor for Congregational Life Marnie Crumpler Executive Pastor 11:15
Mark Crumpler Pastor for Teaching & Spiritual Formation Marnie Crumpler Executive Pastor
Drew Adams
Associate Director of Middle School Ministries
LEADING THE MUSIC
The Chancel Choir Mary Hoffman Director of Music Andy Bayles Assoc. Dir. of Music & Worship John H. Roark Associate Organist Daun Kwag Violin Guang Wang Cello Joel Morris Percussion
LIGHTING THE CANDLES
Lilla & Charlie Walker 10:00 Ella Hart 11:15
BIRTHS
Collins Bailey Thome 3/15 Mandy & Julian Thome Taylor Alison Train 3/18 Julie & Jay Train Adam Anthony Tacca 5/2 Shelley & Jeffrey Tacca
GUANG WANG
Cellist
Guang Wang has become “Peachtree’s favorite cellist,” playing in our worship services regularly during the past year. Guang is a founding member of the Vega String Quartet at Emory University. He began his cello studies in Shenyang, China at the age of 8 and graduated from Shanghai Conservatory in 1994. He has studied in Florida, Houston, and at the Manhattan School of Music and has performed with world-renowned conductors and orchestras across the globe.
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. —John 15:13
HOSPITALS
Julie Bellem Home Hospice Care Fred Cox Home Hospice Care Margie Glover Home Hospice Care Marion Morgan Home Hospice Care
PRAY FOR THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Al Saylor Home Hospice Care
Please pray for their important work of selecting the elder class for 2018. If you have recommendations for the committee, please see the guidelines, instructions and suggestion boxes at the welcome area in Family Commons or on the second floor office reception desk.
Ned Stiemke (no visitors) St. Joseph
Today we remember and thank God for those who served and made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.
Ron Toland Anderson Mill Rehab
MEMBER DEATHS Audrey Keller 5/13
Annette Wiley 5/12 Wilmont Williams 5/14 Husband of Jane Williams; Brother of John Anthony Williams; Father of Stacy Hanley & Chrissy Baker; Grandfather of Colin & Miles Hanley and Hannah & Taylor Baker
FAMILY MEMBER DEATHS LeRol Epperson, Jr. 5/14 Father of Susie Kyle
CELEBRATE THE SACRAMENT THE COMMUNION PRAYER Pastor: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Pastor: Lift up your hearts. People: We lift them up to the Lord. Pastor: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. People: It is right to give our thanks and praise. Pastor: Holy and loving God, we gather at this table giving you thanks for the grace offered to us in your Son Jesus Christ. In his life, he was a friend to sinners, touching the outcast, healing the broken, and proclaiming your love for the world. In his death, he paid the price for our sin that we might stand before you joyfully and without fear. As we receive the bread and the cup, pour out your Holy Spirit on us that we might extend your kindness and mercy to the world. Through your Son Jesus Christ, all honor and glory is yours, Almighty God, now and forever. Amen.
“I am the bread of life. All who come to me shall not hunger, and all who believe in me shall never be thirsty.” —John 6:35
WORDS OF INSTITUTION/DISTRIBUTION OF THE BREAD & CUP To symbolize our individual experience of God’s grace, please partake of the bread* as it is served. To symbolize our common experience together of God’s grace, please retain the cup until all have been served. * The communion bread was made gluten free but not cut in a dedicated facility.
UNISON PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING Gracious and loving God, you have made us one in the body of Christ and nourished us at your table with holy food and drink. Thank you for feeding our hunger and relieving our thirst. Now send us into the world to do the work you have given us to do: to find the lost and lonely, to heal broken souls, to free prisoners, and to love in Jesus’ name. Grant us strength to persevere in resisting evil and to proclaim in all we say and do your good news in Christ Jesus our Savior. Amen.
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