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EVENING WORSHIP 4:00 Pm MEMORIAL FLOWERS NURSERY & CHILDCARE EVENING WORSHIP 4:00 pm MEMORIAL FLOWERS NURSERY & CHILDCARE CALL TO WORSHIP IN MEMORY OF: GIVEN BY: All children are welcome to attend the regular Nate Haywood Dan, Jen, Tyler, Colin service. Childcare is available for infants & Rhonda Vogelzang and Annalise toddlers age 2 and under. Children’s Church, Children’s Choir, and Children’s Christian Christ The Lord Is Risen Today Bob and Marian Gruber Education classes resume next week. What A Beautiful Name Herman and Mildred Salewski Ben, Valerie, This Is Amazing Grace Lou and Betty LeValley Sophia and Zachery CHILDREN’S COLORING BOOKS Harold and Marie Beaver ADORATION, CONFESSION Available for children of all ages at the back of Dr. Gordon P. Hugenberger Dr. Walter Kim Jungbong Kim and the Sanctuary. & LORD’S PRAYER Eunjeong Lee Lyford Beverage, Elder Changeun Lee Senior Minister Lead Minister Lois Barndt NURSERY (Infants & toddlers age 2 & under) LIFE OF THE CHURCH Catherine Brescia Larson Family Morning Services Baptism of Alyssa Dyal Tom Gerendas Ockenga Lobby check-in administered by Tammy McLeod, (1st Floor, Bldg 1) Robert Morrison Gary Hawkins Director of College Ministries Steven and Evening Service Our Parents Barbara Doyle Toddler Room 1 CORINTHIANS 15:1–11; 2 CORINTHIANS 1:8–11 (1st Floor, Bldg 2) Tammy McLeod Denise Thompson-Smith Herman and Ruth Bill Stuntz Smith Sanctuary ND “RELY ON GOD, WHO RAISES THE DEAD” Norman J. Cox Megan Webb [2 FLOOR] Gordon Hugenberger, Senior Minister Lois Barndt Ockenga Toddler Welcome Lobby Robert McCoy Room Center (“awk-en-gay”) OFFERTORY PM Service ST Norman Friberg AM Service [1 FLOOR] Woman's Benevolent Check-in Thomas Gerendas Check-in CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER Society BLDG 2 BLDG 1 Toni Kim, Minister of Membership Frederick McCormick Britta Karlsson Mighty To Save Dominic Hreish In Christ Alone Norman Friberg Jacquelyn Friberg MEDIA Willliam and Eleanor SUNDAYS at 11:00 AM Philip Schoenheiter BENEDICTION Schoenheiter on Family AM 590 Walter Kim, Lead Minister C. Bruce Wenger The Wenger Family P SUNDAYS, 8:30 & 11:00 AM, Barbara Bodkin (mother) & 4:00 PM: 8 parkstreet.org Leader: Alleluia! The Lord is risen. Leslie Bodkin People: He is risen indeed. Alleluia! Joanne Ludwig (stepmother) G “park street church” Parents Ben and U “@parkstchurch” Marie Hallgren ^ password “parkstreet200” Husband Martin Anderson Irene Anderson If you would like to find out more about becoming a Christian, or if you desire prayer for any reason, come Daughter Birgitta to the front right of the sanctuary following the service and we’d be happy to pray for you. Anderson/El-Hajj Damon, Lisa, Karen Lamanna NEXT SUNDAY Eden and Mehren APRIL 23 Parents Jim and Sally Peg Diffenderfer 8:30 AM, 11:00 AM & 4:00 PM Diffenderfer “Looking for Home” Fred McCormick Genesis 23:1–20 Paul E. Toms Anne Montague Walter Kim, Lead Minister Allan and Marian Emery Friends of Dominic Hreish Hreish Family IN MEMORIAM Dr. and Mrs Thomas Gerendas Michael Lindsay Lois C. Barndt, Edwin A. Ericson, Bruce K. Forbes, Thomas Gerendas, Nancy Noga Rena M. Johnson, Ralph McPhee, Martha Noga Tracy Noga Dorothy V. Meyer, Karen B. Piper, Mary Roder Norman Friberg, Dominic Hreish, Frederick Heidgerd Rebecca Heidgerd David Freeman. SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2017 | Easter Sunday 1 Park Street, Boston, MA 02108 | 617.523.3383 | www.parkstreet.org | [email protected] MORNING WORSHIP 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 am LIFE CHURCH * Congregation standing as able of the PRELUDE Sinfonia, from Easter Oratorio J. S. Bach SCRIPTURE READING Toni Kim, Minister of Membership 8:00 AM CONNECT Nathan Skinner, organ (1685–1750) 1 Corinthians 15:1–11; 2 Corinthians 1:8–11 Chris May, Minister to Women 9:30 AM Andrea Z., Director of Global Outreach 11:00 AM MARRIAGE RETREAT M AY 5–7. Come for a weekend on the coast INTROIT Paschal Troparion of Maine as we focus on the theme, “Humble Sanctuary Choir * HYMN The Strife is O’er Victory and Kind.” These two words embody Jesus’ statement, “I have come not to be served, but Christ is risen from the dead: SERMON “Rely on God, Who Raises the Dead” Gordon Hugenberger, Senior Minister Welcome to serve.” We will discuss the nature and source trampling down Death by death, of humility and kindness, and the practical ways and upon those in the tombs We are a community of believers who, for over two * HYMN No. 274 Thine Be the Glory Maccabaeus they can show within marriage. $320 per cou- bestowing life! centuries, have organized our church life around the ple; childcare available for children 3 and under Christian gospel. We believe the good news that for additional cost. Register 8 www.parkstreet. CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER Walter Kim, Lead Minister 8:00 AM Words: traditional (cf. Heb. 2:14 Matt. 27:51ff) God loves all of us and has a plan to save us from our org/marriageretreat Music: Wesley Newcomb (b. 1990) member, Sanctuary Choir Dan Verrengia, Minister of Pastoral Care 9:30 AM sins, making us whole persons through faith in his [omitted in web version] 11:00 AM son, Jesus Christ. Our purpose is to be a people of MEMBERSHIP * CALL TO WORSHIP Alex Pless, Elder 8:00 AM God who glorify him and do his work in Boston and OFFERTORY O Clap Your Hands R. Vaughan Williams around the world. Make Park Street Church your spiritual home! Joel Stanton, Elder 9:30 AM Join through small group membership classes, Sanctuary Choir; Park Street Orchestra (1872–1958) Herman Smith, Moderator 11:00 AM We take seriously Christ’s commandment to SUNDAYS 9:30–10:45 AM, or 5:30–6:45 Leader: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! make disciples and the imperative to express his PM, MAY 7–JUN 18. Pre-registration required. People: In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope O clap your hands, all ye people; love through works of service. To that end, we are 8 parkstreet.org/membership, or contact Toni through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. shout unto God with the voice of triumph. involved in a number of ministries, including Arts, m [email protected], ( 617.523.3383 x507. Leader: Alleluia! The Lord is risen. For the Lord most high is terrible. † Christian Education, Disabilities (Enable Boston), People: He is risen indeed. Alleluia! He is a great King over all the earth. Families, Internationals (FOCUS), Medical (Boston KIDSWEEK Heathcare Fellowship), College and University JUL 10–14. Kidsweek Registration is live! If you students, Young Adults, and others. Additionally, * PROCESSIONAL HYMN Christ the Lord is Risen Today Easter Hymn God is gone up with a shout, enjoyed last week’s Children’s Cantata, then we we devote significant time, prayer and resources the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. hope you will join us this summer for Kidsweek to global outreach. We support staff and associate * INVOCATION, CONFESSION LORD’S PRAYER Sing praises to God; sing praises. Fiesta 2017 as we travel through South America, & missionaries, short-term group trips, and global Our Father who art in heaven; Hallowed be Thy name. Sing praises to our King; sing praises. discovering God’s good gifts! Register your chil- professionals. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. dren and consider being a volunteer at 8 www. Give us this day our coming day’s bread; For God is the King of all the earth; For information on any of these ministries, to get in parkstreet.org/kidsweek. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; sing ye praises, everyone that hath understanding. touch with ministry leaders, or to sign up for a weekly 8 And lead us not into trial, but deliver us from the Evil One. God reigneth over the heathen. church enewsletter, visit www.parkstreet.org. We LONGWOOD CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. look forward to hearing from you! Healthcare professionals and trainees in Boston: Sing praises unto our King. Sing praises. choose to live in intentional Christian communi- * PEACE ty this year. Apply now! 8 Live.LCCboston.org †modern translations: For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared LIFE OF THE CHURCH WEEKLY EVENTS Words: Psalm 47 8 www.parkstreet.org/events Missions Testimony Leslie Bodkin Music: 1920 | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) JOBS SUNDAYS FREEDOM TRAIL GUIDES SCRIPTURE READING Tim Leary, Director of Grad Student Ministries 8:00 AM * HYMN No. 267 The Day of Resurrection! Lancashire 9:45 AM Hour of Prayer Several part-time summer staff needed to fill po- Luke 24:1–12 Adam Herndon, Director of Youth Ministries 9:30 AM 12:30 PM Park Street Int’l Fellowship sitions on Park Street Church’s historic Freedom Chris Sherwood, Assistant Minister 11:00 AM * BENEDICTION [omitted in web version] 8:00 AM Trail site. m [email protected]. Leader: Alleluia! The Lord is risen. Pat Chen, Dir. of New Initiatives to Internationals 9:30 AM TUESDAYS 6:00 PM ANTHEM Most Glorious Lord of Life People: He is risen indeed. Alleluia! Jim Z., PSC Missionary 11:00 AM Union: Young Marrieds MISSIONS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 7:00 PM Sanctuary Choir Café: Young Adults (20s & 30s) We’re searching for a part-time Missions Admin- POSTLUDE Toccata, from Symphony no. 5 C. M. Widor istrative Assistant to support the missions staff. Most glorious Lord of life, that on this day, And that thy love we weighing worthily, WEDNESDAYS Nathan Skinner, organ (1844–1937) Resume and cover letter should be sent to 10:00 AM Women’s Bible Study didst make thy triumph over death and sin: may likewise love thee for the same again: m [email protected].
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