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A HOUSE FOR ALL GOD’S PEOPLE April 11, 2021 10:00 a.m. Community…in Christ In Christ, all things hold together –Colossians 1:17 All are one in Christ Jesus –Galatians 3:28

SECOND EASTER Blockbuster Sunday – A Journey Through Music of the Movies

MEETING GOD IN MUSIC Concerning Hobbits --from Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Sound of Music Rodgers and Hammerstein --from The Sound of Music Ryan Huebner and Tricia Melzer-Swaydrak, vocalists My day in the hills has come to end I know A star has come out to tell me it’s time to go But deep in the dark green forest Are voices that urge me to stay So I pause and I wait and I listen For one more sound for one more lovely thing That the hills might say

The hills are alive With the sound of music With songs they have sung For a thousand years

The hills fill my heart With the sound of music My heart wants to sing ev’ry song it hears

My heart wants to beat like the wings of the birds That rise from the lake to the trees My heart wants to sigh like a chime that flies From a church on a breeze

To laugh like a brook when it trips and falls Over stones on it’s way To sing through the night Like a lark who is learning to prey

I go to the hills When my heart is lonely I know I will hear What I’ve heard before

My heart will be blessed With the sound of music And I’ll sing once more

WORDS OF WELCOME Welcome to in-person worship at Glenview Community Church! As we work to keep one another safe during the pandemic, please maintain a distance of six feet from people not in your household, sit only with people in your household or Covid bubble, wear a mask covering your nose and mouth at all times (except when receiving the elements of Communion), speak and sing in a whisper with your mask on, don’t touch anything unnecessarily, and wait for an usher to dismiss you at the end of the service. Thank you for expressing God’s love by practicing these precautions!

THE EASTER GOOD NEWS Leader: Christ is risen! All: Christ is risen, indeed! Alleluia!

DREAM

INTRODUCTION TO THE JOURNEY

SONG When You Wish Upon a Star / Please join in singing the second time through. --from Pinocchio When you wish upon a star Tricia Melzer-Swaydrak, vocalist Makes no difference who you are Anything your heart desires Will come to you If your heart is in your dream No request is too extreme When you wish upon a star As dreamers do

Fate is kind She brings to those who love The sweet fulfillment of their secret longing

Like a bolt out of the blue Fate steps in and sees you through When you wish upon a star Your dreams come true PRAYING FOR GOD TO BE WITH US (in unison) God of Easter Joy, teach us to dream great big dreams today. We’ll Wish Upon a Star and set sail on whose current flows toward Your light. Nurture us and make us grow. Spin the Windmills of Our Minds so that we will understand Your will more fully, and always support us and lift us with Your Wind Beneath our Wings. With Your presence in our lives and unfailing cour- age, We Will . And, with the love of Jesus overflowing in us,Our Hearts Will Go On. Yet, sometimes we’re so weighed down by the cares of this world that we can’t see Your promise. When the storms of life get us down, inspire us to Sing in the Rain, and to find the Rainbow Con- nection that renews lovers and dreamers with the glory of Your grace. God of Easter Joy, set our spirits free to celebrate with our risen Christ! Yes, Let’s Go Fly a Kite! And, on the strings of our kites, let us soar up to the clouds and bring heaven’s hope down to earth so that the victory of love in Jesus will be perfect peace. May It Be. May It Be! Amen!

SONG Moon River / Moon river, wider than a mile --from Breakfast at Tiffany’s I’m crossing you in style some day Cordell Cooper, vocalist Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker Wherever you’re goin’, I’m goin’ your way

Two drifters, off to see the world There’s such a lot of world to see We’re after the same rainbow’s end, waitin’ ‘round the bend My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me

Moon river, wider than a mile I’m crossin’ you in style some day Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker Wherever you’re goin’, I’m goin’ your way

Two drifters, off to see the world There’s such a lot of world to see We’re after that same rainbow’s end, waitin’ ‘round the bend My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me

SCRIPTURE REFLECTION Genesis 28:10-17

GROW

SONG Windmills of Your Mind / --from The Thomas Crown Affair Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel Lydia Lane Stout, vocalist Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel Like a snowball down a mountain, or a carnival balloon Like a carousel that’s turning running rings around the moon Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind! Like a tunnel that you follow to a tunnel of its own Down a hollow to a cavern where the sun has never shone Like a door that keeps revolving in a half forgotten dream Or the ripples from a pebble someone tosses in a stream Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind! Keys that jingle in your pocket, words that jangle in your head Why did summer go so quickly, was it something that you said? Lovers walking along a shore and leave their footprints in the sand Is the sound of distant drumming just the fingers of your hand? Pictures hanging in a hallway and the fragment of a song Half remembered names and faces, but to whom do they belong? When you knew that it was over you were suddenly aware That the autumn leaves were turning to the color of her hair! Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel As the images unwind, like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mind!

SCRIPTURE REFLECTION Colossians 3:1-4

SONG / Please join in singing the refrain. --from Beaches Lucinda Fuller, vocalist It must have been cold there in my shadow To never have sunlight on your face You were content to let me shine, that’s your way You always walked a step behind So I was the one with all the glory While you were the one with all the strength A beautiful face without a name for so long A beautiful smile to hide the pain

Did you ever know that you’re my hero And everything I would like to be? I can fly higher than an eagle For you are the wind beneath my wings It might have appeared to go unnoticed But I’ve got it all here in my heart I want you to know I know the truth, of course I know it I would be nothing without you Did you ever know that you’re my hero? You’re everything I wish I could be I could fly higher than an eagle For you are the wind beneath my wings

Thank you, thank you Thank God for you, the wind beneath my wings

PERSEVERE

SCRIPTURE REFLECTION Philippians 3:13-14, I Corinthians 13:13

SONG I Can Go the Distance /David Zippel I have often dreamed of a far off place --from Where a hero’s welcome would be waiting for me Cordell Cooper, vocalist Where the crowds would cheer, when they see my face And a voice keeps saying this is where I’m meant to be I’ll be there someday, I can go the distance I will find my way if I can be strong I know every mile would be worth my while When I go the distance, I’ll be right where I belong Down an unknown road to embrace my fate Though that road may wander, it will lead me to you And a thousand years would be worth the wait It might take a lifetime but somehow I’ll see it through And I won’t look back, I can go the distance And I’ll stay on track, no I won’t accept defeat It’s an uphill slope But I won’t loose hope, ‘till I go the distance And my journey is complete, oh yeah But to look beyond the glory is the hardest part For a hero’s strength is measured by his heart, oh Like a shooting star, I will go the distance I will search the world, I will face its harms I don’t care how far, I can go the distance ‘Till I find my hero’s welcome waiting in your arms I will search the world, I will face its harms ‘Till I find my hero’s welcome waiting in your arms

COMING TO GOD IN PRAYER AND PRAYING OUR LORD’S PRAYER 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, for ever. Amen SONG Every night in my dreams --from I see you, I feel you Tricia Melzer-Swaydrak, vocalist That is how I know you go on Far across the distance And spaces between us You have come to show you go on Near, far, wherever you are I believe that the heart does go on Once more, you open the door And you’re here in my heart And my heart will go on and on Love can touch us one time And last for a lifetime And never let go ‘til we’re gone Love was when I loved you One true time I’d hold to In my life, we’ll always go on Near, far, wherever you are I believe that the heart does go on (why does the heart go on?) Once more, you open the door And you’re here in my heart And my heart will go on and on You’re here, there’s nothing I fear And I know that my heart will go on We’ll stay forever this way You are safe in my heart and My heart will go on and on

TRANSFORM

SCRIPTURE REFLECTION I Corinthians 15:51-54, 57

GIVING BACK TO GOD Offering Sentences Offering in Music Rainbow Connection Paul Williams Please join in singing the refrain. --from The Muppet Movie Lucinda Fuller and Cordell Cooper, vocalists Why are there so many Songs about rainbows And what’s on the other side? Rainbows are visions But only illusions And rainbows have nothing to hide So we’ve been told and some choose to believe it I know they’re wrong wait and see

Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection The lovers, the dreamers and me

Who said that every wish Would be heard and answered When wished on the morning star? Somebody thought of that And someone believed it Look what it’s done so far What’s so amazing that keeps us stargazing And what do we think we might see?

Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection The lovers, the dreamers and me Prayer CELEBRATE

SONG Singing in the Rain Arthur Freed/Nacio Herb Brown Please join in singing the second time through --from Singing in the Rain Ryan Huebner, Tricia Melzer-Swaydrak, Vivian and Gigi Call, vocalists I’m singing in the rain, just singin’ in the rain What a glorious feeling, I’m happy again I’m laughing at clouds so dark up above The sun’s in my heart and I’m ready for love Let the stormy clouds chase everyone from the place Come on with the rain, I’ve a smile on my face I walk down the lane with a happy refrain Just singin’, singin’ in the rain Dancing in the rain, da da da da da da da I’m happy again I’m singin’ and dancing in the rain I’m dancing and singin’ in the rain

SCRIPTURE REFLECTION Philippians 4:4-7

SONG Let’s Go Fly a Kite Please join in singing the refrain. Richard and Robert Sherman –from Ryan Huebner, Tricia Melzer-Swaydrak, Vivian and Gigi Call, vocalists With tuppence for paper and strings You can have your own set of wings With your feet on the ground You’re a bird in flight With your fist holding tight To the string of your kite

Oh, oh, oh! Let’s go fly a kite Up to the highest height! Let’s go fly a kite and send it soaring Up through the atmosphere Up where the air is clear Oh, let’s go fly a kite!

When you send it flyin’ up there All at once you’re lighter than air You can dance on the breeze Over houses and trees With your fist holding tight To the string of your kite

Oh, oh, oh! Let’s go fly a kite Up to the highest height! Let’s go fly a kite and send it soaring Up through the atmosphere Up where the air is clear Oh, let’s go fly a kite!

BLESSING

BLESSED TO BE GOD’S BLESSING IN THE WORLD SONG May It Be Enya/Nicky Ryan May it be, an evening star --from Lord of the Rings Shines down upon you Lydia Lane Stout, vocalist May it be, when darkness falls Your heart will be true You walk a lonely road Oh, how far you are from home

Mornië utúlië Believe and you will find your way Mornië alantië A promise lives within you now

May it be, the shadow’s call Will fly away May it be, you journey on To light the day When the night is overcome You may rise to find the sun

Mornië utúlië Believe and you will find your way Mornië alantië A promise lives within you now

MUSIC THAT SENDS US ON GOD’S WAY Fantasia on “Mission Impossible” Paul Ayres

ALTAR FLOWERS: The altar flower this week are donated byMary Beth Amoruso, in memory of her dear mother, Ruth. The rose on the altar today gives thanks to God for the safe arrival of Margot Emilia Zic who was born to Madeline and Dennis Zic, and proud grandparents Emily and Monty Davis, on Palm Sunday, March 28th.

WORSHIP LEADERS Pastors Chuck Mize Elizabeth Hartung Minister for Music Gary Wendt Accordion, Organ and Piano Director of Adult Choirs Guillermo Muñoz Küster Guitar Violin Katherine Hughes Saxophone Kevin Kizer Vocalists Tom Aldrich Lauren Bauerschmidt Vivian and Gigi Call Cordell Cooper Lucinda Fuller Ryan Huebner Karen Ornduff Lydia Lane Stout Ushers Technical Engineers Barry Nelson Mike Lynch Offering Steward Marvin Lutz

MODERATOR Brad Smith [email protected]