Weekly Bulletin April 9, 2023
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF TOULON
April 9, 2023 - Easter Sunday
(*indicates to stand if able)
PRELUDE – Congregational Keyboards
CALL TO WORSHIP
*HYMN – “Up From the Grave He Arose” No. 207
*INVOCATION
ANNOUNCEMENTS, JOYS AND CONCERNS
PRAYER
LORD’S PRAYER
*GLORIA PATRI No. 558
*THE PEACE
CHOIR
CHILDREN’S TIME
WORSHIPPING THROUGH GIVING
Offering
*DOXOLOGY No. 563
*0FFERING PRAYER
*HYMN OF PREPARATION – “He Lives,” No. 206
SCRIPTURE READING – Matthew 28: 1-10
SERMON – Michelle West, “Rise Up and Roll That Stone Away!”
TIME OF QUIETNESS and PRAYER
INVITATION TO COMMUNION
*CLOSING HYMN – “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today,” No. 196
*BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
UPCOMING EVENTS
Wednesday, 6:30 PM – Choir Practice
April 11, 7:00 PM, Trustees
Next Sunday, Congo Café
April 17, 9:00 AM, Deacons
April 19, Deadline to register for the NACCC Annual Meeting
May 7, 3:00 PM - Stark County High School Baccalaureate here
Please take home your Easter Lilies today and help yourselves to the marigolds!
Prayer Requests:
Please pass along your prayer requests to a member of the Deacons; Pam Sprout, Mary Hawk, or Janet Wilkinson
· Ed and Marie Smith
· Dave & Lynne Roark
· Jane Heaton
· Bob & Judy Beamer
· Jack Pace (Pam Sprout’s brother)
· Trish Singleton
· Heather West-Kimberlin (Michelle’s sister)
· Ivan Donner
Missions for April:
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
Focused Mission for April
Stark County Food Pantry – breakfast cereal
Altar Flowers
The flowers on the altar were presented by Michelle West in memory of her son, Austin Wineland.
Youth Programming
Summer Camp scholarships will be available to FCC families for Menno Haven Camp in Tiskilwa. Please check the camp schedule at their website, mennohaven.com or ask a deacon for more information.