*Recessional Hymn 757 (verses 1-3)
Today We All Are Called to Be Disciples . . . . . . . . kingsfold
*Benediction
*Benediction Response 757 (verse 4)
Today We All Are Called to Be Disciples . . . . . . kingsfold
May we in service to our God
act out the living word,
and walk the road the saints have trod
till all have seen and heard.
As stewards of the earth may we
give thanks in one accord
to God who calls us all to be
disciples of the Lord.
*Postlude
Fanfare�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������W. Mathias
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The Worship Service
Leading Worship this Morning
Bob Henderson, senior minister
Evan Amo, pastoral resident
Joan Watson, associate minister
Rob Dicks, assistant director of traditional music
Ben Unger, carillonneur
Pat Springs, usher team leader
The Wingate University Singers
Under the direction of Dr. Kenney Potter, this eclectic, talented
group of musicians are as equally impressive in their performances as
they are in their studies. The group has performed in venues as far as
Europe and Africa. Today we are pleased to welcome these students to
Covenant.
Welcome to Covenant
Join us for fellowship and refreshments in the Circle, where today’s preaching
minister will be glad to greet you. You also may learn more about our life
of faith together at our website or on Facebook.
Interested in joining Covenant? We welcome new members every Sunday
at 10:30 a.m. in the Parlor, located downstairs in the Sanctuary building.
We also welcome new members on the 4th Sunday of each month in the
Fellowship Hall Library at 12 p.m.
We offer education and fellowship opportunities in the mornings and
evenings for children, youth and adults in the Education Wing and
Fellowship Hall. Please see the digital signs for details.
Covenant expects and gladly welcomes many first-time and repeat visitors.
By introducing yourself and sharing a warm greeting, you express the
hospitality of our congregation. Please share a smile and welcoming word
with those around you.
Congregational Notes (as of April 27)
Welcome
Join us in welcoming Lori Collins, Holly Crawford and Evelyn Henson
into our church family
Baptism Today (8:45 Chapel)
Daniel David Barchi,
son of Cindy and Brian Graybeal
In Need of Healing Prayer
Carlyle Hill
Roy Joslin
Helen King
Katherine Lawson
Arthur Morehead
Caroline Jane Peterson
John Ramsey
Amy Sullivan
Bob Taylor
To the Greater Glory of God
A Service of Worship
Sunday, April 30, 2017
11 a.m.
Sanctuary
Audio and Visuals
Jacob Crain (projections & video), Dave Welchman (audio)
Leading Other Services
Jen Christianson, pastoral resident
Daniel Heath, contemporary worship leader
Note to Parents: During the school year, Sunday School is offered in
the Education Wing for preschool and elementary aged children at
9:30 a.m. Child care will be offered on the First Floor during 11 a.m.
services; elementary aged children may go to the Kindergarten room
(EW120).
This worship service is being streamed via the Internet and video recorded for online viewing.
If you would not like to keep this bulletin, please recycle it in the bins located in the narthex.
presbyterian church
1000 E. Morehead Street • Charlotte, North Carolina, 28204 • 704.333.9071
www.covenantpresby.org
Covenant Presbyterian is a dynamic Christian community
that gladly invites all people into a transformational experience
of faith; boldly proclaims the gospel, bravely works toward a
whole and just world, and passionately nurtures discipleship.
 Large print bulletins with hymns 
are available from the ushers.
A Service for the Worship of God
Sunday, April 30, 2017
11 a.m.
Welcome to Covenant; we are glad you are here.
Children are always welcome in worship. Child care and children's
programs (ages 6 weeks to fifth grade) are offered in the Education Wing.
Infant soothing rooms with live video of the worship service are
available in the balcony and parlor. See an usher for assistance.
Prelude
Let My Love Be Heard����������������������������������������������������������� J. Runestad
Angel Band���������������������������������������������������������������������������S. Kirchner
Alleluia ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� I. Antognini
~ Wingate University Singers ~
*Doxology ������������������������������������������������������ LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Anthem
Prayer�������������������������������������������������������������������������������� R. Clausen
Help me spread Your fragrance wherever I go.
Flood my soul with Your spirit and life.
Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly
that my life may be only a radiance of Yours.
Shine through me, and be so in me
that every soul I know will feel Your presence in my soul.
Let them look up and see no longer me, but only You. Amen.
~ Wingate University Singers ~
Prayer for Illumination
Sermon
An Inconvenient Truth���������������������������������������� Bob Henderson
Call to Confession
*Hymn of Response 211
Hear, O Lord, My Plea for Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHARLESTOWN
You call, but we have not listened.
We walk away from neighbors in need,
wrapped in our own concerns.
We condone, when it suits our purposes,
what you clearly condemn.
God of grace, help us to admit our sin,
so that as you come to us in mercy,
we may repent, turn to you, and receive forgiveness;
through Jesus Christ our Redeemer.
Congregational Response (Choir and Congregation)
Take, O take me as I am.
Summon out what I shall be.
Set your seal upon my heart and live in me.
Assurance of Pardon
For thine is the kingdom and the power
and the glory, forever. Amen.
(Text by Mother Theresa)
*Processional Hymn 402
How Lovely, Lord�����������������������������������������������������������������MERLE’S TUNE
Almighty God,
You love us, but we have not loved you.
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.
Time with Young Disciples
Scripture Readings
Genesis 2:15-17 ������������������������������������������� Old Testament, p. 2
Corporate Prayer of Confession
Prayers of the People & 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.
*Passing of the Peace
*Prayer of Adoration
Silent Prayer
Congregational Life & Concerns
*Congregational Response
Gloria Patri�������������������������������������������������������������� GREATOREX
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be.
World without end. Amen. Amen.
*Affirmation of Faith�������������������� from A Declaration of Faith
God created human beings with a need for community
and with freedom to enter into it
by responding to their Maker with grateful obedience
and to one another with love and helpfulness.
We believe that we have been created
to relate to God and each other
in freedom and responsibility.
We may misuse our freedom and deny our responsibility
by trying to live without God and other people
or against God and other people.
Yet we are still bound to them for our life and well-being,
and intended for free and responsible fellowship with them.
Since every human being is made
for communion with God and others,
we must treat no one with contempt.
We are to respect and love all other people
and ourselves as well.
* You are invited to rise in body or spirit
The story goes that
Josiah Alwood, a
revivalist preacher,
saw a rainbow set
against a faraway
cloud in the night
sky. He woke
the next morning
so moved by the
memory of that
sight that he began
to pluck out the
tune that would
become the hymn,
“The Unclouded
Day.” Shawn
Kirchner’s choral
setting preserves the
revivalist character
while creating new
textures that bring
the song to its joyful
conclusion.
Offering & Offertory Anthem
The Unclouded Day������������������������������������������������S. Kirchner
O they tell me of a home far beyond the skies.
They tell me of a home far away;
O they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise,
O they tell me of an unclouded day.
O the land of cloudless day,
O the land of an unclouded day,
O they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise,
O they tell me of an unclouded day.
O they tell me of a home where my friends have gone,
O they tell me of that land far away.
Where the tree of life in eternal bloom
sheds its fragrance through the unclouded day.
O the land of cloudless day,
O the land of an unclouded day,
O they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise,
O they tell me of an unclouded day.
O they tell me of a King in His beauty there,
and they tell me that mine eyes shall behold
where He sits on the throne that is whiter than snow,
in the city that is made of gold.
O the land of cloudless day,
O the land of an unclouded day,
O they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise,
O they tell me of an unclouded day.
~ Wingate University Singers ~
*Congregational Response 394
Christ is Made the Sure Foundation������� westminster Abbey
Laud and honor to the Father,
laud and honor to the Son,
laud and honor to the Spirit,
ever three and ever one:
one in might and one in glory
while unending ages run!
*Prayer of Dedication