Thank you for joining us for this live stream (or recording, as the case may be) of Sunday worship. May it bless you! You may need to click “Play” to launch the stream, which will be live around 9:50 AM.
Welcome to the live stream of worship from Church of the Holy Cross for Sunday, April 21, 2024. You will find the service outline below, and you may download and print the PDF to follow more easily.
Service of Worship, April 21, 2024
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Rev. Eric S. Anderson, Pastor
WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD
Please note that audio and video of this service are being live streamed on the Internet and will be recorded. The right rear section of the sanctuary will not be captured by any cameras. Please be aware that in other sections you may be visible at times.
Prelude: Simple Gifts Kayleen Yuda
Lighting of the Candles
Ringing of the Bell
Welcome Rev. Eric S. Anderson
* Call to Worship: (based on John 10:11-18) John Narruhn
Leader: Jesus is the Good Shepherd, who lays down his life for the sheep.
People: Some would flee the wolf, leave it to attack the sheep.
Leader: Jesus does not run away because Jesus cares for the sheep.
People: We are grateful for our Good Shepherd who cares for us with all his heart.
Leader: Jesus lays down his life and takes it up again.
People: For our sake Jesus died, and for our sake Jesus lives.
All: Let us worship God!
* Hymn #479: God Is My Shepherd (v. 1-5)
* Invocation: (based on Psalm 23) John Narruhn
Be our good shepherd, O God, giving us green places to live, water to drink, comfort for our souls. Lead us in righteousness through the deepest valleys. We will not fear the shadows, for your protection comforts us. In your generosity you lay an extravagant table before us, anoint us with oil, fill our cup to overflowing. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our lives, and we shall live with you forever. Amen.
Please be seated
WE SHARE THE WORD OF GOD
Anthem: O Jesus, I Have Promised Kayleen Yuda
Time with the Children Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Scripture: 1 John 3:16-24 John Narruhn
We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?
Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God; and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.
And this is his commandment that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us.
Acts 4:5-12
The next day their rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. When they had made the prisonersstand in their midst, they inquired, ‘By what power or by what name did you do this?’ Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, ‘Rulers of the people and elders, if we are questioned today because of a good deed done to someone who was sick and are asked how this man has been healed, let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that this man is standing before you in good health by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead. This Jesusis
“the stone that was rejected by you, the builders;
it has become the cornerstone.”
There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved.’
Sermon: Shepherd’s Cornerstone Rev. Eric S. Anderson
WE RESPOND IN WORD AND DEED
Pastoral Prayer Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Please join me in 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 and ever. Amen
* Hymn #267: Come, O Spirit, Dwell among Us (v. 1-3)
Call to Offering John Narruhn
We have been summoned to love in truth and action, summoned to do so by one who loved us even when threatened with death, one who loved us through death and beyond. Let us praise Christ with our offerings today, presented so that others may also rejoice in God’s mercy. Whether you share your gift here in the church today, through a gift online, or via an envelope in the mail, let the offering now be received.
Offertory: Trusting Thee Kayleen Yuda
* Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise Him all creatures here below
Praise Him above ye heavenly host
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost – Amen
* Offertory Prayer John Narruhn
Accept these gifts, Good Shepherd, Cornerstone, Foundation of our life and faith. Accept these gifts from your grateful people, and may they help others to find their reasons to rejoice. Amen.
* Hymn #252: Savior, like a Shepherd Lead Us (v. 1, 1 Hwn, 2-3)
Please be seated
Announcements Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Benediction Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Postlude: Praises Kayleen Yuda
* Please stand if you are able.
Permissions
Simple Gifts
Gregg Sewell
Streamed by permission ONELICENSE A-735890
God Is My Shepherd
Text from Scottish Psalter, 1650
Adapt. by Lavon Bayler, 1992
Tune BROTHER JAMES’ AIR by James Leith Macbeth Bain
© Oxford University Press
Streamed by permission CCLI License #1595965
O Jesus, I Have Promised
Arthur Henry Mann
Robert W Thygerson
Streamed by permission ONELICENSE A-735890
Come, O Spirit, Dwell among Us
Text by Janie Alford, 1979
© 1979 Hope Publishing Company
Tune EBENEZAR by Thomas J. Williams, 1890
Public Domain
Streamed by permission ONELICENSE A-735890
Trusting Thee
Edward Broughton
Tune: © Lorenz Publishing Company,
a division of The Lorenz Corporation
(Admin. by Music Services)
Savior, like a Shepherd Lead Us
Text attrib. to Dorothy A. Thrupp, first pub. 1836
Hawaiian trans. by Laiana
Tune BRADBURY by William B. Bradbury, 1859
Public Domain
Praises
Dennis Eliot
Tune: © Lorenz Publishing Company,
a division of The Lorenz Corporation
(Admin. by Music Services)
Streamed by permission ONELICENSE A-735890
Aloha Supporters of the Arts
We’re inviting you to attend the upcoming concert series of Big Island Singers. We also would like to ask if you would kindly help us publicize our special community event by sharing this notice with your friends and families.
- Fri 4/26 at 7pm <> CONCERT at Church of the Holy Cross
(440 W. Lanikāula St) - Sat 4/27 at 4pm <> CONCERT at First United Protestant Church
(1350 Waiānuenue Ave) - Sun 4/28 at 4pm <> CONCERT at Episcopal Church of the Holy Apostles
(1407 Kapi’olani St)
Pastor Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Moderator Stefan Tanouye
Lay Reader John Narruhn
Choir Accompanist Kanako Okita
Choir Director Doug Albertson
Organist Kayleen Yuda
Hand Bell Director Anna Kennedy
Chapel Decorations Laura Ota
Projected Imagery Sue Smith
Web Master Ruth Niino-DuPonte
Videographers Eric Tanouye, Eli Yamaki
Ruth Niino-DuPonte, Bob Smith
We welcome you to worship this day. Church of the Holy Cross seeks to help its members, friends, and visitors follow the guidance of God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit, encouraging all people to love one another according to the teachings of Jesus. We live and teach the faith, speak good news, minister to people near and far, and work with other households of faith and helping agencies to improve our community and our world. To support our ministries, please visit our Donate Page.
