Order of Service
Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church
Sunday, May 5, 2024 - 11:00 AM
Communion Sunday
Preacher: Rev. Carlos D. Bounds, Senior Pastor
Worship Leader: Evangelist Pamela Davenport
Musical Prelude
Brother Oscar Williams
Opening Words
“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it!”
Call to Worship
Minister: I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord, our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
People: For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Minister: Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good.
People: Those that be planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Minister: Blessed are they that dwell in thy house. Lord, I have loved Your habitation, the place where Your honor dwelleth.
People: For the Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before Him.
Minister: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my Redeemer.
People: O sing unto the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth, sing praises.
Prayer:
Lic. Charles Lett Jr.
Hymn of Praise:
Mass Choir
Welcome:
Sister Lori Henry
Benevolent Offering:
Scriptures:
Old Testament: Isaiah 53:1-12
New Testament: Luke 22:14-20
This is the word of the Lord – Thanks be to God.
Words from Our Pastor
Tithes and Offering
Offertory:
“All things come of Thee O Lord; and of thine own have we given thee. Amen”
(Something to Ponder-Dr. Paulette Jones)
Sermonic Selection
Sermon: Pastor Carlos D. Bounds
Invitation to Christian Discipleship: Pastor Bounds
Closing Altar Prayer
Benediction
WORSHIP GUIDE
THE ORDER OF WORSHIP
Prayer and Praise
*The Doxology
*The Call to Worship
*The Opening Hymn
**The Invocation
**The Choral Response
The Ministry of Music
**The Scripture Lesson
*The Introit to the Decalogue (First Sunday)
*The Abridged Decalogue (First Sunday)
*The Gloria Patri
Announcements
Acknowledgement of Visitors
The Pastor's Words
The Altar Call
The Ministry of Music
The Sermon
***The Invitation to Christian Discipleship
The Ministry of Giving (Tithes, Mission, Benevolent, YPD)
**Holy Communion (First Sunday)
*The Affirmation of Faith
*The Doxology
*The Benediction
*Congregation Please Stand
**No Entering or Exiting the Church
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Minister: I was glad when they said to me, let us go into the house of the Lord, our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem!
People: For a day in (thy) your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Minister: Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good.
People: Those that be planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Minister: Blessed are they that dwell in thy house. Lord, I have loved Your habitation, the place where Your honor dwelleth.
People: For the Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before Him.
Minister: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my Redeemer.
People: O sing unto the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth, sing praises.
THE DECALOGUE
The Introit to the Decalogue
"From all that dwell below the skies, Let thy Creator's praise arise; Let thy Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land by every tongue."
The Abridged Decalogue
Minister: And God spoke all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
People: (singing) Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law. Nearer my God to thee, nearer to thee, E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me; Still all my song shall be. Nearer my God to thee, Nearer, my God to thee, nearer to thee.
Minister: Hear what Christ our Savior saith. Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it: Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments, hang all the law and the prophets.
THE GLORIA PATRI
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
THE 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.
THE AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
APOSTLE'S CREED
I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only son our Lord who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead; and buried. The third day he arose from the dead' he ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father, Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Church Universal, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. Amen.
