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The New Church

(Swedenborgian) Serving the Community Since 1812

Todays Officiant: Grant Odhner

Soloist: Daniel Jones Piano: Earl Buys

The New York New Church 114 East 35th Street, New York, NY Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1478, Murray Hill Station, New York, NY 10156 Phone & Fax: 212-685-8967 Email: swedenborg 1@verizon.net Visit our website: www.newyorknewchurch.org For more information about Swedenborg and the Swedenborgian Church, visit the web site: www.swedenborg.org

And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him
April 10th, 2011

Order of Worship
April 10th 2011

Welcome
Prelude

Opening Hymn: All Glory, Praise and Honor (ALL STAND) Minister opens Word and reads sentence of Scripture ALL KNEEL or BOW HEADS
MINISTER: Come, and let us return to the LORD. PEOPLE: For He has torn, but He will heal us;
He has stricken, but He will bind us up.

MINISTER: After two days He will revive us. PEOPLE: On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.

MINISTER: And we shall know, And we shall follow on to know the LORD. PEOPLE: His going forth is established as the morning. MINISTER: And He will come to us like the rain, PEOPLE: Like the latter rain waters the earth.
Hosea 6:1-3

ALL: Lord, we gather to rejoice in the fulfillment of Your goal: I, if I am

lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself. We rejoice in the sure promise of Your resurrection, and in the faith and hope of Your declarations: All power is given to Me in heaven and on earth, Be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. We pray that we may be part of the joyful multitude who welcome You into their lives. May we know, may we follow on to know You. May You rise with us in each new day

The Minister will introduce a prayer ALL: Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts as we also 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. Amen. Matthew 6: 913 MINISTER: In You, O Lord, I hope; PEOPLE: You will hear, O Lord my God.
(ALL STAND)

Psalm 38: 15

MINISTER: Glory be to the Lord God our Savior Jesus Christ

From 2 Peter 3: 18

PEOPLE: He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the

end, the first and the last Recitation (next page) Hymn: Jesus, Savior, Risen Lord

From Revelation 22: 13

(ALL STAND)

Childrens reading and talk (Lk 19:28-48; 21.37-38)

Musical Interlude

Readings: Zech.14:1-9; AC 1812 Sermon: The Mount of Olives & the Lords Last Week Hymn: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today Prayer and Benediction Closing of the Word Closing Hymn: Roll Out, O Song to God
Postlude

And Jesus called [His disciples] to Himself and said to them, You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.
(Mark 10:42-45)

[Abram] believed in Jehovah. This signifies the Lords faith at that time, which is evident from the very words. It is also evident from the connection of things in the internal sense, which is that while He lived in the world the Lord was in continual combats of temptations, and in continual victories, from a constant inmost confidence and faith that because He was fighting for the salvation of the whole human race from pure love, He could not but conquer. This trust is here meant by believing in Jehovah. From the love from which anyone fights it is known what his faith is. He who fights from any other love than love toward the neighbor and toward the Lords kingdom, does not fight from faith, that is, does not believe in Jehovah, but he believes in that which he loves, for the love itself for which he fights is his faith. For example: he who fights from the love of becoming the greatest in heaven, does not believe in Jehovah, but rather in himself. For to desire to become the greatest is to desire to command others, thus he fights for command; and so in all other cases. And thus from the love itself from which anyone fights, it may be known what his faith is. But in all His combats of temptations the Lord never fought from the love of self, or for Himself, but for all in the universe, consequently, not that He might become the greatest in heaven, for this is contrary to the Divine Love, and scarcely even that He might be the least; but only that all others might become something, and be saved. As He also says in Mark: The two sons of Zebedee said, Grant to us that we may sit, one on Your right hand, and the other on Your left, in Your glory. Jesus said, Whoever would be great among you shall be your minister; and whoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all. For the Son of man also did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give His soul a ransom for many. Mark 10:37, 43-45 This is the love, or this is the faith, from which the Lord fought, and which is here meant by believing in Jehovah. . (Arcana Caelestia 1812)