Join us on May 14 as the Rev. Mary Council-Austin leads us in worship at 9am In-Person and Live Stream Worship.
Pastor Mary Council-Austin is a retired United Methodist pastor. She served congregations in the Janesville-Beloit area, Fond du Lac, Racine, Neenah, and Milwaukee. Rev. Mary served as the Associate General Secretary for the United Methodist Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church located in Washington, DC, and Director of the Church Center for the United Nations Seminar Learning Programs in New York City. She was appointed a college chaplain at Howard University in Washington, DC. Pastor Mary also served as the Assistant to the President of Marian University for Diversity. Pastor Mary received the Donald G. Jones Annual Leadership Award from the Fond du Lac Area Association of Commerce in 2004.
Born in eastern North Carolina, she is one of ten children born to Revs Charles and Martha Council. Rev. Mary has called Fond du Lac home for many years. Her late husband Clarence Austin spent many years as a Natural Resources Conservation leader across Wisconsin and the Midwest. Rev Mary has enjoyed the fellowship and faith journey with First Presbyterian Church over the years.
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Scripture Lessons:
Epistle Reading: I Peter 3: 13-22
New Testament: John 14: 15-21
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“I Will Not Leave You”
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“I Will Not Leave You”
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“Grace, Forgiveness, Nature”
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Scripture: New Revised Standard Version
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GTG = Glory to God Hymnal
PH = Presbyterian Hymnal
Sermon: “I Will Not Leave You” Rev. Mary Council-Austin
Children’s Time: Jennifer Zander
Liturgist: Lew Smith
Cantor: Laurie Christie
Organist/Pianist: Kris Bartelt
Prelude: “Ellacombe”
arr. by John A. Behnke
from “The Creative Organist”
Copyright © 1993 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream IL 60188
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Arr. by Michael Burkhardt
from “5 Lenten Hymn Improvisations”
Hosanna, Loud Hosanna
Copyright © 1990 Morning Star Music Publishers
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Sung Response: GTG 32 “I Sing the Mighty Power of God”
TEXT: Isaac Watts, 1715, alt.
MUSIC (ELLACOMBE, CMD): Gesangbuch der Herzogl.
Wirtembergischen Katholischen Hofkapelle, 1784; alt. 1868
PH 577 “Glory Be to the Father”
Text: Gloria Patri
Contributors: Avery & Marsh
Text: © 1967, Hope Publishing Company
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Sung Response: GTG 693 “The Gift of Love“
TEXT: Hal H. Hopson, 1972; © 1972 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved.
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MUSIC (GIFT OF LOVE, LM): English folk melody; adapt. Hal H. Hopson, 1972; © 1972 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by Permission.
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Offering: “The Gift of Love” arr. by John Carter
From “Today’s hymns and songs for organ”
copyright © 1972, 1995 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188
Offertory PH 592 “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow”
TEXT: Thomas Ken, 1695, 1709
MUSIC (OLD HUNDREDTH, LM): Genevan Psalter, 1551
Poem: The Wide Spectrum of Mothering by Amy Young
http://messymiddle.com read by A.J. Larson
Sung Response GTG 643 “Now Thank We All Our God”TEXT: Martin Rinkart, c. 1636; trans. Catherine Winkworth, 1858, alt.
MUSIC (NUN DANKET ALLE GOTT 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6): Johann Crüger, 1647; harm. Felix Mendelssohn, 1840
Closing Refrain PH 537 “Shalom, Chaverim!
Text and music: Israeli round
Postlude “Nun danket alle Gott” arr. by Georg Friedrich Kaufmann
from “80 Chorale Preludes”
German Masters of the17th and 18th Centuries
Copyright © 1937 by C.F. Peters.
Copyright assigned in 1951 to C.F. Peters Corporation, New York
