Prelude: “Peace Be with You” by Franz Schubert
Welcome and Announcements: Richard Freeman
Call to Worship
Hymn: “Wonderful Peace”
- Coming to Jesus my Savior, I found Wonderful peace,
wonderful peace! Storms in their fury may rage all around;
I have peace, sweet peace.
Refrain:
I have peace, wonderful peace; Peace, peace, glorious peace;
Since my Redeemer has ransomed my soul I have peace,
sweet peace.
- Peace like a river so deep and so broad, Wonderful
peace, wonderful peace! Resting my soul on the bosom of God,
I have peace, sweet peace. [Refrain] -
Peace like a holy and infinite calm,Wonderful peace,
wonderful peace, Like to the strains of an evening
psalm, I have peace, sweet peace. [Refrain] -
Gone is the battle that once raged within, Wonderful
peace, wonderful peace; Jesus has saved me and cleansed me
from sin; I have peace, sweet peace. [Refrain]
Invocation
Moments of Prayer
Worship Through Giving
Offertory Duet: Rev. Dr. Adelard Everton and Richard Freeman “Amazing Grace” lyrics by John Newton
Scripture: John 20:19-31
Sermon: “Peace Be Unto You” by Rev. Dr. Adelard “Al” Everton
Hymn: “A Charge to Keep I Have”
- A charge to keep I have, A God to glorify,
A never-dying soul to save, And fit it for the sky. -
To serve the present age, My calling to fulfill:
Oh, may it all my pow’rs engage To do my Master’s will! -
Arm me with jealous care, As in Thy sight to live;
And O Thy servant, Lord, prepare A strict account to give! -
Help me to watch and pray, And on Thyself rely,
Assured, if I my trust betray, I shall forever die
Benediction
Postlude: “Postlude in A Minor” by Adolf Hesse, arranged by George Blake
Organist: Marilyn Glover
Rev. Adelard “Al” Everton was born in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, the youngest in a family of seventeen children. He felt called to the ministry as a teen and after serving in the US Army, he attended college, and then seminary. Rev. Everton then received his doctorate from Andover Newton. During his career, he was active in the Judson Association, having served as Moderator. Rev. Everton is a Fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors. Pastoral counseling was a focus of his career. Also, he taught clinical Pastoral Education to students from various seminaries.