Service at Carillon Assisted Living on September 8Th

SERVICE AT CARILLON ASSISTED LIVING

ON APRIL 12th

1.) Meet & Greet – Welcome each other and let them know we are happy that they came.

2.) Prayer – Pray for God’s presence during our service, blessing on those who live there and their families, those who work there, and those who visit there. Ask for physical, spiritual, and emotional healing.

3.) Hymns / Songs – from Sonshine Society Songbook, Victory Edition

# 77– Jesus Paid It All

#39 – The Old Rugged Cross

#16 – He Lives

#30 – At The Cross

4.) Read Easter Sunday Scripture: Matthew 28:1-8

5.) If You’re Happy And You Know It

6.) #12 – When I Survey The Wondrous Cross including Hymn History - http://www.faithfulfriends.org/survey.doc

# A – Victory in Jesus

7.) Join hands for Lord’s Prayer

8.) Benediction- Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Jude 1:24,25

9.) Goodbye until next time. Tell your neighbor “God loves them and so do I!”

Isaac Watts wrote "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" in preparation for a communion service in 1707. Originally, the hymn was named "Crucifixion to the World by the Cross of Christ," following the practice of the day to summarize a hymn's theme in the title. It was first published in 1707 in Watt's collection Hymns and Spiritual Songs.

Watts wrote five stanzas for the original version of "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross." However, he put his fourth stanza in brackets, indicating it was the most likely one to be left out, if need be:

"His dying crimson, like a robe,
Spreads o'er His body on the tree:
Then am I dead to all the globe,
And all the globe is dead to me."

Other alterations have been made to this hymn through the years. For example, line 2 originally read "Young Prince of Glory," but in the second edition of the hymnal, Watts changed it to "When God, the Mighty Maker, died." It has also been "When Christ, the Lord of Glory, died," "When Christ, the Great Redeemer, died," and "When Christ, the Great Creator, died." In the nineteenth century there were numerous collections with extensive alterations to the hymn.

"When I Survey The Wondrous Cross" is considered one of the finest hymns ever written. It's the first known hymn to be written in the first person, introducing a personal religious experience rather than limiting itself to doctrine.

In Watts' day such hymns were termed "hymns of human composure" and they stirred up great controversy. At the time, congregational singing was predominately ponderous repetitions of the Psalms. But this hymn gave Christians of Watts' day a way to express a deeply personal gratitude to their Savior. The well-loved song continues to stir our hearts today.