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Pastor..................................................... Reverend Carol Asher Home Phone: 744-7864 E-mail: clsasher2@aol.com Ministers.............................................................. All Members Director of Music............................................ Secretary............................................................. Diane Lamper Ukama/Partner........ |
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This Week in Our Church Family
Boldface = Church-sponsored events
Sunday (1/17) 10:00 am Worship and
11:00 am Fellowship and Refreshments in Gilpatric Hall
11:23 am
Monday (1/18) 8:00 am T’ai Chi
Tuesday (1/19) 7:30 am Spirituality
5:30-6:30 pm
5:45 pm Deacons
7:00 pm Cabinet
Wed. (1/20)
Thursday (1/21) 6:30 pm T’ai Chi
Friday (1/22)
Saturday (1/23)
Sunday (1/24) 10:00 am Worship and
11:00 am Fellowship and Refreshments in Gilpatric Hall
Thank You to Today’s Volunteers
Ushers: | Kent & Mary Alice Warner | Nursery Care: | Gabby Smith |
Liturgist: | Dave Sias | Greeters: | Laurie Burke & Rachelle Smith |
Acolytes: | Ben Crosby & Hannah Crosby | Fellowship Hosts: | Pat Thomas |
January 17, 2010 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday
Large print bulletins available—please ask an usher.
An asterisk (*) indicates “Please stand if you are able.”
Gathering for Worship
PRELUDE “Canzona In D Minor” Bach
IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH (announcements)
PREPARING THE WAY
(Children will leave to go to their classes at this time.)
Entering into Worship
CHORAL INTROIT
RESPONSIVE CALL TO WORSHIP
L: Out of the fullness of the lives that God has given us we have come to worship and to praise.
P: With thanks we offer to God the creativity of our minds, the warmth of our hearts, and the joy of our spirits.
L: We love because God has first loved us, freeing us from the power of sin and death.
P: With glad hearts let us join together in singing praise to God and in gathering strength and direction for our journey.
*OPENING HYMN “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” Hymn #25
*GATHERING PRAYER (in unison)
We continually live in your wonderful world, Gracious God, ruled by your loving presence... and yet we pray for your presence here and now as if it were not already a reality. In our Christian journey together, break open our hearts and our lives so that we will feel you and know you more closely. Fill us with the courage to say “I believe” and then to live out that conviction in all our serving and giving. Invade us and conquer us with your love, made real and visible for us in Jesus Christ who taught us to pray, saying: “Our Father...”
*LORD’S PRAYER (using “debts”)
*PASSING OF THE PEACE
*HYMN “We Give Thee But Thine Own” Hymn #382
A Time of Sharing
THOUGHTS ON GIVING
PRAYER JOYS AND CONCERNS
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate; our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond all measure. (Marianne Williamson)
ANTHEM “O Sing Unto The Lord” Mengel
CALL TO PRAYER
“Hear our prayer, O Lord. Hear our prayer, O Lord.
Incline thine ear to us, and grant us thy peace.”
PASTORAL PRAYER
CHORAL RESPONSE
MOMENT FOR
OFFERING (Please hold your pledge cards at this time;
they will be received at the end of the service.)
Organ Offertory “Here O Lord, Your Servants Gather” Koizumi
*Doxology (sung by the people)
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise God, all creatures here below,
Praise God, above, ye heavenly host,
Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost. Amen
*Prayer of Dedication
Reflecting on God’s Word
SCRIPTURE Joshua 24: 1-7 14-18 p. 215 OT
SERMON “Risky Business”
“Choose for yourselves today whom you will serve…
as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.” (Joshua 24: 15)
Sending
*CLOSING HYMN “Take My Gifts” (different tune) Hymn #381
*DEDICATION OF OUR PLEDGES
*BENEDICTION
ORGAN POSTLUDE “God, The Almighty” Davidson
Only God Is Able (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
There is so much frustration in the world because we have relied on gods rather than God. We have genuflected before the god of science only to find that it has given us the atomic bomb.... We have worshipped the god of pleasure only to discover that thrills play out and sensations are short-lived. We have bowed before the god of money only to learn that there are such things as love and friendship that money cannot buy and that, in a world of possible depressions, stock market crashes and bad business investments, money is a rather uncertain deity. These transitory gods are not able to save or bring happiness to the human heart. Only God is able. It is faith we must rediscover.
This Is the Dream! (Martin Luther King, Jr. AFL-CIO Convention, December 1961)
I look forward confidentially to the day when all who work for a living will be one with no thought of their separateness as Negroes, Jews, Italians or any other distinctions. This will be the day when we bring into full realization the American dream—a dream yet unfulfilled.
A dream of equality of opportunity, of privilege and property widely distributed;
A dream of a land where [people] will not take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few;
A dream of a land where [people] will not argue that the color of a [person’s] skin determines the content of his/her character;
A dream of a nation where all our gifts and resources are held not for ourselves alone, but as instruments of service for the rest of humanity;
The dream of a country where every [individual] will respect the dignity of the human personality.
This is the dream!
To Help You Dream
1. What will make me happy?
2. What messages from my childhood keep me from thinking big?
3. How do other people’s opinions and prejudices keep me from dreaming my own dreams?
4. Do I spend too much of my time with negative people?
5. Do I think negative thoughts more often than positive thoughts?
6. Am I giving myself a chance in new arenas? What have I never tried that I might enjoy?
7. What am I doing today to expand my horizons?
8. Am I questioning the “givens” of my life?
9. Do I have a mental image of what I’d like to be?
10. How would I live my life if I knew I could not fail?
Can I increase my pledge this year?
A young Christian stockbroker in
She went on the say that a small voice comes to her and says, “Go ahead, do it. Give it. The strength you need will be there. It’s already inside you.” So, she says she increases her giving each year as an act of faith, and she has always been able to meet her commitment. Her giving is a positive demonstration of her faith, and her faith illumines her whole life.
I’m glad our church needs money!
I am glad that our church needs money! I am glad that we continue to ask people to give and give and give. If we did not, it would mean that we were not supporting missionaries and preaching the gospel in many places in this country and around the world. It would mean that we had no missionary zeal.
I am glad that our church needs money! If it did not, it would mean that it was not doing anything to support the homeless, the helpless and the needy in our community. It would mean that we had no compassion.
I am glad that our church needs money! If it did not, it would mean that it was not interested in extending into other areas of needed service. It would mean that we had no vision.
I am glad that our church needs money! If it did not, it would mean that it was not interested in providing wholesome activities. It would mean that we had no concern.
I am glad that our church needs money! If it did not, it would mean that it was not expanding its outreach. It would mean that we had no evangelism.
I am glad that our church needs money! If it did not, it would mean that it was not interested in teaching children in their impressionable, formative years. It would mean that we had no future.
Yes, I am glad that this church needs money! The fact it does mean that it has not forfeited its zeal, compassion, expansion, vision, concern, evangelism, or future. Our church needs the gifts that each of us can give and I am glad for that. I would not want to be a member of any other kind of church.
“Anyone who is in Christ is a new creation. Everything old has passed away. See, all things have been made new!” 2 Corinthians 5:17
This verse is for you to think about and learn. Adults, please help your smaller children learn the part that is bolded.
Announcements
Welcome
Warm greetings to all! We gather to say with the psalmist: “O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is thy name in all the earth!” (Psalm 8:1) and to praise the loving Creator of us all. Be glad and rejoice. We are in God’s house and all are accepted and welcomed. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Soup Kitchen
On Tuesday, January 19th, we will take our turn preparing, setting up, serving and cleaning up at the Soup Kitchen. This is a great opportunity to see the wonderful ministry that “happens” in Gilpatric Hall each week. Check with Ellen Weeks to help in the kitchen and with Mary Alice Warner for other tasks.
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Christmas Fund
THE CHRISTMAS FUND benefits those who have served the church as professional leaders. This offering provides bonus checks at Christmas-time, emergency grants for crises faced by low-income clergy and widowed spouses, and supplements small pensions and health-plan costs for clergy in need; church leaders with no expectations of growth in earning power are able to cope, with your help. Our January mission is THE CHRISTMAS FUND. Please say “thank you” to those professional leaders who have served us well in the past and share some of your blessings by contributing generously to the CHRISTMAS FUND. God is still speaking (through you!)
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Disaster Relief
Money from the interdenominational offering One Great Hour of Sharing has already been sent to
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Fund-raiser at Fishing
The youth will be selling “hot stuff” (hot coffee, hot chocolate and hot dogs) near the
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Godspell
This musical retelling of Luke’s gospel will be presented at PSU. If we have a group of 15 or more, tickets are $16. Anyone interested in attending the performance on Friday, January 29th at 7 PM, please tell Pastor Carol or contact the church office.
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Blood Drive
We will again sponsor the
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Souper Bowl—a small way to make a big difference
Twenty years ago, a youth group in NC realized that much food was enjoyed by those watching the Super Bowl game… yet MANY people didn’t have even a bowl of soup to eat. These youth have continued to challenge churches all over the country to give one food item and one dollar on Super Bowl Sunday (February 7th) to be given to a local food pantry.