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May 10, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009 Bulletin
The Order for the Worship of God
Faith Presbyterian Church 9:30 a.m., May 10, 2009
Let the first tone of the organ be a call to quiet meditation in which all may become aware of God’s presence, and lift up a prayer for yourself and for Faith Church.
Hymn Sing Green Supplemental Hymnal
# 93 Create In Me a Clean Heart
# 76 His Name is Wonderful
# 31 Leaning On the Everlasting Arms
# 4 Be Still, My Soul
Welcome and Greeting
Hymn # 246 Come, Thou Almighty King
Psalter: Psalm 139: 1 - 18 NRSV (read responsively)
Bob Verplank
1O Lord, you have searched me and known me.
2You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away.
3You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
4Even before a word is on my tongue, O Lord, you know it completely.
5You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain it.
7Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence?
8If I ascend to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.
9If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
10even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me fast.
11If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light around me become night,”
12even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to you.
13For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well.
15My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16Your eyes beheld my unformed substance. In your book were written all the days that were formed for me, when none of them as yet existed.
17How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
18I try to count them—they are more than the sand; I come to the end—I am still with you.
Prayer for Illumination Bob Verplank
First Lesson: 2 John: 1 - 13 NRSV BobVerplank
1The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth, 2because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever: 3Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, in truth and love. 4I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.
5But now, dear lady, I ask you, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning, let us love one another. 6And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment just as you have heard it from the beginning—you must walk in it.
7Many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh; any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist! 8Be on your guard, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward. 9Everyone who does not abide in the teaching of Christ, but goes beyond it, does not have God; whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
10Do not receive into the house or welcome anyone who comes to you and does not bring this teaching; 11for to welcome is to participate in the evil deeds of such a person.
12Although I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink; instead I hope to come to you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete. 13The children of your elect sister send you their greetings.
Lector: “This is the Word of God.”
Congregation: “Thanks be to God for His Word.”
Anthem A Time for All Things Douglas Wagner
Children’s Sermon
Hymn # 587 O God In Heaven
Second Lesson: Exodus 1: 22 - 2: 10 NRSV
22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every boy that is born to the Hebrews you shall throw into the Nile, but you shall let every girl live.”
1Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. 2The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she hid him three months. 3When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him, and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the river. 4His sister stood at a distance, to see what would happen to him.
5The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her attendants walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid to bring it. 6When she opened it, she saw the child. He was crying, and she took pity on him, “This must be one of the Hebrews’ children,” she said. 7Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” 8Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Yes.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother. 9Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed it. 10When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and she took him as her son. She named him Moses, “because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”
Sermon “The ‘Mothers’ of Moses” Pastor Horner
After the sermon children in grades K-6 may leave for children’s choir
Gathering of Tithes and Offerings
Please sign and pass the register located in the pew.
Offertory I am His And He Is Mine Roy Brunner
Response
Bless the Lord (echo), O my soul (echo),
And all that is within me, Bless his holy name.
He had done great things, He has done great things,
He had done great things, Bless his holy name.
Bless the Lord (echo), O my soul (echo),
And all that is within me, Bless his holy name. s
Prayer of Dedication
Joys and Concerns
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Dessa Shinn, Charley Mather, Margaret List, folk in the military, Jonathan & Ali Nichols (World Concern), Jack & Mary Anne Voelkel (IVCF)
Hymn # 505 For All the Saints
Benediction
Postlude Postlude
Luigi Bottazzo (Italy, 1845 – 1924)
s©Andrae Crouch, 1973, ©1973, Lexicon Music, Inc. CCLI# 387100
* The New Revised Standard Version (Anglicized Edition), copyright 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Worship
…is the quickening of conscience by God’s holiness;
the nourishment of mind with His truth;
the purifying of imagination by His beauty;
the opening of the heart to His love;
the surrender of the will to His purpose;
and all of this gathered up in adoration—
the most selfless emotion of which our nature is capable, and therefore the chief remedy for that self-centeredness which is our original sin and the source of all actual sin.” -William Temple
Welcome
To all who are weary and seek rest; to all who mourn and long for comfort; to all who struggle and desire victory; to all who sin and need a Savior; to all who are idle and look for service; to all who are strangers and want fellowship; to all who hunger and thirst after righteousness; and to whosoever will come--this church opens wide her doors and offers her welcome in the name of Jesus Christ her Lord.
Guests please sign our guest book and join us in the Fellowship Hall after worship.
Babysitting is available during worship for infants up to
2-1/2 years old in the room behind the balcony. Children ages 2-1/2 through 5 will be in the Pre-School Nursery in the Education Wing. School age children worship with their parents.
Announcements
* Ushers this morning are Jerry & Emily Matthews and Tom & Peggy Housley
* Greeters this morning are John & Lola Miller.
* Presbyterian Habitat House - Construction on the Presbyterian Habitat House will begin in August. Most construction days will be on Saturdays, but there will be some week-day construction. The first day will be Friday, August 7. Please contact me (Dan Trinkle) if you are interested in working so I can get a general idea of interest and availability.
* GRADUATES - Do you know of someone connected to our Faith congregation who is graduating this spring? We, here at Faith, want to recognize these significant accomplishments and celebrate with our young friends and family members. Please let me know the names of graduates and the schools from which they will be graduating. Thank you! Lois Wark, 754-1903
* For those wishing a visit at any time by Pastor Horner please be sure you let Stephanie know you are interested. Pastor Horner’s office hours are Monday – Thursday 9:30am – 1:30pm, or by appointment.
* If you need prayer or other help from the church or know of anyone else that does, please call Pastor Horner or one of the elders or deacons.
Hymn Sings in May
On four Sunday mornings in May, starting today, we will begin our Worship service with a Hymn Sing. Usually, members of the Worship and Music Committee take turns choosing hymns, but this time we want to give YOU a chance to let us know which hymns you wan to sing. Your suggestions need to be in the office by WEDNESDAY of each week, so that the Hymn Sing leader can incorporate them, and so that the Hymn numbers can be printed in the bulletin. Of course you may suggest songs from both hymn books.
We look forward to your participation.
Weekly Calendar for May 10, 2009
Today:
9:30 a.m. Worship
11:00 a.m. Sunday School
1:30 p.m. Tippecanoe Villa worship
3:00 p.m. Friendship House worship
6:00 p.m. Youth
This Week:
Tues., 9:30 a.m. Women’s Bible study (studying Proverbs)
Tues., 7:00 p.m. Boy Scout Troop 338
Tues., 7:30 p.m. Bible study at Tippecanoe Co. Jail
Wed., 7:00 a.m. Morning Prayers & Breakfast (Nancy Moore)
Wed., 6:30 p.m. Adult Choir
Thurs., 7:00 p.m. Bible study at the Horner’s
Fri., 6:30 p.m. Cub Scouts
Coming Weeks:
June 8 – June 12 Vacation Bible School
BRIDAL SHOWER IN HONOR OF ELIZABETH GOODRICH TO BE HELD ON,SUNDAY, MAY 10TH AT 2PM (That's TODAY) AT THE STEWART'S, 1015 WINDWOOD LANE Ladies are encouraged to dress in Caribbean casual. Please see Jane Stewart, Jan Hem, Nancy Moore or Mary Lou Varys for details...Arghhh.
Notice: For those of you who took flowers and vases home to enjoy after the Easter Brunch the Fellowship Committee kindly requests the return of the vases as soon as possible.
Thank you, Fellowship Committee
Posted by faithpres at May 10, 2009 10:24 AM