Faith Presbyterian Church

Prelude Voluntary No. 6 Maurice Greene
Mark Johnson, organist

Welcome and Greeting

Hymn # 438 When Morning Gilds the Sky
(Gray Psalter Hymnal)

Psalter: Psalm 23 NRSV (In Unison) Jurgen Honig
1The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
2He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters;
3he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake.
4Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff— they comfort me.
5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord my whole life long.

Prayer for Illumination Jurgen Honig

First Lesson: Mark 13: 1 - 8 NRSV Jurgen Honig
1As he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!” 2Then Jesus asked him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.”
3When he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, 4“Tell us, when will this be, and what will be the sign that all these things are about to be accomplished?” 5Then Jesus began to say to them, “Beware that no one leads you astray. 6Many will come in my name and say, ‘I am he!’ and they will lead many astray. 7When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; this must take place, but the end is still to come. 8For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. This is but the beginning of the birthpangs.

Lector: “This is the Word of God.”

Congregation: “Thanks be to God for His Word.”

VBS Report Barbara Knox

VBS Singers

Children’s Sermon – VBS Skit
VBS Singers I Just Need the Lord

Special Music The Lord Is My Shepherd
“Singin’ Sisters” – Mayfawny Bergmann, Olivia Lockwood & Wan Young Kim

Hymn # 571 Jesus Loves Me, This I Know
(Gray Psalter Hymnal)

Second Lesson: I Chronicles 21: 1 – 22: 1 NRSV
Satan stood up against Israel, and incited David to count the people of Israel. 2So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Go, number Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.” 3But Joab said, “May the Lord increase the number of his people a hundredfold! Are they not, my lord the king, all of them my lord’s servants? Why then should my lord require this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?” 4But the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, and came back to Jerusalem. 5Joab gave the total count of the people to David. In all Israel there were one million one hundred thousand men who drew the sword, and in Judah four hundred seventy thousand who drew the sword. 6But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, for the king’s command was abhorrent to Joab.
7But God was displeased with this thing, and he struck Israel. 8David said to God, “I have sinned greatly in that I have done this thing. But now, I pray you, take away the guilt of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.” 9The Lord spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying, 10“Go and say to David, ‘Thus says the Lord: Three things I offer you; choose one of them, so that I may do it to you.’” 11So Gad came to David and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Take your choice: 12either three years of famine; or three months of devastation by your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or three days of the sword of the Lord, pestilence on the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.’ Now decide what answer I shall return to the one who sent me.” 13Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress; let me fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is very great; but let me not fall into human hands.” 14So the Lord sent a pestilence on Israel; and seventy thousand persons fell in Israel. 15And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; but when he was about to destroy it, the Lord took note and relented concerning the calamity; he said to the destroying angel, “Enough! Stay your hand.” The angel of the Lord was then standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 16David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, and in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces. 17And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the command to count the people? It is I who have sinned and done very wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Let your hand, I pray, O Lord my God, be against me and against my father’s house; but do not let your people be plagued!”
18Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to tell David that he should go up and erect an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 19So David went up following Gad’s instructions, which he had spoken in the name of the Lord. 20Ornan turned and saw the angel; and while his four sons who were with him hid themselves, Ornan continued to thresh wheat. 21As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David; he went out from the threshing floor, and did obeisance to David with his face to the ground. 22David said to Ornan, “Give me the site of the threshing floor that I may build on it an altar to the Lord—give it to me at its full price—so that the plague may be averted from the people.” 23Then Ornan said to David, “Take it; and let my lord the king do what seems good to him; see, I present the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for a grain offering. I give it all.” 24But King David said to Ornan, “No; I will buy them for the full price. I will not take for the Lord what is yours, nor offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” 25So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the site. 26David built there an altar to the Lord and presented burnt offerings and offerings of well-being. He called upon the Lord, and he answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering. 27Then the Lord commanded the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath. 28At that time, when David saw that the Lord had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he made his sacrifices there. 29For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time in the high place at Gibeon; 30but David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
1Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the Lord God and here the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

Sermon “Singing by the Numbers” Pastor Horner

Gathering of Tithes and Offerings

Please sign and pass the register located in the pew.

Offertory Voluntary on the Doxology Henry Purcell

Response
Glory to the Father, glory to the Son,
Glory to the Holy Spirit, three in one—
As it was in the beginning,
Is now, and shall be, world without end. Amen. s

Prayer of Dedication

Joys and Concerns

Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Dorothy Bethel, Donna Lofgren, Mary Sholty, folk in the military, Life Care Services; Lafayette Urban Ministry

Hymn # 8 God of Our Life, Through All the Circling Years
(Green Supplemental Hymnal)

Benediction

Choral Benediction God Is at Work
1st time VBS Singers
2nd time Congregation

Amen

Postlude Trumpet Tune John Stanley
* 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

* Thank you to Mark Johnson for playing the organ this morning.

* Greeters this morning are Dennis & Nancy Dunn.

* Ushers this morning are Doug Jones, Hannis Thompson, Tom Van Horn, and David Landgrebe

* Java Heroes – Mark & Deb Johnson

* Missing Coffee Pot – A NEW 36 cup coffee pot is missing from the kitchen. If you borrowed it, please bring it back. Thanks

* 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.
* The Presbytery of Wabash Valley has just released a call for the nomination of commissioners to attend the 219th meeting of the General Assembly of the PC (USA), to be held in Minneapolis, MN, July 2010 (the exact dates to be determined). Any Elder in our Congregation is eligible to serve in this capacity. If you are interested in participating please inform Pastor Horner and Elder Honig. You will then be given application forms which the Session will be asked to approve and will then forward to the Presbytery of Wabash Valley for further action. Reasonable travel and local expenses will be reimbursed as stipulated by Sec. G-9.0308 of the Book of Order. The deadline for receipt of applications by the Presbytery is July 15, 2009.

* 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.

Weekly Calendar for June 14, 2009

Today:
9:30 a.m. Worship
11:00 a.m. Bell Choir practice
1:30 p.m. Tippecanoe Villa worship
2:00 p.m. Jean Howe Memorial
3:00 p.m. Friendship House worship
This Week:
Tues., 9:30 a.m. FWF Bible study
Tues., 7:30 p.m. Bible study at Tippecanoe Co. Jail
Wed., 7:00 a.m. Morning Prayers (Communion)
& Breakfast (Glenn Sparks)
Sat., 8am – 12pm Building & Grounds Work Day
Coming Weeks:
Sat., June 27 FWF Women’s Work Day 9am – 11:30am

Posted by faithpres at June 14, 2009 12:43 PM