FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH www.fpcnorfolk.org JUNE 10, 2012
SPECIAL PRAYERS THIS WEEK: Kenya Joy Home
Creation Care Tip
Persecuted Churches
Emmanuel, 1 years old
Unplug TV, DVD and computer when not in use.
Turkmenistan
FPC Missionaries: Tim and Gloria Wheeler in Honduras FPC Local Missions: Empower Hampton Roads
Permission to Rest! Visit The Common for FREE cotton candy after each service today! (Permission to not worry about calories granted.)
Please share your past summer photographs with us as we celebrate resting in Christ this summer. Call Chris Mele at 757- 625-1697 ext. 314 or email photos with descriptions to chris@fpcnorfolk.org Pioneer Camp Massanetta - Circa 1950 Shared by Sharon Privett
Don’t forget to take Jonah with you on your adventures this summer - near or far! Contact Hunter Johnston at 757- 625-1697 ext. 324 or email photos with descriptions to hunter@fpcnorfolk.org
Pastors at First Presbyterian Church: Jim Wood, Senior Pastor - jim@fpcnorfolk.org Valena Hoy, Executive Associate Pastor - valena@fpcnorfolk.org Jim Gates, Associate Pastor of Evangelism - jimgates@fpcnorfolk.org
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH www.fpcnorfolk.org JUNE 10, 2012
SEEKING CHRIST
Children’s Praise and Worship - Through August, children K-5th Grade are to be dropped off at 9:30am in the old Fellowship Hall to begin their Sunday School hour. Children will be picked up from their regular classrooms at 11:00am. In July and August there will be no 11:00 K-5th Grade Sunday School classes, and we encourage your children to worship in church. Classes for Bethlehem Babies (birth through two years) and Little Lambs (three and four year olds) are still available all summer. New Adult Sunday School Class Starts Today - The Reason for God Class will be meeting at 11:05am in Room #5 at The Center. This is a short DVD presentation and an opportunity for discussion based on the bestselling book which addresses doubts and objections to Christianity - all are welcome! Give A Gift to Your Relationship! Marriage Ministries and The Loft have teamed up to offer couples at our church a chance to begin or recharge your prayer life together. One of the hardest parts of praying together is getting started, so here is the offered solution: pick up a copy of Two Hearts Praying as One for only $7 before or after any service on June 10 or June 17. This God-inspired book is an easy-to-follow, 30-day plan that will help couples begin and keep praying together consistently. Shoulder2Shoulder Men’s Breakfast - Be sure to join us this Tuesday, June 12th, from 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. in First Hall. Come and enjoy a full breakfast and great fellowship. Bring a friend! For more information contact Mark Fulton at mark@compassleadershipcoaching.com or 757-533-9650.
SHARING HIS LOVE Go 2 Blocks! -1 Block Sunday school +1 Block Worship; please park 2 blocks away to make room for visitors. VBS Reminders Volunteer and Teacher lunch and training for VBS is today, June 10th, from 12:15-1:30pm in the Fellowship Hall.
Two more VBS Teachers for Grades 4th/5th are still needed.
Items we would love to borrow for VBS include beach chairs, wet suits, goggles, flippers, beach balls, etc. For a complete list of donations and loaned items needed, please pick up a copy of First Impact or contact Hunter Johnston at 757-625-1697 ext. 324 or hunter@fpcnorfolk.org.
Small Group Meet Up - We hope that you will join us today between 10:45am and 12:30pm in the Armstrong Chapel to give us the opportunity to connect you with one of our small groups! Session Summary Report - Summary Minutes from our May Session meeting are available on our website at http://www.fpcnorfolk.org/resources/session-updates.html. First Time Guests - Stop by the Common for a free copy of Donald Miller’s Searching for God Knows What Free NIV Bibles - are available in the Loft for anyone who would like one. Cross in The Common - A handmade cross will be added to the Pra•x•is cross in The Common each time the Lord blesses us with a first-time guest. We celebrate that 418 first-time visitors have been with us in worship since 9.11.2011. Please remember to invite your friends to church. “...and day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.” Acts 2:47
SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
JUNE 10, 2012 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary
2nd Sunday after Pentecost
Welcome Call to Worship: *Hymn:
Psalm 47:1-2 This Is My Father’s World
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Prayer of Confession: Almighty God, you love us, but we have not loved you. You call, but we have not listened. We walk away from neighbors in need, wrapped in our own concerns. We condone evil, prejudice, warfare, and greed. God of grace, help us to admit our sin, so that as you come to us in mercy, we may repent, turn to you, and receive forgiveness. Create in us a clean heart through Jesus Christ our Redeemer. Silent Confession Confessional Response: Kyrie Kyrie eleison; Christe eleison; Kyrie eleison. Translation: Lord have mercy; Christ have mercy; Lord have mercy. Assurance of Pardon:
1 Corinthians 1:10
*Congregational Response to God’s Grace: Gloria Patri Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, Amen.
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Greeting and Connecting with the 5-Cents-A-Meal Offering: Half the proceeds benefit local, national and global hunger programs, and half supports our FPC Saturday Soup Kitchen. Children through grade 5 are invited to come forward to receive a Children’s Worship Packets designed especially to involve them in worship. Anthem:
Create In Me, O God, A Pure Heart (Lyrics can be found in Psalm 51)
Old Testament Reading: New Testament Reading: The Preached Word:
Psalm 51, Page 520, O.T., NRSV John 15: 1-17, Page 109, N.T., NRSV Permission to Rest
Jim Wood
Presentation of our Gifts Offertory Anthem: Bonnie Ball, flute
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
African-American spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan
*Doxology and Prayer of Dedication Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, Praise Him, all creatures here below, Praise Him above, ye heavenly host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*Affirmation of Faith: The Apostles‘ Creed I believe in God, the Father almighty, Maker of heaven and earth and in Jesus Christ, His only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. Amen. Concerns and Prayers of Our Church Family The Lord’s Prayer (in unison) Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive us our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and power, and glory, forever. *Hymn:
My Jesus, I Love Thee My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine; For Thee all the follies of sin I resign; My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou; If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now. I love Thee because Thou hast first loved me, And purchased my pardon on Calvary’s tree; I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow; If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now. In mansions of glory and endless delight, I’ll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright; I’ll sing with the glittering crown on my brow, If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.
*An Invitation to Christian Discipleship *Benediction and Congregational Response Celtic Alleluia: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia
Flowers in the Sanctuary: The flowers in the sanctuary are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of the Presbyterian Women in our congregation who have joined the Church Triumphant this past year: Marie Berry Matheke Via, Jean Elizabeth Farrow, Doris Nichols Clements, Marjorie Bottimore and Augusta Wherry Macon.
CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP
JUNE 10, 2012 9:30 in First Hall
2nd Sunday after Pentecost
(Please silence your digital devices)
ENTERING INTO THE WORD
Songs of Praise and Prayer:
Awesome God It Is You
Greeting & Prayers Children through grade 5 are invited to come forward to receive a Children’s Worship Packets designed especially to involve them in worship. Songs:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
by our Choir and Bonnie Ball on flute
I Call Your Name
5-Cents-A-Meal Offering: Half the proceeds benefit local, national and global hunger programs, and half supports our FPC Saturday Soup Kitchen.
ENCOUNTERING THE WORD Old Testament Reading: New Testament Reading:
Psalm 51, Page 520, O.T., NRSV
John 15: 1-17, Page 109, N.T., NRSV
The Preached Word:
Permission to Rest
ENGAGING THE WORD AND THE WORLD Offering Our Gifts & Prayers:
Jim Wood
Create in Me a Clean Heart
Benediction and Song of Response: All the Poor and Powerless
SUNDAY MORNING CLASSES
JUNE 10, 2012
For help finding a class for yourself or your child, please stop by the Welcome Center.
Children and Youth Sunday School Bethlehem Babies Nursery Birth-23 months ~ 8:20am - 12:10pm Check your child in at the Nursery Area. Little Lambs Sunday School 2-4 years old ~ 9:30 & 11:00am Check your child in at computers outside the children’s wing. R.A.D.I.C.O.L Sunday School (Raising Awesome Disciples in Christ Our Lord) K-5th grade ~ 9:30 & 11:00am (In July and August there will be no 11:00 Sunday School classes) Check in at computers outside the children’s wing. Jr. High Sunday School Grades 6-8 ~ 9:30 in the Catacombs Sr. High Sunday School Grades 9-12 ~ 9:30am in Youth Director’s Office on Staff Square; 11am in the Fellowship Hall
Adult Sunday School 9:35 classes First Class - James (Northminster House) Basic Bible - Paul's Epistles (Rabbi Room, Main building) 11:05 classes The Reason for God - Video Study of Tim Keller’s book (The Center) Journeyers Sunday School - Lessons from the Holy Land. 2nd & 4th Sundays (The Center)
In The Common
Bibles & Sermon DVDs in The Loft, free for visitors.
A Special Gift for Visitors: First-time visitors receive a copy of Donald Miller’s book, Searching for God Knows What, found on the table in The Common.
Program Staff: Annie Blakey, Director of Youth Ministries - annie@fpcnorfolk.org Andrew Callan, Minister of Administration - andrew@fpcnorfolk.org Lucy Gates, Director of Family & Children’s Ministries - lucy@fpcnorfolk.org Hunter Mackey Johnston, Children’s Ministry Coordinator - hunter@fpcnorfolk.org Kristine Rand, Director of Prayer & Spiritual Growth - kristine@fpcnorfolk.org Sheryl Wood, Mission Outreach Coordinator - sheryl@ fpcnorfolk.org