FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH www.fpcnorfolk.org JUNE 17, 2012
SPECIAL PRAYERS THIS WEEK: Kenya Joy Home
Creation Care Tip
Persecuted Churches
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Turn thermostat up two degrees in the summer.
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FPC Missionaries: Drew Czioks serving in Pune, India Katie Green Meyer serving in the Himalayas of India FPC Local Missions: FPC’s Saturday Soup Kitchen
Permission to Rest! Come get your FREE POPCORN in The Common after each service today! (Permission to not skip the butter and salt this time!)
Please share your past vacation photos with us as we celebrate resting in Christ this summer. Call Chris Mele at 757- 625-1697 ext. 314 to arrange scans or email photos with descriptions to chris@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 17, 2012
SEEKING CHRIST
Children’s Praise and Worship - Now 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 should 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. Wednesday Morning Women’s Bible Study - Starting June 20th join us from 9:30 to 11:30am to see how one glimpse of the resurrected Savior turned an unbeliever into a disciple with Beth Moore’s study James: Mercy Triumphs. (Meeting in the Main Church. Childcare provided.) Thursday Evening Women’s Bible Study - June 21st through August 23rd, from 7:00 to 9 :00pm. Let’s study Beth Moore’s Stepping Up: A Journey Through the Psalms of Ascent together! This study examines Psalms 120-134 which serve as a model for us to voice our petitions and praises to God. 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 today, June 17th.
SHARING HIS LOVE Go 2 Blocks! - 1 Block Sunday school + 1 Block Worship; please park 2 blocks away to make room for visitors. VBS Snack Donations Needed - Start bringing in your non-perishable snack donations such as goldfish crackers, pretzels, dried fruit, etc. now! Beginning July 8th, we will be accepting fresh snacks such as cheese, olives, fruit, etc. All donations can be left at the Welcome Desk marked “VBS.” For more information contact Hunter Johnston at 757-625-1697 ext. 324 or hunter@fpcnorfolk.org. Volunteer at The Loft (FPC’s Bookstore and Library) - If you are interested in helping staff our library/bookstore on Sunday mornings, please fill out the back of the connection card or email Jane Smack at jsmack@norfolkacademy.org today. 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 433 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 17, 2012 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary
3rd Sunday after Pentecost Welcome Call to Worship: *Hymn:
Psalm 63: 1-3
Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!
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Prayer of Confession: Eternal God, in every age You have raised up men and women to live and die in faith. Inspire us to take such journeys of faith. You call us to proclaim Your name; if we have been silent, fill our lips with Your praise. You call us to do what is just, even when justice feels complicated and difficult; so fill us with a commitment to do what is right, and a willingness to speak what is true. You call us to live faithfully, and to cast aside our fears; so fill us with Your love that casts out all fear. We confess that we have taken your call for granted or not responded whole-heartedly to Your will. Forgive us for our small thoughts and simple dreams. Through Your Holy Spirit, empower us on real journeys of hope and faith. This we pray in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord. 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 2: 1-5
*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 Children through grade 5 are invited to come forward to receive a Children’s Worship Packets designed especially to involve them in worship. Anthem:
Awake, My Heart by Jane M. Marshall Awake, my heart, and render to God thy sure defender, thy maker, thy preserver, a song of love and fervor. Confirm my deeds and guide me: My day, with thee beside me, beginning, middle ending, will all be upward tending. My heart shall be they dwelling, with joy and gladness swelling; Thy word my nurture, giv’n to bring me on toward heaven.
Old Testament Reading: New Testament Reading: The Preached Word:
Isaiah 6:1-8, Page 635, O.T., NRSV
John 15: 1-17, Page 109, N.T., NRSV Permission to Rest
Jim Wood
Presentation of our Gifts Offertory: Jesus Grant Me This I Pray by C. H. Kitson Jesus grant me this I pray, ever in Thy heart to stay; let me evermore abide hidden in they wounded side. If the evil one prepare, or the world a tempting snare, I am safe when I abide in Thy heart and wounded side. If the flesh, more dangerous still, tempt my soul to deeds of ill, naught I fear when I abide in Thy heart and wounded side. Death will come one day to me; Jesu cast me not from Thee; dying let me still abide in Thy heart and wounded side.
*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. 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:
’Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus 'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, Just to take Him at His word; Just to rest upon His promise, Just to know, "Thus saith the Lord." Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him! How I've proved Him o'er and o'er! Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus! O for grace to trust Him more! O how sweet to trust in Jesus, Just to trust His cleansing blood; Just in simple faith to plunge me 'Neath the healing cleansing flood! Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him! How I've proved Him o'er and o'er! Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus! O for grace to trust Him more! Yes, 'tis sweet to trust in Jesus, Just from sin and self to cease; Just from Jesus simply taking Life and rest, and joy and peace. Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him! How I've proved Him o'er and o'er! Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus! O for grace to trust Him more! I'm so glad I learned to trust Him, Precious Jesus, Savior, Friend; And I know that He is with me, Will be with me to the end. Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him! How I've proved Him o'er and o'er! Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus! O for grace to trust Him more!
*An Invitation to Christian Discipleship *Benediction and Congregational Response Celtic Alleluia: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia Flowers in the Sanctuary: The flowers are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of Doris and Leslie Tabit, given by their daughter and son-in-law, Joan and Fred Burt and grandchildren and great grandchildren.
CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP 3rdSunday after Pentecost
JUNE 17, 2012 9:30 in First Hall
(Please silence your digital devices)
ENTERING INTO THE WORD Songs of Praise and Prayer:
Be Welcome Here I Am a Friend of God
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. Sacrament of Baptism
Child of the Covenant:
Harrison Scott Schubart, son of Ryan and Tamara Schubart Apostles’ Creed (in unison) Songs:
Forever I'll Praise You Great I Am (Anderson)
ENCOUNTERING THE WORD
Old Testament Reading:
Isaiah 6:1-8, Page 635, O.T., NRSV
New Testament Reading:
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 Benediction and Song of Response: Great I Am - Reprise
Jim Wood
SUNDAY MORNING CLASSES
JUNE 17, 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 Cast of Characters: Common People in the Hands of an Uncommon God by Max Lucado (Rabbi Room) James: Be inspired to put your faith into action in practical ways as you get to know both the man and the Book (Northminster House) 11:05 classes The Reason for God - Video Study of Tim Keller’s book (The Center) Journeyers Sunday School - 2nd & 4th Sundays - Lessons from the Holy Land. (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