October 16, 2022

Pine Street Presbyterian Church in the City of Harrisburg

Pine Street is a Welcoming Church, Glorifying God through Worship, Fellowship and Service in the World. October 16, 2022 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

GATHERING IN THE PRESENCE OF THE RISEN CHRIST

PROCESSIONAL VOLUNTARY Highland Cathedral Traditional

† HYMN Come, Christians, Join to Sing MADRID (All of today’s hymns are printed after the order of worship.)

† SALUTATION Amy Chick

One: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Many: And also with you!

† CALL TO WORSHIP

One: We lift our eyes to the hills; from where will our help come?

Many: Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

One: In praise and with thanksgiving, we gather as one body, with song and with prayer around one table.

Many: The Lord will keep our going out and our coming in from this time and forevermore. Come, let us worship God.

† PRAYER OF THE DAY

† Those able are invited to stand Bold text is read or sung by all

† PRAYER OF CONFESSION Rev. Donald Potter

Grace-filled God, we confess that we pursue our own needs, neglecting the needs of others. We pursue our own desires, while slowly destroying the gifts of your creation. We deflect the call to ministry, ignoring the cries of those in need. We are drawn to proclaim the gospel, yet live it out only at our convenience. Have mercy on us, O God. Open our eyes to the truth of the gospel that, whatever the time or wherever we are, we may fully embody your love and justice for all the world.

† SILENCE FOR PERSONAL CONFESSION

† KYRIE Richard Proulx

† ASSURANCE OF PARDON

† GLORIA PATRI John Weaver

READING AND HEARING THE WORD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION Greg Lane

FIRST LESSON Jeremiah 31:27 34 Old Testament Page 735

One: The Word of the Lord.

Many: Thanks be to God.

ANTHEM I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Michael Head

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth, my help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper: The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee shall preserve thee from all evil: He shall preserve thy soul, preserve thy soul, the Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore, for evermore.

LESSON FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

ECOND LESSON 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5

SERMON

Testament Page 212

Have You Anything to Declare” Rev. Potter

† 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.

† THE PEACE

One: The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

Many: And also with you.

WELCOME (Please sign the Friendship Register)

THE OFFERING OF TITHES AND GIFTS TO GOD (Text 267 367 4910 to give)

ANTHEM Teach Me, O Lord Philip W. Stopford

Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end, keep it unto the end. Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end, keep it unto the end. Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall keep it with my whole heart, with my whole heart. Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein is my desire, my desire. Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. O turn away mine eyes lest they behold vanity, and quicken me in thy way, and quicken me in thy way. O stablish thy word, thy word in thy servant, that I may fear thee, may fear thee, may fear thee. Amen.

† PRESENTATION OF THE GIFTS

OLD HUNDREDTH

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise Christ, all people here below; Praise Holy Spirit evermore; praise Triune God, whom we adore. Amen.

† PRAYER OF DEDICATION

SEALINGTHE WORD

SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

INVITATION TO THE TABLE

O

ne: The Lord be with you.

Many: And also with you.

One: Lift up your hearts.

Many: We lift them to the Lord.

One: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

Many: It is right to give God thanks and praise.

COMMUNION PRAYER

… we praise you, saying.

Richard Proulx

The prayer continues.

… until he comes again in glory.

INTERCESSION, SUPPLICATION, AND CONSECRATION

One: In your mercy,

Many: Lord, hear our prayer.

Richard Proulx

now and forever.

Proulx

LORD’S PRAYER

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 our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE BREAD AND CUP

One: The gifts of God for the people of God.

Many: Let us keep the feast.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

BEARING AND FOLLOWING THE WORD OF GOD INTO THE WORLD

† HYMN O Word of God Incarnate MUNICH

BLESSING OF THE TARTANS Ken Millage

ANTHEM Flowers of the Forest

† CHORAL BENEDICTION Lift High the Cross CRUCIFER

Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim till all the world adore His sacred name. Come, Christians, follow this triumphant sign—the hosts of God in unity combine. Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim till all the world adore His sacred name.

VOLUNTARY Scotland the Brave Traditional

L EADING IN W ORSHIP TODAY

Rev. Donald Potter, Interim Pastor

Joseph Garrison, Minister of Music and Worship

Amy Chick, Liturgist

Greg Lane, Lector

Amelia Ernst, Acolyte

Ken Millage, Reader

Bill Gable, bagpipes

Chancel Choir

Tim Lupia, tenor

FLOWER D EDICATION

The flowers in the sanctuary are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of Ronald Bair Hartranft by Estelle Hartranft.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE

Hymns in the bulletin are used with permission under OneLicense.net #A-71074. All rights reserved.

Liturgy reprinted and adapted by permission of Westminster John Knox Press from Feasting on the Word® Worship Companion. Copyright 2013. Liturgy reprinted and adapted by permission from the Book of Common Worship,© 2018 Westminster John Knox Press. All rights reserved.

Don Potter, born in Canton, OH, is a graduate of Spring Arbor College (MI) and Princeton Theological Seminary (NJ). Ordained in 1976 he has served Presbyterian congregations in Pennsylvania--Kittanning, Mechanicsburg, and Middletown. He retired at the end of 2015 and resides at Presbyterian Senior Living in Dillsburg. For the past five years he has served as Pastor of Visitation at Camp Hill Presbyterian Church and has done extensive pulpit supply throughout the Presbytery of Carlisle.

The Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan is an American tradition begun in 1941 by the Rev. Dr. Peter Marshall, “A Man Called Peter.” Marshall, a Scottish immigrant, held a service at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D. C. “… to raise funds for British War Relief.” It was held to raise funds for “a mobile kitchen, to feed the victims of bombings” in Britain during World War II and was not called a “Kirkin’.” In his 1941 sermon Marshall said that during “the miracle of Dunkirk” in World War I, “… when the people of Great Britain were told of the danger, they did the only thing they knew to do, they went to their churches and prayed.” That simple phrase may well be where the phrase, “The Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan” came from. Its simplest meaning is gathering, or kirking, into the “kirk” or “church.” It could also have roots in Marshall’s awareness of an ancient Scottish service from which a modern ceremony (1999) known as “The Kirking of the Scottish Parliament,” is derived.

The American service quickly became an annual event and the first use of “The Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan” was not as a sermon title, but as the name of the service in 1943. Several years after Marshall’s death in 1949 the Kirkin’ moved from Presbyterian churches to the Washington National Cathedral where it has been held annually, except during the pandemic, ever since. The National Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan resumed in 2022 and for the first time was streamed live and recorded.

The “blessing of the tartans,” now often a very visible part of the service, was unknown to Marshall and grew informally after his death. His use of the word “tartan” singular suggests that he meant the Kirkin’ of the Scottish people, “the Tartan,” not the fabric tartans (plural) which represent them.

Other Scottish societies and groups, including the Scottish Society of Central Pennsylvania, both in the U. S. and in Canada (but not Scotland!) have made the Kirkin’ tradition their own.

The Rev. Dr Richard L. Sheffield, Chaplain, The St. Andrew’s Society of Washington, D. C.

DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR

Sunday, October 16 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost 10:00 am Worship Donald Potter Preaching Special Guest, Ken Millage, President, Scottish Society of Central PA | NO Adult Forum after worship. Special Scottish treats in The Gathering Place | 7:00 pm Pine Street Book Club via Zoom Friday, October 21 — 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm 3rd in the Burg Sunday, October 23 Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost 8:45 am Children’s Sunday School | 9:00 am Adult Café Conversations and Bible Study in Fellowship Hall | 10:00 am Worship Matt Drumheller Preaching | 11:30 am in Fellowship Hall

Lunch and Learn: Presentation on two Stained Glass Windows in our historic sanctuary presented by Kenneth Hays and Barbara Neff Lunch provided Donations welcome — Open to the public Sunday, October 30 — Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost — 8:45 am Children’s Sunday School | 9:00 am Adult Café Conversations and Bible Study in Fellowship Hall | 10:00 am Worship Lucy Bowerman Preaching | NO Adult Forum after worship | 4:00 pm DDB Halloween Benefit Concert at The Englewood in Hershey

310 N 3rd Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101 717 238 9304 | www.pinestreet.org