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EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST AUGUST 4, 2019
10:00 A.M.
WORTHINGTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
August 4, 2019 10:00 a.m.
* Please rise in body or in spirit.
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GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
WELCOME AND RENEWAL OF THE COMMUNITY OF FAITH Dr. Julia Wharff Piermont
Invitation to Mission and Discipleship (Please sign & pass the Friendship Pads.) Passing of the Peace One: The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. All: And also with you.
Please stand and greet one another in the Peace of Christ.
Prayer requests may be shared via the Prayer Cards in the pew racks. Please pass them to the center aisle. Ushers will pick them up after the Assurance of Forgiveness.
CALL TO WORSHIP THROUGH MUSIC Little Prelude in C Bach/Krebs
The music is a call to open one’s spirit to God’s presence in our midst.
OPENING SENTENCES One:
All: One: All:
Come, O God, and fill this space. Come, Holy Spirit, and fill our hearts. Come, Lord Jesus, and lead the way. Teach us to worship the living God.
* HYMN #645 “Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above” MIT FREUDEN ZART
* PRAYER OF CONFESSION Holy God, hear our prayers. Your love is constant and your grace, abundant.
Forgive us of the help we have not given, the hospitality we have not offered, the prayers we have not spoken, and the faithful steps we have not taken. Forgive us, God, and through your forgiveness embolden us to be your servants in your reign of peace. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
A moment for silent confession
* CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE “The Kyrie”
* ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
* GLORIA PATRI #581 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.
PROCLAIMING GOD’S WORD
MESSAGE FOR OUR YOUNGEST DISCIPLES Pastor Julia
After the Children’s Message, children ages 3 years through 6th grade may go to the Chapel for a large group worship, scripture and short lesson. We will return during the Doxology to sing the last hymn.
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION Sharon Tipton
FIRST SCRIPTURE READING Luke 11:1-4
He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us to the time of trial.”
One: The Gospel of our Lord.
All: Praise to you, O Christ.
ANTHEM “Celtic Laud”
The Summer Choir
Craig Courtney
For fruit of the vine, for harvest of wheat, for bread and for wine, the gift of Your feast. The cup of thanksgiving I gratefully raise, O Lord of my living, my love and my praise. For dove in the sky, for wind in thee trees, for cool in the fire, Your spirit in me. For springtime’s green earth, for morning’s first light, for every new birth, for grace and for life, the cup of thanksgiving I gratefully raise. O lord of my living, my love and my praise.
SECOND SCRIPTURE READING Luke 11:5-8
And he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.’ And he answers from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’ I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, at least because of his persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.
One: The Gospel of our Lord.
All: Praise to you, O Christ.
SERMON “The Friend at Midnight” Dr. Julia Wharff Piermont
Pesky Jesus: Parables on Discipleship Part 3 (Disciples Pray)
* HYMN #846 “Fight the Good Fight” DUKE STREET
RESPONDING TO GOD’S WORD
PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS Rev. Wayne Morrison
(Online giving available anytime via our account with EasyTithe: text your offering dollar amount to 614-808-8580 or go to www.easytithe.com/wpcgive.)
Offertory Mit Freuden zart setting by Charles Ore
* Dedicatory Praise (Tune #607)
Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise God, all creatures, here below; Praise God above, ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
* Prayer of Dedication
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
All who put their trust in Christ are welcome to receive communion. Please note: Gluten-free bread is placed in the center of each tray.
Grape juice is red, and wine is white. Invitation and Sharing of Prayer Requests and Blessings Great Prayer of Thanksgiving The Lord’s Prayer (in unison) Hymnal Page 35 Breaking of the Bread Communion of the People
GOING IN GOD’S NAME
* HYMN #465 “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” CONVERSE
* CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE Duke Street setting by Wilbur Held
The Postlude is the final Alleluia of our worship. Please be respectful of fellow worshipers, who wish to listen, by refraining from conversation until the postlude concludes. Following worship, all are encouraged to enjoy a time of conversation and refreshment in the Hazelton Fellowship Hall.
WELCOME! WE ARE GLAD THAT YOU ARE WORSHIPING WITH US.
Welcome to Worthington Presbyterian Church. This congregation has worshiped together in the Worthington community since 1805 and has had a building at High Street and Dublin Granville Road since 1830. We welcome all who seek faith, hope, and joy in the Lord Jesus Christ.
The flowers on the chancel are given to the glory of God by Stephen & Nancy Jacoby in honor of their 50th Wedding Anniversary on August 3rd.
SERVING US THIS MORNING
Audio: Dick Baker Carillon: Bill Allman
Flower Delivery: Judy Hazelton and Harry Pukay-Martin
Usher Team E: John Gray and Dick Jones, Co-Captains; Andy Balser, Spencer Budros, Dennis Decker, Jack Dicke, Joyce Hinkle, Laurie Holden, Simmey Ketchum, Shirley Lambert, Larry & Leslie Snyder, Joann & Dury Sudduth
PLEASE KEEP IN PRAYER
Due to privacy laws regarding medical information, we are not always aware when someone is in need of pastoral care. Please share joys, concerns and sorrows with Reverend Wayne Morrison at
Prayers of healing for Jim Cowan, Cliff Frasher and Anton Heyns.
Those Serving Our Country Army Navy Air Force Marines
Shelby Beckett Maura Stepanski Tyler McMillen Cody Albright Joseph Hempfling Jeff Gibbons Scott Testa Michael Sargent Kelly Mason
Leighann Holcomb Zach Wilson Joseph Seida Robert Pukay-Martin Nate Holcomb Jacob T. Wixom
MINISTRY DIRECTORY
Rev. Dr. Julia Wharff Piermont, Senior Pastor Rev. Betsy Rice, Pastor for Member Ministries Dr. David Rives, Director of Music Dr. Stephen Jacoby, Organist Melissa Robol, Pianist for Chapel Service Katie Fell, Financial Manager
Rev. Dr. Thomas Rice, Pastor for Discipleship Rev. Wayne Morrison, Parish Associate for Visitation Vacant, Director for Youth Ministry Jenni Whitford, Director for Children’s Ministry Jeff Lashley, Bookkeeper A full staff directory may be found on our website.
773 High Street, Worthington, Ohio 43085-4171 Church Office Hours: Monday-Thursday: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Friday: 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
WPC Public WiFi password: Jesuslovesme 614-885-5355
www.worthingtonpresbyterian.com [email protected]
We are a Stephen Ministry congregation. For more information,
please contact Rev. Betsy Rice at [email protected].
TODAY
PESKY JESUS! Today is part 3 of a 4-part sermon series based on four of the parables unique to the Gospel of Luke, with a focus on the pesky ways they challenge our daily living. Remaining theme is:
August 11 Disciples “Pay” (Lk 12)
This summer the CHILDREN will spend time each week learning a hymn. This week’s hymn is “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”. During the sermon time, we will read a story based on the hymn, study the scripture which inspired the hymn and learn to sing the hymn. The children will return to sit with their families, at the end of the service to sing the closing hymn. We are hoping to inspire our younger generation to love congregational singing. Please join us after the 10 a.m. service to breakdown bulk pantry items for NNEMAP. Our cupboard supplies are low and we are in need of flour and sugar. Donations of bottled water, dog & cat food, toilet paper, and personal hygiene items including dental items, razors, shampoo and feminine hygiene products are also needed. Thank you for your help and donations.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES is being collected today.
Don’t forget our ANNUAL ICE CREAM SOCIAL + OSU ALUMNI BAND at 6:00 p.m. tonight on the Village Green. New this year: Bounce House!!! Concert begins at 7:00 p.m.
PASTORS Tom & Betsy Rice are away on vacation.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The sounds of hymns on the CARILLON following 10:00 worship inspire us to take the worship message out into the community. But we need more ringers! It you can play a simple melody line from the hymn you can do it. Contact Stephen Jacoby at [email protected].
SUPPORT OPPORTUNITY FOR "NEW CONNECTIONS" SERVICE. We are currently looking for a group of volunteers to take turns helping with usher duties for the 5:00 p.m. New Connections service. Responsibilities include early arrival to help with unlocking/relocking doors, welcoming attendees, and assistance with the offering. If interested, please contact Steven Guy (614-783-9564 or [email protected]).
Join us on Sunday, August 11th (8 a.m., 10 a.m. or 5 p.m.) for BLESSING OF THE BACKPACKS (and Salem School Donations). We will pray for our
children, their teachers, school employees and all schools in the Worthington, Dublin, Westerville, Olentangy, and greater Columbus area districts. The return to school, starting a new grade with new teachers and students, even new schools is HUGE for children and their families. It feels more like the beginning of the new year than does the first of January. When the church includes this in the congregation’s worship two things important things happen among children. 1. They realize that they and their lives are
important to the church. They see themselves as significant members of the congregation.
2. They hear that God is with them at school and that their church cares about what happens there. God and church are not “off to the side” or just a Sunday thing.
The RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE will be here on Monday, August 12th, from 11:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Please call 1-800-RED-CROSS to make an appointment. Walk-ins are welcome. Thank you to all who give this life-saving donation!
All Church FELLOWSHIP MYSTERY DINNER! Mark your calendars to share dinner at a restaurant located only 11 minutes from our doorsteps on Friday, August 16th. Come celebrate August with old and new friends and family as we bask in Mediterranean atmosphere and cuisine. All ages invited, suitable for families with teenagers up through “seniors young at heart.” We will meet at church at 6:00 p.m. before driving to our 6:30 p.m. reservation. RSVP to Sally at sally.hough3@ gmail.com or text/call me at 614-570-7666 before August 12th. Sign ups also available after church at coffee hour. Please let us know if you have transportation needs. Hope you can join us as we cross the Atlantic Ocean to dine at one of my favorite neighborhood restaurants! KICK-OFF SUNDAY, August 18th, “Here’s My Heart” - Join us as we KICK-OFF the school year! SMORE’S Youth will share about their Summer Mission Experience and Triennium Youth Conference (8 a.m., 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.)
Sunday School starts for preschool – 6th graders (10 a.m.)
Picnic lunch on the Village Green with live music provided by our 5 p.m. worship leader, Russ Nagy.
Bounce House and Kona Ice Truck ($3) will be in front of the church (11 a.m.)
Cook-Out after 5 p.m. worship
ADULT EDUCATION
FAITH SEEKERS are studying Basic Christian Doctrine by John Leith at 9 a.m. in Room 124. Our current topic is salvation and how justification and sanctification are united in the experience of salvation. In justification God turns toward human beings; in sanctification, God turns human beings toward himself. Sanctification is a process that continues throughout human life.
MISSION
Urgent NNEMAP NEEDS for our next breakdown event are coffee and sugar, but we can also use more flour and salt. Pantry needs are for hygiene items, toilet paper and large size diapers. NNEMAP can buy food cheaply through the Mid-Ohio Food Bank, but hygiene items are not available and clients cannot use food stamps for these items. We also welcome any non-perishable food, especially tuna or canned chicken. Please deposit any contributions into the wooden NNEMAP bin in Fellowship Hall.
Attention School Supplies Shoppers: The stores have begun to offer sales on school supplies! Each year our church collects SCHOOL SUPPLIES for families that cannot afford to purchase all of them. We will collect supplies in the bins in Fellowship Hall on August 4th and 11th. Then we will take them to Salem Elementary. The following is a list of supplies that are needed.
• #2 pencils
• pink eraser bars
• Fiskar blunt-tipped scissors
• 24-count Crayola Crayons
• 10 count Crayola markers
• Crayola long colored pencils
• pencil boxes
• packages of black pens
• wide-ruled notebook paper
• wide-lined spiral notebooks
• ½ sized spiral notebooks
• bottle of Elmer’s glue
• glue sticks
• composition Notebooks
• pocket folders
• 2 pocket folders with center prongs
• hand sanitizer
• 2” notebook/binders
• 3” notebook/binders
• Clorox disinfecting wipes
• boxes of tissues
• gallon-size Ziplock bags
• quart-size Ziplock bags
• sandwich Ziplock bags
• sets of headphones (for grade 4)
• dry erase markers (all colors)
• pack of 8 count binder dividers
• backpacks Teachers have requested specific brands, as they have been more serviceable. THANK YOU for your help in this project. Every beginning of a school year is exciting and you are helping make it so for many children!
The Board of Deacons TRANSPORTATION MINISTRY is up and running. Our current pool of volunteers has performed well but there is a need to increase the number volunteers on the list. This will allow the co-coordinators to better cover the requests for transportation to medical appointments for congregants. Please consider this volunteer opportunity. To sign up or if you have questions about the ministry, contact Mark Ranck at 217-483-2821 or [email protected].
SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAM AT KILBOURNE MIDDLE SCHOOL: Adult and teen volunteers are needed to serve as bus monitors and to help serve lunch and participate in lunchtime programs, 10 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Lunch is served Monday through Friday and you can choose a single day or help with multiple. Please contact Pastor Tom Rice to sign up or to find out more.
NEW ~ BEGINNING AUGUST 18th SUNDAY MORNING SAFETY & SECURITY
The Worthington Police Department has consulted with Worthington Presbyterian Church staff members regarding the safety and security of our congregation on Sunday mornings. Our safety committee has been working on implementing their recommendations. One concern has been that our building has so many entrances. Until now, all have been left unlocked on Sunday mornings until about Noon. As you can imagine, this leaves our Sunday school teachers and children vulnerable while the vast majority of us are in the sanctuary, unaware of who might be entering other parts of our building. The recommendation is that we limit the number of doors that are unlocked. Just as many other churches are doing, we will begin locking most of our exterior doors shortly after worship has started. Starting August 18th, we will lock most exterior doors at 10:15 a.m. The main entrance to our sanctuary (from High Street) will remain unlocked, and the entrances near Oxford Street (to the main office hallway or the Preschool) will be monitored by a Sunday secretary who can buzz members in. Please excuse any inconvenience, and please help spread the word that this is for the safety and security of everyone.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 8:00 AM Worship & Communion, Dr. Piermont preaching, Chapel 8:45 AM Childcare: Infant & Toddler, Nursery 8:45 AM Coffee Hour, Fellowship Hall 9:00 AM Faith Seekers, Room 124 9:00 AM Religious Studies, "Living" Room 10:00 AM Worship & Communion, Dr. Piermont preaching, Sanctuary 10:15 AM Church School: Preschool - Grade 6, Chapel 11:00 AM Coffee Hour & NNEMAP Breakdown, Fellowship Hall 5:00 PM New Connections Worship & Communion, Dr. Piermont, Chapel 6:00 PM ICE CREAM SOCIAL, Church Lawn MONDAY, AUGUST 5 6:00 PM Community Friendship Dinner (Session), Fellowship Hall 7:00 PM Stated Session, Chapel TUESDAY, AUGUST 6 5:30 PM Weight Watchers, Fellowship Hall 7:00 PM Prayer Shawl Ministry, "Living" Room WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7 9:00 AM Sacristy Guild, Sanctuary 6:00 PM Nominating Committee, Room 222 8:00 PM AA, Fellowship Hall THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 7:45 AM Generosity Meeting, Room 111 FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 8:00 AM Faith Runners, Antrim Park SUNDAY, AUGUST 11 8:00 AM Worship & Communion, Dr. Piermont preaching, Chapel 8:45 AM Childcare: Infant & Toddler, Nursery 8:45 AM Coffee Hour, Fellowship Hall 9:00 AM Faith Seekers, Room 124 9:00 AM Religious Studies, "Living" Room 10:00 AM Worship, Dr. Piermont Preaching, Sanctuary 10:15 AM Church School: Preschool - Grade 6, Chapel 11:00 AM Coffee Hour, Fellowship Hall 5:00 PM New Connections Worship, Dr. Piermont preaching, Chapel
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