Our Celebration of Worship March 18, 2018 ~ 5th Sunday in Lent

Paxton is a Stephen Ministry Church

WE GATHER IN GOD'S NAME

PRELUDE “Variations on ‘At the Name of Jesus Every Knee Should Bow’” arr. R. Lind “Fairest Lord Jesus” arr. J. Linker “My Faith Looks Up to Thee” arr. M. Rinehart MEDITATION Chimettes

OUR LIFE TOGETHER

CALL TO WORSHIP

O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth shall proclaim your praise. The Lord’s unfailing love and mercy never cease, fresh as the morning and sure as the sunrise.

GIVE PRAISE TO GOD * HYMN 833 “O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go” * PRAYER OF CONFESSION

Merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart and mind and strength. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. In your mercy forgive what we have been, help us amend what we are, and direct what we shall be, so that we might de-light and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name. Amen.

(Please pause for a moment of silent confession)

* ASSURANCE OF PARDON Hear the Good News. In Jesus Christ we are forgiven. Praise God. Amen.

* GLORIA PATRI (Hymnal Page 581)

TO CELEBRATE THE FAMILY OF FAITH

CHILDREN’S MOMENT * PASSING OF THE PEACE The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. And also with you. MORNING PRAYER/THE LORD’S PRAYER

TO HEAR GOD'S WORD PROCLAIMED

FIRST LESSON Hebrews 5:5-10 (NT Page 220)

ANTHEM “Faith of Our Fathers” Paxton Chimers Traditional

GOSPEL READING John 12:20-33 (NT Page 106) This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. SERMON “Unless the Seed Dies...” Pastor Green

HYMN 724 “O Jesus, I Have Promised” * APOSTLES’ CREED (Hymnal Page 35) MINUTE FOR MISSION “Rise Against Hunger” Janice Hutchison TO OFFER OUR GIFTS AND DEDICATE OUR LIVES PRESENTATION OF OFFERINGS OFFERTORY “Beneath the Cross of Jesus” Adult Choir arr. Nelson

* DOXOLOGY * PRAYER OF DEDICATION

TO GO REJOICING IN GOD'S NAME

* RECESSIONAL HYMN 718 “Take Up the Cross”

* BENEDICTION * CHORAL RESPONSE “My Glory All the Cross” Adult Choir POSTLUDE “And Faith Points Upward to the Sky” arr. R. Powell

Paxton Presbyterian Church 3500 Sharon St., Harrisburg, PA

561-0510 ~ www.paxtonchurch.org ~ office@paxtonchurch.org

THE LECTOR this morning is Elder Becca Haner. Becca is the chair of the Worship and Music Ministry.

THE USHERS joyfully serving the month of March: James Kealey, Captain; Jeffrey Herrold, Doug Hitz, Richard Lengler, Craig Staudenmaier, Dave Wion.

THANK YOU FOR VISITING WITH US TODAY! We are happy to share this Sunday with you and hope you come back soon! Please fill out the yellow card and be sure to include your name, address, and phone number for our records. If you are interested in membership at Paxton Church, please indicate this when the friendship folder is passed or speak to the Pastor or Lector following worship. THE FLORAL ARRANGEMENT in the chancel this morning is placed in honor of Susan DeRemer on her birthday. Happy Birthday, Gamma! We love you –Wes, Nino, Kai, Lydia and the rest of your family. TODAY Pastor Green will greet at the parlor door. The lector will greet at the south door and an usher will greet at the porch door.

Paxton’s Annual Spring Blood Drive Date: Sunday, April 22nd

Time: 9 AM – 12 Noon The Central Pa. Blood Bank Bloodmobile will be at Paxton on Sunday morn-ing, April 22nd. A signup sheet will be in the Great Room every Sunday starting April 1st. Please consider making a donation. If you have any questions, please call Wanda Newhouse at 717-512-6546 Thank you!

I know that many of us have been looking forward to working with Holly Gainor as our seminarian. Unfortunately, due to personal reasons, Holly had to step away from this position. John Green

EASTER EGGS ARE GOING FAST!!! Don’t forget to stop in the Gathering Room before or after worship to purchase your Easter eggs. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the 2018 Rise Against Hunger project scheduled for Sunday, April 29th.

Thanks for your support.

FILL THE WORLD WITH LOVE

One Great Hour of Sharing

Help reach our goal of $6,000 to reach the poor,

the hungry and the victims of natural disasters.

Each HEART on our OGHS wall stands for $100.

Help us fill our world with over flowing generosity and love.

Give Generously, for all we are and all we have

are gifts from the Lord.

PRAYER SQUARE As Christians we are called to pray for everyone in a difficult time of life. To protect the privacy of those for whom we are praying we ask that permission be received before a name is placed for prayer request. We will keep the names in the Prayer Square for two weeks. If you would like them to be included longer, please call the church office or submit another prayer request.

Please keep the following members of Paxton in your prayers: Dale Williams, Jean Herrold, Jo Cain, Bruce Cavanaugh, Winnie Lenker, Dottie Dzink, Kathie Zimmerman, Bert Wood, Kacey Bowers, Nancy Wion, Paul Remaly, Susan DeRemer, Fern Nickum, Christopher Bruce Family & Vera, Gwen Casey, Kitty Janes, Jean Roberts, Lois Rook, Marti Greiner, Bill Sanford, Dawn Palmer, Jim Knight, Ron Ramsey Prayers are offered for the family of Eugenie Payne, who passed away recently. There will be a memorial service at 11:30 on Saturday, March 24th at Paxton Church.

Continued Prayers: Krista Baer, Jim Gischel, Jane Rickert, Carmen DeLuccia, Erin Francis-Friel, Lori Giroux, Kathy Clark, Fred Purvis, Joyce Burd, Greg Brazil, Lynn McWatters, Ray-mond March, Vera Bruce, the Lackey & Hockenberry families in the loss of their brother, Jim Hockenberry, Dennis Otte

March 18 Sue and Dave Shuey, Nate Shuey, Dee Lichtenberger, Nevin Michael Rovenolt, Na-than Latelers, JoAnn Gartner, Paulette Waltz, Fran Newhouse, April, M. J. and Christian Holder, Caroline DiSanto, Jordyn Ramos, Ron Gerhart, Ron McWatters, Charles Prefontaine, Claire

Each week we will be praying for our brothers and sisters in Christ within our Presbytery. This week we are praying for the Duncannon Presbyterian Church.

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION ~ Save the dates…

PLEASE RETURN YOUR FILLED EGGS BY MARCH 21!

Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Palm Sunday, March 25 at 9:00. We will meet in the Gathering Room, after the Egg Hunt all children will go to the Jr. Assembly Room and participate in The Last Supper activities.

The following events are scheduled to support The Krislund Traveling Day Camp which will be held June 18-22.

April 15th Baked Potato Bar immediately after church in Fellowship Hall. We pro-vide the potato and all the fixins, we are asking for donations of desserts. A free will offering will be collected.

April 22-May 6 We will start taking orders for Deppen Pies you may remember last year when you wished you would have ordered extra pies here’s your opportu-nity. Pies will be delivered on Wednesday May 16th.

It's time to make MOTHER'S DAY CARDS again!! Every year Paxton Women's Association launches a campaign to send boxes of Mother's Day cards to a remote Army base, so the sol-diers can pick cards for Mom, Grandma and Wife, and send back to the U.S.! The cards are homemade from recycled greeting cards. If you'd like to volunteer to glue sentiments inside the cards, look for take-home packs at the Gathering Room table!

RISE AGAINST HUNGER— As you write your check for your weekly pledge, please consider a monetary gift to Rise Against Hunger.

$62.00 will provide 216 meals

$32.00 will provide 108 meals

$16.00 will provide 54 meals

THANK YOU for any donation you are able to make!

COINS FOR CARING in the month of March will benefit the One Great Hour of Sharing as designated by the Mission and Outreach Ministry.

Paxton Church Staff

Pastor, The Reverend John W. Green Treasurer, Laurence Kilpatrick, CPA

Director of Music, Richard Fowler Organist, Jeanne Bruce

Chimers Director, Cindy Green Christian Education Administrator, Jo Jacoby Office Staff, JoAnn Snyder, Judy Frankford

Wedding Coordinator, Peg Elder Custodian, Mary Bowers

3500 Sharon St., Harrisburg, PA 17111 ~561-0510 office@paxtonchurch.org ~www.paxtonchurch.org

Sue McLain Wanda Newhouse

Richard Peiffer Cathy Roland Joy Stennett Bev Ziebell

PAXTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 3500 Sharon St., Harrisburg PA 17111

(717) 561-0510—Fax: 561-4052

Website: www.paxtonchurch.org Email: office@paxtonchurch.org

Ministers ~ All Members

Happy Barber Connie Cochran Erin Giambrone Rebecca Haner

Doug Hitz Don Laughery Rich Lengler

Nan Bonnet Linette Burd Jerry Davies

Linda Flowers Nino Giambrone

Marti Greiner

BOARD OF DEACONS Pam & Louis Robertson (Co-Moderators)

We are a Stephen Ministry Church For confidential referral, or if you are inter-ested in becoming a Stephen Minister please contact a leader.

STEPHEN LEADERS

Helen Heidelbaugh Gary Myers Jane Rising

Jane Sanford

STEPHEN MINISTERS

Carol Anderson LaVerne Collins Susan DeRemer

Karen Herrold Cheryl Holtzman Janice Hutchison Annette Kilpatrick

Bill LaDieu Donna Leaver Nancy Lengler

David McPherson Steve Miller

Kathy Woodbridge

David McPherson Gary Myers Lisa Pletz

Blanche Skinner Jason Skrinak

Merideth Staudenmaier Kristian Stennett

Erika Hanes (Clerk of Session)

WEEKLY CALENDAR

Sun 18 9:00 Church School 9:30 Blood Pressure 10:00 Worship 11:00 Soup Sunday Mon 19 6:30 Pilates Tues 20 9:30 Staff Meeting 6:30 Food Bank Wed 21 6:45 Men’s Fellowship 9:30 Sewing 6:30 Lenten Dinner 7:30 Lenten Worship 8:00 Session Thur 22 6:00 Lions 6:15 Bells 7:30 Adult Choir Sat 24 11:30 Payne Memorial Service Sun 25 9:00 Church School/Egg Hunt Last Supper 10:00 PALM SUNDAY Worship 11:00 Sunday Snacks

SERMON HELP

The Deacons continue to sponsor the food drive here at Paxton. During the month of March they will be collecting:

PEANUT BUTTER, CRACKERS, RAMEN NOODLES

Pilates and Prayer An inspirational Pilates Workout

Sponsored by the Evangelism & Membership, and Mission & Outreach Ministries

Monday’s – 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. Continuing through—April 30

The Great Room at Paxton Presbyterian Church

Password: 7175610510

GIANT GIFT CARDS PW will not sell gift cards on Easter Sunday. We thank you for purchases, and ask you to plan ahead for other Sundays to get cards.

Each month during 2018, two of our youth will be highlighted

in the bulletin. By the end of the year, you will have the op-

portunity to get to know each one of them a bit better.

EASTER FLOWERS ORDER DEADLINE ~ TODAY

It is time once again to place your order for special flowers to decorate our chancel on Easter Sunday. Please make a note of which plants you have or-dered so that you may pick up the correct plant after the 10:00 worship on Easter, April 1st.

Lilies - $13.00____ Tulips - $12.00 ____ Hyacinths - $12.00_____

Checks may be made payable to Paxton Presbyterian Church and must accompany this slip.

Please use the exact wording you would like in the bulletin: In Memory of: ________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ ________________________________________________ In Honor of: ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Placed by: ________________________________________________

. Thank you!

Number of Plants _____ Amount Enclosed_______

My name is Aaron Bingaman. I am 16 years old, and am a sophomore at Sus-quehanna Township High School. My parents are Gerald and Nancy Bingaman. I have an older brother, named Kurt. He is married to Kylie and they have two kids, Aiden and Lily. They are 3 and 1 and have birthdays coming up in March and April.

As a Boy Scout, I am currently working to become an Eagle Scout. I only have a

merit badge and some paperwork left. At school, I am involved in Chorus, Concert Choir, Concert Band, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Robotics Club and Tennis.

I play a different instrument in each of the three bands I am in. In concert band I play baritone, in marching band I play trumpet and in jazz band I play bass. I have also been playing piano for 10 years, and I know guitar as well. In addition to tennis, I play baseball.

Hi. I’m Olivia Signore. My birthdays is February 10th, 2005. I am 13 years old and have two siblings, Clayton and Giavanna. My mother is Michelle Si-gnore and my father is Steve Signore. I am the granddaughter of Carol and Ed Steckbeck. I am the niece of Rita Brim, Heather Siler and Kaitlyn Keim.

I go to Central Dauphin Middle School

and am in the 7th grade. My hobbies

include cooking, jigsaw puzzles, eating

and watching TV. I want to go to the

University of Delaware for Marine Biol-

ogy and I want to get married. I want to be a mother of 6 and have a lot of pets. I

want to live on the beach.

Wednesday Evenings in Lent Dinner ~ 6:30 Worship ~ 7:30

March 21

HOLY WEEK March 29 ~ Maundy Thursday

Communion Worship ~7:30 PM

March 30 ~ Good Friday Worship ~ 7:30 PM

April 1 ~ Easter Sunrise ~ 6:30AM

Easter Worship ~ 10:00 AM

IT'S TIME FOR PAXTON'S SPRING CLEAN-UP! April 7th is the date of the ANNUAL PAXTON SPRING CLEAN UP DAY! This fun-filled event be-gins at 8:00 and will be jam packed with laughter, fellowship, and cardiovascular workouts. Some of the exciting events will be: the Paxton 100 yard rake off, the tanbark throw, and of course, the ever popular pickup sticks. So come and join with us and we'll have a great

morning in the sun! Bring your rakes, pruners, gloves, water, garden

forks, wheelbarrows, tarps, or whatever you plan to use. But, most of all,

we need you!!!!!!! Rain date is April 14th. See you all Saturday, April 7th

at 8:00.

Paxton Softball Team Pre-Season Recruiting:

This will be our TENTH year in the Penbrook-Progress Church Softball League. Our church softball team is looking for players to round out our roster this year. If you love playing softball, are male or female, between the ages of 15 and “able to swing a bat”, then we are hoping you will join

the team this year.

If softball isn’t your game… Do you know a family member or friend who would be interested in playing?

Please contact Coach Tom (717 727 4239) for details or talk with any of our

Team Alumni or current players.

Our League plays mainly on Tuesday or Thursday evenings, between April and

August, at local fields.

We also have many openings for fans to cheer on our team!

Annual Penbrook-Progress Softball League Golf Outing Friday 5/11/18

12PM registration & 1PM Tee off - at the Carlisle Barracks Golf Course (901 Jim Thorpe Rd, Carlisle, PA 17013). $65 per player for those who play in golf tourna-ments, this is a reasonable price which helps support the Team and the League. Entry fee includes driving range warm-up, door prizes and dinner. We are looking for a good turnout this year. Anyone is welcome to play - inexperienced or experienced golfers are welcome - team members, family, friends & neighbors, etc. Please contact Tom Nichter (717) 727-4239 as soon as possible if you are interested in playing this year.

PAXTANG HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING

April 2, 2018 (Monday) - 6:30 PM - Paxton Presbyterian Church, 3500 Sharon Street, Paxtang. Norman L. Daniels will talk on the History of Paxton Presbyterian Church. Norm is the Chair of the Paxton Presbyterian Church Historical Commit-tee. He is past president and current treasurer of the Harrisburg Civil War Round Table and a member of the Hershey Civil War Roundtable. His talk on the history of the Paxton Church is partly based on his own original research and will include many new fun facts, vignettes, and historical speculations. Norm is a retired ele-mentary teacher for the Central Dauphin School District, with an undergraduate college degree from Penn State Harrisburg and two masters degrees from Ship-pensburg University. Light refreshments will be served at the meeting. All are wel-come to attend.