Northminster Presbyterian Church 1660 Kessler Blvd. East Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46220

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SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY

FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY

January 12, 2020

CENTERING THOUGHT

That New by Susan Rothbard

At the market today, I look for Piñata

apples, their soft-blush-yellow. My husband

brought them home last week, made me guess at

the name of this new strain, held one in his hand

like a gift and laughed as I tried all

the names I knew: Gala, Fuji, Honey

Crisp—watched his face for clues—what to call

something new? It's winter, only tawny

hues and frozen ground, but that apple bride

was sweet, and I want to bring it back to him,

that new. When he cut it, the star inside

held seeds of other stars, the way within

a life are all the lives you might live,

each unnamed, until you name it.

* = Those who are able, please stand.

Congregation responds in bold.

Cell phones ringing during worship will be collected

and given to middle schoolers.

APPROACHING GOD

WELCOME Teri Thomas

PRELUDE What God ordains is always good J. S. Bach

(1685-1950)

* CALL TO WORSHIP

Ever – present God, we know you are with us at this time of worship.

In our praise, you are the note of joy;

in our praying, you are the still small voice:

in our listening, you are the word that hits home;

in our fellowship, you are the friendly hand held out;

in our call to serve, you are the source of inspiration.

With confidence and trust,

we will worship God.

* HYMN NO. 401 Here in This Place GATHER US IN

* PRAYER OF CONFESSION Ruth Chadwick Moore

Gracious Creator, we spend so much time hiding our fear,

our anger, our anxiety, our addictions;

we imagine ourselves invulnerable.

In your mercy, uncover our brokenness, that we might be more truly known.

Sustaining Spirit, Great Physician,

you promise to receive us, wounded and welcomed, just as we are.

You bring life from dead ends. You heal our disease.

In your mercy, mend our brokenness, that you might be more truly known.

* SILENCE FOR PERSONAL PRAYER AND REFLECTION

* DECLARATION OF FORGIVENESS

Sisters and brothers, the Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger,

and abounding in steadfast love.

Believe this good news:

In Jesus Christ, our stories are known, we are forgiven, and our lives are made new.

* GLORIA PATRI John Weaver

* SHARING THE PEACE (Worshippers may greet one another with words of Christ’s peace.)

The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

And also with you.

LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD

CHILDREN’S TIME

Children may be excused for Church School at this time.

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION Mikotoba o kudasai Yasushige Imakoma

(9:00) Section Leaders

(11:00) Chancel Choir

PSALM 103: 6-13, 22 Peter Kolar

Doug Johnson, Cantor

GOSPEL LESSON Mark 2: 1-22 (Pg. 36)

SERMON Old and New Teri Thomas

RESPONDING TO GOD’S WORD

ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS

The Questions

The Laying on of Hands

Prayers for the Ordained, the Installed and the Congregation

* HYMN NO. 432 How Clear Is Our Vocation, Lord REPTON

OFFERING (Please sign the pew pad and pass it to your neighbor.)

OFFERTORY Praise to the Lord, the Almighty Hugo Distler

(1908-1942)

(9:00) Section Leaders

(11:00) Chancel Choir

Praise to the Lord, the almighty, the King of creation!

O my soul, praise him for he is thy health and salvation!

Gather ye round, let us make music resound. Praise him in glad adoration.

Praise to the Lord, who o’er all things so wondrously reigneth.

Shelters thee under his wings, yea, so gently sustaineth.

Hast thou not seen how thy hearts wishes have been granted in

what he ordaineth?

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!

O my soul, praise him for he is thy health and salvation!

Gather ye round, let us make music resound. Praise him in glad adoration.

* DOXOLOGY LASSST UNS ERFRUEN

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;

Praise God, all creatures here below. Alleluia! Alleluia!

Praise God, the source of all our gifts!

Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts!

Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit, Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

* PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

GOING FORTH

* HYMN NO. 694 Great God of Every Blessing AURELIA

* BLESSING AND CHARGE

CHORAL RESPONSE God be in my head J. Wright

(9:00) Section Leaders

(11:00) Chancel Choir

God be in my head and in my understanding;

God be in my eyes and in my looking:

God be in my mouth and in my speaking;

God be in my heart and in my thinking:

God be at my end and at my departing.

Sarum Primer, 1514

Elected Class of 2022 Officers

Elders Deacons

Lily Banks Phil Bristow

Allison Gritton Cy Donnelly

Kent Jackson Nancy Flamme

Emi Johnson Sharon Gremel

Lisa Longo Tori Kincaid

Adam Newsom MaryAnn Ruegger

Sara Sarno

Donna Schmahl

Stella Shannon

Russell Wareham

MUSIC IN WORSHIP

Today’s opening hymn, No. 401 “Here in This Place” (Gather Us In), was composed by American

Marty Haugen (born 1950) in the 1979. The hymn celebrates an “incarnational” understanding of God’s

presence in a physical place where people with flesh and bone come together in welcome. The hymn

names, in pairs, those who gather to worship God: “the lost and forsaken, the blind and the lame, the rich

and the haughty, the proud and the strong.” From all sorts and conditions of humanity, the community of

faith gathers to sing around word, water, bread and wine. In singing this hymn, we pray that the fire of

God’s love will make hearts that are meek and courageous, and lives that are holy and true.

All music printed - Copyright permission granted by OneLicense.net#2433181.

What’s Next?

Worship In January of 2020 we will be returning to the Narrative Lectionary for awhile. We will be

working our way through the Gospel of Mark. This is the earliest of all the gospels and the shortest.

Mark is in a hurry to tell the story of Jesus and his ministry.

January 19 – Epiphany 2; Mark 4:1-34, Parables.

January 26 – Epiphany 3; Mark 5:1-20, the Demoniac.

Events and Education

Chancel Choir Rehearsal and Lunch – TODAY, 12:05pm

Youth Group – TODAY and January 19 and January 26, 5:30pm

Stephen Ministers – January 13, 7pm

Finance Committee – January 14, 4pm

Called Session Meeting – January 14, 7pm

LAST CALL -- Sign-up for Kenya Trip – January 15 (4 spots available)

Foundation Board Meeting – January 16, 7pm

Curious Conversations – Learn about Northminster -- January 19 and 26 at 10am

Book Discussion – Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg

– January 19, 12:15pm

Sound&Spirit Concert – Phil Palermo -- January 19, 4pm

BUILDING CLOSED – MONDAY, JANUARY 20

Organ Task Force – January 21, 6pm

Session Meeting – January 21, 7pm

Spiritual Striders – January 22, 9am

Annual Meeting of the Congregation – January 26, Noon

Pokagon 2020 – Friday, January 31 – Sunday, February 1

Tuesday Morning Bible Study – 11am

3B Exercise – Mondays 2:30pm (when no Chair Yoga)

Men’s Prayer Breakfast – Wednesdays at 8am

For more information, check out our website (northminster-indy.org).

To give by text message on a smartphone, text the amount to 317-316-3009.

Our online system, ShelbyNext, will prompt you through a one-time set-up.

Seasonal Decorations and Poinsettias

Jean Burton – in memory of Susan Snyder and Zac Burton

Dick and Pat Dunbar and family – in memory of Paul E. and Dorothy M. Merriman

Everett Fleming – in memory of our departed loved ones

Lynne Resinger – in memory of grandparents, Artie & Grace Brown; parents, Bill & Eleanor Jackson; Marge Hanna

Jinnie Smith – in memory of Ron Smith and in honor of Northminster Presbyterian Church

Brenda Howe – in loving memory of Esther Larson from her children and grandchildren

Netta Mae Browne – in memory of Helen Browne

Troy and Nancy Hill – in memory of brother, John W. Meek

Gary Ryan – in memory of MaryLee Ryan

Cheri and Bob Gudgel – in memory of our friend, MaryLee Ryan

Will and Todd Gudgel and Amy Gudgel Stults – in memory of our grandparents

Wanda Fortune – in memory of W. Brooks Forturne

Dr. Victor Mercer – in memory of my wife, Carolyn Mercer

Don and Nancy Durrett – in memory of loved ones

Daniel Ent – in memory of Fred and Cleta

Sandy Corbito – in memory of Dale and Joan VonGunten

Barbara (Burgman) Belt – in memory of parents, Hale and Mary Burgman

Kathy Schick – in memory of Mary and Bill Diehl

Jackie Schmidt – in memory of Marvin Schmidt and Ann Schmidt Walker

Sharon Parsley – in memory of family and friends and in honor of Pastors Teri and Ruth

Anita Hicks and Douglas Cruzan – in memory of our parents, Eugene and Mildred Cruzan

Bob and Barb Berting –in memory of our parents, Bill Sr. and Victoria Freije and Herman and Vada Berting

Bob and Barb Berting – in memory of our sons, Kyle Victor and Kevin Gregory

Betty Sue Drake – in memory of my husband

Frances Barrows – in memory of family members

Carol Euliss – to the glory of God

Barb Weber – in memory of Bill Weber

Sharon Gremel – in memory of Bud Gremel and our parents

Matt and Marci Robinson – in memory of Laura Keppler and in honor of Bud and Debby Robinson and Kelly and

Donna Stanley

Rick and Carol Campbell – in memory of our parents and in honor of Stephen Ministers

Amiée Scheuermann – in memory of Martha Jane Rust

Scott Cavins – in memory of John A. (Lex) Cavins, M.D.

Tim and Molly Craft – in honor of Don and Dolly Craft

Diantha DeGraw – in memory of Aubrey and Jesse DeGraw

The Plunkett Family – in memory of loved ones no longer with us

Tom and Terri Hubbard – in memory of wife and mother, Beryldean Hubbard; son & brother, Tom E. Hubbard, Jr.

Rick and Judy Nelson – in memory of our parents, Howard and Mary McKinley and Harold and Caroline Nelson

John and Mary Lisher – in memory of our parents

Barbara Angotti – in memory of Art Angotti

Sara Sarno – in memory of parents, Denby and Kathryn Gerlach, and sister, Alice

Bo and Mary Walker – in memory of our parents

Jack and Jan Whiteman – in memory of Margo Whiteman and Terri Lee

Rob and Anita Day and Pat Busse – in memory of John Busse

Josephine (Jo) Wright – in memory of husband, Jim, and in honor of daughter, Nancy Jo Wright Pinnick

Teri L. Thomas

Pastor

Ruth Chadwick Moore

Associate Pastor

Maureen Wilson

Director of Education and

Youth Ministries

John M. Wright

Director, Music Ministries

Marko Petričić

Music Associate/Organist

Denise Harrington

Senior Ministry

Consultant

Carol McDonald

Parish Associate

Donald R. Durrett

Associate Pastor Emeritus

Carol Campbell

John Reed

Tony Dzwonar

Stephen Ministry Leaders

Lori Schlabach

Church Business

Administrator

Susan Glant

Nancy J. Sala

Administrative Assistants

Tim McElroy

Lead Custodian

Jonathan Petersen

Sunday Custodian

MINISTRY