PALM SCHWENKFELDER CHURCH Associate Member: United Church of Christ

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1 PALM SCHWENKFELDER CHURCH Associate Member: United Church of Christ 833 Gravel Pike PO Box 66 Palm PA

2 Chimes PALM SCHWENKFELDER CHURCH SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2018 EASTER SUNDAY Welcome and Announcements Prelude Christ Is Alive Wilbur Held Prayer of Invocation Senior Choir Anthem Mercy Tree Michael Neale and Krissy Nordhoff, arr. Mary McDonald *Call to Worship Christ is risen! Christ is risen, indeed! This is the day the Lord has made! We will rejoice and be glad in it! *Hymn #251 Thine Is the Glory Call to Confession Prayer of Confession We cannot truly worship you, loving God, until we recognize how unloving we have been. We cannot truly live until we admit the many ways we have been dwelling in death. We cannot know forgiveness until we honestly face the wrong we have done and the good we have neglected. We admit before you now the anger and spite we have carried in our hearts, the doubts and fears we have allowed to paralyze us, the misplaced priorities that have led us away from your will and way. Help us break down the barriers we have erected so we can experience new life today. In Jesus name. Amen. Time of Personal Confession Assurance of Pardon Scripture: Mark 16: 1 8 (NRSV p ; LP p. 1595) Children s Sermon Children s Church No Children s Church Today 2

3 *Hymn #247 Sermon *Hymn #254 The Day of Resurrection Raised Alleluia, Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven Pastoral Prayer 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. Call to Offering Offertory I Know That My Redeemer Liveth George Frederic Handel *Doxology 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. *Prayer of Dedication By your hand, O God, we have been blessed with life, with food, with refreshment, with hope. Day by day you are saving us, healing our brokenness, calling forth our gifts, granting us strength to serve with Christ as a part of your revelation to the world. Thank you, God, for times of resurrection. Thank you for this day of celebration. We dedicate ourselves anew with our offering. Amen. Service of Communion Beloved in Christ, the Gospel tells us that on the first day of the week Jesus Christ was raised from death, appeared to Mary Magdalene, on that same day sat at the table with two disciples, and was made known to them in the breaking of the bread. This is the joyful feast of the people of God. Men and women, young and old, come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and gather about Christ s table. 3

4 Communion Prayer and Consecration Breaking Bread and Pouring Wine Sharing the Elements *Prayer of Thanksgiving Eternal God, you have called your people from east and west and north and south to feast at the table of Jesus Christ. We thank you for Christ s presence and for the spiritual food of Christ s body and blood. By the power of your Holy Spirit, keep us faithful to your will. Go with us to the streets, to our homes, and to our places of labor and leisure that whether we are gathered or scattered, we may be the servant church of the servant Christ, in whose name we rejoice to pray. Amen. Senior Choir Anthem Christ the Lord Is Risen Today arr. Hal Hopson Congregation Joining to Sing Hymn #234 (All Those Who Are Able Please Rise for Verse 4) *Benediction Postlude Jesus Christ Is Risen Today Robert Hobby *All those who are able, please stand. The bulletins are sponsored today in loving memory of Arlene Kriebel Bieler by Ethel Soffa and Andrew Kriebel. 4

5 Communion Note The Lord s Table is open to all who confess Jesus as the Christ and seek to follow Christ s way. The Deacons will serve the congregation in the pews. Trays should be passed halfway through the pew and then returned to the same deacon, take the bread or grape juice while the person next to you holds the tray. Please hold the bread and the cup until the Pastor invites everyone to eat or drink. Then quietly place the cup in the holder on the back of the pew. Note: Gluten-free Communion Wafers (individually wrapped) are provided on the bread trays for people with wheat sensitivity. Concerning the Communion Service of Palm Schwenkfelder Church, children of our congregation take communion after confirmation. If you choose to have your children partake in Communion please explain the sacred meanings behind the ritual. If you would like to speak with someone on the meanings of Communion please speak with Pastor Nick or any Deacon. Deacons of Palm Schwenkfelder Church Mission Statement of PALM SCHWENKFELDER CHURCH: Our task is to proclaim the Living Word of God, which empowers us to care for and share with our community and the world. Vision Statement of PALM SCHWENKFELDER CHURCH: Serving the glorious God, claimed by Jesus, and inspired by scripture, honoring our history, with renewed commitment we will reach out to our community and the world through worship, spirit enriching programs, and outreaching mission. 5

6 Easter Flowers Presented By Grace Kuhns Lillian & Walt Master Ty McNeal Richard & Kay Kleppinger Carol & Dave Woodward Charlotte & Darius Puff Charlotte & Darius Puff Ed & Kathy Bieler Mr. & Mrs. Bart Moser Mr. & Mrs. Bart Moser Ethel & Frank Soffa Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Kriebel Ray & Peggy Maund Alex & Joanne Jalowy Alex & Joanne Jalowy Alex & Joanne Jalowy Kevin & Barb Master Marilyn Roznowski Marilyn Roznowski Badman Family Marianne Miller Marianne Miller Marianne Miller Joan Pusey Kenny & Shirley Miller Richard & Merris Ann Hoffman Presented By Ken Kuhns Family Ken Kuhns Family Grace Kuhns Lillian & Walt Master Lillian & Walt Master Lillian & Walt Master Carol & Dave Woodward Ethel & Frank Soffa Ethel & Frank Soffa Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Kriebel Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Kriebel Alex & Joanne Jalowy Kevin & Barb Master Joan Pusey Richard & Merris Ann Hoffman Richard & Merris Ann Hoffman Richard & Merris Ann Hoffman In Memory Of Edmund Kuhns Loved ones Esther Tyson Our parents Our parents Charles & Elizabeth Roberts Harold & Marian Puff Ralph & Sara Bieler Richard Moser Marion Moser Bleile Our parents Our parents Ida & Paul Bieler Marie Hartman Donald Hartman Alexander Jalowy Sr. Loved ones Austin Fox Andrew Roznowski Verna Badman Alta & James Miller Helen Miller Margueriete Fries Myrtle & Charles Stahl Neil Gery Our parents In Honor Of Grace Kuhns Marie Szczesniak Ken Kuhns Family Ardelle Master Our children Our grandchildren Loved ones Our children Our grandchildren Our children Our grandchildren Dorothy Gaugler Our parents My children Our children Our grandchildren Our great-granddaughter 6

7 Things of Interest to Our Palm Schwenkfelder Family This week, please keep in your daily prayers: Cody Belmont, Nathan Wright, Liz Snook, Liem Zbyszinski, Barry Slemmer, Jean Boreman, Leon Wohlbach, Bryan Schwoyer, Marvin Zeisloft Jr., Evelyn Bold, Ruth Adams, Darlene and Rick Jones, Judy Yerger, Jacki Hensler, Rochelle Ginder Manuel, Deena Updegrove, Rebecca Himmelwright, Joe and Sue Cooper, Ernie Guldin, Meg Lester, Willard Long, Lucile Jones, Sheryl Tomlin, Mae Gerhart, Goldie Graber, Kylene Bertoia Hart, Mary and Heinz Herrmann, Martha Wolford, Devon Hawkins, Kerm Goda, Vern Weller, Donna Weller, Mary Hartman, Jen Fries, Mary Jane Burianek, Dave Jaeger, Betty Pope. Please also keep in your prayers the men and women serving in the United States Military. This month from our Schwenkfelder Prayer List we uplift Schwenkfelder Missionary Church. April Youth Birthdays Happy Birthday to Parker Morasco (04/05), Aubrey Reinart (04/12) Happy 18 th birthday to Joseph Kinsler (04/13) Food Drive Please consider donating to Open Link each Sunday by bringing in nonperishable food items and/or toiletries. You may see the table for top need items, but whatever you decide to donate will be appreciated. Please no expired items. Children s Church Thank you to everyone who volunteered to help with Children s Church. We are still looking for snack donations. Please put any donations in a bag labeled Children's Church and place them in the office. Youth Group Begins For youth in 5 th grade and up, join us for our first youth group night on Friday, April 6 th, 6:00pm 9:00pm. Our Bible topic will be Easter. Come out for a night of fellowship and fun. For the month of April, Youth Group will meet on Friday, April 6 th ; Saturday, April 14 th ; Sunday, April 22 nd ; Sunday, April 29 th. See the sign-up sheet in the narthex. Sunday School Classes April 1 st Easter Regular Sunday school class April 8 th Combined Youth Sunday School in the Social Hall Pancake & Sausage Breakfast The current Confirmation Class will be hosting a pancake & sausage breakfast fundraiser on Saturday, April 28 th from 8:00am 10:00am. Proceeds will benefit The Open Link. Pre-ordered tickets cost $7 or you can pay at the door for $8. See a Confirmation student to purchase your tickets. We are looking for additional help in the kitchen and to serve on the buffet line. If you are interested, please see Kevin or Barb Master. 7

8 Back By Popular Demand!!! Next Sunday, April 8 th, Palm s Relay for Life Committee will be selling our popular Ham n Cheese quarterpounders. At $3.50 each, our delicious sandwiches feature 1/4 pound of Waterman s chipped ham piled high on a roll and topped with American cheese. Mustard and mayo packets are included. No advance orders will be taken, so mark your calendar and be sure to visit our table in the Narthex following worship. Thanks to our generous sale sponsors, 100% of all proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society s research and patient outreach projects. Palm Gives Hope! Heartfelt thanks to all who have contributed to Palm s 2018 American Cancer Society Relay for Life fund drive. We are well on our way to reaching the goal of Presenting Sponsor status! Our final deadline for receiving contributions will be Sunday, April 8 th. Please visit the Relay for Life table following worship, or place your contribution in the office door lockbox. Donation checks must be made payable to Palm Schwenkfelder Church with memo to: Relay for Life. Your gifts will advance the ACS s support of ground-breaking research and a wide variety of cancer patient services. Together, let s finish the fight! Knotting Party This Tuesday, April 3 rd, at 9:00 am, the Ladies Aid will be sponsoring another Knotting Party. No experience needed. Come and help make blankets for the Migrant Ministry Project. Bring a bag lunch and plan to stay for the Ladies Aid monthly meeting at 1:00 pm. One Great Hour of Sharing People who have been helped by the One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) offering frequently comment that you were here after the flood, the earthquake, or the fire, or I can t believe the church showed up for me during my time of need. Some even say, I have given to this offering, but never thought it would help me. Our gifts through the offering allow the church to show up and be here when people need it most. What s more, OGHS works with congregations and organizations locally, those vested in the affected communities, so we can be present quickly, and help the people living in those communities rebuild their lives. This year s theme is, More than we can imagine. As the Apostle Paul writes, by the power at work within us, God is able to accomplish abundantly more than we can ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20). There is still time to participate in this year s Offering; simply write OGHS in the Other portion of your Offering Envelope or use one of the envelopes from the Mission Bulletin Board. The Mission Board requests your prayerful consideration to continued support of this far reaching Mission again this year. Palm Leaves, Loosely Speaking Just to give everyone a heads-up, the next Palm Leaves you receive will not have any staples in it. We have been informed by the Post Office that we do not have a permit for mailing documents with staples. Apparently, stapling changes a newsletter into a booklet, and ours is a newsletter bulk rate permit. So please be aware that you will still receive a complete Palm Leaves, but that the pages will be loose. 8

9 Recycling As you may have seen in recent news, many organizations in the Valley have had difficulty with the collection of recycling material. Unfortunately, we are one of those organizations. We are now in the process of dealing with the situation; however, until we are able to find a solution, please do not bring any paper recycling to the church. Thank you. MCC Canner Project The MCC Mobile Canner will be at the MCC Material Resource Center (MRC) for three days this coming week! The hours are from 6:00am to 7:00pm on Easter Monday, April 2 nd ; Tuesday, April 3 rd ; and Wednesday, April 4 th. Over 100 volunteers are needed each day to operate the canner, which will produce enough food to feed thousands of needy people here and around the world. Workers are needed to: fill, wash, and label cans; prepare boxes for shipment; load the truck; and help with general site clean-up. Contributions are still coming in but we appreciate and need more volunteers. Helpers are asked to work for a two, four, or six-hour shift. If you are able to help fill the needs of the hungry, please call the MRC at Your tax-deductible contributions may be made payable to the MCC Canner Project and mailed to the MCC Material Resource Center, 737 agey Center Drive, Unit C, Souderton, PA Go to mccharleysville.org, click on Get Involved, then Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Canner for more information about how, from our hearts to their hands, we re feeding the need with love. Community Day of Service On Saturday, April 21 st, there will be a community day of service sponsored by the participating churches of the 500 th Anniversary celebration. Events will be held at St. Paul s Lutheran Church in Red Hill and other locations throughout the Upper Perkiomen Valley. If you would to participate in the day of service, please use the following link to sign up for one or more service opportunities: Altar Flowers and Bulletins The Deacons would like to thank the members of Palm for sponsoring bulletins and real flowers throughout 2017! The 2018 charts are in the hallway outside of the office, and for this year the Deacons are giving people a new opportunity for sponsorship. In 2018, bulletin sponsorships are still $15, but you now have the option of sponsoring one arrangement, or both arrangements of flowers. The cost of one arrangement is $25, and the cost of sponsoring both arrangements is $50. So if you would like to sponsor one arrangement, you need only sign up on one chart, but if you d like to sponsor both arrangements, you will need to sign up on both charts for that particular Sunday. Or if you choose, you may sponsor one arrangement on one Sunday by signing up on one chart, and sponsor a separate arrangement on a completely different Sunday by signing up on the other chart. If you have any questions, please speak to one of the Deacons. Thanks! 9

10 Redner s 1% Save-A-Tape Rebate Program We have been notified by Redner s that they will no longer honor register receipts that have the bottom part cut off. To qualify for the 1% Save-A-Tape Refund Program, the register tape must be the entire tape. Also, they want no magic marker used on the tapes. Entire tapes dated within the last three years will qualify for the rebate. Thank you for your cooperation. Did You Know? This is where we list items of interest to members and visitors. If you have any items to add, please call or Dan Ferry in the church office. Thank you. Did You Know? LARGE PRINT bulletins are available from an usher. LARGE PRINT Bibles are also available for use during worship services, located on the table to the left between the front and back sections of pews. Listening devices are available for those who would like them. Please see an usher to assist you. A fully accessible restroom is located in the hallway, across from the office. A baby changing table is there, also. There are greeting cards on the podium as you enter the sanctuary. Anyone is invited to sign you don t need to be a member of the congregation to add your name to the well wishes. Donations of greeting cards to this project are welcomed and needed, especially Get Well and Sympathy cards. Please see Nancy Hoffman with your donations, or place them on the podium shelf. 10

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14 This Week at PALM SCHWENKFELDER CHURCH Sunday, April 1 7:00am Easter Dawn Worship Service 7:45am Covered Dish Breakfast Following Dawn Service 9:00am Sunday School 10:15am Easter Sunday Worship Service 12:00pm Daily Time of Prayer Wherever You Are Judges 13 15; Luke 6:27 49 Monday, April 2 12:00pm Daily Time of Prayer Wherever You Are Judges 16 18; Luke 7:1 30 Tuesday, April 3 9:00am Ladies' Aid Knotting Party 12:00pm Daily Time of Prayer Wherever You Are Judges 19 21; Luke 7: :00pm Ladies' Aid Meeting 7:00pm Boy Scouts - Troop Meeting Wednesday, April 4 12:00pm Daily Time of Prayer Wherever You Are Ruth 1 4; Luke 8:1 25 6:00pm Junior Bell Choir Rehearsal 6:30pm Senior Bell Choir Rehearsal 7:30pm Senior Choir Rehearsal Thursday, April 5 12:00pm Daily Time of Prayer Wherever You Are 1 Samuel 1 3; Luke 8: :30pm Staff Meeting 7:00pm Deacon's Meeting Friday, April 6 12:00pm Daily Time of Prayer Wherever You Are 1 Samuel 4 6; Luke 9:1 17 6:00pm Inaugural Youth Group Night 14

15 Saturday, April 7 12:00pm Daily Time of Prayer Wherever You Are 1 Samuel 7 9; Luke 9:18 36 Sunday, April 8 9:00am Combined Youth Sunday School 10:15am Sunday Worship Service 11:30am Board of Music Ministry Meeting 11:30am Relay for Life Ham n' Cheese "Quarterpounders" Fundraiser 12:00pm Daily Time of Prayer Wherever You Are 1 Samuel 10 12; Luke 9:

16 PALM SCHWENKFELDER CHURCH 833 Gravel Pike PO Box 66 Palm PA Office Phone: Fax: Pastor Nick s Cell Phone: Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Worship Service 10:15 a.m. Church Office Hours Tuesday through Thursday 8:00am 4:00pm Friday 8:00am 3:00pm Church Administrator palmadministrator@comcast.net Church Office palmschwenkfelder@comcast.net Pastor s palmpastor@comcast.net Copyright License Number: Serving You at PALM SCHWENKFELDER CHURCH Ministers: All Church Members Pastor: Rev. Nicholas Pence Director of Music: Ed Bieler Junior Bells: Beth Croll Senior Bells: Joanne and David Luz Organist: Peg Jacob Church Administrator: J. Daniel Ferry Youth Director: Barbara Master Sexton: Kevin Master Greeter: Blake Master Ushers: Alex Jalowy, Joanne Jalowy, Barb Master, Kevin Master Prayer Chain: Nancy Hoffman The Call to Worship, Prayer of Confession, and the Prayer of Dedication are all reprinted by permission of The United Church Press from Taught by Love by Lavon Bayler. Copyright 1998 by the United Church Press. 16