Be Still and Know Rev. Will Spokes

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1 To all who are spiritually weary and seek rest; to all who mourn and long for comfort; to all who struggle and desire victory; to all who sin and need a Savior; to all who are strangers and want fellowship; to all who hunger and thirst after righteousness; and to whoever will come M O R N I N G W O R S H I P Be Still and Know Rev. Will Spokes E V E N I N G W O R S H I P Sing the Whole Song John Canavan this church opens wide her doors and offers her welcome in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. December 28, 2014

2 M O R N I N G W O R S H I P 9 : 0 0 / 1 1 : 0 0 A M Prelude Iberia, Book 1, 1. Evocation Sonata in B minor, K. 27 Call to Worship I. Albéniz D. Scarlatti Jordan Timchal, piano * Doxology (Trinity Hymnal 731) Old Hundredth Praise God from Whom all blessings flow; praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heav nly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. * Confession Almighty God, to Whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from Whom no secrets are hidden; we confess that we have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts rather than Your will, and have offended against Your holy laws in our selfishness. We have consistently turned in on ourselves, focusing on our own interests, attending to our own ambitions and wishes without sufficient thought for others and for Your will. Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of Your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love You, and worthily magnify Your holy name, through Christ our Lord. Amen. * Invocation * Hymn 226: As with Gladness Men of Old Dix Responsive Reading Psalm 100:1 5 (page 500) * Gloria Patri (Trinity Hymnal 734) Gloria Patri (Meineke) 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, Amen. * 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. Pastoral Prayer Announcements Living Church Building Update * Hymn 229: Gentle Mary Laid Her Child Tempus Adest Floridum * Offering Prayer Offertory: It Is Well with My Soul When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my soul. It is well with my soul, It is well, it is well with my soul. * Congregation standing arr. F. Lopez

3 My sin oh, the bliss of this glorious thought! My sin, not in part but the whole, Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more, Paise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul! And Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight, The clouds be rolled back as a scroll; The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend, Even so, it is well with my soul. Jordan Timchal, piano Scripture Reading Psalm 46:1 11 (page 471) Sermon: Be Still and Know Psalm 46:1 11 (page 471) Prayer Rev. Will Spokes * Hymn 224: Go, Tell It on the Mountain Go Tell It * Benediction Organist this morning: Alma Zensen Intercessors are available for prayer each Sunday at 12:30 PM to listen and provide prayers of spiritual comfort, solace, and support. All are welcome. Go down the stairs by the bulletin boards (between Reception Hall and Delancey lobby) or take the elevator to the B level and meet in front of B1. * Congregation standing

4 U P C O M I N G E V E N T S New Year s Eve: Wednesday, December 31 9:00 PM Testimonies 10:30 PM Reception 11:30 PM Communion Service Congregational Walk-through: Sunday, January 4 Congregants will have the opportunity to walk through a portion of the first floor of the Spruce building and talk to members of the property committee about the details of the purchase. To avoid long lines in winter weather, we ask those interested to pick up timed tickets next Sunday in Reception Hall. Groups will be taken through at regular intervals from 10 10:45 AM and from 12:15 2:15 PM. Special Congregational Meeting: Sunday, January 11, 2015, following the 11:00 service A special meeting of the Congregation and Corporation of Tenth Presbyterian Church is called for January 11, 2015, following the 11 AM service to consider the recommendation of the Session and Trustees to purchase the Spruce property and authorize securing of the necessary financing. The meeting will be held in the Sanctuary. By order of the Session, Dr. Bert Fink, Clerk By order of the Trustees, Mr. Clive Stockdale, Chairman P R O J E C T O F T H E M O N T H As noted in the recent Trustee report, giving to Tenth has fallen significantly behind expenses. The shortfall in giving to the Outreach Budget is a matter of particular concern, because partners serving overseas rely on our support. Consequently, for this month, rather than solicit designations for a special project, the Trustees and Global Outreach Commission request that congregants give to the Outreach Budget itself. Please pray for the Lord s provision for our partners and for our own outreach initiatives. F I N A N C I A L P R O J E C T I O N F O R E N D - O F -Y E A R Church Ministry Outreach Giving needed as of 12/14/14 to meet projected expenses 321, ,643 Giving 12/15/14 12/21/14 100,973 68,232 Additional amount needed in , ,411

5 T E N T H N E W S W E L C O M E We are delighted to have you worship with us. Please stop at our welcome center in the narthex (Spruce Street lobby). Information is also available at tenth.org and in the Delancey lobby. Between morning services, we invite you to Reception Hall for light refreshments. Serving on the platform: 9:00 AM Bruce McDowell, Deryck Barson (WTS student); 11:00 AM Jerry McFarland, Greg Hobaugh (PCA minister and DCCS teacher); 6:30 PM Will Spokes, Jerry McFarland) Please do not bring food or drinks into the Sanctuary. Large print bulletins and hymns are available in the narthex they are in white binders. Hearing assistance devices and large print Bibles are also available nearby. Please return all of these to the same location after use. An American Sign Language interpreter is present at evening services at the sanctuary front (18th Street side). When using street parking on Spruce and Pine, please remember to use your mirrors and watch for bikers in the bike lane as you pull in and as you open your doors. Parking in the Liberty Place garage is free to you with a chaser ticket. Please pick up chaser tickets immediately after a Sunday worship service in Reception Hall (near water fountain after the morning services, at nursery desk after evening services). The garage has entrances between Market and Chestnut Streets on both 16th and 17th Streets. More details are at tenth.org/parking. The discounted parking rate for churches is $6 at the Penn Garage (1700 South Street); please stamp your ticket in the Narthex or Delancey lobby. The choir loft is now open for seating. T O D AY S E V E N T S Tenth International Fellowship (TIF) meets for worship on Sundays at 11:00 AM in Fellowship Hall. The church library is open in both C1 and C4 in the Catacombs 10:25 10:55 AM. Today, 9:00 children s Bible school classes will meet, but 11:00 and 6:30 children s and youth programs are canceled. Nursery is available at all services. U P C O M I N G E V E N T S For information about the New Year s Eve service, please see the post card in the lobbies or go to tenth.org. There will be no nursery but children are welcome. Join Medical Campus Outreach on January 4 for lunch, community, and fellowship at 12:45 PM in Fellowship Hall. We will talk about The Summer Medical Institute 2014 and Lunch is free for students. For more information, Lauren. Tenth Saturday Night is a monthly event for young adults. On January 10 (6:00 PM, Fellowship Hall), Dr. Goligher will speak and answer questions on Singleness, Dating, and Marriage. A meeting of the congregation and corporation of Tenth Presbyterian Church has been scheduled for Sunday, January 11, 2015, following the 11:00 AM service, to vote on the purchase of Spruce and authorize securing of the necessary financing. The next membership class will be held Sunday evenings at 5:00 PM in 1701 Delancey, 1 West, from January 11 through March 8. Contact Christina at x246 or ccorbett@tenth.org for more information and to register. O P E R AT I O N S Contributions must be received or postmarked on or before December 31 to be credited for Please note that today is the last Sunday of the year. After December 31, please discard all outdated envelopes since numbers are reassigned each year. Congress has just passed an extension of the IRA charitable rollover for President Obama has indicated that he will sign the bill into law. This may be beneficial news for some of you over 70-1/2 with an IRA. See ecfa.org for more information. Ministry leaders, 2014 check requests must be submitted no later than January 4, offering envelopes are available in Reception Hall through January 11. If you currently do not have and would like a numbered box assigned to you, please contact Christina at ccorbett@tenth.org now. Please also let her know if you are giving online and no longer need envelopes.

6 E V E N I N G W O R S H I P 6 : 3 0 P M Soli Deo Gloria: Prelude at 6:15 PM Prepare Yourself Zion (No. 4 from Christmas Oratorio) J. S. Bach Prepare yourself Zion, with tender urgency soon to see with thee the fairest, the dearest. Your cheeks must today shine more beauteously; haste to the bridegroom with most ardent love. Hold Close within Your Faith (No. 31 from Christmas Oratorio) Hold close within your faith this blessed wonder, my heart. Let this miracle of divine works ever be a strength to your weak faith. Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 8 II. Allegretto quasi Andantino J. S. Bach E. Grieg Thomas Jackson, violin Soli Deo Gloria is a motto that has been used since the time of the Protestant Reformation. It is the culminating phrase of five Solas and means Glory to God Alone. Recognizing that all glory belongs to God and that we, even at our best, are but instruments of His grace, is the true, Christian world-life view. Such was the perspective of the great church musician Johann Sebastian Bach ( ), who regularly began his compositional work, whether sacred or secular, by writing JJ (Jesu, juva Jesus, help me ) on the first page of a manuscript and sdg at the end. Since 1995 we have employed this phrase as the title of our fifteen-minute musical prelude to evening worship. SDG affords musicians (singers and instrumentalists alike) the opportunity to give back to God from the gifts He has given them. At the same time, the music is intended to encourage the congregation and to be a public testimony of our desire as musicians to honor Him with our musical offerings. This even extends past vocal music with sacred text to the untexted beauty of instrumental music, which can also be offered to the glory of God. Through the doctrine of common grace, such music demonstrates for us not only the skill of the player, but also the creative genius with which God has endowed so many composers, whether or not they were conscious of this gift or were intentional in their use of it for His glory. Welcome Call to Worship Invocation * Hymn 211: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen God Rest You Merry * Hymn 217: All My Heart This Night Rejoices Warum sollt ich mich denn grämen * Prayer of Confession Almighty God, to know You is the fulfilment of our deepest longings and satisfaction of our most ardent desires. Yet foolishly we have sought our pleasures elsewhere. We have put the seeking of idols, which are bound to leave us feeling empty, above seeking You. We have failed to love You with all our heart, soul and mind. We have failed to love our neighbors as ourselves. Forgive us for our sins and grant that from now on we might serve You in newness of life. We pray these things in the name of Your most precious son, Jesus Christ, Amen. * Congregation standing

7 * The Gospel s Assurance of Pardon Philippians 4:7 ESV And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. * Doxology (Trinity Hymnal 733) Lasst uns erfreuen Praise God from Whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below: alleluia, alleluia! Praise Him above ye heav nly host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Prayer of Preparation God s Word Read Colossians 1:15 20 (page 983) * Hymn 227: On Christmas Night All Christians Sing Sussex Carol * Offering Prayer Offertory: Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich (BWV 605) O hail this brightest day of days, all good Christian people! For Christ hath come upon our ways, ring it from the steeple! Of maiden pure is He the Son; for ever shall Thy praise be sung, Christ s fair mother Mary! Ever was there news so great? God s own Son from heaven s high state is born the Son of Mary! This day the wondrous Child is born, lent to earth from heaven. He comes to cheer a world forlorn, its heavy sin to leaven. So, sing ye all the glorious birth which doth redeem our fallen earth, And works our salvation. Laud to Thee, child Jesus Christ! With mankind Thou st kept the tryst Thou Star of every nation. Sermon: Sing the Whole Song Colossians 1:15 20 (page 983) Prayer J. S. Bach Bryan Anderson, organ John Canavan * Hymn 195: Joy to the World! The Lord Is Come Antioch * Benediction Postlude Organist this evening: Bryan Anderson John Canavan is a student at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO, where he lives with his wife, Sharon. He works at Twin Oaks Presbyterian Church as the Director of Guys Discipleship in the Student Ministry. John formerly was the Director of Tenth College Fellowship and grew up at Tenth. * Congregation standing

8 17th & Spruce Streets S E N I O R M I N I S T E R Dr. Liam Goligher M A I L I N G A D D R E S S 1701 Delancey Street Philadelphia, PA p f welcome@tenth.org M I N I S T E R S Dr. Bruce McDowell, Global Outreach Dr. Jerry McFarland, Senior Associate Rev. Will Spokes, Outreach Rev. Carroll Wynne, Pastoral Care M I N I S T R Y D I R E C T O R S Dr. David Apple, Mercy Patrick Canavan, Administrator; Chr. Ed. Dr. Luke Carlson, Interim Choir Rev. Enrique Leal, Internationals Anne Lehman, Nursery Nick Owens, College Dora Phan, Jr/Sr High E L D E R S PA R I S H 1 : C E N T E R C I T Y/ S P H I L A Frank Harder JT Tartikoff PA R I S H 2 : N P H I L A / N S U B U R B S Steve Bachman Doug DeLong Nasrat Ghattas Dan Kunkle Paul Shultes PA R I S H 3 : W P H I L A / W S U B U R B S Bob Kempf PA R I S H 4 : M A I N L I N E Tom Derby Tom Elliott Paul Grant Clive Stockdale PA R I S H 5 : S W S U B U R B S / D E L A W A R E Bert Fink George McFarland Hugh Taylor PA R I S H 6 : N E W J E R S E Y Andrew Fletcher Daryl Bird Russ Pfeifer S E R V I C E S N E X T W E E K 9:00/11:00 AM: Morning Worship Dr. Jerry McFarland The Routine of Life (Proverbs 1:1 7) 6:15/6:30 PM: Soli Deo Gloria/Evening Worship Dr. Bruce McDowell The Infinite Value of the Soul (Psalm 139:13 16) C H R I S T I A N E D U C AT I O N Nursery care is available during all services. For Adult/Youth/ Children s Bible School opportunities, see our Bible School brochure available in our lobbies, or visit our website at tenth.org. D I R E C T I O N S A N D S U N D AY PA R K I N G An Attending Services placard, which is available in our lobbies, must be placed on the front dashboard of your car for parking in permitted areas on the street. See the parking map on the placard. The main reduced-rate garage is between 17th and 18th on South Street. Parking lot tickets must be stamped in the Narthex or Delancey Lobby. Free parking is available on Sundays in the Liberty Place Garage (north of Chestnut Street, from 16th to 17th Street). Free chaser tickets are available in Reception Hall after services. See tenth.org/parking for all parking details and directions. R E S O U R C E S Explore the church and our ministries at tenth.org. At the site, you may view services live, as well as past services. Tenth members and regular attendees may also link to the church s database using the AccessTenth link from the home page. The church library is open between morning services, 10:30 11:00, in Catacombs rooms C1 and C4. A B O U T T E N T H We are a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America adhering to the authority of Scripture and confessing the doctrine contained in the Westminster Standards. Tenth was founded in 1829, its present structure was designed by John McArthur Jr., and built in The interior was redesigned by Frank Miles Day in More information about history and architecture is at tenth.org/history.