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1 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ENGLEWOOD LIVE boldly SHARE boundlessly GROW community BUILD God s world October 22, 2017 Eleven o clock TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME THE GATHERING The service of worship begins with the prelude; quiet is requested as you enter the sanctuary and prepare for worship. Ordinarily applause is held until the conclusion of the Postlude. In the spirit of Christian fellowship, we invite you to wear a name tag which is available from the greeters. As a community that prays with and for one another, we invite you to share your joys and concerns by using the prayer cards available from the ushers. Those parts of the Service of Worship in which the congregation participates in word or song are noted in bold type. Please stand as you are able. PRELUDE Preludium in G Minor Lübeck * HYMN 150 Come, Christians, Join to Sing Madrid WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL TO CONFESSION PRAYER OF CONFESSION God our Savior, here we are with many faults, together with our gifts and graces. We are aware of some sins but blind to other aspects of evil in our lives. Jesus looked on the faults of others with merciful eyes. We confess that even knowing we have been forgiven so much, we have not yet learned to forgive as Jesus did. Jesus spoke mercy; lived love; embodied compassion. We pray that more than just proclaiming his life, we will live as he showed us. This we pray in his name.

2 PRAYERS OF SILENT AND INDIVIDUAL CONFESSION WORDS OF ASSURANCE Leader: Friends, believe and proclaim the Good News: in Jesus Christ, love breaks through hatred, hope breaks through despair, life breaks through death. People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven, loved, and set free. Thanks be to God! Amen. * CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE 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, Amen. * WORDS OF INSTITUTION THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM * THE APOSTLES CREED (in unison) 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. QUESTIONS OF INTENT PRAYER THE BAPTISM OF WYATT SAMUEL BORAM JUNG

3 RESPONSE Hymn No. 493 Dearest Jesus, We Are Here, vs. 1 Dearest Jesus, we are here, gladly your command obeying. With this child we now draw near in response to your own saying that to you it shall be given as a child and heir of heaven. PRAYER Pastor: Eternal God, we praise you for calling us to be a servant people... Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom we give honor and glory forever. People: Remind us of the promises given in our own baptism, and renew our trust in you. Make us strong to obey your will, and to serve you with joy; for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. PRESENTATION OF BIBLE TIME WITH CHILDREN + Children and Youth leave for Church School. + * EXCHANGE OF PEACE Leader: Let us open our hearts to one another as Christ has opened his heart to us, and God will be glorified. People: The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you. (Exchange Signs of Reconciliation and the Peace of Christ with your neighbor - e.g., The Peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Response - And also with you. ) * HYMN 392 Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord Hall THE WORD PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION FIRST LESSON Isaiah 45:1-7 ANTHEM I ve Got Peace Like a River arr. Mack Wilberg SECOND LESSON Matthew 22:15-22

4 SERMON Trick Questions Rev. Richard S. Hong THE OFFERING OFFERTORY Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite Handel Let their celestial concerts all unite, Ever to sound His praise in endless morn of light. * THE DOXOLOGY Old Hundredth Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God all creatures here below. Praise God above, ye heavenly host. Creator, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen. PASTORAL PRAYER & THE 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. THE SENDING OUT * HYMN 428 We Give Thee but Thine Own Schumann * BENEDICTION * CHORAL AMEN POSTLUDE Jig Fugue in G Bach Our worship ends with the conclusion of the Postlude. (It is the custom of our church to remain seated. Those who wish to leave may do so.) * * * * *

5 TODAY S MUSIC Vincent Lübeck ( ) became organist of St Cosmae et Damiani, Stade, near Hamburg, marrying, as was a custom, his predecessor s daughter. His brilliant reputation then won him the appointment of organist of the Nikolaikirche, Hamburg, which he held until his death. It had a Schnitger organ, a four-manual instrument of 67 stops, one of the largest in the world. Despite Lübeck s frequent opportunities to display his gifts as a composer and performer, especially in the Saturday Vesper service, only nine organ works by him are known. Yet even these few abundantly demonstrate the commanding position he occupied, together with Dietrich Buxtehude and Bruhns, in north German organ music about His praeludia have been described as virtually the last link between the north German organ toccata and those of Bach. The anthem is by Mack Wilberg (b. 1955), the recently appointed director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. During his many years as associate director, he made many arrangements of hymns such as Peace like a river for that illustrious group. George Frideric Handel s ( ) jubilant chorus concludes his oratorio Samson, written in 1742 immediately after Messiah to a text reworked from Milton s Samson Agonistes. It quickly became one of Handel s most often-performed works, and was revised several times by the composer, who added the final chorus Let their celestial concerts all unite only as an inspired afterthought. The short Fugue in G Major, with its jig-like rhythm, is a charming work long attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach ( ) although there are no documents to authenticate it. The earliest known copy is thought to have belonged to an eighteenth-century composer named F. W. Rust who was a pupil of Bach's oldest son. Rust's grandson, in the nineteenth century, held Bach's old post as Leipzig organist and edited the first attempt at a complete edition of the master's compositions. This may seem to be authority enough except that the Bach son was a very untrustworthy character who, among other things, passed off one of his father's Vivaldi arrangements as his own composition, and furthermore, young Rust played a notorious hoax on the musical world by rewriting his grandfather's compositions and then claiming that they were a hundred years ahead of their time in style and expression. * * * * *

6 TODAY S SCRIPTURE READINGS Isaiah 45:1-7 (NRSV) Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him and strip kings of their robes, to open doors before him and the gates shall not be closed: 2 I will go before you and level the mountains, I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron, 3 I will give you the treasures of darkness and riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that it is I, the LORD, the God of Israel, who call you by your name. 4 For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name, I surname you, though you do not know me. 5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; besides me there is no god. I arm you, though you do not know me, 6 so that they may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is no one besides me; I am the LORD, and there is no other. 7 I form light and create darkness, I make weal and create woe; I the LORD do all these things. Matthew 22:15-22 (NRSV) Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said. 16 So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality. 17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not? 18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, Why are you putting me to the test, you hypocrites? 19 Show me the coin used for the tax. And they brought him a denarius. 20 Then he said to them, Whose head is this, and whose title? 21 They answered, The emperor s. Then he said to them, Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor s, and to God the things that are God s. 22 When they heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away. * * * * *

7 WELCOME TO OUR WORSHIP Today s Ushers are: Ray Fields, Captain Ulah Fields Arlene Mattis Joanna O'Donovan Audrey Svensson Today we are honored to celebrate the baptism of Wyatt Samuel Boram Jung, son of Paul Jung and Mark Gagne, born 6/9/17 in Hershey, PA. Our Lay Assistant this morning is Carol Schulzrinne. Carol has been a member of First Presbyterian Church since moving to NJ in 1996 with her husband, Henning, and son, Nathan. Ilta, her daughter, was born in 1997 and was baptized on Pentecost. She participated in a parenting group started by Dorothy VanderWerf for several years while Nathan and Ilta played with the other children. She has taught Sunday School, from pre-school through middle school, assisted with Vacation Bible Camps, and led the Friday afternoon After School program for a couple of years. As an elder, she has been the chair of Christian Education and Worship and Music Committees. For 8 months she was the interim Christian Education Coordinator until Felicia Arrigoitia was hired and welcomed her energetic leadership. She assists as a member of the offering counting teams. Now she appreciates the opportunity to grow in faith with the Women's Study Group. Professionally she is trained as a Rehabilitation Counselor and has worked with adults with development disabilities and mental health conditions in Cincinnati, Ohio where she grew up and in Holyoke, MA, near Amherst where she and Henning first lived after marrying in She is an active volunteer in the community and has taught ESL, been a co-chair of the Home and School Association, and now works with Leonia's UN International Day of Peace and related school projects. The Elders: Richard Bennett, Peter Bigler, David Bishop, Diane Christian, Eunice Dartey, Bruce Forshee, Akira Fujitsuka, Paul Kang, Kyung Lee, Carolyn Milne, Paul Platek, Jill Strawbridge Bello, Robert Ryder, Phil Tamis, Candida Urena. Clerk of Session: Sandy Bishop Moderator: Reverend Richard Hong. The Session consists of the Moderator, the Elders, and the Clerk of Session. The Deacons: Alan Aluska, Hung-En Sung, Sheila Chen, John Fraser, Linda Heitner, J.B. Holderness, Nicole Kim, Sara Lee, Kate Matsuda, Lizzy Palo, Beverly Rhinehart, Jean Rohloff, Michael Smolen, Jeff Spady, Lois Strauss. Co-Moderators: Rosetta Forshee & Caridad Schweizer Staff: Reverend Richard Hong & Dorothy VanderWerf

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11 COMING UP THIS WEEK The INFORMATION CENTERS in Elmore Hall and Chapel have extra October Newsletters to invite a friend to your church, a sign-up for Chair-Assisted Yoga, Senior Discounts, and a SIGN - UP for Staffing the PUMPKIN PATCH. TODAY, Join us at a table in the Chapel at 10 am or 12 noon for HEALTHY LIVING CONVERSATION & RESOURCES to gather information about Memory Loss, Dementia, and Alzheimer's from those who attended the October 1 presentation by Shelley Steiner of Alzheimer's NJ. COFFEE PLUS & CONVERSATION will be hosted by Charlene Niland with MORE than Cookies. Join us in the Chapel at 10 am or 12 noon, enjoy good food and fellowship, sponsored by the Care Ministries. GOD'S CREATION wall calendars for 2018 are available in the Chapel at Coffee & Conversation. See Lois Strauss of our Care Ministries to purchase a calendar for gifts or personal use. They are $8.00 with beautiful pictures and Scriptures. STAFFING THE PUMPKIN PATCH! We are in need of people to staff the patch from 9-6 Mon. - Sat. and 8:30-4:30 Sundays. Shifts are 3 hours. If you can help, please contact Felicia or sign up on SIGNUP GENIUS at Thank you in advance for your support!!! UPCOMING MEETINGS WORSHIP & MUSIC COMMITTEE MEETING is on Thursday, October 26 at 7:30 pm in the Meeting Room.

12 Get the New FPC App Watch the 90 Second Sermons, listen to past messages, check the church calendar, find out about Connect Groups even give online! Parents receive notifications with suggestions for faith-based family discussions. For Android or iphone just search Englewood Presbyterian in your app store. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 150 EAST PALISADE AVENUE, ENGLEWOOD, NJ (201) * * * * * * * * ALL MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH - MINISTERS THE REVEREND RICHARD S. HONG - PASTOR DR. DAVID MACFARLANE - ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER FELICIA ARRIGOITIA - DIRECTOR OF FAMILY MINISTRIES DOROTHY VANDERWERF - DIRECTOR OF CARE MINISTRIES DANIELLE DE LAURENTIS - OFFICE MANAGER BETH MORRISON - OFFICE ASSOCIATE ANALIA BROWN - BOOKKEEPER GARIN KASSIS - CUSTODIAN * * * * * * * *