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1 CARDINALS CUBS BASEBALL TICKETS FUNDRAISING SALE Pastor John is sponsoring the sale of baseball tickets for the STL Cards Cubs game on Saturday, June 16 at 7:15pm. The seats are right field box section 128 & 129. Tickets cost $60 (with a face value of $89). The deadline to order tickets is TODAY so please signup if you re interested. Make checks payable to JCPC. YARD WORK CONGREGATIONAL CHALLENGE As part of our efforts to grow our church family, every member is asked to pass along 1 JCPC card, including a garage sale invitation, to 1 person. You and your invitee will be entered in a raffle to each win a Chimi s gift card! You can invite them to a Sunday service, too. Maybe you can both enjoy a FREE meal at Chimi s afterward! PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Natural Bridge Road Bridgeton, Missouri johncalvinchurch@juno.com Rev. Dr. John R. Shear, Pastor As part of our community outreach, we are looking for volunteers to participate in the Maryland Heights Volunteer Day on Saturday, April 28 by assisting elderly and disabled residents with yard work. We will register as a group from JCPC and meet at the Maryland Heights Community Center at 8:15am for a light breakfast and to pick up our assignments. Work is to be completed by noon. The city will provide leaf bags. Volunteers are encouraged to bring gloves. Volunteers will need to sign a liability waiver and those under 18-years old will need to have their parents sign. The liability waiver, which is also the signup sheet, is on the Signup Table. More information may be found at -services/volunteer-opportunities For questions or to sign up by phone, contact Doug Peterman Night Light The Tuesday evening ladies Bible study has been renamed, Night Light. This group meets to study on Tuesday evenings so that we can go out and be a bit of light in our corner of the world. We will be picking up at the end of the Pentateuch when Moses called on Joshua to lead the people into the land that God promised to give to his people. Watch for details on when this group will start the study of Joshua.

2 April 15, 2018 JESUS CHRIST IS IN THIS PLACE! ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN HERE! 10:30am You are always welcome at our worship services. May God bless you today and strengthen you to meet the challenges of the week ahead. SCRIPTURE READING Mark 8: Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. 36 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? 37 Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? 38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father s glory with the holy angels. COUNTDOWN SERMON The Uncomfortable Cross Rev. Dr. John R. Shear PRAISE SONG Jesus, Friend of Sinners PASTORAL PRAYER OPENING PRAYER COMMUNITY SHARING CHILDREN S SERMON Mr. K. *PRAISE SONG By Your Side Tenth Avenue North *PASSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST How Great Thou Art The prayer request cards will be collected during this praise song. UNISON BLESSING FOR THE OFFERING God of the cross, we recognize the suffering and death you did for us. By your agony and death, we are forgiven and we can become healed. This makes us uncomfortable when we think about the sacrifice you made for us, but we rejoice in the comfort it brings into our life of salvation. Forgive us when we take this all for granted and we become too comfortable in our walk with you. Now bless the work of this church, of your people as we help those who are in need and bring the message of hope and love to an uncomfortable world. This we ask in the name of the Risen Christ, Amen. OFFERTORY *DOXOLOGY *CLOSING HYMN #188 At the Cross MINUTE FOR MISSION Sidney White The Gideon s International *BENEDICTION ANTHEM The Time for Singing Has Come! N. Sleeth *POSTLUDE *For those who are comfortably able, please stand. BOLD signifies unison

3 We need baked goods for the Bake Sale Table at the JCPC Garage Sale. Items such as cookies, candy, brownies, cupcakes, breads and muffins are appreciated. You can drop off baked goods at church on Friday, April 20 beginning at 6pm. JCPC GARAGE SALE HELP NEEDED THURSDAY, APRIL 19 We need strong bodied helpers on Thursday, April 19 at 6pm to set up for the Garage Sale on Saturday, April 21. We have a full house for the event with more than 35 tables needed. Please sign in on the signup sheet if you can help for an hour or so. If the cross is the place where the worst thing that could happen happened, it is also the place where the best thing that could happen happened. Ultimate hatred and ultimate love met on those two crosspieces of wood. Suffering and love were brought into harmony. To be saved requires a severance from the former life as clean and sharp as though made by a knife. There must be a wall of separation between the old life and the new, a radical break. That means death death to the old life, in order for the new to begin. This wall of separation, this barrier, is the cross. A Path Through Suffering ~Elisabeth Elliot ( ) Elisabeth s first husband, Jim Elliot, was killed in 1956 while making missionary contact with the Auca (now known as Waorani or Waodani) of Ecuador. After the Auca tribe killed Jim Elliot and his missionary partners, Elisabeth refused to give up on the people in that tribe. She continued her missionary work with them, living for two years with her three year old daughter among the Auca. OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS WEEK Sunday, April 15 9:00 am Mugs & Muffins for Women, Library Adult Class in Room #106 9:30 am Women s Movie Discussion Group 10:30 am Worship Service, Kid s Club 12:00 pm Korean Woori Church Monday, April 16 7:00 pm Boy Scouts Tuesday, April 17 Wednesday, April 18 5:00 pm CA in Room #106 6:00 pm Handbell Choir 7:00 pm Choir Rehearsal 8:00 pm Woori Korean Church Thursday, April 19 11:00 am Weight Watchers 6:00 pm Setup for Garage Sale 8:00 pm AA in Room #106 Friday, April 20 6:00 pm Drop Off Bake Sale Items and Setup for Garage Sale Saturday, April 21 7:00 am Weight Watchers in GE Room 8:00 am JCPC Garage Sale, until 2:00pm Sunday, April 22 9:00 am Adult Class in Room #106 9:30 am Women s Movie Discussion Group 10:30 am Worship Service, Kid s Club 12:00 pm Korean Woori Church

4 PRAYER LIST FROM MAX LUCADO, IN THE GRIP OF GRACE Church Family with Health Issues add Other Needs Etta Black, Mark Baker, Chris Hardy, Pastor John, Dulcie Hardy, Lorene DePauw Church Family in a Care Facility Carl & Juanita Riepl, Arlene Walters, Ann McVehil, Iva Lee Beswick Relatives and Friends of our Church Family Samantha Branson R. Cooley s niece Chris Prather T. Prather s sister Karen Gilbert T. Robinson s friend Heather Pearce T. Cook s niece Chuck Pimpell T. Cook s friend Corey Flemming T. Cook s friend Brent M. Myers friend Karen Smith M. Keller s sister Matthew Hanson B. Hanson s son Chelsea Modrak L. Schoonover s daughter Shirley L. Schoonover s aunt Bill Gross C. Lay s dad Nathan Gross C. Lay s brother Don, Christine, Janet Quick C. Lay s cousins Steven Edler H. Edler s son Neighbors in Spanish Village, Coldwater Creek Carl & Juanita Riepl Parc Provence 605 Coeur De Ville Dr. Creve Coeur, MO To share a prayer request, contact Marion Elliott Here is a partial list of what awaits you at God's table: You are beyond condemnation (Romans 8:1). You are delivered from the law (Romans 7:6). You are near God (Ephesians 2:13). You are delivered from the power of evil (Colossians 1:13). You are a member of his Kingdom (Colossians 1:13). You are justified (Romans 5:1). You are perfect (Hebrews 10:14). You have been adopted (Romans 8:15). You have access to God at any moment (Ephesians 2:18). You are part of his priesthood (1 Peter 2:5). You will never be abandoned (Hebrews 13:5). You have an imperishable inheritance (1 Peter 1:4). You are a partner with Christ in life (Colossians 3:4) and privilege (Ephesians 2:6), suffering (2 Timothy 2:12) and service (1 Corinthians 1:9). You are a member of his body (1 Corinthians 12:13), branch in the vine (John 15:5), stone in the building (Ephesians 2:19-22), bride for the groom (Ephesians 5:25-27), priest in the new generation (1 Peter 2:9) and a dwelling place of the Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19). PLEASE SIGNUP JCPC GAME NIGHT Group Spring Work Project Mound Ridge April May 4 6:30-9:30pm Coming in June Tour of The Hill St. Louis Sponsored by the Goldtimers Stay Tuned! YOU ARE INVITED TO A Book Launch Party The VERSE after the Verse by DOC SHEAR Tuesday, May 8 7pm All ages are welcome at the JCPC family game night. Bring your favorite table games and snacks/drinks. There will be plenty of extra games for all. Let's have a fun time of fellowship! PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Please signup to let us know you are coming!

5 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH April 21 8am 2pm BAKE SALE BREAKFAST LUNCH AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE Natural Bridge Rd Bridgeton, MO jcpchurch.org