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1 The Presbyterian Church BASKING RIDGE, NEW JERSEY FOUNDED CIRCA 1717 November 17 and 18, 2018 Consecration Sunday Weekend For it is in giving that we receive. ~St. Francis of Assisi

2 Welcome We warmly welcome you to worship at The Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge. We pray that you will be encouraged in your journey of faith and drawn closer to God by your experience with us. Nursery Care Our warm and loving Nursery is staffed for our 10:15 a.m. worship service with two child care providers caring for children, infants through age 2. Parents may leave their children while they attend worship in the Sanctuary. The worship service will be live streamed into the Nursery for parents who wish to stay with their children and watch the service. During the 9 a.m. worship service, the Nursery is available as a parents room. Please speak with our Director of Ministry to Children and their Families, Stacy Currie, if you have any questions or to find out more about our ministry to children. Sunday School At the 10:15 a.m. worship service after the Message for Children, children ages 3 through grade 5 may go to Sunday School, and Middle School Students may go to Bibles & Bagels in the Church House Library. On the first Sunday of the month, children in grades 3 middle school remain in worship for the full hour. Online Sermons Recorded audio sermons from most Sundays are available on the church website at To access, click on the Sermons link under Worship and Music on the main menu. Amplification Headsets So that all may enjoy the worship service, sound amplification headsets are available from the ushers for those who need assistance with hearing. Who Does God Call Us to Be? We are a vibrant, warm and welcoming community of faith. Those who worship here come from a diverse range of backgrounds and would describe themselves in a rich variety of ways. We acknowledge our doubt, our struggles, and that we are all quite human and imperfect and that we are each at a unique place on our faith journey. We find our unity, our common identity, in Jesus Christ and together we seek to joyfully worship God and energetically minister to the needs of the world on God s behalf. We gather in anticipation of being transformed by the power, purpose and presence of God among us, and go forth equipped to love God and neighbor more deeply and more wholeheartedly. We believe that faithful leadership of a church requires being open to new possibilities, taking risks and learning from mistakes as we try again. Honoring the past, we are convinced that God calls us to a new future. ~The Opening Paragraph of Vision 2017 of the Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge

3 November 17, 2018 Order of Worship Saturday Evening 5:00 p.m. - Westminster Hall oak table service (Please prepare prayerfully for worship and be sure all cell phones are turned off.) PRELUDE CALL TO WORSHIP *GATHERING SONGS Crown Him with Many Crowns HYMN 268 Fairest Lord Jesus HYMN 630 OPENING PRAYER MINUTE FOR MISSION Stewardship 2019 David Fahey, Nancy Wynant SCRIPTURE Hebrews 10:11-25, 1 Corinthians 13:13-14:1a MESSAGE OFFERING Rev. Dennis W. Jones SPECIAL MUSIC We Are an Offering HYMN 710 PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE THE LORD S PRAYER (unison) 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. *CLOSING SONG Take My Life HYMN 697 (As we sing the dedication hymn, please come forward and place your pledge card and time and talent commitment in the chest. Please return to your seat to receive the benediction.) *BENEDICTION POSTLUDE

4 Order of Worship 9:00 a.m. ~ Chapel; 10:15 a.m. ~ Sanctuary November 18, 2018 consecration sunday (As the prelude begins, please prepare prayerfully for worship and be sure all cell phones are turned off.) PRELUDE (10:15) Exuberant Joy by Cynthia Dobrinski Knox Bell Choir INTROIT (10:15) Look Around! By Helen Kemp Children s Choirs; Annabel Delgiorno, piano WORDS OF WELCOME CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Hope in God, who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them. Hope in God, who keeps faith forever. People: I will praise God as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have being. Leader: Come, let us worship God. *HYMN Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee HYMN 611 Katie Ryder, trumpet PRAYER OF CONFESSION (UNISON) Merciful God, take pity on us as we confess our sin. We are not the stewards Christ calls us to be. Riches possess us while others go hungry. We mismanage creation with our pollution and strife. Your goodness is betrayed by our lust for power. We abuse your provision for us by our selfish desires. Help us to hear once again Christ s call to be faithful, and through him forgive us as we repent of our sin and turn from it. Amen. SILENT REFLECTION AND CONFESSION OF SIN ASSURANCE OF PARDON *RESPONSE OF PRAISE We Are Forgiven HYMN 447 *THE PEACE We are forgiven, We are forgiven. Thanks be to God. Thanks be to God. We are forgiven, We are forgiven, Thanks be to God. Thanks be to God. Leader: Since God has forgiven us in Christ, let us forgive one another. The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. People: and also with you. Leader: I invite you to turn and greet one another with a sign of Christ s peace.

5 CHILDREN S ANTHEM (10:15) I m Gonna Sing / Over My Head by Terry D. Taylor Children s Choirs; Annabel Delgiorno, piano MESSAGE FOR CHILDREN (10:15) Stacy Currie O Come, with Body and Mind by Helen Kemp O, Come, with body and mind. O, Come, with spirit and voice. Bring the whole person, bring the whole person, Come, let s sing and rejoice. (Children ages 3 grade 5 are invited to attend their Sunday School Classes. Middle School Students are invited to remain in worship.) *HYMN (10:15) My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less HYMN 353 ANNOUNCEMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINISTRY (10:15) Dr. Maureen Paterson MINUTE FOR MISSION Stewardship 2019 Nancy Wynant, David Fahey PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERING OFFERTORY (10:15) Before the Throne of God Above by Victor C. Johnson Sanctuary Choir *DOXOLOGY Praise God from Whom all Blessings Flow HYMN 606 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God all creatures here below; Praise God above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. *PRAYER OF DEDICATION PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION THE LORD S PRAYER (UNISON) 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. SCRIPTURE LESSONS Hebrews 10: (p. 224) (9:00) Anne Marie Nixon 1 Corinthians 13: 13-14: 1a (p. 175) (10:15) Amber Vigeant Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. SERMON The Most Loving Place in Town Rev. Dennis W. Jones DEDICATION OF 2019 PLEDGES *DEDICATION HYMN Take My Life HYMN 697 (As we sing the dedication hymn, please come forward using the center aisle and place your pledge card and time and talent commitment in the chest. Return to your pew using the side aisle.) *BENEDICTION POSTLUDE (10:15) Simple Gifts by Gregg Sewell

6 Church Family The Flowers on the Piers this morning are given to the glory of God: ~In loving memory of Rose Watts, from her daughters Sarah Watts and Jane Frank and their families. ~In loving memory of Margaret Tharp s parents, Arthur and Gloria Teager and brother Robert, from the Tharp Family. The flowers that grace our sanctuary each week are gifts from members of the congregation. Flowers may be given in memory or in honor of someone or to celebrate an occasion and cost $42 per pier. There are two flowers pier openings on December 23 and one pier opening each on December 16 and 30. If you would like to donate an arrangement, please contact Debbie Schaub at ; NEW address, dschaub23@gmail.com. Our Greeters this morning are Helen Mallon, Kylee Horner and Mary Jane Hoare at the 10:15 a.m. service. Join us for our All Cluster Deacon Brunch in Westminster Hall following the 10:15 a.m. service for fun, fellowship and great food! Stewardship 2019 It s Consecration Sunday Weekend! This weekend during worship, we will dedicate our 2019 pledges to the glory of God. During the Dedication Hymn, you are invited to come forward and, as an act of worship, add your completed Pledge Card and Time and Talent commitment to the offering. You may Gifts of Love also put your Pledge Card and Time and Talent commitment in the offering plate. The teaching of the New Testament encourages giving in proportion to our individual blessings received, not out of obligation, but in joyful gratitude for all that God has given us. Let love be your greatest aim. - 1 Corinthians 14:1a

7 Youth and Young Adult Ministries Would You Like to Donate to Our College Student Care Packages? These are the items we are in need of: Packs of Gum Playing Cards M & M s Hot chocolate packets Post it notes Christmas Socks Cheese/crackers Peanut butter/crackers Pens Pencils Candy canes Tea bags-indiv. wrapped Please place your donations in the Donation Boxes in the Youth Center or outside Cathi s office in the church house by Sunday, Nov. 25. Thanks in advance for any help you can give to support our students! The Guardian Angels Ministry for College-aged Youth Help support our college-aged students who are a part of the BRPC extended family. Each student is linked with an individual, family, or group from the church who becomes that student s angel for the school year. If you would like to be an angel, or you have a student who may want an angel please pick up a gold flyer from the narthex and return it completed to Cathi. Confirmation Class This morning from 8:45-10 am in the Youth Center. Senior High Fellowship Tonight from 6-7:30 p.m. in Westminster Hall Come for Dinner and a fun Trivia Night, led by Dylan Youngberg. Arrive at 5:40 p.m. to help set up! Music Ministry Conversation with Chris Today at 4 p.m. in Westminster Hall Our music director, Chris Fortin, will discuss this year's Christmas Oratorio featuring King's College scholar Bob Chilcott's Wenceslas and British composer Patrick Hawes Beatitudes. In an interview format Chris will share how he selected the music, who King Wenceslas was and indicate some musical and spiritual themes to listen for. Ample time will be provided for questions and light refreshments will be served. The concert will be performed by our adult and youth choirs and instrumentalists on Sunday, December 2, at 4 p.m. in the sanctuary. For more information please contact Evelyn Drake at (endrake@verizon.net).

8 Opportunities to Give and Serve God s Co-Op Pantry Please bring in donations (listed below by month) for God s Co-Op Pantry to help those in need in our surrounding community. Donations may be brought to the church house. Thanks for your generous support! November 24 oz. Vegetable Oil December 1 lb. bag dried black beans Interfaith Hospitality Network Hosting Week Begins Today! As we prepare for Thanksgiving and spending time with family and friends we are also preparing to host our IHN families again. Please consider helping during any of the following openings the week of November 18-25th to make our guests feel special. Dinner hosts are needed from 5:30-7 p.m. on Friday evening, Overnights hosts are needed from 9 p.m.-8 a.m. on Friday and Saturday night and evening hosts are needed on Saturday night from 7-9:30 p.m. If you can help please either sign up on the church website or after worship today. E-port Thanksgiving Celebrations This year we are collecting food for Elizabethport Center for their Thanksgiving meal for seniors and families in their area. The meal will again be cooked by IHOP in Elizabeth but more food is needed. If you would like to donate a turkey/ham or cake/pie please contact Tom Eicher at eicherfam@optonline.net. The meal will be served on Monday, November 19th at 3 and 5 p.m. and a few volunteers are needed. Please talk to Tom if you would like to help. Bead For Life Gifts Please come to Coffee Hour beginning November 25 to view and purchase jewelry made of recycled paper by Ugandan women. A BeadforLife purchase helps poor women increase their incomes and provides training programs to open small businesses and leave poverty behind for good. This jewelry is a perfect Christmas gift for friends and family! Checks and cash are happily accepted. ~Betsy Fryling Collection of Gently-Used and New Women's Clothing We have an opportunity to help women transitioning from prison to the community at the Bo Robinson Transitional Center in Trenton. Some women do not have family support and need clothing to begin their new life. The women need fall and winter gently-used or new clothing of all sizes especially jeans, slacks, tops, sweaters, and sweat suits (pants and top). New bras and underwear, any sizes, are also very much needed. Please leave donations in the box in Westminster Hall, or in the coat rack near the parlor in the church house, by December 2. Thank you from Mission Council! Cookie Bakers are needed to provide cookies for the Oratorio Reception on December 2. Please contact Jean Wadsworth at jeansdonj@aol.com for more information. Thank you!

9 Fellowship Festive Christmas Buffet Saturday, December 8! 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Westminster Wonderland The Fellowship Council is excited to introduce a new way to ring in the Christmas season! Please join us in the magically transformed Westminster Wonderland for a delicious catered meal amongst friends. Sign up after most worship services or online by December 2. Cost: $30 per Adult Holiday Attire Menu Antipasto with Crusty Breads Shrimp Cocktail Pasta con Vodka with fresh peas Chicken Francaise with white wine reduction Grilled Aurora Salmon with Lemon and Cucumber Dill Slices Seasonal Grilled Vegetables Vegetable Rice Pilaf Seasonal Tossed Salad with Balsamic and Ranch Artisan Bread with Butter and of course Hot Wassail and Sumptuous Sweets!

10 The Christmas Season The Advent Festival is a wonderful tradition for the entire family! Please join us Sunday December 9, for a very special celebration of the Advent Season. Following the 10:15 worship service, there will be lots of fun crafts for the kids, a petting zoo and sweet treats in Westminster Hall. You will not want to miss this! For more information please contact Stacy Currie at scurrie@brpc.org Alternative Gift Giving and Homespun Holidays/Winter Market at Bishop Janes United Methodist Church December 1, 11a.m. 7p.m. The Mission council is again joining Bishop Janes during their Homespun Holidays Bazaar/ Winter Market to support mission work locally, nationally, and worldwide. We will have a table there to support BRPC s alternative gift giving event. This year we will focus on God s Co-op Food Pantry, Elizabethport, IHN, Ecuador, Haiti, Village2Village Project in Uganda, and Hurricane Disaster Relief. Mission Council will be offering these gifts after worship on November and December 1-2. You can also contact Maureen Paterson to make a gift. The Giving Tree Once again we have the opportunity to bless others during this Christmas season. The Giving Tree is up in Westminster Hall and has been filled with ornaments detailing a wish from one of our mission partners. This year there are gifts for God's Co-op Pantry clients, Homeless Solutions, IHN and women of the Bo Robinson Transitional Center. Please take an ornament (or two!) and purchase the item listed and return to the Church Office or the tree by December 9th. This deadline ensures that all gifts are distributed to the recipients prior to Christmas. Thank you for your support of this incredibly meaningful ministry. We have many requests for gift cards and ask that these be dropped off at the Church Office. 28th Annual Cookie Walk Saturday, December 8 from 10 a.m. 12 noon Come to the annual Cookie Walk at the Visiting Nurse Association, 200 Mt. Airy Road in Basking Ridge. Walk around and purchase your favorite home-baked cookies! Proceeds benefit the Adult Day Center of the VNA of Somerset Hills. We hope to see you there! Order Your Poinsettias by Monday, December 10 Poinsettias will grace our sanctuary again this Christmas season. If you wish to contribute to the fund for these flowers, in memory or in honor of a loved one, please call the church house by Monday, December 10. The cost is $15. We will list the honored names in the bulletin on the 4th Sunday of Advent, December 23.

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12 Weekly Calendar Interfaith Hospitality Hosting Week 11/18-25 SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18 Early Bird Study, 7:45 am... Library Confirmation Mentor Groups, 8:45 am Youth Center Adult Small Group, 9:00 am... Parlor Worship, 9:00 am... Chapel Fellowship Time, 9:45 am... Westminster Hall Worship, 10:15 am... Sanctuary Sunday School, 10:15 am... Education Bldg. Deacon Brunch, 11:15 am... Westminster Hall Conversations with Chris Forum, 4:00 pm Parlor Sr. High Fellowship, 6:30 pm... Westminster Hall MONDAY NOVEMBER 19 Children & Family Ministry, 7:00 pm Workroom Youth and Young Adult Min., 7:00 pm Parlor Personnel Council, 7:30 pm... Library TUESDAY NOVEMBER 20 Oak Tree Quilters, 9:00 am... Geneva Room Children s Mid-Week Ministry, 4:15 pm West. Hall Alpha Bell Choir, 6:15 pm... Knox Room Knox Bell Choir, 7:30 pm... Knox Room Scout Troop #351, 7:30 pm... Westminster Hall WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 21 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 22 Church Office Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday FRIDAY NOVEMBER 23 Church Office Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday SATURDAY NOVEMBER 24 Oak Table Service, 5:00 pm... Westminster Hall The Presbyterian Church One East Oak St., Basking Ridge NJ FAX: info@brpc.org - Pastor & Head of Staff Rev. Dennis W. Jones... ext. 15 Associate Pastor Dr. Maureen Paterson... ext. 11 Director of Ministries to Youth, Young Adults and Their Families Cathi Reckenbeil... ext. 17 Director of Ministries to Children and Their Families Stacy Currie.... ext. 14 Tree House Director Jennifer Nowack Director of Music Ministry Chris Fortin Director of Children s Music Ministry Beth Donley Church Administrator & Treasurer Janet Bentley... ext. 18 Assistant Treasurers Liz Messineo... ext. 21 Nancy Kuhn... ext. 21 Pastoral Administrative Asst. Cara Burchett... ext. 19 Church Administrative Asst. Janice Leotti... ext. 12 Receptionist Michelle Lew... ext. 10 Communications Coordinator Gary Ingram... ext. 13 Sexton Staff David Brownlee... ext. 16 Paul Bachem Ministers All the People Clerk of Session Tina Bramel President of Trustees Craig Sutherland Moderator of Deacons Jean Smith