Celebration of Worship

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1 Celebration of Worship 4th Sunday in Lent March 11, :00am 450 Randolph Avenue, Elkins WV Worship each Sunday is broadcast live over WDNE 1240 AM

2 Welcome to this time of worship and prayer. ASSEMBLING IN GOD S NAME WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS Welcome to those visiting today! Please fill out a Visitor Card found in the pew rack and place it in the Offering Plate. Also, everyone please pass the red fellowship pad down the pew and back again noticing those with whom you are worshiping today. Prayer Cards are in the pew racks. Please place cards in the basket in front of the pulpit during the Passing of the Peace. Our church is handicapped accessible. There is an area set aside for wheelchairs on the left front section of the theater-type seats we call the Amen Section. Thank you, Toby and Corin Wagoner, for being our liturgists this morning. Greeters this Sunday are Steve and Debbie Cook. Today is Girl Scout Sunday. Holly Harper will share with us "What Girl Scouts Do." *Indicates an invitation to stand, if you are able. INTROIT: Solo: Your only Son, no sin to hide, but you have sent him from your side, to walk upon this guilty sod, and to become the Lamb of God. Solo: Your gift of love, they crucified, they laughed and scorned him as he died the humble king they named a fraud and sacrificed the Lamb of God. Congregation: O Lamb of God, sweet Lamb of God, I love the holy Lamb of God! O wash me in his precious blood My Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God. 2

3 CALL TO WORSHIP L: O give thanks to the Lord, who is good; Psalms 107:1 P: God s steadfast love endures forever. OPENING PRAYER *HYMN #208 O Blest are They Who in Their Love *CALL TO CONFESSION This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, John 3:19 for people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. Let us uncover our sin before the liberating light of Christ. *PRAYER OF CONFESSION (in unison) Merciful God, Numbers 21:4 6 we confess the folly of our sin and the hypocrisy of our complaints. We grumble about the evils in our world, even as we commit injustices and profit through deceit. We fret about the scarcity of resources while hoarding earth s goods and cheating the poor. We protest the problems of our world, but we do not actively work to address them. Merciful God, expose our sins before the light of your grace. Heal our sin and free us from our foolish ways that we may know the joy of eternal life in Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen. *KYRIE ELEISON (Lord, Have Mercy) Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. 3

4 *ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, John 3:17 but in order that the world might be saved through him. In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God. *SHARING GOD S PEACE PROCLAIMING GOD S WORD SCRIPTURE READING New Testament John 3:14-21 Pew Bible page 88 This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God! GOD S WORD FOR THE CHILDREN (After the Children s Time, those younger than first grade may go upstairs with our attendants. Because we value children in our worship service, these younger ones are also welcome to stay with their family during the service at the family s discretion.) *HYMN #205 Live in Charity and Steadfast Love (Ubi caritas et amor) (Sing twice, using Latin text the second time through) GOD S WORD FOR OUR LIVES God So Loves This World Rev. Dr. Peter A. Vial RESPONDING TO THE GOOD NEWS *HYMN #169 Dear Lord and Father of Mankind PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE 4

5 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 PRESENTATION OF OFFERINGS OFFERTORY ANTHEM: Come Unto Me, All Ye That Labor and Are Heavy Laden By Healey Willan *DOXOLOGY #606 Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow *PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING FOLLOWING GOD INTO THE WORLD *HYMN #165 The Glory of These Forty Days *BENEDICTION AND BLESSING *RESPONSE #215 What Wondrous Love is This (verse 1 only) Faith Community Notes Girl Scout Sunday today We welcome all current and former Girl Scouts who join us here in celebration of Girl Scout Sunday. The Girl Scout movement is celebrating 106 years of service to young women. Our church is home to Troop 35041, with membership of 10 girls in both Elkins Middle School and Elkins High School. 5

6 Easter Lilies This past fall, the Presbyterian Women of DMPC gave Scholarships to five members of our church to aid in the continuation of their education. You can help support the PW Scholarship Fund this Easter by making a donation in honor of or in memory of someone. Your gifts will be a way to show support to our Youth. Lilies are $5 each. Easter Food Baskets March 25, 2018 Witness Service Committee will be providing food baskets to families in need during Easter. If you took an egg with food items for the baskets, you may bring the items and place them on the back pew in the White Chapel. The baskets will be distributed on Palm Sunday. If you know of a family in need, please contact someone on the Witness Service Committee or contact the church office. Easter Egg Hunt March 25, 2018 The annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held in the Fellowship Hall. Students from the After School Program will prepare and hide the eggs. Donations of wrapped candy and small toys that will fit into the plastic eggs may be left in the designated Easter basket in the White Chapel. Bread and Broth Book Study Wednesdays at 6:00pm We are having a Bible Study based on Heidi Havercamp s book Holy Solitude: Lenten Reflections with Saints, Hermits, Prophets, and Rebels. We meet in the Fellowship Hall at DMPC for dinner at 6:00pm and a discussion will follow from 6:30-7:30pm. Join us for some good food and fellowship! March 14 Circle 6 March 21 HTLC March 28 Men of the Church Holy Week Services March 26 thru March 30,2018 Services will be held at Noon at the Woodford Memorial United Methodist Church, located at 113 First St. (across from Lohr & Barb Funeral Home). Each church is asked to provide 2 people to help clean-up and then set-up for the following day. Please take items into the kitchen through the door at the back on the parking lot side of the church. 6

7 Sunday School Classes at DMPC Adult: 9:30am Breakfast and Bibles will meet at Henry G s on Third St. Young adults welcome at this class. 9:45am Dr. Lacy Bible Class will meet in the Dunham Room. Young adults welcome at this class. Children s Classes: 9:45am K-5 Grace & Gratitude Class will meet on the 2nd floor. The nursery, located on the second floor of the church, is available during worship. Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church Pastor Rev. Dr. Peter Vial Director of Music Dr. Melody Meadows Assistant Organist Mr. Mark Armentrout Church Secretary Mrs. Marsha Gardner Treasurer Dr. Larry Wing Clerk of Session Mr. Mark Armentrout Director of Christian Education Ginny Rast After School Program Monica Varchetto Chi-Rho Youth Group Ginny Rast Kids Club Sarah Gustafson Peter s Cell: minister@dmpc.org THE SESSION Class of 2018 Mary Ann McDonald Ginny Rast John Talbott Bryan Wagoner Class of 2019 Michael Bell Marshall Crawford Nate Garver-Daniels Jean Snedegar Class of 2020 Adam Kota Dana Marzolf Monica Varchetto Kim White 7

8 SUNDAY 9:45am 11:00am 12:00pm CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK OF March 11, 2018 Sunday School Hour* Worship service* Coffee Fellowship today: Girl Scouts PRAYER LIST PRAYERS FOR THE HOMEBOUND COLONIAL PLACE: Hope Caplinger, Rita Cederberg, Margaret Goddin, Emmett Lambert, Lena Mealey ERCC: Ed Riemenschneider IVEAGH TRUST: Monna Macomber NELLA S: Shirley Young VALENTINE S: Mary Hill, Ruby York MONDAY 6:30pm 6:30pm 6:30pm TUESDAY 6:00pm WEDNESDAY 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm THURSDAY 6:30pm FRIDAY Boy Scouts Emma Scott Garden Club/FH Session/Dunham Room Girl Scouts/Fellowship Hall Bread and Broth/Fellowship Hall Al-Anon/Dunham Room Circle 6 at Holly Reilly s home Witness Service Committee PRAYER FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS Bernie Bennett....Sherri Marstiller s father Mike Brekke Richard Dye Joyce Francis Family of Dr. Richard Kelly Marlene Kyle Sam Legg...Elmo Legg s brother Judy McCauley Sam McLaughlin Dick Moore Jean Snedegar s sister Suzanne and brother Bill Family of Sidney Tedford Joyce Wakeford.Anne s mother Edgar Webley..the Marstiller s brother-in-law Buddy Willilams..family mem of Beverly Adriannse Jeff Broschart SATURDAY SUNDAY 9:45am Sunday School Hour* 11:00am Worship Service 12:00pm Coffee Fellowship today : Presbyterian Women 3:30pm RCHS/Dunham Room Nursery provided for Sunday School & Worship PRAYERS FOR OUR PARTNERS AND THE WORLD D&E College and DMPC s College Students Our sister church in Kenya, Kangaita For our nation s leaders People who live in fear from war and violence Those affected by extreme poverty Missionaries around the world Presbytery of WV Presbyterian University of East Africa as they seek financial stability General Assembly Co-Moderators, Rev. Jan Edmiston and Rev. Denise Anderson 8