LORD S DAY MORNING WORSHIP & WEEKLY BULLETIN

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1 LORD S DAY MORNING WORSHIP & WEEKLY BULLETIN I Samuel: Pilgrim s Royal Roots Pilgrim Church, Philadelphia May 28, 2017

2 ORDER FOR THE WORSHIP OF THE LORD Gathering Song The Lord is My Salvation *Opening Song All Hail the Power of Jesus Name Italics are read by congregation. *Please stand *Call to Worship Psalm 124:8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, maker of heaven and earth. *Prayer Requesting God s Spirit (with Lord s Prayer from Matt. 6:10-14) 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 trespasses As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever, AMEN *Confession of Faith from Worship Sourcebook As followers of Jesus Christ, living in this world which some seek to control, but which others view with despair we declare with joy and trust: our world belongs to God! From the beginning, through all the crises of our times, until his kingdom fully comes, God keeps covenant forever. Our world belongs to him! God is king! Let the earth be glad! Christ is the victor! His rule has begun. Hallelujah! The Spirit is at work, renewing the creation. Praise the Lord! *Songs of Thanksgiving and Praise May The Peoples Praise You His Love Can Never Fail It s Your Grace Community Announcements (Please fill out the info card found in pews and place it in offering plate.) New Testament Reading Romans 14:9 (Use blue Bibles or kid s Bibles.) Prayers of Repentance, Thanks, Praise and Request

3 Offering Gifts of Money Offertory: The Lord is My Salvation *Doxology Old Testament Reading: I Samuel 22 (Use blue Bibles or kid s Bibles.) Sermon: Waiting in the Wilderness Where God Writes the Story *Song of Response: The Lord Is *Benediction: Ephesians 3:17-19 May Christ dwell in your hearts through faith that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Weekly Bulletin a record and schedule for congregation and community. See Pilgrimphilly.org and on facebook.com/pilgrimphilly. Bulletin deadline: Thurs. 11am to Angela, alee@pilgrimphilly.org. New to Pilgrim? Welcome! We re glad you re here. We exist to support and encourage disciples of Jesus in making disciples of Jesus. Restrooms are near the nursery on the first floor or to the right of the sanctuary. Hearing aids available at sound booth. Please fill out an info card and place it in the offering plate. Welcome Kids! Kids are very welcome at Pilgrim. During worship, Happy Bags are available at entryway. Children s Bulletins are keyed to the sermon passage. Nursery available (infant-4 years), and pagers are given guardians. PilgrimKids (4-8 years) meets during the sermon. Ask Greeter for more. Today s Pilgrim Volunteers (Thank you for serving Jesus.) Date CE Nursery Worsh Nursery Baby/Toddler 5/28 A Larsen C Brock L Campbell N Karbach 6/4 A Larsen J Long L Campbell N Karbach Pilgrim Kids Volunteers M Havens K Sawyer A Larsen M Konowal Worship Greeters C Sawyer D Konowal Snacks M Hause G Heywood

4 This Week with Pilgrim Prayer Mon..9am Tues..7:30pm (to conference in, call using access code ) Wed..6am (for Disciple-Making Movements) Wed. 9am Thurs.. 7:30pm-8pm Fri.12pm Sat 7:15am (Men only), 9am Sun.. 9am Bible Meditation (taken from Sunday s sermon) Mon: I Sam 22; Tue: Rom 14; Wed: ; Th: ; Fri: ; Sat: Bible Studies Ready to start a Bible study, Discovery Bible Study, or book study in your home? On your street? Pastor Erik elarsen@pilgrimphilly.org to let us know. Sun, 6pm at Maiensheins: Newly-married couples, (see Jeff or Vicky) Mon, 7pm at the Batzells : Discovery Bible Study training (see Fred or Sue Hall) Wed 7:30pm at Brocks Deuteronomy ; (see Geoff or Charlene Brock) Thurs (2x/month), 7:30pm at Maiensheins ; (women only, see Vicky) Pilgrim supports making disciples of Jesus through: Training. See Bible Studies. Reading. Start with Miraculous Movements (2010). Personal support. One-to-one or in groups, Jesus disciples walk together. Prayer support. Pray for disciplemaking to happen near and far. Contact Pastor or elders to discuss making disciples. Tonight: Baby Shower for Leo and Melissa Marte. Men and women and kids invited. Sign up with Kate, and come celebrate another baby on the way! Lord s Supper and Fellowship Meal hosted here Sun, June 4. Prepare this week and invite neighbors and friends to join us. Stay and share life together. Pilgrim Announcements Childcare during Pilgrim worship available in our Nursery. Members make it possible. See Andrea Havens. PilgrimKids or PilgrimKids Clubs volunteers need required application for Pilgrim s Child Abuse Prevention Program. Clubs (Christian Ed) wraps up June 25. See Andrea Havens. PilgrimKids, ages 4-8 meets each week. They re doing Books of the Bible with the outstanding Buck Denver series. Neighbors welcome. Invite friends from school. We break from PK during July and August. Pilgrim Arts Camp runs June Our free, week-long, neighborhood-focused, artscentered camp serves 125 kids. Pray for God s leading, for all the volunteers and kids. We re looking for cleaned plastic yogurt cups, paper towel tubes, and prayer. Contact Andrea Havens or Becky Wainwright for more. Thank you to Kate and Lauren for hosting Sprouts spring session. Thanks Outreach Team! Our recent screening of Fireproof and Moses: Prince of Egypt connected with nearly 50 members and friends. Thanks to the Outreach Team for planning. Outreach meets regularly. See Matt Collins.

5 Local Outreach: Summer s coming. Households are welcome to bring picnic dinner to Neighbor s Park Tues, 5pm onward. Share your household traditions and your dinner with your neighbors. Follow up with Easter Outreach? Don t miss the chance to check in, especially to those neighbors in need. The next Easter Outreach begins in a mere 9 months. This week: Worship: A Royal Waste of Time from the Worship Team, focused on how and why we worship in the first place, what it all means, and where it s all going. Come ready to sing. Jesus promises to feed us. Be a part of His work by bring non-perishables to Pilgrim s green bin. Your gifts of food go to The Table. Do you include the sick in your prayers? Your attention? Speak with John and Tom about visiting the sick at Roxborough Hospital. Ana Shoemaker coordinates Fellowship Meals. Help her help us be hospitable. We ll eat together today then again next week, Sun, June 4. Facilities/Grounds: See Facilities lead, Steve Gill for ways to help our spaces. Giving Updates: Plan to be generous as a response to Jesus generosity toward you. Pilgrim exists completely because of Jesus generosity through you. Amt recd. week of 5/21: $3, Deacon s Fund 4/16 recd.: $ Next Deacon s offering: 6/18 Worship with neighbors at Meadowview, third Sun, 2:30. Contact John Barkley. Regional Prayer Vigil, hosted at Pilgrim, Fri-Sat June 2-3. See Tom Tacconelli for more. From the mailbag Jamison Parker, local pastor, wrote, It was incredibly powerful for me to witness the many different people and groups that are able to gather in Jesus name via use of Pilgrim s building!...i must say that your building and congregants are a great testimony to what Christian community can look like! As someone from a church without a building during the week it was certainly neat to see. A neighbor said, Thanks for opening your windows during Easter worship last month. The sound was glorious. Thank you for sharing. A neighbor wrote: Thank you for offering Arts Camp each year. My family enjoys it. Prayer Points: Pilgrim s mid-week update. Submissions by Wed. 10am; alee@pilgrimphilly.org. Angela to be added to the distribution list. Hello University and Med Students Medical Campus Outreach looks to connect students, staff and local congregations. Go to mcophilly.org. Philly s a hub for med students. Pilgrim loves university students. We re a long-term supporter of Coalition for Christian Outreach (CCO) present on universities in the Mid-Atlantic. See Pilgrim s Partner page at Pray for Esther Chiang ccojubilee.org/about/our-team/esther-chiang/461/, at PhilaU.

6 Pray for Melissa Marte, Pilgrim s veteran CCO staffer at PhilaU. her at martem@philau.edu to encourage her as she steps away from this ministry in June. Pilgrim welcomes Evan Gourley as CCO staffer to PhilaU this week. him at egourley@ccojubilee.org. Cornerstone at PhilaU, martem@ccojubliee.org. Or go to their FB page for more: Community Announcements MOPS: serves local moms of pre-schoolers and meets first Thursdays here, Sept-May. for summer playdates, amycoleman818@gmail.com. Northwest Christian Alliance, meets first Wed. at noon at Zesto s on Ridge. marissa.gwynn@epic.church for more. Wissahickon Neighbor s Civic Association meets first Mon each month, 7:30PM at Pilgrim. ( Roxborough Christian School seeks student for K, Grades 1, 2 and 3 for Recommend this faith-based, local, accessible and excellent learning opportunity to neighbors. Side-by-Side, a ministry of Christian Medical and Dental Association, hosts a bimonthly group here at Pilgrim; sidebysidephiladelphia.com. Gary DeVine is involved with Philadelphia Renewal Network Christian counselors and psychiatrists offering Bible-based professional care and counsel. Referrals welcome. Gary is licensed and insured; gapsychotherapy.org or Sermon notes: Intro Main Point: God willingly accepts for and his remnant people, living or.

7 One. David for the remnant. Two. David the remnant. Three. Jesus Christ Four. Applications Conclusion

8 Cover: David and Goliath, Vyner Memorial Window, Christ Church, Oxford, Lady Chapel. Designed by Burne-Jones and made by Morris Co, All music used by permission: CCLI # Readers are scheduled by Monica Bianco. Lauren Campbell sets up and takes down the Lord s Supper. Deacons and their delegates collect, bless, count and deposit offerings. Alex Avila is our sexton. Today s musicians are led by Dave Hause, and include Becky Wainwright, Bob Heywood, John Barkley, Monica Bianco, Steve Gill and Marilyn Heywood. Janson Long is on sound. Pilgrim (founded 1984) meets in historic Wissahickon Baptist Church (1889) since purchasing it in Terrace Street, Philadelphia, PA pilgrimphilly.org Elders: John Barkley, Geoff Brock, Fred Hall, Bob Heywood, Erik Larsen (Pastor), Jeff Maienshein, Rich Shoemaker Public Worship, 11am Sundays Christian Education, 9:30am Sundays (Sept-June) Special needs accessible from Manor St. spur. Bikes welcome. Please lock inside gate. Walkable from Main St, Ridge Ave and Philly U. SEPTA buses 9, 27, 61 & 65 run along Ridge Ave, a block away. SEPTA train (Norristown Line) two blocks away.