VANCE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 905 National Road, Wheeling, West Virginia 26003 Church Telephone: (304) 232-0980 Fax: (304) 232-0982 vancechurch.org Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Communion Season of Epiphany February 04, 2018 10:00 a.m. Lectionary Selections of Scripture for this Sunday: Isaiah 40:21-31 ~ Psalm 147:1-11, 20 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 ~ Mark 1:29-39 The MISSION of Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church (USA) is to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ with everyone through Worship, Prayer, Education, Fellowship, and Mission Outreach. 1
Gathering around God s Word PROCESSIONAL HYMN Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty, PH 482 CHIMES GREETINGS and ANNOUNCEMENTS Please sign and pass the fellowship pad to the inside aisle. OPENING PRAYER unison Infinite and intimate God your power and glory are beyond our imagining; you hold the universe in the palm of your hand. And yet you are tender and compassionate, abounding in steadfast love, as close to us as the beating of our hearts. We praise you, O God, for both sides of your greatness. Inspire us to awe and wonder that we may worship you in humble gratitude. Befriend us and touch us with your Spirit that we may aspire to servanthood in the name of Christ our Brother, Teacher, Savior, and Lord. Amen. CALL to WORSHIP responsively ~from Jeremiah 31 & Psalm 51 Leader: What shall we render to the Lord for all God s benefits toward us? All: We will take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord. Leader: Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. All: Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia! Leader: O taste and see that the Lord is good. All: Blessed are they who trust in the Lord! OPENING HYMN of PRAISE Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise, PH 263 CONFESSION and time of Self-examination responsively Leader: Almighty God, you love us, but we do not love you fully. All: Too often we walk away from neighbors in need, wrapped up in our own concerns. Leader: And we have condoned evil, hatred, warfare, and greed, if not by our actions then by our inaction. All: God of grace, help us to admit our sin, so that as you move toward us in mercy we may repent, turn to you, receive forgiveness, and live a new life. 2
SILENT PRAYER of CONFESSION And all of God s children say: Amen! SUNG RESPONSE You Are My All in All, CH 583 DECLARATION OF PARDON responsively ~ from Psalm 51 Leader: Hear the Good News: those who are in Christ are a new creation; the old has passed away and the new has come. Our Savior Christ personally bore our sins in his body on the cross that we might be dead to sin and alive to all that is good. All: We believe the Good News of the Gospel: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven and made new. Thanks be to God! GLORIA PATRI PASSING the PEACE of CHRIST May the Peace of Christ be with you! And also with you! SONG of PREPARATION Men of Faith, Rise up and Sing, GtG 319 Encountering God s Word PRAYER for ILLUMINATION unison Gracious God, open our hearts and minds to what you say to us today. Since we do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from your mouth, make us hunger for this heavenly food that it may nourish us in the ways of eternal life; through Jesus Christ the Bread of Heaven. Amen. CHILDREN S MESSAGE Lift Miss Jane THE ANTHEM 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) Words and Music by Jonas Myrin and Matt Redman Arranged by Heather Sorenson SCRIPTURE for the SERMON Isaiah 40:21-31 (NRSV) 21 Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, 3
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to live in; 23 who brings princes to naught, and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing. 24 Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown, scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth, when he blows upon them, and they wither, and the tempest carries them off like stubble. 25 To whom then will you compare me, or who is my equal? says the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes on high and see: Who created these? He who brings out their host and numbers them, calling them all by name; because he is great in strength, mighty in power, not one is missing. 27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, My way is hidden from the LORD, and my right is disregarded by my God? 28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. 29 He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. 30 Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted; 31 but those who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. The Word of God Thanks be to God! MORNING MESSAGE Like Eagles Rev. Bob Willits Responding to God s Word OFFERING AND DEDICATION PRAYER 4 unison ~from Romans 12, The Message Lord, we know what you want us to do: to take everything, ordinary life our sleeping, eating, going to work, and walkingaround life and place it before you as an offering. You have given us your best. Now in deep gratitude we give our best to you. We are the body of Christ; it is in Christ s name that we pray. Amen.
OFFERTORY HYMN There is a Balm in Gilead, GtG 792 DOXOLOGY The SACRAMENT of HOLY COMMUNION Invitation to the Lord s Table Prayer of Consecration of the Bread and Cup The Lord's Prayer, CH 631 Receiving the Bread and Cup Gluten-free elements are available upon request. Communion Meditation One Bread, One Body Words and Music by John Foley Arranged by Mark Hayes Prayer of Thanksgiving and Dedication Taking God s Word out, into our Worlds CLOSING HYMN Great Are You, Lord, GtG 614 BENEDICTION BENEDICTION RESPONSE Spirit of the Living God, PH 322 POSTLUDE Please stand if able. PH=Presbyterian Hymnal (Blue); CH=Celebration Hymnal (Red) GTG=Glory to God (screen or insert) 10:00 a.m. Service of Worship regularly broadcast over WKWK-FM 97.3 Lectionary Selections of Scripture for NEXT Sunday: Transfiguration of the Lord February 11, 2018 10:00 a.m. 2 Kings 2:1-12 ~ Psalm 50:1-6 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 ~ Mark 9:2-9 5
2018 CHURCH DIRECTORY Clerk of Session...Julie Squibb President of the Board of Deacons...Russ Green Church Treasurer...Paul Limbert Chairperson of Building and Property Commission...Ted Owens Chairperson of Christian Education Commission...Jill Flanagan Chairperson of Worship & Music Commission...Howard Monroe Chairperson of Missions Commission...Carol Obermann Chairperson of Personnel Committee...Beth Ann Dague Chairpersons of Hospitality...Sue Abraham, Rowena Baker, Carol Myers Chairperson of Finance/Memorials Committee... Michelle John Chairperson of Nominating Committee...Scott Winters Chairperson of Stewardship Committee...Jay Frey Chairperson of Member Invitation & Retention...John Hargleroad Moderator of Presbyterian Women...Virginia Dulany SESSION 2018 2019 2020 Jay Frey Beth Ann Dague John Hargleroad Howard Monroe Ted Owen Phil Polack Carol Obermann Geri Sloane Jill Flanagan Michelle John Scott Winters Bettie Steele DEACONS 2018 2019 2020 Kathy Hannan Ann Bopp Diane Crowl Michael Hires Marjorie Easton Russ Green Louise Limbert Carol Myers Janet Hart Joanne Winters Karen Seabright Joelle Oliver Congregational Nominating Committee for 2018 Members at large from our congregation: Ginny Dulany, Sam Driehorst and Lynne Exley Deacon: Michael Hires Elders: Geri Sloane & Scott Winters MISSION PERSONNEL of OUR DIRECT CONCERN Caleb & Claire (Seabright) Bermudez ~ MINISTERS of the CHURCH: ALL MEMBERS ~ The PASTOR and CHURCH STAFF Rev. Bob Willits ~ Interim Pastor Jane Schockey ~ Church Administrator/C.E. Director Deborah Podolski Breiding ~ Director of Music Russ Brown ~ Head Custodian Jay Carenbauer ~ Custodian Evan Smith ~Sound, Lighting & Visual Coordinator 6