Celebration of Worship Stewardship 2018 September 30, 2018 11:00am 450 Randolph Avenue, Elkins WV 26241 304.636.2788 Worship each Sunday is broadcast live over WDNE 1240 AM www.dmpc.org
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, Linda Rudy, for being our liturgists this morning. Greeters this morning are Joe Carlson (White Chapel) and Donnie & Sonja Corbin. *Indicates an invitation to stand, if you are able. Today we welcome internationally acclaimed soprano Sherezade (Sherry) Panthaki. Sherry will share her beautiful voice with us during our worship service. While still in college, Sherry was a music intern at DMPC and she has always been grateful for that opportunity. She has shared her talents with us before and is anxious to once again return to her roots. If you have never heard her sing, you are in for a special treat. Her voice is at once angelic and strong. She sings the most difficult music effortlessly. *Indicates an invitation to stand, if you are able. INTROIT: Give Me Jesus arr. By Mark Hayes Sherezade Panthaki, soprano soloist CALL TO WORSHIP L: If it had not been for God, who was on our side, Psalms 124:1 8 we would have fallen prey to those who want to harm us; we would have been swept away by sadness and fear. 2
P: Blessed be the Lord, our protector! L: God has broken the snare that took away our freedom. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. P: Blessed be God s holy name! OPENING PRAYER *HYMN #321 The Church s One Foundation *CALL TO CONFESSION The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up, and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. James 5:15 16a *PRAYER OF CONFESSION (in unison) God of unity, Mark 9:38 50 we live in a world where our lives move between inclusivity and exclusivity. We often move toward the latter, trying to oust from our circles those who do not think like us, act like us, or look like us. Forgive our need to reject and to always be on the lookout for those things that make us different. Give us the eyes of our Teacher, who knows unconditional love and compassion and sees us all as one, for it is in his name that we pray. Amen. *KYRIE ELEISON (Lord, Have Mercy) Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. 3
*ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS My brothers and my sisters, James 5:19 20 if anyone among you wanders from the truth and is brought back by another, you should know that whoever brings back a sinner from wandering will save the sinner s soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. Rejoice! You have been brought back by the redemption of God and forgiveness through Jesus Christ our Savior. You can live in peace. *SHARING GOD S PEACE PROCLAIMING GOD S WORD SCRIPTURE READING Old Testament Proverbs 3:9-10 Pew Bible page 553 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 #177 I Will Come to You (refrain only) GOD S WORD FOR OUR LIVES Honoring the Lord With Your Wealth Stewardship 2018 Rev. Dr. Peter A. Vial RESPONDING TO THE GOOD NEWS 4
*HYMN #330 Our Help Is in the Name of God (Psalm 124) *APOSTLES CREED page 35 in the front of the hymnal PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE 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: Laudate Dominum from Verperae solennes de confessore by W. A. Mozart (1756-1791) Sherezade Panthaki, soprano soloist Laudate Dominum omnes gentes, laudate eum omnes populi. Quoniam confirmata est super nos misericordia ejus, Et veritas Domini manet in aeternum. Amen. Gloria patri et filio et spiritui sancto. Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. Praise the Lord, all nations, Praise Him, all people. For He has bestowed His mercy upon us, And the truth of the Lord endures forever. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and forever, and for generations of generations. *DOXOLOGY #606 Praise God, from Whom All Blessing Flow 5
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING FOLLOWING GOD INTO THE WORLD *HYMN #81 Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken *BENEDICTION AND BLESSING *RESPONSE #733 We All Are One in Mission (verse 1 only) Faith Community Notes Festival Parade Chairs If you haven t gotten your chairs yet, please call Marsha in the office. We will have 2 rows and all chairs are $5.00. Money must be paid by Oct. 1, 2018. Peace & Global Witness Offering This offering supports a range of ministries devoted to peacemaking and reconciliation, including bearing witness in communities of conflict around the world, hosting educational programs to raise awareness, driving local peacemaking efforts, offering catalyst support to our mission coworkers, and much more. In the bulletin you will find inserts with more information about this offering and envelopes to use for your donation to this offering. Disaster Relief You can help our brothers and sisters in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia by donating money to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance which supports the church s response to hurricanes and typhoons around the world. There are information sheets on the table in the White Chapel. Checks may be made to DMPC with PDA #DR000194 in the memo line. 6
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. 9:45am Young adults welcome at this class. Sunday School for all ages The nursery, located on the second floor of the church, is available during worship. Pastor Director of Music Assistant Organist Church Secretary Treasurer Clerk of Session Director of Christian Education After School Program Chi-Rho Youth Group Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church Rev. Dr. Peter Vial Dr. Melody Meadows Mr. Mark Armentrout Mrs. Marsha Gardner Dr. Larry Wing Mr. Mark Armentrout Monica Varchetto Peter s Cell: 304-621-8282 E-mail: minister@dmpc.org Office phone: 304-636-2788 E-mail: office@dmpc.org Church Office Hours: Monday thru Thursday 9:00am to Noon 1:00pm to 2:30pm Friday 9:00am to Noon 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
SUNDAY 9:45am 11:00am 12:00pm MONDAY 6:30pm TUESDAY 2:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm WEDNESDAY 7:00pm THURSDAY NOON FRIDAY CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK OF September 30, 2018 Sunday School* Worship service* Coffee Fellowship today: Fellowship Committee Cub Scouts/Fellowship Hall Membership Committee Capital Gifts Girl Scouts/Fellowship Hall Al-Anon in Dunham Room OFFICE CLOSED FOR FESTIVAL OFFICE CLOSED FOR FESTIVAL PRAYER LIST PRAYERS FOR THE HOMEBOUND COLONIAL PLACE 301 Wilson Lane, Elkins Hope Caplinger, Margaret Goddin, Emmett Lambert, Lena Mealey ERCC 1175 Beverly Pike, Elkins Bill Snedegar, Adrienne Vance, Ruby York NELLA S 339 Ferguson Rd, Elkins Richard Dye, Shirley Young VALENTINE S 521 Davis St., Elkins Mary Hill PRAYER FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS Martha Cardot Kathryn Collins Jay Crissman Fran Farris Joey Kyle...friend of Tom Regan Julia Martinez Bob Miller Deb Springer s mother Anne Wakeford Sara Yoke..friend of Penni Harris Virginia Cassells on the death of her sister Marian Family of Terry Springer Deb Springer s brother SATURDAY SUNDAY 9:45am 11:00am 12:00pm Sunday School* Worship Service* There will be no Coffee Fellowship today *Nursery provided for Sunday School &Worship PRAYERS FOR OUR PARTNERS AND THE WORLD 223rd General Assembly co-moderators, Ruling Elder Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri and Rev. Cindy Kohlmann D&E College and DMPC s College Students Our sister church in Kenya, Kangaita For our nation s leaders Missionaries around the world Presbytery of WV Presbyterian University of East Africa as they seek financial stability 8