VANCE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 905 National Road, Wheeling, West Virginia 26003 Church Telephone: (304) 232-0980 Fax: (304) 232-0982 vancechurch.org Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany February 24, 2019 10:00 a.m. Lectionary Selections of Scripture for this Sunday: Genesis 45:3-11, 15 ~ Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50 ~ Luke 6:27-38 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 PRELUDE CHIMES PREPARATION for WORSHIP Where Charity and Love Prevail, GtG 316 GREETINGS and ANNOUNCEMENTS Please sign and pass the fellowship pad to the inside aisle. CALL to WORSHIP Leader: Take delight in the Lord, who satisfies the desires of your heart. People: Commit your way to the Lord and trust in God s actions. Leader: Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for God. People: The Lord is our salvation and our refuge in times of trouble. OPENING PRAYER God of abundant mercy, you alone can turn evil into good, sorrow into rejoicing, and death into everlasting life. Teach us your way of grace to meet hatred with kindness, to answer curses with blessing, to love without holding back, to give without thought of return; all in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. OPENING HYMN of PRAISE Jesus, Lover of My Soul, GtG 440 CONFESSION and time of self-examination Leader: Jesus promised us that God is kind even to the ungrateful and the wicked, even to us. Trusting in God s kindness and love, let us confess our sin. All: Merciful God, we confess that we have not followed your ways or trusted your promises. We love only those who love us; we show kindness only to those who are kind to us; we give only when we expect to receive. Forgive us, Lord. Fill our hearts with your selfless love. Change our lives by your matchless grace. These things we pray through Christ our Savior. SILENT PRAYER of CONFESSION 2
SUNG RESPONSE Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive, GtG 444, verses 1 and 4 DECLARATION OF PARDON Leader: Children of the Most High God, through Jesus Christ our Lord we have received grace in good measure spilling out and running over. Now go and live as Christ commands: Be merciful, as God is merciful; do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; but forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you. All: Thanks be to God. Amen. GLORIA PATRI Glory Be to the Father, GtG 581 PASSING the PEACE of CHRIST May the Peace of Christ be with you! And also with you! Encountering God s Word SONG for ILLUMINATION Why Should I Feel Discouraged?, GtG 661 CHILDREN S MESSAGE Miss Jane The ANTHEM Kyrie Eleison (Have Mercy) Words and Music by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend Arranged by David Angerman The SCRIPTURE NEWER TESTAMENT EPISTLE READING: 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50 NEWER TESTAMENT GOSPEL READING: Luke 6:27-38 HEBREW TESTAMENT READING: Genesis 45:3-11, 15 The word of the Lord Thanks be to God! MORNING MESSAGE Rev. Erica L. Harley 3
Responding to God s Word AFFIRMATION OF FAITH: The Apostle s Creed I believe in God, the Father almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and life everlasting. Amen. SONG of AFFIRMATION Healer of Our Every Ill, GtG 795 INVITATION to the OFFERING Leader: Children of the Most High God, in obedience to Jesus words to love others as we love ourselves, do good, bless and pray for friends and enemies alike, let us now do to others as we would have them do to us, offering our tithes and gifts for the sake of our sisters and brothers in need. The OFFERTORY They ll Know We Are Christians Arranged by Lloyd Larson Lyrics may be found in Glory to God, #300. DOXOLOGY Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow, GtG 606 PRAYER of DEDICATION All: Holy God, you have given us land in which to grow and thrive, food for survival and pleasure, air and water, fire and cold. Make our thanksgiving bloom forth into the lives of others in the name of the one who gave everything for us. Amen. MORNING PRAYER & OUR 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! 4
Taking God s Word out, into our Worlds CLOSING HYMN O for a World, GtG 372 BENEDICTION BENEDICTION RESPONSE VANCE CHOIR POSTLUDE Please stand if able. GtG=Glory to God Hymnal Songs used with CCLI License # 1223079 10:00 a.m. Service of Worship regularly broadcast over WKWK-FM 97.3 Today s liturgy is reprinted by permission of Westminster John Knox Press from Feasting on the Word Worship Companion, 2012. 5
The PASTOR and CHURCH STAFF Rev. Erica L. Harley ~ Senior Pastor Jane Schockey ~ Church Administrator/C.E. Director Deborah Podolski Breiding ~ Director of Music Russ Brown ~ Head Custodian Jay Carenbauer ~ Custodian Keith Wilson ~ Sound, Video, and Media Coordinator Christina Kestner ~ Seminary Intern for Outreach & Community Service ~ MINISTERS of the CHURCH: ALL MEMBERS ~ MISSION PERSONNEL of OUR DIRECT CONCERN Caleb & Claire (Seabright) Bermudez SESSION 2019 2020 2021 Beth Ann Dague John Hargleroad Karen DiOrio Ted Owens Rowena Baker Michelle John Geri Sloane Jill Flanagan Bob Kanters Scott Winters Bettie Steele Drew Seabright DEACONS 2019 2020 2021 Ann Bopp Diane Crowl Kathy Hannan Marjorie Easton Russ Green Tom John Carol Myers Janet Hart Mark Kenamond Karen Seabright Joelle Oliver Joanne Winters COMMISSIONS Building and Property Christian Education Evangelism, Fellowship, & Membership Mission Outreach & Community Service Worship & Music COMMITTEES Nominating Personnel Stewardship, Finance & Memorial ELDER MEMBERS John Hargleroad, Ted Owens, Drew Seabright and Scott Winters Jill Flanagan, Drew Seabright, and Bettie Steele John Hargleroad, Michelle John, and Bob Kanters Rowena Baker, Beth Ann Dague and Karen DiOrio Bob Kanters, Geri Sloane, and Bettie Steele ELDER MEMBERS Geri Sloane & Scott Winters Beth Ann Dague Michelle John and Scott Winters Clerk of Session Church Treasurer O F F I C E R S Julie Squibb Paul Limbert 6