Please keep these people in your thoughts and prayers: Ruth Bath Betty Andress Terry Rohrer Pat Brown Pearl Shaw Lori Lowery Steve Slusser Scott Farley Cynthia Austin Merv Kreischer Penny Slusser Evelyn Cragle Dick Sharrow Doyle Smethers Roger Bodwalk Jr. Brenda Yohe Vern Dubas Nan Zimmerman Kevin McDaniel Dan Whitmire Margaret Farley Dot Hess Family and Friends of Darrell Austin Week of September 3, 2017: Thank you for your generosity and time! Worship Attendance...30 Weekly Tithe (Envelopes & Simply Giving). $1,022.00 Plate offerings.. $21.10 Boyer s Rebate. $84.00 2017 Weekly Operating Budget ($2,122) Nescopeck, Pennsylvania Faith United Evangelical Lutheran Church Improvement fund (envelopes). $10.00 2017 Mission Support donations YTD: $3,936.00 ~ World Hunger: $406.00 ~ The Capital Improvement Fund balance is $35,460.68. ~ Donations from this campaign will be used to pay for these FUEL Church Projects: Roof Replacement; Air Conditioning installation; and Replacement of Carpeting. Please pick up a green envelope for your next donation. Large or small, your FAITH UNITED EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 801 E. Third St., Box 335 Nescopeck, PA 18635 (570)759-2469, office (570)231-4006, emergency# fuelchurchnescopeck@gmail.com Website: www.faithunitednescopeck.org The People of Faith United........Ministers Rev. Jessica Kingsborough....... Pastor Penny Slusser... Organist & Director of Music Mary Ann Naugle..Board President Mary Skwierz.......Treasurer Daniel Dietterick Jr.Congregational Secretary Daniel Dietterick Jr..Financial Secretary Heather Boston (Helping Hands)........Custodian Sunday, September 10th, 2017 10:30am WELCOME ONE AND ALL! The mission of Faith United ELC is creating a Christcentered, Spirit driven gathering of excited Christians by: v v v Providing meaningful w orship Reaching out and serving all people Communicating new opportunities for ministry 12 1
Welcome Prelude: ORDER OF SERVICE P = Presiding Minister L= Lead Minister A = Assisting Minister C = Congregation ELW = red hymnal OSB= Other Song Book: Contemporary Hymnal He s Got the Whole World in His Hands vs. 1 He s got the whole world in his hands vs. 2: He s got the little bitty babies in his hands vs. 3: He s got the wind and the rain in his hands vs. 4: He s got everybody here in his hands Confession and Forgiveness L: Blessed be the + holy Trinity, the one who fashions us, the one who heals us, the one who reforms us again and again. L: Let us confess our sin, calling for God s transforming power. Please kneel or remain standing. L: Source of all life, C: we confess that we have not allowed your grace to set us free. We fear that we are not good enough. We hear your word of love freely given to us, yet we expect others to earn it. We turn the church inward rather than moving it outward. Forgive us. Stir us. Reform us to be a be a church powered by love, willing to speak for what is right, act for what is just, and seek the healing of your whole creation. Amen. L: God hears our cry and sends the Spirit to change us and to empower our lives in the world. Our sins are forgiven + and we are raised up as God s people who will always be made new, in the name of Jesus Christ. C: Amen All Bulletin announcements will be due the Tuesday before Sunday Worship. Fuel Announcements SECRETARY S OFFICE HOURS: The Secretary is in the office Monday night from 7pm-8 pm. Tue Fri. from 7:00am to 8:30am. All announcements needing to be placed in the bulletin must be in my mailbox or email no later than Wednesday s at 9:00am. Please feel free to leave a message on the answering machine by calling the office at 570-759-2469 or email me fuelchurchnescopeck@gmail.net. CHOIR START UP: This Tuesday at 7pm Choir will begin for another fun and music filled year. If you re interested in singing this year please join us. GLOBAL YARD SALE: Global yard sale is Friday Septermeber15th, and Saturday the16th this year from 8am-3pm. Proceeds will go towards Hurricane Harvey Relief. SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER INSTALLATION: On Sunday September 17th at the 10:30am worship all those serving as Sunday School Teachers this year will be installed. Please plan to attend. BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS WORSHIP: On Sunday Oct. 1st bring your pets or pictures of your pets at 3pm in the prayer garden. There will be a short service and blessing of your furry family members. 2 11
The flowers on the altar are presented to the Glory of God in memory of loved ones by Ruth Bath, Richard Michael, and Families. This month s Eternal Light has been sponsored by Betty Mowery. This month s Bulletin has not been sponsored. Helping with Worship Today FUEL YOUTH Counters: John Durkin, and Glenda Chapin Helping with Worship 9/17/17 Greeter: Freda Pague Lector: Mary Ann Naugle Ushers: Todd & Rose Thomas, John Durkin, Glenda Chapin. Acolyte: Cade Ferry Assisting Minister: Aileen Waltman Communion Helper: Owen Ferry Communion Assistant: Tammy Frey Counters: Lori Bankes, Carl Whitmire This Week at F.U.E.L: Week of Sept. 11, 2016 Sept. 17, 2015 Tuesday: Choir 7:00pm Friday and Saturday: Global Yard sale 8am to 3pm Gathering Hymn ELW #283 O Come, All Ye Faithful Greeting L: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. C: And also with you. Prayer of the Day L: Let us pray...o Lord God, enliven and preserve your church with perpetual mercy. Without your help, we mortals will fail; remove far from us everything that is harmful, and lead us toward all that gives life and salvation, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. First Reading: Job 33: 1-6 R: A reading from Job But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words. See, I open my mouth; the tongue in my mouth speaks. My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely. The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand. See, before God I am as you are; I too was formed from a piece of clay. R: The Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God. Psalm 51:10-14 (read responsively) A: Create in me a clean heart, O God, C: and renew a right spirit within me. A: Cast me not away from your presence, C: and take not your Holy Spirit, from me A: Restore to me the joy of your salvation C: and sustain me with your bountiful Spirit. A: Let me teach your ways to offenders, C: and sinners shall be restored to you A: Rescue me from bloodshed, O God of my salvation, C: and my tongue shall sing of your righteousness. 10 3
Second Reading: Romans 8:2-9 R: A reading from Romans. 2 For the law of the Spirit * of life in Christ Jesus has set you * free from the law of sin and of death. 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and to deal with sin, * he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 so that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. * 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit * set their minds on the things of the Spirit. * 6 To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit * is life and peace. 7 For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God s law indeed it cannot, 8 and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.9 But you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit, * since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Gospel Acclamation R: The Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God. Prayer after Communion A: Holy and Compassionate God, in bread and wine you give us gifts that form us to be humble and courageous. May your words come to life in our serving and in our witness, that we might speak a living voice of healing and justice to all the world. Through Jesus Christ our rock and or redeemer. Blessing L: God, Creator of all things, speaking to reformation into being; Jesus Christ, Savior of the world, raising the dead; Holy Spirit, living voice, calling and enlightening the church; Almighty God, Father, + Son and Holy Spirit bless you now and forever. Announcements (Please see insert in your bulletin) Sending Hymn ELW #595 Jesus Loves Me Dismissal A: Go in Peace, May you be filled with the Spirit and Sent out to serve! C: Thanks be to God! Reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, copyright 2006 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Augsburg Fortress license #14513-LIT A: The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the 3rd chapter. C: Glory to you, O Lord. WELCOME VISITORS! We are glad to have you with us this morning! If you do not have a church home, we invite you to join our fellowship. Gospel Reading: John 3:5-8 Jesus answered, Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. What is born of the 4 9
Lord s Prayer (Youth Style) P: O God in heaven, God and Father of everyone: C: Your name is holy. We treat your name lovingly, not swearing or deceiving others. God s will come. God s wanting to be done. God s way of wanting all to be done in the way he wants. May there be no difference between Heaven and Earth. Give us what we need, our daily necessities. Help us give what we don t need to our neighbor. Forgive us our sins, and strengthen us to forgive others when they hurt us. Do not lead us into doing something bad, and take us away from evil. For everything is yours-you own everything!! We pray this to happen right now, right here, and the rest of eternal life. Amen. Let it be done! P: Speak to us, O Lord, in the breaking of the bread, and make us one with you. Holy Communion As a member of the ELCA, Faith United celebrates open communion. All those who wish to receive the grace found in Christ are welcome to come forward to the table to share in communion. Following the usher s guidance, please come forward down the center aisle, and receive an individual cup. There are two chalices (pouring cups); the first contains wine and the second grape juice. When you have received the bread and wine (or juice), return to your pew via the side aisle. Children and others who do not wish to receive communion are welcome to come forward for a blessing. If you have not yet filled out a communion card this year please take the time to do that today. Music During Distribution: Quiet Music Post-Communion Blessing P: The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace. 8 flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be astonished that I said to you, You must be born from above. The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit. A: The Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise to you, O Christ. Children s Sermon Hymn of the Day: ELW #459 Wade in the Water Apostle s Creed A: Following Christ to the cross, we boldly confess our faith. C: I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, God s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended into hell. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. Joys and Concerns Prayers of the Church A: Open to the gifts of the Holy Spirit, we pray for the church, the world, and all God s creation. (brief silence) A: We pray for the church universal. Reconcile our differences. Forgive our divisions. Unite us at your table. Hear us, O God. 5
A: For your creation. Increase our stewardship of all that you have given us. Let the earth flourish for those who come after us. Hear us, O God. A: For peace in the world. End conflicts among nations. Help leaders and citizens truly to listen to one another and to act for the good of all. Teach us by your example. Hear us, O God. A: For those in need. Bind up our hurts. Heal divisions in our families, friendships, and neighborhoods. Comfort those who need your special care (especially). Hear us, O God. A: For this congregation. Make us signs of your love and forgiveness in this community and in the world. Help us to grow in our love for one another. Hear us, O God. A: In thanksgiving for all the faithful witnesses who put on the Lord Jesus Christ. Keep us faithful until the day we rejoice in your majesty with them. Hear us, O God. A: Into your hands, gracious God, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting the power of Christ and the gifts of the Spirit. thanksgiving, and use them to set a table that will heal the whole creation: through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Light. Great Thanksgiving P: It is indeed right, our duty and join their unending hymn: Peace A: May the Peace & Spirit of Christ be with you always! C: And also with you. (The congregation shares a sign of peace by simply saying Peace be with you.) Please Be Seated Offering: Special Music Offering: OSB #234 We Bring the Sacrifice of Praise Offering Prayer A: Let us pray...god of life, you give us these gifts of the earth, these resources of our life and our labor. Take them, offered in great 6 7