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SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
IDLEWILD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
WORLD COMMUNION SUNDAY
PEACEMAKING OFFERING
OCTOBER 4, 2015
8:30 & 11:00 A.M.
Idlewild members have served as volunteers in city schools for nearly 50 years.
Beginning with Pope Elementary School in downtown, then Central High School,
now Idlewild Elementary and Brewster Elementary, our volunteers have tutored,
provided breakfast, served as drivers, packed backpacks, and offered support and
encouragement to children and their teachers. This year there are 40 tutors and
readers from our congregation at Idlewild Elementary.
ASSEMBLE IN GOD’S NAME
THE GATHERING (8:30) THE REVEREND MARGARET BURNETT
(11:00) THE REVEREND REBEKAH ABEL LAMAR
HANDBELL PEAL (11:00)
PREPARATION FOR WORSHIP
So it is we connect with one another—all of us wanderers, explorers,
adventurers, stragglers and ramblers, sometimes tramps or vagabonds, even
fugitives, but now and then pilgrims: as children, as parents, as old ones
about to take that final step, to enter that territory whose character none of
us here ever knows. Yet how young we are when we start wondering about
it all, the nature of the journey and of the final destination.
Robert Coles, The Spiritual Life of Children
PRELUDE FANTASIA IN C, BWV 570 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750)
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Welcome to this place,
where children and seasoned citizens sit side by side,
where heaven and earth embrace in peace,
where God has been, is and always will be.
Welcome to this place, as we gather with all of God’s children:
where we find God’s love,
where we hear the tender voice of Jesus,
where the Spirit teaches us new songs.
Welcome to this place, where all is made ready by our God:
where we bring our hunger and find food,
where we bring our brokenness, and find healing,
where we bring our very selves, and find acceptance.
Worship begins when the first
person arrives. Please worship
silently through the prelude.
Bold text is read or sung
by the congrega�on.
*Please stand if able.
Idlewild welcomes children and
encourages them to par�cipate
in our en�re worship service.
Pick up a children’s worship
pack at the sanctuary door.
*PROCESSIONAL HYMN “LOOK WHO GATHERS AT CHRIST’S TABLE!”
*CALL TO CONFESSION
*PRAYER OF CONFESSION
O God, we have not lived as one family.
When we could have seen Jesus in others, we have closed our eyes.
When we could have offered peace to those around us,
we have broken promises, held grudges, and pandered to prejudice.
When we could have spoken of hope, we have flung words
that shatter another’s heart.
When we could have lived as one with all people,
we have pushed them away or labeled them as our enemy.
Pour out your grace upon us, O God.
May the warmth of your tenderness melt our frozen souls,
may the balm of your words mend any broken hearts we have damaged,
may we be trusting and vulnerable,
as we follow Jesus Christ, our Lord, our brother,
into your kingdom of joy.
(Silence for personal prayer and reflection)
Amen.
This hymn text celebrates the
radical hospitality that
characterizes Christ’s welcome,
which transcends �me and
reaches in all direc�ons
(Ma'hew 8:11/Luke13:29).
Saints of old are, like us, people
in need of forgiveness, and the
response to such pardon is
“thanks and praise.”
We come before God in
complete honesty, confessing
our sins, and asking God by the
grace of forgiveness, to restore
what is broken.
In response to the Good News
of God’s grace and forgiveness,
we sing of joy!
The Passing of the Peace is one
of the most ancient
responses in worship. Having
received Christ’s peace,
we pass it on.
We invite young children to
come to the front at this �me.
Each week children bring
quarters to put in educa�on
s�cks, so that young girls
around the world might have
the opportunity for an
educa�on. Just $275 (1,100
quarters) provides scholarship,
supplies, and empowerment for
a young girl. As our children
come forward for the Children’s
Time, please pass them
quarters to share.
The children lead the
congrega�on in The Lord’s
Prayer (using “Forgive us our
debts as we forgive
our debtors”).
Following the Children’s Time,
parents may escort infants
through kindergarten children
to Children’s Church Con�nued
(C3) in the Jones Building, 2nd
floor. Please pick up children
immediately following the
service.
*ASSURANCE OF PARDON
*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE
The choir sings:
Good Jesus Christ inside his pain
looked down Golgotha’s stony slope
and let the blood flow from his flesh
to fill the springs of living hope.
All sing:
*PASSING THE PEACE
The peace of Christ be with you.
And also with you!
PROCLAIM GOD’S WORD
GATHERING HYMN (11:00)
“THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE”
This little light of mine, Hide it under a bushel? No!
I’m gonna let it shine I’m gonna let it shine
This little light of mine, Hide it under a bushel? No!
I’m gonna let it shine I’m gonna let it shine
This little light of mine, Hide it under a bushel? No!
I’m gonna let it shine I’m gonna let it shine
Let it shine, Let it shine,
Let it shine, Let it shine,
Let it shine. Let it shine.
TIME WITH THE YOUNGER CHURCH (11:00) MS. ELIZABETH HOUSTON
THE LORD’S PRAYER
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
THE REVEREND DR. STEPHEN R. MONTGOMERY
This hymn’s seDng expands
and enhances the thema�c
inclusiveness of an early 20th
century hymn text by adap�ng
the melody of a tradi�onal
spiritual to carry these words.
This 1940 pairing marked the
first use of African American
musical materials in a mainline
North American hymnal.
During our Stewardship season,
we will hear about different
ministries we offer, thanks to
your pledges. Anne Bradley and
Joellyn have both been
ac�ve on the Outreach
Leadership team.
Doxology literally means
“words of glory.” Doxologies
have long been used by Jews
and Chris�ans to praise God.
Here we honor and thank God
“from whom all blessings flow.”
*PROCLAMATION HYMN NO. 317
“IN CHRIST THERE IS NO EAST OR WEST” MC KEE
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION DR. MONTGOMERY
GOSPEL LESSON MARK 10: 2-16 (PAGE 46, NT, PEW BIBLE)
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
SERMON DO NOT HINDER DR. MONTGOMERY
RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD
MINUTE FOR STEWARDSHIP & OUTREACH
GENERATIONS OF GENEROSITY (8:30) MS. ANNE BRADLEY THOMAS
(11:00) MS. JOELLYN SULLIVAN
PRESENTATION OF GIFTS, TITHES AND OFFERINGS MS. BURNETT
OFFERTORY
(8:30) “BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH” (FROM “ST. PAUL”) FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809 – 1847)
William Compton, soloist
(11:00) “MY ETERNAL KING” JANE MARSHALL (B. 1924)
My God, I love Thee
not because I hope for heav’n thereby,
nor yet because who love Thee not must die eternally.
Thou, O my Jesus, Thou didst me upon the cross embrace;
for me didst bear the nails and spear and manifold disgrace.
Why, then why, O blessed Jesus Christ, should I not love Thee well?
Not for the hope of winning heav’n or of escaping hell;
not with the hope of gaining aught, not seeking a reward;
but as Thyself hast loved me, O ever loving Lord!
E’en so I love Thee, and will love, and in Thy praise will sing;
solely because Thou art my God, and my Eternal King!
–17th c, Anonymous
*DOXOLOGY
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Christ, all creatures here below.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise Holy Spirit evermore;
Praise Triune God whom we adore.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
The invita�on to the Lord’s
Supper is extended to all who
desire to follow Christ,
remembering that access to the
communion table is not a right
conferred upon the worthy, but
a privilege given to the
undeserving who come in faith,
repentance, and love. Even one
who has doubts or whose trust
is wavering is invited to the
table in order to be assured of
God’s love and grace in
Christ Jesus.
THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION (8:30) MS. BURNETT
CLARK AND WEBB THOMAS
(11:00) MS. LAMAR AND THE REVEREND ANNE H.K. APPLE
CAL AND ANNA RHODES BRIDGFORTH
WORDS OF INVITATION
This is no ordinary table, but a table where all are welcome.
This is an extraordinary table where wonder influences reality.
People will come from the north and the south, people will come
from the east and the west.
Refugee and widow, orphan and invalid, poor and rich, lost and found
all God’s children have a story and a place at this table.
Some stories bring tears and evoke loss, others involve laughter
and waken joy.
At this table, no matter your story, you are welcome.
So come, you who have much faith and you who have little.
You who have been here often and you who have not been here
for a long time.
You who have tried to follow and you who have failed.
Our Lord invites all those who trust in him to this table,
to taste and to see.
GREAT PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING, WORDS OF INSTITUTION
AND PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
Child: Why do we give thanks and praise before this table?
With thanksgiving, we remember.
We give thanks for God’s story—a story about the work of
creation, liberation, and salvation.
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
We give thanks that you have prepared this rich feast for us.
You prepare a feast of grace for all the nations and peoples
of the world.
You share with us a sign of the day when you will swallow up
sin and death forever. Therefore we praise you, joining the song
of the universal church.
All sing:
Blessed is Jesus Christ, our Savior.
That Jesus showed compassion to the hungry crowds—providing an
abundant meal with just a few loaves and fish, extending covenant care
to all the peoples of the earth, thank you.
Child: Why do we eat bread at this table?
With thanksgiving, we remember.
We remember how, during the week that he was anointed by a woman
and on the night that he was betrayed, Jesus took the bread, and when
he had blessed it, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying,
“Take, eat. This is my body. Do this, remembering me.”
Child: Why do we drink from the cup at this table?
With thanksgiving, we remember.
We remember how Jesus took the cup, saying:
“This is the cup of the new covenant, my blood poured out for you,
shed for the forgiveness of sins. Drink of it, all of you.
Do this, remembering me.”
Child: What do we remember at this table?
With thanksgiving, we remember God’s grace.
We remember Christ’s death and resurrection and the Spirit’s
tender care. Great is the mystery of faith.
All sing:
This lively Zulu/Xhosa freedom
song originated in a Methodist
young men’s group in South
Africa, and has gone on to
become popular in many other
languages around the globe.
Some addi�onal stanzas are
suggested, but others may be
improvised as appropriate
to the occasion.
Gracious God, pour out your Holy Spirit upon us.
We cannot come to your table, O Lord, and forget our needs
and the needs of the world.
We pray for your church around the world.
We pray that your Word lives and breathes in the varied cultures,
races, and tongues of the earth. Inspire us all with your power, unity,
and peace, that we might joyfully live out the gospel and live together
in love.
We pray for the world and for our leaders.
We pray that wisdom might come before pride; that justice might come
before self-interest, and that peace might reign without war.
We pray for comfort and relief, O Lord.
For all who are in sorrow, poverty and sickness. Especially we pray
for all who suffer loss and who are in grief. Heal them in body, mind,
or circumstance, working wonders in them, by your grace.
All Sing:
The gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
SHARING OF THE BREAD AND CUP
MUSIC DURING COMMUNION (11:00)
SICUT CERVUS GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA (1525 – 1594)
Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum,
ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus.
As the deer longs for running water,
so my soul longs for you, O God. –Psalm 42: 1
BLESSING PRAYER
*HYMN OF DEDICATION NO. 853
“WE ARE MARCHING” SIYAHAMBA
*BENEDICTION DR. MONTGOMERY
POSTLUDE PROCESSIONAL WILLIAM MATHIAS (1934 – 1992)
Giving sanctuary flowers is a special way to honor a loved one.
If you would like to give flowers, please contact Buff Adams at
818-5567 or mredbirds@gmail.com.
PASTORAL CARE & EVANGELISM Unless otherwise noted, contact Anne Apple, 726-4681 ext. 18
or anne@idlewildchurch.org.
The Evangelism Commi&ee will be taking orders for t-shirts
during lunch today, and next Sunday morning in the hallway.
The shirts are blue short-sleeved and cost $15 or $17.50
(depending on size). You can see samples when ordering, and
pick them up at the end of October. These shirts are a powerful
yet simple way to spread throughout Memphis our church’s
message of jus3ce and love for all. If you need more info
contact Chad Braddock at chadbraddock@ gmail.com.
Confidential prayer requests can be made by calling the prayer
chain at 683-6578, or filling out a card from the literature rack.
CONGREGATIONAL CARE
On World Communion Sunday, we invite prayers for the
church around the world, especially our partners in mission:
Joan G. Hall Presbyterian Church in Cardenas, Cuba, and Living
Waters for the World installa3ons in Ghana.
CHRISTIAN FORMATION
Unless otherwise noted, contact Rebekah Abel Lamar, 726-4681 ext. 46 or
rlamar@idlewildchurch.org.
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES—OCTOBER 4
If you would like more detailed informa�on on Sunday
morning church school please visit www.idlewildchurch.org.
UKirk Class (303W) Coffee at 9:40; discussion begins at 10:00
(Led by Sarah Wolf)
Young Adults (302W) Discipleship in the Bible: Outreach
Opportuni3es (Led by Mary Lou McCaa)
Chris4an Paren4ng of Young Children: Nurturing the Soul of
Your Family (304W) Join other parents/guardians/partners of
young children, birth to early elementary, to explore moving
through parenthood. (Led by Earle Donelson)
Class 20/20 (305W) The Gospel of Mark: Chapter 2 (Led by
John Boughter and Dan Dunaway)
Praying with Scripture: The Prac3ce of Lec3o Divina (114E)
(Led by Mary McIntosh)
Timothy (Strock Rm) Dante’s Purgatory (Led by Pat Kelly)
Stephen (306W) The Things They Carried by Tim Obrien
(Facilitated by Mimi Phillips and Bob Llewellyn)
Faith and Func4on (Harlan Rm) Profi3ng From the Prophets
(Dr. Steven McKenzie, Professor of Hebrew Bible and Old
Testament, Department of Religious Studies, Rhodes College )
LeMaster (Conference Rm) The Book of MaIhew (Led by Lewis
Donelson)
CHILDREN’S MINISTRY
Unless otherwise noted, contact Elizabeth Houston, 726-4681 ext. 33 or
ehouston@idlewildchurch.org.
Next Sunday, children two years to fiJh grade will have a
lesson on the Bible story of Abraham and Lot. Children in 4th
and 5th grades will con3nue with their Cuba and Agua Prieta
mission projects.
WORSHIP NOTICES
The Sanctuary flowers are given today to the glory of God and
in memory of David and ScoI Davis.
Rich symbolism, stained glass ar3stry, masterful wood
carvings, inspira3onal images in stone ... All these are the
splendid visual legacy of George Awsumb’s architectural
genius, and have reminded us of the legacy of generosity that
has been handed down through many genera3ons.
Seven years ago, under the talented ar3st/theologian the
Reverend Woong Sik Timothy Chon of Michigan, the Liturgical
Arts task force developed the Portals of Peace, which will be
hanging in our sanctuary through our stewardship season. They
seem appropriate reminders of our theme, Genera3ons of
Generosity, and it is our hope that they will heighten our
worshipful experience as pursue our chief end as Chris3ans—to
glorify and enjoy God forever, while joyously and crea3vely
bringing forth the Portals of Peace; that love state of which our
Lord is Prince.
Camera and video use is not allowed during the worship
service. Please turn off your cell phone.
Members and guests, please indicate your presence on the
Friendship Roster this morning.
The 11:00 service is live at new.livestream.com/idlewild, or
search for “Idlewild” in the Livestream phone or Roku app. You
can also listen on WREC-AM 600 or at www.600wrec.com, or
use the iHeartRadio app.
Music is printed under Onelicense.net A-702280. VISITOR NOTICES
We welcome our visitors this morning. To learn more about
Idlewild, please speak to a clergy member at the sanctuary
door aJer the service, or call the church office during the week.
New members are received by the Session the 3rd Sunday of
each month at 10:30 a.m. in the Chapel. If you are seeking a
church home, we invite you to join the Idlewild family. Please
see a minister aJer the service, or call the church office,
726-4681, during the week.
Visit www.idlewildchurch.org for news, events and more. If
you’re not on the web, call the church office at 726-4681.
CONGREGATIONAL NOTICES
First Sunday Lunch will be served today in the T.K. Young Room
at 12:15. The cost is $8 adult, $5 child, $25 family max. Visitors
are invited to be our guests.
Members in the hospital as of September 30: Edward Apple (at
the Shepherd Center in Atlanta), Lee Hill, Nathalie Manire, and
Sallie Hughes.
A half-day contempla4ve retreat is being offered by the
Presbytery on Friday, October 16, at Pinecrest. The retreat, One
of Many Encounters with God, will be centered on personal
reflec3on and s3llness. Led by the Rev. Dr. Stephanie PaIon
and Sally Wanzer. Several more retreats are being planned.
Begins at 8:45 a.m. Light lunch served. Cost: $25. Contact Lucy
Cummings, lucygc@bellsouth.net or 878P 1247, for info and to
register.
We are united in the Spirit when we pray for our brothers and
sisters in Christ in our Presbytery and around the world. This
week we pray for Libera3on Community.
YOUTH MINISTRY
Unless otherwise noted, contact Frank Kelly, 337-0159 or
fkelly@idlewildchurch.org.
QUEST (6th-8th grades) and BASIC (9th-12th grades) will meet
this aJernoon from 6:00 to 7:30. Both groups will meet outside
the Wrenn Room on the 1st floor for dinner and then split up
into individual groups.
RECREATION MINISTRY
Unless otherwise noted, contact Ashley Gordon, 725-4165 or
agordon@idlewildchurch.org.
A big thank you to all who volunteered or par3cipated at Trivia
Night and Sole to Soul 5K. It was a wonderful weekend to
celebrate the Brewster Elementary Backpack Program and all it
does for the kids!
The Halloween Carnival will be 6:00-7:00 p.m. Tuesday,
October 27. Bring the whole family! Costumes are encouraged.
Enjoy good food, a moon bounce, and fun games with prizes—
and don’t forget the cake walk! Cost is $4 per child, free for
adults. If you would like to sign up to bring a cake please
contact Daisy Laird at daisyla@gmail.com. For more details call
the recrea3on office, 725-4165.
Before the carnival on October 27, dinner will be served in the
T.K. Young Room star3ng at 5:30. The meal is $7 adult, $4 child.
NaCoMe ALL-CHURCH CAMP
Registra4on ends October 5 for NaCoMe All-Church Camp.
NaCoMe is one of our best “get to know each other” activities,
welcoming longtime and new members, visitors and friends.
NaCoMe is for people of all ages—families, singles and
couples—to enjoy time together as a community.
We are excited about this fall’s NaCoMe, which is October 9–
11. Rebekah Abel Lamar, our new associate pastor, will lead the
program, Telling Your Story, based on the children’s classic
Where the Wild Things Are. Children will have their own
activities.
NaCoMe is a Presbyterian camp in the woods, just south of
Nashville. In addition to the programs, activities include
worship, horseshoes, scavenger hunts, dancing, crafts, and
relaxation. There are comfortable cabins with front porches
just made for rocking.
Cost: $115 per person; $80 per child (3-12 years old); $400
family cap of 4 or more. Registra3on ends October 5. Sign up at
church Sunday morning, or register and pay at
www.idlewildchurch.org/registra3ons. Call recrea3on,
725-4165, for more details. For campsite informa3on and
direc3ons visit www.idlewildchurch.org/recrea3on.
PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN
All women of the church are Presbyterian Women! You are
invited to join a study circle any3me or get involved in other
ac3vi3es. Please contact Sarah Brandon at sarah.lb.brandon@
gmail.com.
PW circles meet Tuesday, October 6. Mee3ng 3mes and
loca3ons:
Abigail: 12:00 p.m. (Trezevant Manor Gallery)
Hannah: 10:30 a.m. (church parlor)
Lydia Ruth: 10:30 a.m., Sarah Brandon (451 Jack Kramer)
Rebekah: 10:00 a.m., Christy Hasselle (504 Williamsburg Ln)
TUESDAYS TOGETHER—FOOD FOR THOUGHT
October 6, 13, 20 • 5:30–7:00 p.m. • T.K. Young Room
October 27 • Halloween Carnival • Gym
During the month of October, let’s spend Tuesdays Together!
This will include dinner, an inter-genera3onal service
opportunity, and informal worship. Child care will be provided
for the youngest ones. Cost $8 adult, $5 kids, $25 family cap.
Here’s the schedule:
October 6 — Sandwich-making for St. Mary’s; dinner for adults:
grilled salmon with pineapple, quinoa/orzo/pasta salad,
steamed broccoli, salad bar; kid’s dinner: hot dogs.
October 13 — Love soup mix for Cuba and our neighbors; dinner
for adults: red beans and rice, French bread, salad bar; kid’s
dinner: mac and cheese.
October 20 — Pretzel-making, hygiene kits; dinner for adults:
grilled chicken, roasted potatoes, salad bar; kid’s dinner: chicken
fingers.
October 27 — Dinner with fair food, then the Halloween
Carnival.
OUTREACH MINISTRY
Unless otherwise noted, contact Margaret Burne', 726-4681 ext. 19 or
margaret@idlewildchurch.org.
Family Promise of Memphis is one of our community support
grant recipients. This agency’s mission is to organize and
administer church congrega3ons to provide safe and hospitable
accommoda3ons for families temporarily in need of shelter.
Currently 13 congrega3ons from 8 denomina3ons par3cipate by
housing and feeding families for 14 days. Families are assisted in
becoming employed, finding long term housing, money
management, and applying for health and social services
programs such as food stamps and TennCare. Dona3ons of
toothpaste, hygiene items, etc., are needed. Volunteers are
welcome to assist in the annual golf tournament. Contact Amy
Barnes at amy@familypromiseofmemphis.org. The Cuba Commi&ee is beginning to plan a trip in April 2016 to
our partner church, Juan G. Hall Presbyterian Church in
Cardenas. The trip will likely include an emphasis on
photography, for those interested, and a missional component
for those interested in rolling up their sleeves on behalf of the
church. It may also include an aJernoon at the beach in
Veradero, a visit to the seminary in Matanzas, and ample 3me to
see Havana. If you want to learn more, please contact Anne
Ferguson anneferg@yahoo.com.
Please join us in praying the Prayers of the People in a special
way. Each Thursday, More Than A Meal (MTAM) guests write
prayers to be prayed aloud. Many of these prayers are posted
on the bulle3n board on the first floor ramp. You are invited to
take one and commit to that prayer each day for a week. New
ones are posted each week, so please check oJen and pray
alongside our MTAM friends.
PEACE AND GLOBAL WITNESS OFFERING
During this Season of Peace, our thoughts turn to the meaning
of peace and how, through Christ, we can nurture it inside
ourselves and out in the world. Yet, to understand the value of
peace, we must also understand the cost of conflict, and the
many forms it can take.
• Conflict can be individual: 1 in 4 U.S. students reports
being bullied at school.
• Conflict can be collec3ve: Up to 70% of women experience
violence in their life3mes.
• Conflict can be domes3c: 1 in 3 women has been the
vic3m of violence at the hands of an in3mate partner;
1 in 4 children have been physically abused.
• Conflict can be interna3onal: Conflict and poli3cal violence
are on the rise in 48 countries.
• Conflict can be historical: Structural racism creates long-
term deficits of opportunity.
• Conflict can be contemporary: Human trafficking and
forced labor affect 3 of every 1,000 people in the world
today.
To help address these diverse challenges, the Peace & Global
Witness Offering supports a range of ministries devoted to
peacemaking and reconcilia3on. This includes bearing witness
in communi3es of conflict around the world, hos3ng educa3on
programs to raise awareness, driving local peacemaking efforts,
offering catalyst support to our mission co-workers, and much
more.
When you give to the Peace & Global Witness Offering your
true giJ is the peace of Christ, for all of God’s children. With
each giJ, we can begin to create a world of peace—together.
Please give generously:
• Through your congrega3on.
• Text PEACE to 20222 to give $10
presbyterianmission.org/give/peace-global
WORLD COMMUNION SUNDAY
Nearly 70 years ago, on November 1, 1936, World-Wide
Communion Day was born. A group of ministers had met the
previous winter to study the spiritual needs and possibili3es of
the church during the dark days of the Great Depression. In the
Lord’s Supper they saw a great opportunity to unite Chris3ans.
In 1937 the date of World-Wide Communion Sunday was
changed to the first Sunday in October, where it has remained.
The word “wide” has since been dropped from the name,
giving us the present observance of World Communion Sunday.
The day remains as it began: “A great opportunity to unite the
membership in dedica3on to the Lord Jesus Christ.” People
from the four corners of the world gather together to answer
Christ’s invita3on, “This do in remembrance of me.”
By following Jesus’ example, we develop an aDtude of
“radical gra�tude,” learning to sincerely appreciate the
giQs given to us by God, beginning with the giQ of
crea�on. As a result, we can no longer take our lives for
granted and we realize that what we have been given is
enough. –Mary Jo Leddy
Please visit the ministry tree outside the fellowship hall and
add a leaf to the ministries that mean the most to you. The
tree reminds us of the broad reach of the church and that
each of us are its stewards.
If you pledge, please consider an increase this year. If you
are a new member or have not pledged before, now is the
3me to begin. Everybody’s pledge is important because our
2016 budget is based upon pledges. Your pledge means that
the church’s ac3vi3es, from youth, adult and children’s
programs to global missions and community outreach, can
con3nue to grow and serve.
Please complete the pledge card you have received in the
mail, or pledge online at www.idlewildchurch.org/
stewardship. If you have any ques3ons concerning
stewardship, contact Jim Harwood at 277-5795 or
jim.harwood@fabsrv.com.
Class of 2016
Catherine Berger
Chad Braddock
Molly Glover
Jenny Haddad
Nan Hawkes
Mark Jones
Drew Kofahl
Lisa Martin
Josh Poag
Will Presley
Donna Rhodes
Scott Sherman
Class of 2015
Denby Brandon
John Collier
Lucy Cummings
Ruthie Harwood
Christy Hasselle
Phillip Jones
Woody Ray
Sam Stewart
Becky Taylor
Phil Taylor
Courtnay Veazey
Tommy Veazey
Sandie Whittington
2015 RULING ELDERS
Class of 2015
Ed Apple
Rick Baker
Jo Blair Balsam
Blanche Deaderick
Whitney Getman
Charles Key
Dawn Kvande
Michelle Miller
Paul Presley
Anna Katherine
Roehm
Haley Seuss
Walker Wellford
Drew Wilson
Class of 2016
Laurie Barbee
Carol Bishop
Susan Elliott
Melissa Grimes
Jim Harwood
Jason Hood
Jamie Linkous
Drew Taylor
Barry White
Class of 2017
Buff Adams
Catie Jane Berger
Delois Cunningham
Andrew Falls
Will Gibbons
Forrest Gross
Kathy James
Bob Spencer
Joellyn Sullivan
Nancy Toma
Cheryl Westlake
Class of 2017
Lynda Freeland
Dennis Higdon
Bob Llewellyn
Cindy Moore
Sarah Prosser
Mitchell Redd
Tom Roehm
Anne Bradley Thomas
Jess Wesberry
2015 DEACONS
The flower room, between the T.K. Young Room and
sanctuary, is used for arranging flowers for worship, events,
and congrega3on care visits—and much more. The room is
also used for communion prepara3on, houses large freezers,
and is filled with extra chairs and tables for the fellowship hall.
More Idlewild means more storage space, freezer space in the
new kitchen, and a flower room that can actually be used as a
flower room.
ONLINE PLEDGING IS NOW AVAILABLE.
Visit www.idlewildchurch.org to make your More Idlewild
pledge, see a video, plans and pictures, read FAQs, and submit
ques3ons or comments. Feel free to ask for informa3on. You
may also email moreidlewild@idlewildchurch.org, call Sissy
Carpenter at 726-4681 ext. 42, or contact any member of the
More Idlewild team: Larry Bryan, Kirk Bobo and Peggy
McClure, co-chairs; Wendy Ansbro, Taylor Berger, Dennis
Higdon, Mark Jones, Milton Lovell, Michelle Miller, Elizabeth
Rouse, Anne Stokes, Steve Valen3ne and Kyle Veazey,
commiIee members; and Steve Montgomery, BeIy Anne
Wilson and Sissy Carpenter, staff.
A the congregational meeting last Sunday, the following
persons were elected to serve on the Session and Board of
Deacons Class of 2018. Doug Alrutz, Jeff Emerson, Alyce
Haynes, Karen MaIhews, Pat Neely, John Pickens, Thad Rodda,
Jan Wardle, Bruce Webber, Meredith Hood (youth elder),
Margie Peeler (youth elder), Will Adams, Debbie Brooks, Alan
Glenn, Ka3e McLeod, Julie Markham, Jamie Moore, Kristen
Murphy, Mary Muscari, BeIy Nelson, Julie Raines, Nate Taylor,
Ben WescoI, Ramey Bourland (youth deacon), and Elizabeth
Roehm (youth deacon).
PRESBYTERY OF THE MID SOUTH
One of Many Encounters with God—AQer the fire, a s�ll small
voice…. 1 Kings 19:12.
Half-Day Contempla3ve retreats beginning Friday, October 16,
at Pinecrest Camp. The retreat will be led by Rev. Dr. Stephanie
PaIon and Sally Wanzer, Spiritual Directors. This is the first of
many retreats centering on personal reflec3on and s3llness.
Receive a thought to ponder, then sit quietly or explore nature
as you contemplate and pray. Communion served. Gathering
begins at 8:45 a.m. and light lunch is served at noon. Cost is
$25 per person. Register at lucygc@bellsouth.net or call
878.1247.
World Communion Sunday
October 4
8:30am Worship Service, Chapel
9:40am Church School
9:40am Cherub Choir, 201W
11am Worship Service, Sanctuary Gym
12pm Dr. Bob Neimeyer, TK Young
12pm First Sunday Lunch, TK Young
1pm Officer Training, 303W
1:15pm Handbell Choir Rehearsal, 301W
4pm AAU Basketball, Gym
6pm BASIC and QUEST, Wrenn Rm
Monday October 5
9am Women’s Outreach, Parlor
5pm Greek, Conf. Rm
5:30pm Congregational Care Comm., Parlor
Tuesday October 6
6:30am BASIC Prayer Breakfast, Panera Bread (Poplar)
10am Rebekah Circle (Away)
10:30am Hannah Circle (Parlor)
10:30am Lydia Ruth Circle (Away)
12pm Abigail Circle (Away)
5:30pm Girl Scouts (309-312E)
5:30pm Tuesdays Together, TK Young
Wednesday October 7
8:30am Outreach Leadership Team, 306W
9:30am Wednesday Morning Class, Harlan Rm
1pm Pickle Ball, Gym
6pm Pottery, Pottery Studio
6:15pm Section Rehearsal, Choir Rm
6:30pm Women’s ChristCare, 303W
7pm Adult Choir Rehearsal, Choir Rm
Thursday October 8
2pm Trezevant Communion
3pm Pre-K/K Yoga, TV Rm
4pm Elementary Kids Yoga, TV Rm
5pm MTAM Worship, Chapel
5:30pm More Than A Meal, TK Young
6:30pm AA Meeting, Conf. Rm
6:30pm Young Men’s Social, Broadway Pizza (Broad)
Friday October 9
NaCoMe Camp
1pm Pickle Ball, Gym
7:30pm Contra Dance, TK Young
Saturday October 10
NaCoMe Camp
Sunday October 11
NaCoMe Camp
8:30am Worship Service, Chapel
9:40am Church School
9:40am Cherub Choir, 201W
11am Worship Service, Sanctuary
1:15pm Handbell Choir Rehearsal, 301W
4pm AAU Basketball, Gym
6pm BASIC and QUEST, Wrenn Rm
THIS WEEK’S EVENTS
IDLEWILD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA)
1750 Union Avenue / Memphis TN 38104 / www.idlewildchurch.org
901-726-4681 / Recreation 725-4165 / Children’s Center 725-7941
The mission of Idlewild Presbyterian Church is to pursue, personify, and
practice as Presbyterians the good news of reconciliation and salvation
in Christ through worship, education, fellowship, and outreach.
MINISTERIAL AND PROGRAM STAFF
Ministers: All the members of Idlewild Presbyterian Church
For staff phone numbers and emails visit www.idlewildchurch.org or call the church.
Stephen R. Montgomery
Pastor
Anne H.K. Apple
Associate Pastor for Pastoral Care
and Evangelism
Margaret Burnett
Associate Pastor for Outreach
Ministry
Rebekah Abel Lamar
Associate Pastor for Christian
Formation
Corinne Nienhuis
Parish Assistant
Denton McLellan
Parish Associate
Walt Tennyson
Parish Associate
Stephen R. Haynes
Theologian in Residence
Barry Oliver
Director of Music Ministry
Elizabeth Houston
Director of Children’s Ministry
Frank Kelly
Director of Youth Ministry
Dara Bigger
Assistant Director of Youth Ministry
Ashley Gordon
Director of Recreation Ministry
Jacob Pierce
Assistant Director of Recreation
Latrice Toombs
Children’s Center Executive
Director
Cheryl Ward
Kindergarten Director
Sarah Wolf
Young Adult Ministry
Margo Richardson
Outreach Ministry
Betty Anne Wilson
Chief Administrative Officer
Henry B. Strock, Jr.
Pastor Emeritus
A FIRM FOUNDATION FROM THE PAST
Idlewild stands “in the heart of Midtown, Memphis.” Our joy is to par3cipate fully in the life of our city and of our world. In all
that God creates among us. We serve these whom God brings among us, with hands and hearts outstretched. Our joy is
abundant welcome. We live our welcome with those who are homeless and hungry—children and families on the streets in
Memphis, with those in need on the dirt paths of Mexico’s villages, with the ones of Ghana’s parched land, with our sisters and
brothers in Cardenas, Cuba.
Idlewild’s Outreach lives in prayer that God’s abundant love and mercy might be known in each and every one that its ministry
encounters. Ours is a prayer for family, beyond extended. Ours is a prayer for living into help and hope—sharing radical
hospitality, extravagant generosity and inclusivity.
In welcoming, we wake to our own being, as “beloved and broken children of God.” “The welcome in this place” is a welcome
that works at extending. In 1972, our welcome met a community of Appalachia’s night shiJ coal miners, s3fled in morning soot.
From this, Idlewild’s first youth mission trip, we have poured into many places, extending love, “as God first loved us.” We are a
history of compassionates: the corner coffee house open to all who gather, the daycare center for children of working women,
the one who hands a sandwich out our side-door when someone knocks, homeless and hungry. The wise woman who tells
Addic3on that she cannot pull him up to safety, but that she will be with him as he works. The ones who give clean water. The
children in the sanctuary who gather fisYuls of quarters. The one who lives compassion each day at our front door. All beloved,
all broken—all present with one another, and refusing judgment. So we are grown out of our brokenness in belovedness with
each other.
This church, our Idlewild, draws close “to the margins, to the places of pain.” We sit with other suffering, because we know that
suffering demands of us—of each and every body. We are to rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep.
There is hope where we sit. There is hope where we sit together. We are beIer together.
WriIen by Lizzie Apple from memories and reflec3ons gathered from our congrega3on.
A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE
Today Idlewild’s Outreach Ministry knows that in the midst of this broken and hur3ng world, we can’t do everything, but with
God’s guidance, we can do many things and do them faithfully, hopefully, and courageously. We cannot fix the broken, but we
can walk alongside and share our own experience, strength, and hope.
Outreach ministry is made up of many ministries, some up-front and widely known and some that quietly serve behind the
scenes. Each week there are about 100 people who gather here to enjoy a delicious meal, be welcomed with joy, and to know
that God’s love is uncondi3onal. Gardens abound in the Binghampton neighborhood where God’s people who come to Memphis
from around the world gather to share in plan3ng, tending, harves3ng and sharing. Mission teams travel to Mexico and Ghana to
install and maintain clean water systems and to share the message of Living Water with God’s people living without many basic
needs. Groups travel to Cuba to know God’s people whose lives have been confined in body but celebrate abundance in faith.
Idlewild members tutor and read to school children each week. Over 100 children whose families are “food insecure” go home
each weekend with a backpack of food to live on during the 3me they are away from school meals.
These and other “visible” outreach ministries boldly walk alongside many “beloved and broken children of God,” but there are
more outreach ministries that quietly walk with God’s people. A team of members greets people who come to church on
Sundays seeking assistance so that, regardless of income, aZre, or faith, all people are welcomed and loved. An “open studio”
art class led by art therapists is open to children from church and the neighborhood. We are able to help people receive excellent
mental health therapy and assist people when there just isn’t enough money for food, clothes, or electricity.
Indeed Idlewild cannot “fix” the broken and hur3ng world, but we are able to join many other ministries in the city that offer
ministries that support the whole person. We serve along-side MIFA, the Church Health Center, Hope Works, the Community of
St. Terese Lisieux, and many more.
And there is always more to come in Idlewild’s Outreach Ministry. In the works are a significant new Children and Family
Enrichment center to offer care for children three months to age four and to equip and educate parents as they care for their
families. Trips to Cuba and Ghana are in the works. In the Spring of 2016 we are planning a free legal clinic.
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