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3031 Monticello Blvd, Cleveland Hts OH 44118
216-321-2660 Fax: 216-320-1214
Email: [email protected] Website: www.fhcpresb.org
Dr. John C. Lentz, Jr., Pastor Anne Wilson, Ministry of Music
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal, Assoc. Pastor Dacia Prins, Dir. of Children’s Ministries
Rev. Tricia Dykers-Koenig, Parish Assoc. Shannon Headen, Interim Dir. of Youth Education
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Service of Worship
February 15, 2015 at 11:00 am
Welcome! Thank you for joining us today for worship.
If you are visiting, please join us in wearing a name tag so that we might greet you.
Our ushers have large print editions of the Bible and today’s bulletin,
hearing devices, activity bags with quiet activities for children staying in worship,
and directions to our Monticello Wing nursery for babies and young children.
Prayer of Preparation
Good teacher, help me in this hour to hear your clear call to discipleship. By the
power of your Spirit grant me wisdom, courage, and strength to live as your
disciple this day. Amen.
Welcome
Prelude Shaker trad.
“Simple Gifts”
Tina Bergmann, hammered dulcimer; Bryan Thomas, bass
Choral Introit Bill Gaither
“I am a Promise”
Cherub Choir; Lisa Koops, director
Greeting Our God with Joy
Call to Worship Cate Monaghan
Leader: Grace to you and peace from God our Creator
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
People: And also with you.
Leader: O magnify the Lord with me,
People: Let us exalt God’s name together.
Leader: Give thanks to the Lord, for God is good.
People: God’s love endures forever.
Leader: Let us worship God.
* Processional Hymn No.
*please stand if able
Renewing Our Relationship with GodPrayer of Confession
Almighty God, in Jesus Christ you called us to be a servant people
but we do not do what you command. We are often silent when
we should speak, and useless when we could be useful. Have
mercy on us, O God. Forgive us and free us fro
Christ our Lord. Amen.
Time of Silent Confession
“You Are the Lord, Giver of Mercy”
Congregation sings
2nd
time thru
No. 384
“Soon and Very Soon”
Renewing Our Relationship with God
Almighty God, in Jesus Christ you called us to be a servant people
but we do not do what you command. We are often silent when
we should speak, and useless when we could be useful. Have
mercy on us, O God. Forgive us and free us from sin; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
Time of Silent Confession
“You Are the Lord, Giver of Mercy”
There will an
instrumental interlude
between stanzas 3 and 4
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Congregation sings
time thru
Almighty God, in Jesus Christ you called us to be a servant people
but we do not do what you command. We are often silent when
we should speak, and useless when we could be useful. Have
m sin; through Jesus
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Affirming the Good News in Our LivesAssurance of Pardon
* Response (John Bell)
Anthem
“Lord God, You Know Me” (Ps. 13
Opening Our Hearts to God’s WordFamily Meditation
* Hymn No. 623
Children in Pathways may leave during the hymn
Prayer requests may be passed to the ushers
Scripture Lesson
After the reading
Leader: Hear what the Holy Spirit is telling God’s people.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon “My, How You’ve
First: All sing
Second: Men start, women and
children start 1 measure later
Affirming the Good News in Our Lives
“Lord God, You Know Me” (Ps. 139)
Sine Nomine Choir
Opening Our Hearts to God’s Word
Dacia Prins, Director of Children’s Ministries
“I’ve Got Peace Like a River
Children in Pathways may leave during the hymn
Prayer requests may be passed to the ushers during this hymn
Hear what the Holy Spirit is telling God’s people.
Thanks be to God.
My, How You’ve Changed”
Second: Men start, women and
children start 1 measure later
Chuck Marohnic 9)
Dacia Prins, Director of Children’s Ministries
I’ve Got Peace Like a River”
Children in Pathways may leave during the hymn
during this hymn
Mark 9: 2-9
Hear what the Holy Spirit is telling God’s people.
Rev. Dr. John C. Lentz, Jr.
Prayers of the People
Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name,
come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
our daily bread; and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors;
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evi
is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
Ritual of Friendship
Offertory
* Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise God all creatures here below,
Praise God above ye heavenly host, Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost.
Going Forth to Live as God’s People* Closing Hymn No. 66
* Commission and Blessing
* Choral Benediction
* Passing of the Peace
Postlude Tina Bergmann and Bryan Thomas
ther, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name,
come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors;
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evi
is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan
“I Got a Robe”
Caleb Wright, bass
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
e God all creatures here below,
Praise God above ye heavenly host, Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost.
Going Forth to Live as God’s People “Every Time I Feel the Spirit”
* Commission and Blessing
Traditional American Fiddle Tunes
Tina Bergmann and Bryan Thomas
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ther, 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
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.
all are asked to sign
spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan
Praise God above ye heavenly host, Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost.
“Every Time I Feel the Spirit”
Traditional American Fiddle Tunes Tina Bergmann and Bryan Thomas
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Welcome Visitors!
We look forward to greeting you and answering any questions you may
have. Visitor welcome bags are available in the foyers and the narthex.
Take one home with you! Be sure to visit our website,
www.fhcpresb.org, to find a complete list of upcoming events, education
programs for all ages, and texts and audio of past sermons. Congregational Notes Chancel Flowers
The flowers today are given by the Cameron family in loving memory of
Alan Scott Cameron.
Prayer Concerns this Week
Prayers are requested this week for the following:
Don Clark, Kay Currie, Chuck Ishler, Mary Lewis, Mel Mervine, Bill
Proudfit, Connie Sekerak, Margaret and George Sentell, Katherine Sicking,
Debbie Ungemach, Ray Weissbrod.
Please remember these homebound members in your prayers:
Bill Currie, Flora Dannemiller, Pat Drake, Marge Drollinger, Betty
Farnfield, Iris Gilbert, Ron and Florence Klein, Emelia McGuire, Joyce
Peters, Arlene and Jack Quinn, Margie and Dwight Stauffer, Elaine Tapié.
Please remember Jenny Himmelman and her family in your prayers;
Jenny’s father Philip Harper died February 8.
We invite you to write prayer requests on a slip of paper from the
envelope rack and pass it to an usher during the singing of the middle
hymn, to be included in the prayers later in the service. Lists of ongoing
prayer concerns are in each month’s TOWER.
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This Month’s Ushers
Robyn Hales, Paula Harvey, Tom Harvey, Jason Hidek, Diane McFiggen,
Tom McFiggen, Dick Peterjohn. Roger Heineman, Head Usher
Nursery care for babies and young children is available on the second
floor of the Monticello Wing.
Attendance last week: 258
Announcements TODAY
Music
Continuing in our year-long series of celebrating American composers,
the Chancel Choir has sung music arranged by Moses Hogan the past two
Sundays and this morning. Hogan (1957–2003) is best known for his
settings of African-American spirituals.
Today we welcome Tina Bergmann on hammered dulcimer and her
husband Bryan Thomas on upright bass. Promoted as the "Diva of the
Dulcimer" by Apollo's Fire, Cleveland's nationally known Baroque
Orchestra, Tina was described by Pete Seeger as "the best hammered
dulcimer player I've heard in my life." Bryan is a versatile bassist who
performs as a free-lance musician throughout northeast Ohio. He is the
double bass instructor at Kent State University, and he also teaches in the
jazz program at Cuyahoga Community College.
Prayer Valentines
Visit the Children’s Ministry bulletin board during February and take a
heart or two off the tree. Each heart will have the name of a child who is
in one of the Children’s Ministry programs, and a scripture verse to use in
prayer for that child. What better way to share the love of Christ than
through prayer?
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THIS WEEK
Bible and Bagels
Bible and Bagels meets Wednesdays from 7:30 to 8:30 am in the Jin
Room. All are welcome! The lesson this week is from Psalm 25 and Mark
1.
NEXT SUNDAY
Adult Education, 9:30 am
In Bodwell Hall (until March 8)
Study of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s book on Christian community, Life
Together, with Dr. John Lentz.
In South Hall
“Christian Family Life” with Dr. Natalie Weaver.
ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Care Group
The Calvary Care Group is responsible for meeting members’ needs
during February. Please call the church office to report an illness,
hospitalization, family emergency, birth or death. Information will then
be passed on to the Care Group leaders.
� Members of this month’s Care Group are: Jenny Himmelman, Deacon leader
Kevin & Brittani Ball & family
Nancy Burcham
Bruce & Beverly Cameron
Paul Cary, Sue Yelanjian & family
Jordan Dail
Kay Dunlap
Bill Finn & Rachel Martinez-Finn
Tim & Carol Gifford
Ajah Hales
Robyn Hales
Judy Hammer
Chris Henry
Alex Heston & Elizabeth Endicott-Heston
David & Anne Hunter
Paul Jennings
Charlie Kahn & Gale Poor
Fred & Joann Lafferty
Patricia Ludwig
Daryl Musick
Jeremy Ryman & Diane Moyer & family
Sampson Tedunjaiye, Victoria Sampson
& family
Lee & Cathi Thomas
Beryl Williams
Bob & Ginny Young
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Social Groups and Circles
Iris Circle (all women of the church)
Iris Circle will meet at the home of Carol Scott (3380 Rumson, Cleveland
Hts) on Tuesday, February 17 at noon for a potluck lunch followed by
Bible study. Rev. Clover Beal will lead a discussion of “The Bonds
between Young and Senior Women.”
Pacesetters (50s-60s)
Pacesetters are invited to gather at Sue and Scott Lafferty’s (1969
Bromton, Lyndhurst) on Saturday, February 21. Bring ideas for 2015
activities and drinks if you wish, along with an appetizer, salad or dessert.
Youth News Every Sunday
• Mid and Sr High classes meet from 9:30 – 10:30 am.
FHC Staff Emails and Phone Extensions
Program Staff
Rev. Dr. John Lentz Jr. / [email protected] ext. 200
Rev. Clover Beal / [email protected] ext 201
Dacia Prins / [email protected] ext. 206
Anne Wilson / [email protected] ext. 208
Shannon Headen / [email protected] ext. 207
Peg Weissbrod / [email protected]
Office Staff
Becky Austin / [email protected] ext 203
Lynda Bernays / [email protected] ext 202
Stavros Gazis / [email protected] ext 202
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Black History Month Black Innovation: Past, Present and Future
February 15, 2015 – Challenges of Becoming a Nurse and a Researcher:
Mentoring and Support Make all the Difference! – 12:30 - 2:00 pm
February 20, 2015 - Movie Night - 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm: Crooklyn
February 22, 2015 – Soul Food Pot Luck and book discussion– 12:30 -
3:00 pm
Dr. Faye Gary discussing The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Evening Program, 7:30 – 9 pm: A celebration of African-American
Music,
Poetry, and Stories, led by Caleb Wright
Featuring Mother Willie Mae Wright, Peter Williams, and others.
Please sign up in Fellowship Hall today for next Sunday’s Soul Food Pot
Luck. Bring your favorite “soul food” – any special family recipe (chicken
and dumplings, cornbread, corn soufflé, apple pie, cherry cobbler) that
brings back memories of family and good gatherings.
There are only a few copies of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks left
at the $10 price, and there’s still time to read one before February 22.
Call Robyn Hales (216-659-9566) to get one. The book is also available
for $1.99 as a Kindle download.
Donations Needed
Our Family Home Center in east Cleveland, the base for FHC’s Labre
Project, is in need of skillets, pots and pans (many of theirs have been lost
in recent break-ins. If you have any to donate, please contact Jeff Smith
([email protected] or 216-932-2932).
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Calendar: February 15 - 22, 2015 Sunday, February 15:
Transfiguration of the Lord
9:00 Child care begins
9:30 Adult and Youth Education
Confirmation
Descant Choir
Visitors’ Gathering
10:15 Descant Choir activity
10:30 Continental Breakfast
Chancel Choir
Cherub Choir rehearsal
11:00 WORSHIP: AWE
Children in Worship
11:15 Pathways to the Promise Land
12:15 Coffee Hour
Blood Pressure check
12:30 Black History Month Program:
Dr. Ronald Hickman, speaker
5:00 Living in the Spirit class
Monday, February 16
Presidents’ Day: Office closed
8:45 am Tai Chi
6:00 pm Progress not Perfection (AA)
7:00 pm Al Anon
7:30 pm AA: Borton Group
Boy Scout Troop #403
Tuesday, February 17
1:00 pm Abundance Pantry opens
Iris Circle (at Carol Scott’s)
5:00 pm Fitness Fusion exercise class
Wednesday, February 18:
Ash Wednesday
7:30 am Bible and Bagels
10:00 am TOWER collators
12:30 pm Wednesday Women’s AA
1:00 pm Hilltop Garden Club
Wednesday, cont.
6:30 pm Dinner
7:30 pm Worship: Communion and
Imposition of Ashes
8:30 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
Thursday, February 19
5:00 pm Fitness Fusion exercise class
6:20 pm Voices in Bronze rehearsal
Friday, February 20
10:00 am Al Anon meeting
7:00 pm Black history Month: Movie
Crooklyn
Saturday, February 21
8:00 am Men’s Group
9:00 am CEIRS class
Trustees’ retreat (at Bill Finn’s)
7:00 pm Pacesetters (at Laffertys’)
Sunday, February 22: 1 Lent
8:30 Nominating Committee mtg
9:00 Child care begins
9:30 Adult and Youth Education
Confirmation
Descant Choir
10:15 Descant Choir activity
10:30 Continental Breakfast
Chancel Choir
11:00 WORSHIP
Children in Worship
11:15 Pathways to the Promise Land
12:15 Soul Food Potluck and Book
Discussion: Dr. Faye Gary, leader
Sine Nomine Choir
4:40 Labre Project
5:00 Living in the Spirit class
7:30 An Evening of Song
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The Spiritual Practice of Testimony
Building deep relationships is at the core of Christian community. Every
aspect of Christian mission begins with personal relationships. We have
to practice telling our faith stories, giving testimony to how God is
working in our lives, and listening to others.
Following the pattern set last year, this Lent will provide opportunities for
all to participate in a small dinner group hosted at the home of a FHC
member. The dinner hosts will provide the main dish; the guests will
provide side dishes and beverages.
Each participant will be in the same dinner group each of the two
evenings:
Friday, Feb. 27 and Friday, March 13 OR
Saturday, Feb. 28 and Saturday, March 14
All will be encouraged in a safe way to share a bit of their life journey.
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Yes! I/We would like to be part of the In-Home Small Group Dinners
Name (s)______________________________________________
Phone___________________
Email__________________________________
Mark which pair of evenings would be best for you.
If you can attend either one, check both.
_____ Friday, Feb. 27 and Friday, March 13
_____ Saturday, Feb. 28 and Saturday, March 14
Put this in the offering plate or leave it in Lynda or Clover’s box,
or email the church office.
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The Stewardship Ministry invites you to attend a public presentation
this Thursday, February 19, by Ron Lieber at Laurel School (One Lyman
Circle, Shaker Heights). Mr. Lieber - a personal finance columnist for The
New York Times - will be speaking about his new book, The Opposite of
Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About
Money. He will address:
• The practicalities of talking with children about money.
• How conversations about money can reinforce the lessons
parents care about most.
• How embracing the connection between money and values
helps children to become more grounded and less materialistic.
Join us for the first annual Presbytery Hunger Action Day
February 21, 2105
9 am – 3:30 pm Featuring national PC(USA) staff, local PWR members
and regional Bread for the World staff,
as well as FHC member Paul Jennings.
All congregational leaders engaged in hunger ministry – youth and
adults – are invited to attend. Bring a group from your church! Bring
friends from other churches!
Hosted by Lyndhurst Community Presbyterian Church
5312 Mayfield Rd., Lyndhurst
Cost: $5 (pay at the door)
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The Lessons
Mark 9: 2-9
Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led
them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured
before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on
earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses,
who were talking with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good
for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for
Moses, and one for Elijah.” He did not know what to say, for they were
terrified. Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there
came a voice, “This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!” Suddenly when
they looked around, they saw no one with them any more, but only
Jesus.
As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one
about what they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the
dead.
Next Sunday: Genesis 9: 8-17; Psalm 25: 1-10; Peter 3: 18-22; Mark 1:
9-15. As part of your daily devotions, read the lessons. What image or
word catches your attention? How do they settle or challenge you?
Keep notes of your observations in a journal. Set aside part of each day
for prayer and study.
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On the cover JESUS MAFA. Transfiguration, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the
Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN.
http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48307 [retrieved Feb. 11,
2015].
JESUS MAFA is a response to the New Testament readings from the Lectionary by a
Christian community in Cameroon, Africa. Each of the readings were selected and
adapted to dramatic interpretation by the community members. Photographs of
their interpretations were made, and these were then transcribed to paintings.
See:www.jesusmafa.com and www.SocialTheology.com.
Ash Wednesday is this Wednesday, February 18
6:30 Dinner
7:30 Worship: Communion and Imposition of Ashes
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Name_________________________________________________
Number attending dinner ___________
Do you need childcare during the service?______
Can you come at 5 pm to help set tables?_______
Leave this with the offering, or contact the church office
