PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Pastor Ben shares the story of David & Goliath during Little Lamb’s Chapel Time.

Sermon Notes:

• Review last week • Worship & Program Attendance Sheet • Fine Furniture Sale on Saturday 9:00am to 12:00pm • Wedding in Chapel on Saturday at 4:00pm • Church Information Class on Sunday, Oct 16th, 11:

2:00pm (childcare?) • Staff Lunch on Wednesday, Oct 19th at 12pm • Budget Season (start planning) • Staff/Session Christmas Party • Staff Retreat Follow-Up (rule of life, goals, covenant, • Quarterly Mini-Retreats

Worship Service 10:15am October 15, 2017

Thoughts for the Day “We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes, on

God’s love for our present needs, on God’s sovereignty

for our future.” ~St. Augustine

“When you go through a trial, the sovereignty of God is

the pillow upon which you lay your head.”

~Charles Spurgeon

“God’s sovereignty does not negate our responsibility to

pray, but rather makes it possible for us to pray with

confidence.” ~Jerry Bridges

“Men treat God’s sovereignty as a theme for controversy,

but in Scripture it is matter for worship.” ~J.I. Packer

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1251 South Park Loop Road

P.O. Box 7530 Jackson, WY 83002

307.734.0388 www.pcjh.org

Thank You Volunteers!

Readers: Hospitality Team: 8:00: Michael Adams Tom and Becky Jordan

10:15: Erin Weisman Yvonne Henze, Jennifer Baki, Karen Brennan, Barb Huhn,

and Deb Keenan

Gift Counters: Welcome Table: Barb Huhn Ingrid Watsabaugh

Pinnacle Newsletter Fellowship Snacks: Volunteer: Kathy Johnson, Wade Family, Barb Huhn Jessica Miller, and Erin

Rosenberg

Accounts Payable Volunteer: Louisa Sandvig

HOSPITALITY Sunday Fellowship Snacks for the Lobby are welcome

and appreciated. Please contact Pam at pflores@pcjh.org.

WORSHIP

Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am – Traditional Worship in the Chapel 10:15am – Contemporary Worship in the Sanctuary

MISSION & OUTREACH

Good Samaritan Mission – PCJH prepares a meal at the local mission monthly, the second Thursday of every month, contact Katie-Chloe, katiechloe1@gmail.com.

Community Dinners – PCJH provides a home cooked meal in Hayden Hall every Wednesday evening from 6:15 - 7pm. This meal is open to anyone in the community; donations are appreciated but not necessary.

ADULT CLASSES

GIVING

"Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion,

for God loves a cheerful giver." - 2 Corinthians 9:7

There are many ways to give in addition to the baskets passed in worship…

Mail - a check to the Church office (Please don’t send cash)

Online - by clicking on the yellow Donate button on the bottom right of the screen, pcjh.org

Text - by texting a dollar amount to 307-200- 2175. (You will need to provide billing information the first time).

Credit or debit card payments, please contact Kim Bogen at kbogen@pcjh.org.

Women’s Bible Study Tuesdays at 12:00pm with Pastor Ben in the Matthew Room

Men’s Bible Study Thursdays at 12:00pm with Pastor Ben at Jackson Whole Grocer, upstairs in the Community Room

Ascent (20’s & 30’s) Weds at 7pm with Pastor Ben in the Matthew Room, now studying: Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus

Fall Women’s Bible Study Weds 9:30-11:30am, led by Deborah Buckingham in the PCJH Sanctuary

Body & Soul: Heidelberg Catechism Sundays at 9am with Rev. Tammy in the Genesis Room

The Jesus I Never Knew Wednesdays at 5:15pm with Rev. Tammy in the Genesis Room

UPCOMING EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

Pastor Appreciation Sunday Join us in the Lobby this morning, after both services, to take a moment to write a note expressing your gratitude to Pastor Ben & Pastor Tammy. Belong Today from 11:45am - 1:45pm PCJH's Belong Class is a time for us to share background on who we are, where we have come from, and our vision for our future. It's also the first step in belonging as a member to this PCJH Church family. Lunch is served and childcare is provided. Parents’ Night Out Friday, October 20th Hayden Hall, 5:30 – 8pm PCJH Children’s Ministry is hosting another parents’ night out. Your children, infant through 5th grade, are invited to an evening of fun, games and stories. RSVPs are requested but not required. Contact Dylan with questions at dwade@pcjh.org. Spiritual Care Volunteer Opportunity St. John's is recruiting for volunteers to provide compassionate and nurturing care to patients, residents, families and staff at the Hospital. The next training for this position is on November 4th from 9am - 1pm in the St. John's Hospital Boardroom. Please contact Joni Upsher at 739-7541 to register and to learn more. Bible Gifting Sundays October 22nd & 29th As a part of our Milestones Ministry Program, PCJH gives age-appropriate Bibles to families in our congregation each fall. Over the next two Sundays Dylan Wade (Children’s Ministry) and Liz Collins (Youth Ministry) will be giving Bibles to infants – 12th grade students who have not yet received theirs from PCJH.

CHILDREN & YOUTH MINISTRY

Nursery 0-3 years old

Sundays, 8:00-11:30am

Sunday School We gather weekly during the 10:15 worship service and

have classes based on age groups: 4yrs-K, 1st-2nd grade, & 3rd-5th grade. We strive to develop a loving personal

relationship with each child and help them grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ. On First Sundays, we offer a

large group activity in the Chapel for all ages.

Little Lambs Preschool Little Lambs provides a loving environment that promotes the social, physical, intellectual and spiritual development for your child. There is a part-time assistant-teacher position available for the Toddlers on M,W,F from 9am-noon. If you are interested, please contact Amanda Lack, alack@pcjh.org.

After-school Adventures Offered Wednesdays for any children in K-8th during the school year. The program includes pick-up at school and runs from school dismissal until 6pm. Registration is open at pcjh.org, or contact Dylan Wade at dwade@pcjh.org.

Middle School 6th – 8th grade students Sunday School: every Sunday at 9am in the YARD Room. Breakfast Club: Thursdays at 8am at PCJH. Check pcjh.org for a full calendar of events.

Music Ministry Adult & Children’s choirs, and Music Academy, registration is now closed for the Fall 2017 semester. Contact Kenny Hadden, music@pcjh.org. Listen to our worship music on the ‘pcjhmusic’ playlist on Spotify.

GET TO KNOW US

Pastoral Staff Rev. Ben Pascal bpascal@pcjh.org Senior Pastor x 101

Rev. Tammy Mitchell tmitchell@pcjh.org Associate Pastor x 104

Office Staff Cindy Dahlin cdahlin@pcjh.org Church Administrator x109

Liz Collins lcollins@pcjh.org Interim Communications Coordinator

Pam Flores pflores@pcjh.org Office Assistant x107

Program Staff Kenny Hadden music@pcjh.org Worship Coordinator x123

Bob Snider music@pcjh.org Pianist

Amanda Lack alack@pcjh.org Little Lambs Director x111

Dylan Wade dwade@pcjh.org Children’s Ministry Coordinator x103

Liz Collins lcollins@pcjh.org Interim Youth Ministry Coordinator

Ruling Elders

Ruling Elders are the spiritual leaders of the church. Session meetings are the third Tuesday of every month at 5:30pm.

Class of 2017 2018 2019

Katie-Chloe Stock Barb Andrews Alan Lund* Missions Youth Ministry Finance

Patty McDonald* Pat Wright Barbara Carlsberg Personnel Stewardship Worship

Ken Blount Peter Keenan Aaron Nydam Clerk of Session Buildings & Children’s Grounds Ministry

Kerry Murphy Warren Meg Womack Nominating and VanGenderen Congregational Member Assimilation Adult Ministries Life

Deacons

Deacons provide the ministry of compassion and service for those in need.

Class of 2017 2018 2019

Nancy Brumsted Jen Baki Liz Jorgenson Jackie Montgomery Barb Huhn* Annie Mueller Carol Poole Paula Jorgenson Marge McCallister Sandra Zender Erin Rosenberg Tom Deltz Karen Brennan* Deb Keenan Dorothy Neckels Joanie Shipman* Yvonne Henze* Alicia Neathery Julie Whitlock* Tena Webb* Susan Hawkins Randy & Robyn Kenlyn Long* Reedy*

*serving second term

Giving Generously of our Tithes and Offerings (Electronic giving instructions on inside of this bulletin)

Sweetwater Original song by Tori Lund

The Doxology Hymn #592

WE GROW BY LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD

First Reading Isaiah 44:6-8; 46:8-11 Page 516

Second Reading Romans 8:28-39 Page 800

PCJH Choir John Leavitt Ani Ma’amin (I believe)

Time for Reflection and Study Rev. Ben Pascal

How Big is Your God?

WE GO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN GOD’S WORLD

The Benediction Sung Let There Be Love Shared Among Us

The Benediction Spoken

Fellowship in the Lobby (Please enjoy fellowship after the service,

and stop by the welcome table on your way out) 1Reformed Church in America

WELCOME VISITORS!

If you are new to PCJH we want to welcome you – we are glad you are here! We hope you feel at home here and experience God’s presence and grace today. We would love to get to know you, so please leave

your information on a welcome pad, located in each row. Nametags are available at the welcome table to

help us all greet one another.

Childcare 8:00am - Children are welcome to worship with their family. The nursery is available during the service.

10:15am - Children are encouraged to worship with their family during the first part of the service.

After Time with Children, pre-k through 5th grade children are dismissed to Sunday School. The nursery

is available for children ages 0-3 during the entire service.

WE GATHER IN GRATEFUL WORSHIP

Song of Gathering How Great is Our God

Welcome and Opening Prayer (adapted from Psalm 8)1

One: The Lord is majestic and sovereign over all the earth! All: The glory of God is above the heavens! One: Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, a secure and safe place to silence the enemy and avenger. All: When we look to the heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that You have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of us? One: Yet you have made us a little lower than God, and crowned us with glory and honor. All: O Lord, our Sovereign God, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Song of Praise Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty (Hymn #482)

Prayer of Confession1 One: The Lord has called each of us by name even before our beginnings. Our Creator God has listened to our hearts and inspired within our minds a life renewed, for the sake of his son, Jesus Christ, and by the power of the Holy Spirit who is at work within us. Come now, let us confess before God and with one another the sins that are before us. All: Majestic Lord, you cannot be contained or abridged. In your loving and merciful presence, we confess our sinfulness, our shortcomings, and our offenses against you. You know how often we have gone astray. And you are familiar with the gravity of our imperfections. We have foolishly questioned your authority. We have haphazardly confused your abundance. Have compassion on us, Lord, and forgive our iniquities. Help us to worship you and walk in your ways. Live within us and move amongst us, for the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, our Savior. Amen.

Words of Assurance

Song of Response Agnus Dei

Passing the Peace of Christ (Take a few moments to greet one another)

A TIME FOR FAMILY CELEBRATION

Time with Children (Children are now dismissed to Sunday School)

News of the Church Family (Please sign and pass the welcome pads)

Pastoral Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer Sons of Korah Psalm 46

Please remember to wear your nametags so that we

may better get to know one another on Sundays.