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Collingswood Presbyterian Church
August 12, 2018 12th Sunday after Pentecost
30 Fern Avenue, Collingswood, New Jersey 08108
Telephone: 856-854-4523 ♦ Fax: 856-854-4460
Website: www.collingswoodpres.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Rev. Katie Mulligan, Pastor
William Powell, Director of Music
Gretchen Kolecki, Director of Christian Education
Janis Danielewicz, Secretary
Paul Ciarrochi, Church Caretaker
COLLINGSWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
August 12, 2018 12th Sunday after Pentecost
ASSEMBLE IN GOD’S NAME
Morning Reflection
We offer a harvest of praise to you, Spirit of joy and wonder. You pour out your gentleness upon us, so we might be energized to do what is right. You patiently sit
down to teach us, using bold print so we might learn lives of service, gratitude and humility, if we but trust
enough to listen to you. Amen
Prelude - Hymn Sing Sing the first and last verses Welcome and Announcements We welcome you in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ! Please sign the guest book in the narthex so we can send you a welcome packet or fill out a yellow welcome card located in the pews. The card can be placed in the offer-ing place. Gathering of Prayer Concerns and Joys Please raise your hand to share your joys or concerns to be included in the prayers of the people this day. You may also write your concern on the pink sheets and hand to the Pastor. Please mail a prayer card from the narthex to your loved one.
(Please stand for items marked with an asterisk. GTG is the purple “Glory to God” hymnal. STF is the “Sing the Faith” smaller blue hymnal)
Call to Worship Leader: The One who commands the clouds calls us to be poured out for others. People: We can, by faith, be the waters of peace which quench the fires of hatred. Leader: The One who creates mercy and hope, longs for a world of fair play and grace. People: We can, by faith, let righteousness and justice be our constant companions. Leader: The One who is with us in every moment composes a love-song for our hearts. People: We can, by faith, teach this song to everyone we meet.
*Hymn - “Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound” GTG #649 tune - Amazing Grace Prayer of Confession (unison)
Leader: Despite all the ways we speak of sin - failures, mistakes, intended acts, Scripture tells us that we are stubborn- hearted, wanting only our way. But if we pause to listen to God, if we open our mouths (and our hearts) to confess our sin, God will fill our emptiness with forgiveness and hope. Let us pray together, as we say, All: Merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart and mind and strength. We have not loved our neighbors as our selves.
In your mercy, forgive what we have been, help us amend what we are, and direct what we shall be, that we may delight in your ways, to the glory of your holy name.
Time for silent confession and reflection.
*Assurance of Pardon Leader: This is the good news: after what God has done for us, what an anyone or any thing do to us? We are new people, graced by our loving God. People: Forgiven, embraced, welcomed by our God, we will offer open hearts and serving hands to everyone we meet. Thanks be to God. Amen.
*Congregational Response - “Lead Me, Guide Me” GTG #740 I am weak and I need your strength and power to help me over my weakest hour. Help me through the darkness your face to see. Lead me, O Lord, lead me. Refrain Lead me, guide me, along the way, for if you lead me, I cannot stray. Lord, let me walk each day with thee. Lead me, O Lord, lead me. *Sharing of the Peace Leader: The peace of Christ be with you. People: And also with you.
PROCLAIM GOD’S WORD Children’s Sermon
(Children will remain in service this week.) First Scripture Reading - Ephesians 4:25 - 5:2 (page 1066)
*Hymn - “Take, O Take Me as I Am” GTG #698 tune - Fill My Cup Take, O take me as I am; summon out what I shall be set your deal upon my heart and live in me. Second Scripture Reading - Psalm 34:1-8 (page 497) Sermon - “Taste and See” Rev. Katie Mulligan
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
Offering
“God of Glory, you alone are my heart’s desire.
I callout to you O Lord, once again set my soul on fire. May it burn with love’s passion deep and true,
setting fires just for you. “ - Jennifer Page Special Music - Hymn - Instrumental *Doxology - “Now Thank We All Our God” GTG #643 Now thank we all our God with heart and hands and voices, who wondrous things hath done, in whom this world rejoices; who, from our mothers’ arms, hath bless us on our way with countless gifts of love, and still is ours today. Prayer of Dedication
Please join us in the Lounge for coffee and fellowship time.
Prayers of the People Leader: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Leader: Prayers of thanksgiving, intercession, petition
All: 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, for ever. Amen.
GO IN GOD’S NAME
*Hymn - “God, Be the Love” GTG #543 tune - Green Tyler (Sing twice) *Benediction *Postlude
Go Forward and Serve! Be a part of God’s work through CPC
Contacting our Pastor Rev. Katie Mulligan [email protected]
In case of an emergency… Rev. Katie Mulligan 805-448-9641
Sunday, August 12, 2018 We would like to welcome our visitors. We are glad to have you here and hope you will feel as if you are among family. Children are welcome to remain in the service. There are activity bags and children’s bulletins available in the Narthex.
Large print bulletins and hymnals are available for your convenience. If you have difficulty hearing, personal amplifiers are available in the narthex.
PLEASE BRING THE HEARING AIDS BACK TO THE DEACON OF THE DAY.
We also provide a nursery for children – infants through age three (3). Our nursery worker is Emilie Jackson.
Our Children’s Church program for children ages Pre-K through 5th grade begins following the Children’s Sermon. They will return during
Thank you for your service!
Worship Leader: Dan Graves Flowers: Given today by Marjorie Miller and Family In memory of Nolan Miller
Ministry Opportunity
Please consider becoming a part of a Prayer Chain within our congrega-tion, What do you need to do? Answer the phone, listen carefully to learn about the prayer concern. Lift the concern up in prayer and then call the next person on the list. If you are interested in hearing more about this ministry, please contact Urmila Malvadkar or the church office.
Following Coffee Hour In the Lounge
Lead by Dan Graves
2018 Flower Dedications August 26th
September 2nd, 9th, 16th & 30th are still available for flower dedications.
Please sign up!
If you would like to reserve a special date to dedicate the flowers which are used to decorate the Sanctuary in honor or memory of a loved one, use the book or contact Janis in the church office. The
cost is $20. Please make checks payable to:
Joseph Thomas (JT)
Deschaine
Born 8/1/18
8:10 AM Weighs 8 lbs 10 oz.
Hymns Sings are back for the summer! Each week, we will choose 2-3 hymns to sing together. We are doing the singing during the Prelude, before announcements, so please come early to participate.
Will Powell Music Director
We will be remaining in service for the rest of the Summer. We will resume Sunday School on Kick Off Sunday, September 16,2018.
Youth Group will resume in the fall. Collingswood Presbyterian Church now has an Instagram Page!! Follow Us @collingswoodpresbyterianchurch
KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS
Birthdays: Lorrie Heuser Those who serve in government, our military personnel, those who work in other countries, and our country, our president, and our leaders.
Those at home or in care facilities Art Moffett Robert Johnson Eleanor Kelley
Prayer Requests Jay Sills Ray Burns Bob Burns David Kolecki Ruth Hanson Sal Ferraro Julia Kline Marion Mills Kathy Moran Stacy Lagakos Madge Novick Please pick up a prayer card in the narthex
and mail it to these loved ones for whom we pray.
Rev. Debby Brincivalli & Staff of West Jersey Presbytery Friendship Community Curch, Sickerville, NJ
Our PCUSA mission in Tanzania Juan G. Hall Presbyterian Church, Cardenas, Cuba
Njikob Presbyterian Church, Cameroon
If you are going into the hospital or would like a pastoral visit, please call or have a family member call the church office or one of the deacons or elders.
If you don’t call, we are going to assume you don’t want a visit!
Please remember to fill out a new pink form. with each update for the prayer list.
CHURCH STAFF AND OFFICERS - 2018 Rev. Jen Fox, Pastor
Rev. Katie Mulligan, Pastor William Powell, Director of Music
Gretchen Kolecki, Director of Christian Education Janis Danielewicz, Church Secretary
Paul Ciarrochi, Church Caretaker Maryann Kelly, Bookkeeper
THE SESSION
(Meets second Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m.) William Ostrem, Clerk of Session
Candace Lowden, President, Board of Trustees Barbara Bockmann, Financial Secretary & Treasurer
BOARD OF DEACONS
(Meets fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.) Moderator Vice-Moderator Secretary Treasurer
Class of 2018 Class of 2019 Class of 2020
Mike Amato Jennifer Giordano Shawn Ellis
William Ostrem Darin Pfeifer Daniel Graves
Marta Jane Caldwell-Bates Lorrie Heuser
Carol Longmire
Committees of Session Chair
Christian Education Carol Longmire
Finance and Stewardship
Mission and Outreach Martha Jane Caldwell-Bates
Personnel Dan Graves
Property Mike Amato
Worship and Arts Lorrie Heuser
Class of 2018 Class of 2019 Class of 2020
Dennis Kolecki Lilianna Stevens Susan Wilson
Karen Mazak Tom Wolfe
Joshua Wolfe Megan Standring
Peter Herzog
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT CPC THIS WEEK
Sun 8/12 10:00 am - Worship Mon 8/13 7:30 pm - Session Meeting Sun 8/19 10:00 am - Worship
WEEKLY COMMUNITY USE
Collingswood Insight Mediation
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Monday
Al-Anon 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Wednesday
