Collingswood Presbyterian Church

March 24, 2013

30 Fern Avenue, Collingswood, New Jersey 08108

Telephone: 856-854-4523 ♦ Fax: 856-854-4460

Website: www.collingswoodpres.com

E-mail: collspres@verizon.net

The Rev. Dr. Katherine G. Killebrew, Pastor

William Powell, Director of Music

Gretchen Kolecki, Director of Christian Education

Joan Hafer, Secretary

Chris Keeley, Custodian

COLLINGSWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY

March 24, 2013 Passion/Palm Sunday

ASSEMBLE IN GOD’S NAME

Silent Prayer O God, with you, there is that life broken

enough to make us whole; with you, there is that gentleness strong enough to save us from sin;

with you, there is that grace powerful enough to defeat death. Amen.

Prelude

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.

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.

Centering Music - “We Have Come Into His House and Gathered” We have come into His house and gathered In His name to worship Him We have come into His house and gathered In His name to worship Him We have come into His house and gathered In His name to worship Him Worship Him, Christ, the Lord

(*Please stand for items marked with an asterisk.)

Call to Worship Leader: Rejoice, friends of God! For your King comes to you triumphant in love,

humbled as a servant. People: Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Leader: Triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a colt. People: We join the ancient throng this day,

singing praise and joy to our Lord.

*Hymn: “All Glory, Laud and Honor” PH #88

*Prayer of Praise (unison)

We praise you, O God, for your redemption of the world through Jesus Christ. Today he entered the holy city of Jerusalem in triumph and was proclaimed Messiah and King by those who spread garments and branches along his way. Let these branches be signs of his victory. Grant that we who carry them may follow him in the way of the cross that, dying and rising with him, we may enter into your kingdom; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

*Response - “Come and See” STF #2127 “Come and see, come and see, I am the way and the truth,” said He. Follow me, follow me, Come as a child, O come and see.”

Kyrie, Kyrie, Kyrie eleison Christe, Christe, Christe eleison

*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 in Pre-K-5th grade will leave for Sunday School.)

Anthem

Old Testament Lesson: Isaiah 50:4-9a (pg.667)

Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 (Responsive) Leader: O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures for ever! People: Let Israel say, ‘His steadfast love endures for ever.’ Leader: Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord. People: This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through it. Leader: I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation. People: The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. Leader: This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. People: This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Leader: Save us, we beseech you, O Lord! O Lord, we beseech you, give us success! People: Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.

We bless you from the house of the Lord. Leader: The Lord is God, and he has given us light. Bind the

festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar.

People: You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God, I will extol you.

Leader: O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures for ever.

*Hymn - “We Sang Our Glad Hosannas” STF #2111 (verses 1-4)

Gospel Lesson: Luke 19:28-40 (pg. 957)

Sermon: ”And The Winner Is?” The Rev. Dr. Katherine G. Killebrew

RESPONSE TO THE WORD

*Affirmation of Faith: Brief Statement of Faith In life and in death we belong to God. Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel, whom alone we worship and serve. We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God.

Jesus proclaimed the reign of God: preaching good news to the poor and release to the captives, teaching by word and deed and blessing the children, healing the sick and binding up the brokenhearted, eating with outcasts, forgiving sinners, and calling all to repent and believe the gospel.

Unjustly condemned for blasphemy and sedition, Jesus was crucified, suffering the depths of human pain and giving his life for the sins of the world.

With believers in every time and place, we rejoice that nothing in life or in death can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Offering What will we offer to carry the message of Jesus Christ

into the Jerusalems of our day? Will we offer transportation, the witness of our voices, the clothes off our backs? Will we

invest our tithes, and follow them with personal involvement? Our offerings are a measure of our commitment.

Musical Meditation

*Doxology

*Prayer of Dedication

Prayers of the People Leader: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you.

Leader: Let us pray. Prayers of Praise, Thanksgiving, and Intercession. 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: “Ride On! Ride On in Majesty!” PH #91

*The Charge and Benediction Leader: Go into the world in peace. People: Jesus Christ is victorious over all the powers of this earth! Leader: You are free to live and die with courage. People: We trust in God our strength. Leader: Go forth in God’s name, redeemed and renewed! People: Amen.

*Benediction

*Choral Response

*Postlude

Go Forward and Serve! Be a part of God’s work through CPC!

Please join us in the lounge for coffee and fellowship time.

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Welcome to the fellowship of Jesus Christ! Large print bulletins and hymnals are available for your convenience.

If you have difficulty hearing, personal amplifiers are available in the narthex.

Parents, please pick up a worship activity bag for your children. Please return the bags to the narthex after the service.

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for your service!

Reader: Buzzy LeCluyse

Deacon of the Day: Erica Werner

Greeter/Ushers of the Day: Linda Young, Bill Ostrem, James Burns, Abby Murray

Fellowship Hour Hosts: the Deacons

Flowers: The flowers are given today by Peggy & Keith Haines, in memory of Peggy’s cousin, Joseph Doyle.

Sunday School:

Children in Prek-5th grade will be leaving for Sunday School and can be picked up in Calvin Hall following service. Youth:

Confirmation Students remain in worship and should complete a Worship Reflection Sheet (located in the Narthex).

You are our Guest! Please sign the Fellowship Book in the narthex so we know you are here! Welcome!

What’s happening at CPC this week?

Sun., 3/24 9:00 am - 10:00 am - Bible Study

10:30 am – Worship and Sunday School

11:45 am - Fellowship Time

6:30 - 8:00 pm - Youth Group

Wed., 3/27 11:00 am - Staff Meeting

5:30 - 6:15 pm - Beginner Handbell Choir

6:15 - 7:30 pm - Advanced Handbell Choir

7:30 - 8:30 pm - Adult Handbell Choir

Thurs., 3/28 7:00 pm - Maundy Thursday Service

Fri., 3/29 12:00 - 3:00 pm - Prayer & Reflection

Sun., 3/31 10:30 am – Worship, Communion, and Sunday

School

11:45 Fellowship Time

7:30 pm - PAC Youth Planning

WEEKLY COMMUNITY USE

Spring of Life Church:

Sunday - 1:00-5:00 pm

Wed. & Fri. - 8:00 - 9:30 pm

Toddler Play Group:

Tues. and Wed. - 9:30 - 11:00 am

Creative Needlework Guild

Tues., 3/26 - 7:00 - 9:00

Children in Prek-5th grade will be leaving for

Sunday School and can be picked up in Calvin Hall

following service. This week the Sunday School

children will be studying the “Story of Easter” and the days that led up

to Easter for Jesus. We will also be filling the Easter eggs for next weeks

hunt.

Last week the children studied the Trinity and how God the Father, the

Son and the Holy Spirit are one. We used the Shamrock to illustrate

this. **We need helpers for the Easter Egg Hunt**

Please see Gretchen Kolecki if you would like to help.

Thank you for donating candy for the Easter egg hunt.

There will be many happy bellies **We are in need of Sunday School teachers for Spring & Summer**

Please see Gretchen Kolecki if you would like to help.

If you have a child in Sunday School, please join our Facebook page:

Collingswood Presbyterian Church Sunday School.

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There IS Youth Group tonight at 6:30-8pm. Thank

you again for supporting the Youth Group’s fund

raisers. It is really appreciated!!

If you have a family member in the Youth Group, please join our

Facebook page: Collingswood Presbyterian Church Youth Group.

Holy Week Schedule

March 24, 10:30 AM Palm Sunday Service

March 28, 7 PM Maundy Thursday Service with Communion

March 29, Good Friday -

9:00 AM - Prayer Walk through Camden Noon - 3 PM - CPC Sanctuary open for prayer and reflection. 7 PM - Service at 1st Baptist Church, Maple and Frazer

March 31, 10:30 AM Easter Sunday Service with Communion and decorating the flower cross in the Memorial garden. (Cars can be parked on both sides of Fern Ave. for Easter Sunday. Approved by Chief of Police.)

Highlights of Session Meeting March 4, 2013

Richard Avery to serve as our seminary intern for next year April 4 - Bake sale and Car Wash to be held in June by Youth group Baptism scheduled for Liam Berkelback on April 14 Confirmation will be held on Sunday May 20 Approved the use of the building for Urban Promise on April 23 We received the report of the Visioning Saturday Event; we commend the 20 participants for their enthusiasm and creative ideas for our

future. Plans are being made to implement some of the ideas. We prayed for the many members who are ill at this time and the families of John Morascini and Mabel Oleksiak who died this past month.

The Welcoming Committee invites the entire congregation to join us in the joy of saying . . . GOOD MORNING and greeting those attending worship.

Please choose a Sunday to greet the congregation and give out bulletins or pass the plates for offering. You do not have to be a Deacon to be a Greeter. Sign up sheets are located in the Narthex.

What Now? Marriage Equality for Presbyterians and Everyone Else

A Covenant Network Regional Conference

Saturday, April 6, 2013, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, NYC

Attorney David Boies, along with co-lead counsel, brought a landmark civil rights case to trial in 2010 challenging California’s Proposition 8. Judges at both the federal district and appellate levels have concluded that Proposition 8 violates the U.S. Constitution. The case will be argued before the United States Supreme Court on March 26th with a ruling expected in June.

Attorney Doug Nave has argued numerous cases in Presbyterian Church courts for LGBT equality. His speech, “Blest be the Ties?,” will focus on marriage equality in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

MEMORIAL GARDEN

Collingswood Presbyterian Church offers an opportunity for family members to remember loved ones who have died, wherever they may be buried, by engraving a paving brick with the names of the deceased. The cost is $150.00 and will be installed by the church in the memorial garden. Inscriptions can be up to 4 lines with 14 spaces on each line. Please fill out a form found in the Nar-thex. For information call Karen Mazak (856-979-8419). Completed forms and checks, made payable to “Collingswood Presbyterian Church - Memorial Garden”, can be placed in the offering plate or sent to the church office.

TODAY is the last day to order Easter flowers! Please use the form at the back of the bulletin and place it in the offering plate with your check payable to “Collingswood Presbyterian Church - Easter Flowers.”

Join us for our Good Friday Experience

This is a great opportunity to reflect on your journey this Lenten season and the coming of Easter. We encourage you to bring your family and friends!

Friday, March 29th at 9:00 am

Gather at UrbanPromise (27 N. 36th Street, Camden) at 9:00 am for a light breakfast, an uplifting discussion, and prayer.

Then board the UrbanPromise bus to join Sacred Heart Church for the Cross Walk through the waterfront where we will pray for the victims of violence in Camden. Approximately an hour ½ walk.

Return to UrbanPromise campus close to noon.

Please RSVP to Jennifer Giordano, Church Relations Director, at jgiordano@urbanpromiseusa.org or 856-382-1864

KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS...

Birthdays: Candace Lowden, Ava Ostrem, Jean Waitz, Andy Schuehler Anniversary: Susan & Ryan Berkelbach Admitted to Hospital: Raymond Perry, Ken Ambruster Those who serve in government, our military personnel, & those who work in other countries: Our country, our president, and our leaders Our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and around the world CPC Military personnel -- Mark McCaulley and Jennifer Riippa Kyle Stoy—working in South Korea

Those in Care Facilities or at home Elizabeth Baggett Mabel Cordier Elsie Hak Robert Johnson Evelyn Plunkett Dorothy Varnum Jean Waitz

Pray for Health and Wellness Michael Arizzi Mary Celebre Michelle Burnham Bud Damon Paul Dorety Charlie Dunlevy Peter Fagan Jack Fagan Sarah Ginter Frank Griffin Max Gureki Lorrie Heuser Brooke Hankins Sara Ann Kronrot Tony Lazorko Bob Lowden Joann Marion Charlie Musumeci Toni Piles Jay Sills Sam Jang Do-Soon Melissa & T.J. Fazzio Claire Johnston Pat Lepore Richard Pozniak Bree Donovan Sage Carfagno Beth’s father Clair Joan Klacik Erica Werner Bob Marks Sal Ferraro James Burns Nolan Miller

Please pick up a prayer card in the narthex and mail it to these loved ones for whom we pray.

Our Partners in Mission

First Presbyterian Church of Swedesboro Our PCUSA mission in Botswana

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

CHURCH STAFF AND OFFICERS - 2013 The Rev. Dr. Katherine G. Killebrew, Pastor

William Powell, Director of Music Gretchen Kolecki, Director of Christian Ed Joan Hafer, Church Secretary Chris Keeley, Custodian

Maryann Kelly, Bookkeeper

THE SESSION

(Meets second Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m.) Melissa Corso, Clerk of Session

Bob Marks, President, Board of Trustees Barbara Bockmann, Financial Secretary & Treasurer

BOARD OF DEACONS

(Meets first Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.) Lorrie Heuser, Moderator Martha Caldwell-Bates, Vice-Moderator Jane Trent, Treasurer Richard Herzog, Secretary

[Terms begin Feb 1 of each year or upon Ordination/Installation] Rev. 2/9/12

Class of 2014 Class of 2015 Class of 2016

Robert Marks Keith Haines Mark Standring

Lorraine Brown Melissa Corso Abby Murray

Jeff Hirt Candace Lowden

Committees of Session Chair

Christian Education Keith Haines

Finance and Stewardship Bob Marks

Membership and Church Life Lorraine Brown

Church, Society, and Mission Abby Murray

Outreach Candace Lowden

Memorial Karen Mazak

Personnel Melissa Corso

Nominating Melissa Corso

Property Mark Standring

Worship and Arts Moderator

Class of 2014 Class of 2015 Class of 2016

Carol Fulton Lorrie Heuser Louanna Sills

Richard Herzog Jane Trent James Burns

Natalie Sperlunto Erica Werner Martha Caldwell-Bates

Easter Plants Order

I would like to order:

___ Purple Hyacinth @ $12.50 each ___ Yellow Daffodil @ $12.50

___ Pink Tulip @ $12.50 each ___ Lily @ $9.00 each

The bulletin should read:

___ I would like to take my plant(s) with me after the service.

___ I would like my plant(s) to be given to a shut-in.

Given of __________________________________________

By ___________________________________________________________

In Memory

In Honor

Easter Plants 2013

We will once again be offering Easter plants to be purchased in memory or

in honor of a friend or loved one. The plants will be used to decorate our

sanctuary on Easter Sunday. At the conclusion of the service you may take

your plant with you or you can leave it for the Deacons to distribute to shut

-ins.

The cost of each plant is $12.50 except for Easter Lilies, which are $9.00

each. Please return your order along with a check marked payable to

Collingswood Presbyterian Church – Easter Plants, to the church office,

30 Fern Avenue, Collingswood, NJ 08108, or place it in the offering plate

no later than Sunday, March 24, 2013.

Given of __________________________________________

By ___________________________________________________________

In Memory

In Honor

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