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Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper November 22, 2015 ~ Christ the King Sunday
Church School: 9:00 a.m. Worship Time: 10:00 a.m.
WE GATHER IN GOD’S NAME (Take time to prepare your heart to worship God.)
PRELUDE “O Jesus, King Most Wonderful” arr. Wood “The King of Love My Shepherd Is” 1. arr. Krapf, 2. arr. Goode “God of Amazing Grace” Paxtones arr. Moklebust OUR LIFE TOGETHER MUSIC INTERLUDE TO GIVE PRAISE TO GOD CALL TO WORSHIP The Lord is a great God who says: I am the Alpha and the Omega, The first and the last, the beginning and the end. * HYMN 269 “Lead On, O King Eternal” * PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Righteous God, you have crowned Jesus Christ as Lord of all. We confess that we have not bowed before him, and are slow to acknowledge his rule. We give allegiance to the powers of this world, and fail to be governed by justice and love. In your mercy, forgive us. Raise us to acclaim him as ruler of all, that we may be loyal followers, obeying the commands of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
(Please pause for a moment of silent confession.)
* ASSURANCE OF PARDON Hear the Good News. In Jesus Christ we are forgiven. Praise God. Amen.
* GLORIA PATRI (Hymnal Page 581)
WEEKLY CALENDAR Sun 22 9:00 Church School 10:00 Worship 10:45 Angels Rehearsal 11:00 Sunday Snacks Paxton Singers Rehearsal 2:30 Private Event 6:30 Youth Fellowship Tues 24 10:00 Staff Meeting 6:00 Lions Wed 25 6:45 Men’s Fellowship Breakfast 9:30 Sewing 7:30 Thanksgiving Eve Worship Thur 26 Happy Thanksgiving! Fri 27 Church Office Closed Sun 29 9:00 Church School 10:00 Worship 10:45 Angel Rehearsal 11:30 Advent Workshop
PAXTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 3500 Sharon St., Harrisburg PA 17111
(717) 561-0510 Fax: 561-4052
Website: www.paxtonchurch.org Email: [email protected]
Ministers ~ All Members
Paxton Church Staff
Pastor, The Reverend John W. Green
Director of Music, Richard Fowler Organist, Jeanne Bruce
Alleluia and Angel Choirs Director, Kathie Zimmerman Assistant and Accompanist of Children’s Choirs, Beckie Blazi
Chimers Director, Cindy Green Christian Education Administrator, Jo Jacoby Office Staff, JoAnn Snyder, Judy Frankford
Treasurer, Larry Kilpatrick Church Historian, Ron Wix
Wedding Coordinator, Peg Elder Custodian, Mary Bowers
Pastor ~ John W. Green Treasurer ~ Laurence A. Kilpatrick, CPA
SESSION MEMBERS
BOARD OF DEACONS Nino Giambrone (Moderator)
We are a Stephen Ministry Church For confidential referral, or if you are inter-ested in becoming a Stephen Minister please contact a leader.
STEPHEN MINISTERS
Carol Anderson Jarred Beck
LaVerne Collins Susan DeRemer
Karen Herrold Cheryl Holtzman Janice Hutchison Annette Kilpatrick
Bill LaDieu Donna Leaver Nancy Lengler
David McPherson Steve Miller Jack Moore Gary Myers
Kathy Woodbridge
Merideth Staudenmaier, (Clerk of Session)
Happy Barber Norm Daniels Dave Elder
Erin Giambrone Bill Gough
Rebecca Haner Dave Holt
Jay Kealey Don Laughery John Moyer Lisa Pletz
Diane Robertson Kitti Taylor
Cindy Mory Richard Peiffer Donna Powers
Michelle Signore Ron Wix
Bert Wood Bev Ziebell
Sally Appleby Laurie Bassler Gail Burfeind
Jim Bruce Niki Corl
Nino Giambrone Ryan Horner
William La Dieu
STEPHEN LEADERS
Helen Heidelbaugh Beth Lancione*
Jane Rising Jane Sanford
* deceased
TO CELEBRATE THE FAMILY OF FAITH
CHILDREN’S MOMENT Jane Rising
* PASSING OF THE PEACE
The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. And also with you.
TO HEAR GOD’S WORD PROCLAIMED SCRIPTURE READINGS Revelation 1:4-8 (NT Page 245) John 18:33-37 (NT Page 112) ANTHEM “All Praise and Glory Be to God” from MAGNIFICAT J. S. Bach
Adult Choir
SERMON “My All in All” Pastor Green
TO OFFER OUR GIFTS AND OUR LIVES
MINUTE FOR MISSION “Santa Shop” Linette Burd PRESENTATION OF OFFERINGS OFFERTORY “Open the Eyes of My Heart with Be Thou My Vision” arr. Mark Hayes
Paxton Singers ~ John Palmer, Guitar
* DOXOLOGY (Hymnal Page 606)
TO SHARE THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER HYMN 521 “In Remembrance of Me”
THE INVITATION TO THE LORD’S SUPPER THE GREAT THANKSGIVING Leader: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Leader: Lift up your hearts. People: We lift them to the Lord. Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. People: It is right to give our thanks and praise. Leader: Holy God, we praise You. Let the heavens be joyful, and the earth be
glad. We bless You for creating the whole world, for Your promises to
The Deacons will be collecting Peanut Butter, Crackers,
Ramen Noodles during the month of November for the
Ecumenical Food Pantry.
(Please check the dates on the cans, the Food Pantry will not accept expired items.)
GIANT GIFT CARDS
There will be no Giant gift card sales on Sun-day, November 29. Sales will resume De-cember 6. Thanks for your support of the mortgage reduction project through these sales.
YOUTH FELLOWSHIP PROJECT NEEDS YOUR HELP!
We are sending care packages to Paxton’s college age students. We will be assembling these packages at our first meeting in Decem-ber, so we want to start collecting items in November. Please consider donating a treat for our hard working students such as: cook-ies, mints, gum, snack foods, coloring books, $5 Starbucks cards or anything else that will help them through their stressful finals. There will be a collection bin in the Gathering Room. Deadline for donations is Dec 1st. Thank you. If you have a child in college, please e-mail their mailing address to us ([email protected]) or the church office([email protected]) so we can get them a package.
Hershey Bears Hockey Game
Congregational Life Ministry is sponsoring a trip to the Hershey Bears hockey game on Saturday, January 30, 2016. We have 50
tickets reserved in section 114, which is on the main level. These are great seats located behind the goal that the Bears defend during periods 1 and 3. Cost is $19.50 per person. Please RSVP to Tara Frank at [email protected] or 583-1951. Hurry and re-serve your tickets now for this exciting event. We will again be gathering for dinner before the game at the Pizza Hut in Hershey. Go BEARS.
THANK YOU!
Thank you to everyone for making the Fall Tea a success!
Paxton Presbyterian Church Established 1732
3500 Sharon Street, Harrisburg, PA 17111 717~561~0510, www.paxtonchurch.org
PRAYER SQUARE As Christians we are called to pray for everyone in a difficult time of life. To protect the privacy of those for whom we are praying we ask that permission be received before a name is placed for prayer request. We will keep the names in the Prayer Square for two weeks. If you would like them to be included longer, please call the church office or submit another prayer request.
Please keep the following members of Paxton in your prayers: Dale Wil-liams, John Greenwood, Natalie Smith, Deb Trephan, Kitty Janes, Donna
Leaver, Jean Herrold , Dottie Remaly Prayers of the congregation are offered for the Laughery family on the recent passing of Anita’s mother, Sue Eckels
November 15 - Krista Baer, William Toomey, Jeanne Nelson, Warren Hoffman, Tom Harsha, Butch Miller, Virginia Toomey, Pat Wiley, Annette Wiley-Robidoux, Isabella Ver-gara November 22—Ken McPherson Each week we will be praying for our brothers and sisters in Christ within our Presbytery. This week we are praying for the Warfordsburg Presbyterian Church.
BAKING SPIRITS BRIGHT
Cookie Trivia: Sand tarts date back to the Pennsylvania Ger-
mans of the mid-1800s. It is believed they were originally
called "Saint hearts" and later "sand hearts."
This year's cookie sale will be held Saturday, December
12th. If you are interested in participating, please stop by the Great Room after
services today. There will be recipes and sign-up sheets. We look forward to see-
ing you.
If you have any questions or would like to sign-up, contact Janice Hutchison 564-
3988.
Your people Israel, and for Jesus Christ in whom Your fullness dwells. Born of Mary, He shares our life.
People: Eating with sinners, He welcomes us. Leader: Guiding His children, He leads us. People: Visiting the sick, He heals us. Leader: Dying on the cross, He saves us. People: Risen from the dead, He gives new life. Leader: Therefore we praise You, joining our voices with choirs of angels and with
all the faithful of every time and place, who forever sing to the glory of Your name.
SANCTUS (Sung by Choir) Unison: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. 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 king-dom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
AGNUS DEI (Sung by Choir) THE WORDS OF INSTITUTION
THE COMMUNION As we celebrate communion, we have the opportunity to serve one another. This reflects our belief in the priesthood of all believers. When you pass the tray to the person next to you, quietly say, “The body of Christ broken for you,” or, “The blood of Christ shed for you.” An appropriate response is simply, “Amen.” There should be no rush; take time to serve one another.
Bread: In silence, wait and receive together Cup: You may receive as you are served.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
TO GO REJOICING IN GOD’S NAME
* RECESSIONAL HYMN 263 “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name!” * BENEDICTION
C HORAL RESPONSE “This Is the Feast of Victory” Adult Choir Hillert POSTLUDE “Postlude on ‘Almighty God of Majesty’” Peeters
* Those who are able may stand.
THE LECTOR this morning is Elder Kitti Taylor. Kitti is a member of the Stewardship & Finance Ministry.
THANK YOU FOR VISITING WITH US TODAY! We are happy to share this Sun-day with you and hope you come back soon! Please fill out the yellow card and be sure to include your name, address, and phone number for our records. If you are interested in membership at Paxton Church, please indicate this when the friendship folder is passed or speak to the Pastor or Lector following worship. THE USHERS joyfully serving the month of November: Steven Barnes, Captain; Janice Barnes, Keith Birth, Charles Cain, Michael DeRemer, James Knight, Penny Knight, Hung Nguyen, Robert Martin and Brenda Martin THERE ARE TWO FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS in the chancel this morning. One is placed in memory of Thomas Miller, Thomas Blair Miller, William Miller and in honor of Jeanne Miller by Patty Bowers. The other arrangement is placed to the Glory of God who holds in heaven our beloved son, Jonathan Alexander Baer Scott, by David and Kristin Scott.
TODAY Pastor Green will greet at the south door. The lector will greet at the porch door and an usher will greet at the parlor door.
HEARING DEVICES are available on the table as you enter the sanctuary through the parlor door. Please see an usher if you need assistance.
From the Property Management Ministry.... Property Management would like to remind members of the church who have a security code for the alarm system to make sure you enter your correct code when entering and leaving the church. There is a delay before the alarm is activated to enter your code and there is also a delay after entering your code to leave the building. We recommend you enter the building at the double doors marked as D3, since the pad to deactivate the alarm is beside the light switch. Please make sure no one else is in the building if you are the one responsible to set the alarm. When the police respond to a false alarm, the church gets billed for that response, which currently is $100. If they respond to anymore false alarms, the price doubles. If any member of the church would like more information on the security alarm sys-tem, please contact Dave Elder or the church office.
A special meeting of the Corporation is scheduled for Sunday, December 6, 2015, for the purpose of approv-ing the Pastor’s Terms of Call for 2015. A Stated Meeting of the Congregation is also called for that day for the purpose of receiving the Pastor’s Terms of Call for 2016, the election of officers and at-large members of the Nominating Committee for 2016, and presentation of the 2016 budget.
SERMON HELP
PRAYER NOTES SERMON THOUGHTS
SANTA SHOP NEWS
DONATIONS! Today is the deadline to bring your donations to the Santa Shop room on the lower level. Starting tomorrow only money and food can be processed.
WORKSHOPS! Come to a workshop and be one of Santa's elves! > Sun, 11/22, 6:30pm Youth Fellowship Santa Workshop > Mon, 11/30, 6:30-8:30pm Jr Assembly Room (load up the car at 8:00pm!)
SIGN UP! SHOW UP! Come to a Santa Shop and your holidays will become magical! Sign up on the big poster in the Gathering Room. The schedule is in the PACE. We need YOU!!
LOAVES AND FISHES! Workshop Friday 12/18, 9am. Help sort all the leftovers and make up 150 Christmas gift bags for local women-in-crisis. Or offer to deliver a load of 40 bags to a Harrisburg agency. QUESTIONS? See Barb Greenwood or Linette Burd.
Poinsettia Plants Poinsettias will again be used for the poinsettia tree and to decorate the sanctuary this December. Anyone wishing to purchase a plant may do so by completing the form be-low and returning it to the church office or placing it in the offering plate. Each plant is $10.00 and checks payable to Paxton Presbyterian Church must accompany each or-der. The deadline to place an order is Sunday, December 6, 2015. WORDING OF DEDICATION: In Memory of____________________________________________________________________________
In Honor of____________________________________________________________
Placed by__________________________________________________________________
Amount Enclosed_ _______________________________________________________
You are encouraged to take your plant following the 10:00 PM worship service on Christ-mas Eve, as our homebound members will already have received a flower from the Dea-cons.
