Second Presbyterian Church is a welcoming community of faith

where Jesus Christ transforms lives through:

worship, as we praise and glorify God;

mission, as we embody God’s love in service to the world;

discipleship, as we listen for God’s Word;

giving, as we express gratitude to God;

fellowship, as we love and care for one another.

Next Sunday, November 4(Daylight Saving Ends)

8:15 a.m. - Jasiel Hernandez “Hear, Remember, and Tell”

9:30 a.m. - Service of All Saints11 a.m. - Rev. Dr. Robert McClellan

Installation Service of Rev. Christopher A. Henry

5 p.m. - Families@Five Rev. Caroline V. Dennis

6 p.m. - Service of All Saints

S U N D AY W O R S H I P S E R I E S

T O D AY ’ S W O R S H I P - 9 : 3 0 & 1 1 A M

Sowing Seeds, Nurturing Possibilities

* Those who are able may stand. + Latecomers may be seated.

LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES9:30 Caroline Brundage Garrit Ullom11:00 Lincoln Everitt Alex Bolton

PRESENTING THE ELEMENTSBread & Wine9:30 - Chris and Cherlynn Renner11:00 - Caroline and Jacob Dennis

Ewer Bearer:9:30 & 11:00 - Adam Hickey

October 28, 2018 – Twenty-Third Sunday After PentecostWE COME TOGETHER AS GOD’S PEOPLE

Prelude Sonata No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 65 Felix Mendelssohn Dr. John Allegar, organ (1809-1847)

+ Welcome Rev. Kelley J. Jepsen (9:30) Rev. Karen L. Lang (11:00)

Call to Worship Lead Me in Thy Righteousness Anonymous Sanctuary Choir Dr. Michelle L. Louer, Director of Music and Fine Arts

Lead me Lord. Lead me in Thy righteousness, O Lord.

One: We gather to worship God,

All: Who creates us and loves us;

One: Who gifts us with diversity and makes us for community;

All: Who gives Jesus Christ to show us how to live;

One: Who inspires children, youth, young adults, and people of all ages,

All: To seek justice, share power, and live together in love and equality;

One: Who invites us to join the struggle for wholeness and well-being for all,

All: and whose presence, grace, and love sustain us in our living.

One: We gather to worship God!

Prayer of Adoration

*+Processional Hymn #422 God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending BEACH SPRING

Call to Confession

Silent Confession

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PARENTS: TIME WITH CHILDREN (11:00)Following the Time with Children, children may remain in worship with their families, depart for Children’s Chapel (3s) or for Choir School (4s-5th Grade). Please check your child in at a Welcome Center Kiosk or fill out a name tag (in pew racks) before sending your child forward for the Time with Children. Place half of the tag on your child’s back and bring the other half with you when you pick up your child.

Infants, Room 240Toddlers and 2s, Room 233Children’s Chapel for 3s, Room 208Children’s Choirs 4s – 1st grade, Room 312 2nd - 5th grade, Room 112

Prayer of Confession

Holy, Perfect God, we admit that we put other things above you in our lives. We say we long for you, but we actually long for more money and more comfort. Lord, we have failed to worship you with our hearts.

Our religious gatherings are hollow because our hearts are slaves to lesser things. We pay you a visit on Sunday, but we long to go home to our other gods. Lord God, we confess that we break your heart. We gather before you half-heartedly, waiting to go back to worshipping ourselves. When we truly worship you, we will seek good and not evil. Lord God, have mercy. Renew our hearts within us. Make us long for you, our God. Amen.

Assurance of Pardon

* Response of Praise Gloria Patri (Hymn #579)

* The Passing of the Peace

* Hymn Lord of Truth, Speak Through Your Servant ABBOT’S LEIGH

1 Lord of truth, speak through Your servant; Send Your Word as You intend. Make our thoughts and ways more fervent; May Your grace on us descend. Grant the seed and guide the sower; Fill our hearts with fertile ground. O Creator, faithful Grower, May our fruit of love abound.

2 Lord of life, throughout the ages, Give Your humble teachers aid. As we share Your sacred pages, Let our strength in You not fade. Through each time and ev’ry season, Help us speak Your truth in love, Spreading far and wide the reason For our hope in things above.

3 Lord of love, God of the nations, You have given us Your Word. Let us witness from our stations What we now have seen and heard. As we pray for faithful preaching, Let our praise to You ascend. To all corners You are reaching With a peace that will not end.

Text: Lisa M. Clark, © 2014 Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Ritual of Friendship Dr. John R. Koppitch and the Concerns of the Church

A SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION AND

WHOLENESS

10:35 a.m. in Milner Chapel Rev. Owen J. Gray

RESPONSE OF PRAISE Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.

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9:30 & 11 AM

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WE EXPERIENCE GOD’S WORD Time with Children (11:00) Prayer of Illumination Elder Charles Liles (9:30) Dr. Bryan Larsen (11:00)

First Lesson Deuteronomy 14:22-28 (p. 170)

Anthem How Lovely are the Messengers Felix Mendelssohn (from St. Paul, op. 36) (1809-1847)

How lovely are the messengers that preach us the gospel of peace. To all the nations is gone forth the sound of their words, throughout all the lands their glad tidings.

—Romans 10:15, 18

Second Lesson Mark 4:1-9 (p. 913)

Response

Leader: This is the word of the Lord.People: Thanks be to God.

Sermon Rev. Christopher A. Henry

“Sowing Seeds, Nurturing Possibilities”“Other seed fell into good soil and brought forth grain,

growing up and increasing and yielding thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.” (Mark 4:8)

WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD

* Affirmation of Faith

One: We believe in God, the Giver of every good gift, the Creator of life itself.

All: We believe in Jesus Christ, who commanded us to care for those in need, who taught us to store up treasures in heaven, and who gave us the example of self-giving love.

One: We believe in the Holy Spirit, who inspires us to faithful stewardship of God’s gifts, in whom we live and move and have our being, by whom all things are possible.

All: God gives us many blessings, and God asks us to share.One: We believe that faithful giving is an act of worship,

praising God who has blessed us so abundantly. All: We believe that God has great things in store for us,

for it is in giving that we receive. Amen.

Prayers of the People and the Lord’s Prayer

Moment for Discipleship Dr. Peter Maiers II 2019 Giving Goal/Pledge Campaign

THE LORD’S PRAYEROur 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, forever. Amen.

Rev. Henry’s fall preaching series began with a focus on the apostle Paul and the book of Romans. 19th century composer Felix Mendelssohn was equally enamored by the dramatic narrative of conversion, baptism, and evangelistic preaching. He wrote a complete oratorio (a large-scale work for chorus, soloists and orchestra) chronicling the mission of Paul and Barnabas, to whom today’s anthem refers. We, also, are called to be preachers of peace through our words and actions.

Today@Second8 a.m.

Child Care, 240Preschool and Elementary, 208

Theology, Thoughts, & Coffee, 2318:15 a.m.

Flu Clinic, 2309:30 a.m.

Preschool & Kindergarten Sunday School, Second Floor

Elementary Sunday School/45 Degrees, Third Floor

Middle School Sunday School, Youth Suite

High School Sunday School, Youth SuiteLiving Faith, 231

Faith Full Parenting, 403Koinonia, 402

Upper Room, 312Families in Christ, 112

10:35 a.m.(W)Intermission 2018-19,

McFarland HallService of Wholeness & Communion, Chapel

11 a.m.Footsteps of Faith, Youth Suite

11:15 p.m.Choir School, 112 & 312

5 p.m.Families@Five, Chapel

6 p.m.Second@Six, Sanctuary

ThisWeek@SecondMonday, October 29

• PW Prayer Group, 9 a.m., 154• Centering Prayer, 9:50 a.m., 154• Tai Chi (Beginners), 10 a.m., 312• Mindfulness Meditation, 12:15 p.m., 312• Tai Chi (Beginners), 5:30 p.m., 407

Tuesday, October 30• Men’s Fellowship Breakfast,

7 a.m., Youth Suite• Northside Pantry Shift, 12 p.m., Mission Suite• Women in the Word, 2:30 p.m., 114• Tai Chi (Intermediate), 5:30 p.m., 312

Wednesday, October 31• Northside Pantry Shift,

3:30 p.m., Mission Suite• Romans and the Mission of God,

6:30 p.m., Community Room• Art of Aging Well, 6:30 p.m., 312

Thursday, November 1• Northside Pantry Shift, 9:30 a.m., Mission Suite• Mid-day Mindfulness, 12 p.m., 312• Northside Delivery Processing, 2:15 p.m.,

Mission Suite• Creation Care Ministry Team, 5:30 p.m., 312• Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal,

7 p.m., Choir Room Friday, November 2

• Mindfulness Meditation, 12:15 p.m., 312• PW Fall Sale, 5 - 8 p.m.

Saturday, November 3• PW Fall Sale, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. • Handbell Ensemble, 9 a.m., Common Room

For details about these and other upcoming 2PC events, visit our website or Like us on Facebook. Also be sure to pick up a copy of the monthly newsletter, available in the atrium, narthex, and locations around the church.

INSTALLATION OF REV. CHRIS HENRY Sunday, November 4

11 a.m. Service of Installation 12:15 p.m. Reception in McFarland Hall

The Presbytery of Whitewater Valley and Second Presbyterian Church cordially invite you to join us as we celebrate the Installation Service for Rev. Christopher A. Henry in the 11 a.m. service on November 4. Chris’ friend and colleague Rev. Dr. Robert McClellan, Senior Pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Tiburon, CA, will be the preacher. A reception will follow in McFarland Hall.

REMINDER!Daylight savings ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 4. Be sure to set your clocks back one hour on Saturday night.

OPPORTUNITY TO SERVEHospitality is a hallmark of Christian worship and of Second Presbyterian Church, and you can offer this gift to others! Each Sunday, ushers warmly greet worshipping members and guests, distribute bulletins, collect offering, and provide a welcoming presence throughout the worship service. Ushers embody the spirit of Second while providing support for our worship. We invite you to consider the call to serve in this meaningful way by contacting Brad Yarger at bwy@comcast.net. Your simple words of kindness might just transform someone else’s life!

Call for Offering and 2019 Commitments

Offertory I Will Sing of Thy Great Mercies Felix Mendelssohn Caitlin Stewart, soprano

I will sing of thy great mercies, O Lord, and of thy faithfulness evermore.

—Psalm 89:1

* Doxology and the Prayer of Commitment (Hymn #592)

WE GO FORTH TO SERVE

* Closing Hymn #414 As Those of Old Their Firstfruits Brought FOREST GREEN

* Charge and Benediction

* Benediction Response Let All the People Say Amen Linda V. HannahLet all the people say, “Amen!” Alleluia! Amen!

* Postlude Trumpet Tune in C Major David N. Johnson (1922-1987)

DOXOLOGYPraise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.