WE GATHER IN GOD’S NAME
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:
➢ David McPherson works for Aegis Security Insurance in Harrisburg and is engaged to marry Andrea Snyder in October.
➢ Sylva Lamberson-Issaka comes from the Seneca Falls, NY area and has been attending First Church for a year. She lives in Carlisle.
➢ Jeff & Allison Whitman and son Samuel live in Boiling Springs. Allison is a high school history teacher in the Mechanicsburg school district, while Jeff works at the Navy Depot. Allison is from Waynesboro, PA, and Jeff from near Franklin, PA.
SERVING TODAY:
Organist: Richard Tritt
Reader: Tommy Dennison
Ushers: Peg & Jack Owen; Elizabeth Martin; Peggy McKeehen
Nursery: Matt & Danielle Weiser
Fellowship Hosts: Joe & Pat Grabey
Flowers: Kathy Mulvey (chair); Grace Winters;
Nancy Augustine
CD Recording: Ray Thomas
Counters: Andrea Snyder; Fred Bean; Nancy Jacoby
THIS WEEK – EVENING VBS!
-- Monday thru Thursday, 5:30-8 PM: Vacation Bible School
at First United Church of Christ, 30 N. Pitt Street. Children
age 4 thru 5th grade will follow the curriculum “Hometown
Nazareth” to learn about what Jesus did as a kid! Sign up
today in Fellowship Hall!
THIS WEEK, IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH:
-- Monday, 5:30 PM: Gleaning for Project SHARE (249-7773)
-- Wednesday, 3-7 PM: Farmers on the Square market, plaza
THIS WEEK, IN OUR PRAYERS:
* the church at work in: Portugal; Spain; Ireland;
United Kingdom; Germany; and Poland
* in the Presbyterian Church: Christ (Lebanon);
Rev. John Barlow
* in our community: Tree of Life (K Street)
* in our congregation (at random): Jim & Barb Crum;
Warren & Lois Lloyd; Jeff, Terry, Ben, Nick, Carson &
Trevor Shull
* VBS-2: Children, parents, staff, teachers & helpers
NEXT SUNDAY – ORDINARY 16 (July 17th)
~10:00 AM: Worship. Speaker is Dr. Harold Kretzing.
~After worship: conversation & light refreshments
~The Prayer Community meets after worship.
“TODDLER TIME”—COMING SOON! Children ages 3 thru 5 are invited to attend “Toddler Time” on July 26-28 and August 2-4. The first week’s three sessions will be held from 10:00 to 11:30 AM; the second week’s from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. Educator Debby Madden has designed Toddler Time (theme--“Old Testament Partners”) to help prepare our youngest members for a lifetime of Bible study and church fellowship. A sign-up sheet is posted in Fellowship Hall.
FELLOWSHIP HOSTS are needed for several Sundays in the coming months! Under our “Simple Summer” format, all supplies are on hand in the kitchen; hosts simply set up and take down! If you can share in this ministry of hospitality, please sign up today. Thanks!
SECOND QUARTER GIVING STATEMENTS are ready for your pick-up in Fellowship Hall. Only end-of-year statements will be mailed.
From “The Study Catechism” — Confirmation Version:
Q-123: What encourages us to pray each day?
A: The God who has adopted us as children is the God who encourages and commands us to pray. When we pray, we respond with love to that greater love which meets us from above. Before we enter into prayer, God is ready to grant all that we need. We may turn to God with confidence each day, not because we are worthy, but simply because of God’s grace. By praying we acknowledge that we depend on grace for all that is good, beautiful, life-giving, and true.
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Rev. Jon A. Black, Pastor
Debby Madden, Director of Educational Ministry
Shirley S. King, Organist
Church Administrative Office Hours: M, W, F, 9-2
Phone: 243-4612; E-mail: fpcarl@
Rev. Black: jblack.fpcarl@
Debby Madden: dmadden.fpcarl@
Website:
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First Presbyterian Church
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
THE LIFE OF JESUS:
FOR TODAY
Ordinary 15, July 10, 2011, 10:00 AM
GATHERING
PRELUDES Richard Tritt, organist
Andante Religioso Thome
Largo Handel
GREETING
The Lord be with you. And also with you.
Brother James’ Air Jordan
* CALL TO WORSHIP from Psalm 116
“What shall we return to the Lord for all the good things God has done for us?
We will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord.
Praise the Lord!
The Lord’s name be praised, now and forever!
* HYMN #487 “When Morning Gilds the Skies”
* CONFESSION OF SIN
Holy and merciful God, in your presence we
confess our sinfulness, our shortcomings, and
our offenses against you.
You alone know how often we have sinned
in wandering from your ways,
in wasting your gifts,
in forgetting your love.
Have mercy on us, Lord,
for we are ashamed and sorry
for all we have done to displease you.
Forgive our sins,
and help us live in your light,
and walk in your ways,
for the sake of Jesus Christ our Savior.
(silent confession of sin . . . )
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayers. Amen.
* ASSURANCE OF PARDON
* RESPONSE #579 “Glory Be to the Father”
PROCLAIMING
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
CHILDREN’S TIME “Fully God, Fully Human”
(After this, nursery age children may depart for the nursery.)
OLD TESTAMENT READING
Isaiah 11: 1-9 (p. 640)
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
ANTHEM Thaddeus & Maxwell Wright
NEW TESTAMENT READING
John 1: 1-5, 10-18 (p. 91)
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
SERMON “Receive, Recognize, Respond”
SILENT MEDITATION
* HYMN #257 (G) “This Is the Threefold Truth”
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
GIVING THANKS
RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS
PRAYER
Holy God, we praise you for calling us to be a servant people and for gathering us into the body of Christ. Today we thank you for choosing to add to our number these brothers and sisters in faith. Together, may we live in your Spirit, and so love one another that we may have the mind of Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we are baptized. Amen.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
OFFERING OURSELVES TO GOD
Offertory Reflection Asper
INVITATION TO THE TABLE
PRAYER OF THANKS AND LORD’S PRAYER
The Lord be with you. And also with you.
Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right and
good to give God thanks and praise.
COMMUNION
Please come forward by way of the center aisle, take a
piece of bread, dip it lightly in the cup and commune, returning
by way of the side aisle. All baptized persons, including children instructed by their family, are invited to commune. Persons unable to come forward will be served in the pew by the elders.
SENDING
* HYMN #466 “O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing”
* THE PEACE (of Christ be with you.)
And also with you.
Exchange a word of Peace with one another.
* CHARGE and BENEDICTION
* RESPONSE #586 “Amen”
* POSTLUDE Recessional Asper
* indicates that all who are able, please stand
(G) indicates use Green song book, “Sing, a new creation”
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AFTER WORSHIP, enjoy conversation & light refreshments in the shade of the plaza or in Fellowship Hall. While there, welcome our newest members:
David, Sylva, Jeff and Allison.
THE FLOWERS are given to the glory of God by the Handshew Trust.
WORSHIP NOTES. The text to our first hymn appeared in 1828 and had 14 stanzas but no author’s name. Jospeh Barnby (1838-1896) composed “Laudes Domini” for the translated verses. The second hymn today was composed by Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000) whose hymn-writing career began after he retired as a Methodist minister. Jack Schrader, a minister in the Evangelical Free Church of American, penned the Communion text. Written on the first anniversary of Charles Wesley’s spiritual conversion, our concluding hymn originally had 18 stanzas. The German tune “Azmon” was composed by Carl G. Glaser in 1828. Lowell Mason arranged the tune which is used in conjunction with many other texts.
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