Committed
to serving
Jesus Christ
October 12, 2014
Caring
about each other
and the needs
of a broken world
11:00 a.m.
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Community exploring
faith, joyfully sustained
by the love of God
WORSHIP NOTES
- Please silence all cell phones, pagers, and other devices.
- Hearing assistance devices and pew cushions are available at the back of the sanctuary.
For more information on these items please see a greeter in the narthex.
- Bold italicized words are to be said by the congregation.
Asterisk indicates please stand if able.
- Unless indicated, Bible readings are from the New Revised Standard Version.
- Hymnal inserts are found in the front of the hymnals. Please return after use.
- An audio file of sermons can be obtained at our church website: www.capitolhillpreschurch.org.
PODCASTS are available on ITUNES - Capitol Hill Sermons”.
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Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church
Washington, DC
GATHERING
Our worship begins with the lighting of the chancel candles and the Prelude.
Please respect our shared need for silence during this time.
PRELUDE
Prière de Notre Dame
L. Boëllmann
WELCOME
HYMN OF CALLING
#278
“Our God, to Whom We Turn
PRAYER OF GRACE, RECONCILIATION, AND ASSURANCE
In Unison
Spirit of Wisdom, in whose presence is peace, inspire us in this moment, that we may turn our minds from
cleverness to kindliness; inhabit our hearts that we may embrace mercy; inflame our spirits with the love of peace,
so that wise in mind and heart and spirit, we may sow the seeds of peace and reap a harvest of justice.
(A time of silent prayer will begin and end with a bell tone)
*RESPONSE
please join in singing two times:
*PASSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
SHARING IN THE COMMUNITY OF FAITH
SILENT PREPARATION
(beginning and ending with a bell tone)
PROCLAIMING
PROCLAMATION OF MUSIC It Is Good to Give Thanks to You, Lord (Psalm 106)
J.L. Bell
It is good to give thanks to you, Lord, to remember all you have done;
Then you will remember our praises when you look on your people with love,
Refrain
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for God’s love endures forever; oh give thanks to the Lord, for the Lord alone is good.
Our sin is the sin of our forebears: we have wronged you and have done evil,
Like those who once lived under bondage, paid no heed unto all you had done.
O God, save us now in your mercy; bring us back from all that offends you.
Lord, look not alone at our evil, but remember compassion and love.
Now blest be the Lord, God of Israel. Blest be God both now and forever.
Let nations and people cry, Amen! Praise the Lord, hallelujah, Amen!
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE READING
Matthew 22:1-14
For the Word of God in scripture, for the Word of God in Creation,
for the Word of God within us.
Thanks be to God!
NT, p.23
SERMON
RESPONDING
SHARING OF JOYS AND CONCERNS/PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
After each joy/concern is voiced, let us pray for it together, saying:
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. or
Lord, for your goodness, we give you thanks.
(Silent Prayer)
THE LORD’S PRAYER
In Unison
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,
forever. Amen.
*HYMN OF THANKS
“We Give Thee but Thine Own”
#428
GIVING OF OURSELVES AND RESOURCES
LEADER: God has abundantly blessed us and called us to be a community of generosity that blesses others through
the sharing of our love, our talents, and our material possessions. In Unison: Let us rejoice now in what we have
been given and in what is ours to give as we bring our offerings.
Music Meditation
Andante cantabile from Sonata in A minor K 310
W.A. Mozart
*Response
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND DEDICATION
In Unison
Holy One, receive our offerings as you receive our lives. Enliven us with your breath that our lives might show
forth your glory, for we pray in the Spirit of Christ. Amen.
SENDING
*HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“Christ of the Upward Way”
#344
*CHARGE
*BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
Please join in singing.
Fanfare
J.N. Lemmens
+We invite you to stay and listen to the postlude.
Prayer of Grace, Reconciliation and Assurance: , Adapted - Reprinted by permission of the publisher from Touch Holiness ed. Ruth C. Duck and Maren C. Tirabassi © 1990
by Pilgrim Press. “Give Thanks” (Henry Smith, 1978 Integrity’s Hosanna! Music/ASCAP. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.) Used by permission CCLI License #2613107.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
CHOIR HAS RESUMED FOR THE FALL. The fall schedule includes: gathering from 9:00 to 9:30 a.m., then at 10:45 a.m.
in the choir room to dress and warm up. Rehearsal following worship for the following Sunday’s music, from 12:30 1:30 p.m. Please contact our Music Director Caitriona McEniry-Roschke ([email protected]) if you would
like to participate.
A GIFT TO CHPC’S PEACE & GLOBAL WITNESS OFFERING enables the church to promote the Peace of Christ by addressing
systems of injustice across the world. Individual congregations are encouraged to utilize up to 25% of this new Peace and Global
Witness Offering (formerly the Peacemaking Offering) to sustain their local peacemaking ministries. The local portion of CHPC’s
2014 Peace & Global Witness Offering will be donated to Mary’s Center. Founded in 1988, Mary’s Center provides health care,
family literacy and social services to individuals whose needs too often go unmet by public and private systems, using a holistic
approach to help each participant access individualized services that set them on the path toward good health, stable families, and
economic independence. In recent months, Mary’s Center has received more than 500 children from Central America at its four
locations in DC and Maryland. Because of the traumatic experience they’ve been exposed to, these children are in urgent need of
medical, legal, counseling and mental health services. As a newly arrived population, these children lack health insurance and
access to other services, but Mary’s Center has made services available to the children and their families despite the financial
burden created by this situation. Learn more about the wonderful work done at Mary’s Center at www.maryscenter.org/ where
you can also watch a PBS Newshour segment on the center’s work with unaccompanied minors by going to News & Events:
Mary’s Center in the News. We collect the Peace and Global Witness Offering October 5-19.
THE CHPC SECOND SUNDAY SUPPER GROUP is an informal gathering for young adults (20-40 year age group) which offers a
chance to share in conversation and a meal. Children and visitors are more than welcome, as this is a great opportunity to meet
new people as well as to reconnect with familiar faces. The October Second Sunday Supper event will be held today, October
12th from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Contact Missy Boyette ([email protected]) for event information if you did not yet receive
an evite. Also, please let Missy know if you are able to host a future event.
INQUIRERS SUNDAY - FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN THE LIFE OF CHPC
OR BECOMING A MEMBER. This Sunday and every 2nd Sunday of each month, Pastor Walton and representatives from
The CHPC Session will be available following worship in the church Library to answer questions, share information and
have discussion about involvement and possible membership at CHPC.
SESSION MEETS on Thursday, October 16th at 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY NIGHT OUT We will be having Friday Night Out this month on October 17th, 7:30 p.m., at Carolina Kitchen
in Rhode Island Row (at the Rhode Island metro stop). Friday Night Out is a monthly meal shared with others in the
CHPC community, held at a local restaurant the third Friday of each month at 7:30 pm. Please sign up to participate using
a form on the welcome table, or contact Mary Beth Weaver by email ([email protected]). It is located at 2350
Washington Pl NE Washington DC 20018. It is right off the Rhode Island Metro stop (on the Red Line), and employes
our own Luis Booker! It offers an array of Southern food choices! Please see thecarolinakitchen.com for more
information.
SATURDAY MORNING MINDFULNESS CHPC and the Kagyu DC Tibetan Community on Capitol Hill are co-sponsoring
a time of mindfulness instruction and practice each Saturday from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon in the chapel / annex. Contact
Pastor Walton for more information.
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS Maryann Stampfli: 3, Robert Haywood: 12, Emilie Sommer: 13, Beth Hannold: 16, Nick
Stampfli: 17, Lisa Smith: 18, Joe Boyette: 19, Shirley Brown: 24, Marisa Scalera: 30.
TODAY’S VOLUNTEER STAFF
LITURGISTS .............................................................................................................. Lee Cliburn
GREETERS .............................. Paul Dunn, Adrianne Marsh, Bryant Ingram, and Claudia Nadig
OFFERING .................................................................................. Rebecca Mann and Joe Boyette
COFFEE HOUR ........................................................................... Bryant Ingram and Brian Testa
THIS WEEK @ CHPC
Sunday
10-12
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
10-16
10-17
10-18
10-19
Worship
Coffee Hour
Inquirer’s Sunday
Choir Rehearsal
Second Sunday Supper Group
Session Meeting
Friday Night Out
Saturday Morning Mindfulness
Choir Rehearsal
Church School
Worship
Coffee Hour
Burrito Sunday
Choir Rehearsal
11:00 a.m.
12:15 p.m.
following worship
12:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
10:30 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
12:15 p.m.
following worship
12:30 p.m.
THIS WEEK @ The Washington Seminar Center
10-10 to 10-12
10-18 to 10-25
Friends of St. Vincent’s
University of Notre Dame
DC
IN
14 participants
28 participants
strategic planning
educational visit
PRAYER CONCERNS
Prayer Concerns: Earlene Thompson (sister of Brenda Dunlap), Dudley Brown, John Farr (Peg and Andy Walton's brother-inlaw), Adrian Birney and his family, Billy Gormley, Bucky Holmes, Charlotte Heiligenstein and family (friends of Claudia
Nadig), Jeanie Mamo (friend of Chris Smith), Anne Nickel, Shirley Pecore, Christy Birdsong, Sue Van Slyke, Jack Carter
(Brenda Carter's brother), Vicki Glass, Suzanne and family (friend of Diane Shages), Joni Bell, Rowena Nadig (mother of
Claudia Nadig), Ken Hammond (brother of Liz Hammond), Dot and Joe Levy (Dave Levy's parents), Sue Scott (friend and
colleague of Diane Shages), Terry Lewis of Washington City Church of the Brethren, Shirley Brown, Jorge Garcez-Rocha
(Chantal Dalton's husband), Chantal Dalton, Dariana Verdi, Bill Wheeler (Alyson's friend), Barbara Whitford (former member
of CHPC), Milton Bell, Tom Walton (Andy Walton's brother).
WELCOME!
We’re glad you are worshiping with us this morning. Please take a moment to leave some information on the attendance
register (small black folder) at the end of each pew. There are also nametags available in the pew racks. We invite you to join
us for Coffee Hour immediately following worship, for fellowship and refreshments in Fellowship Hall, which is located on the
entry level of the building.
As an urban congregation we are blessed by the opportunity to worship with and minister to people from all walks of life. Our
congregation meets the immediate needs of people who are homeless through several ministries supported by your offering dollars. If
you are approached by an individual worshiper for money, please direct them to the pastor for assistance.
CHILDREN WELCOME IN WORSHIP
Parents are encouraged to bring children to worship. We have an enclosed worship room available in the balcony for parents to
stay with your children during worship. Childcare for infants through pre-school is available in the Nursery (on the entry level)
from 9:45 a.m. until 12:15 p.m. You can use the Nursery for the entire time, or you are encouraged to bring your children with
you to worship at the beginning of the service for the Time with the Younger Church, and then take them down to the Nursery
to be picked up following the service. Children’s Activity bags are available in the narthex.
CURRENT ELDERS OF SESSION
(noting the chair of each ministry)
Class of 2015
Emily Counts (Finance)
Hannah Ford (Education)
Bucky Holmes (Clerk of Session)
Mary Beth Weaver (Worship)
Kathryn Wills (Hospitality)
Class of 2016
Paul Dunn (Hospitality)
Beth Hannold (Service)
Barrett Karr (Stewardship)
Diane La Voy (Personnel & Admin)
Jonathan Sager (Facilities)
THE CHURCH STAFF
Pastor .................................................................................................................... Andrew Walton
Parish Associates……………………………………Rev. Alice Ogden Bellis, Rev. Byron Buck
Church Administrator ................................................................................................ Olivia James
Facilities Manager ...............................................................................................Robert Haywood
Washington Seminar Center Coordinator ................................................................. Doris Warrell
Music Director ................................................................................... Caitriona McEniry-Roschke
Child Care........................................................................ Christina Kostuk and Kathleen Harford
201 Fourth Street SE Washington, DC 20003
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