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9:00am Breakfast  9:30 Sunday School  11:00am Worship
October 19, 2014
Sunday Worship
Weekly Lectionary
This Sunday, October 19, is the Nineteenth Sunday after
Pentecost. Amanda Pooser will present the sermon
“Keeping it Real: Arrogant Anonymous”. The scripture
reading is James 4:13-17. The Offertory is "The Majesty
and Glory of Your Name” by Tom Fettke.
Sunday, October 19
Micah 1:1-9
1 Cor. 10:1-13
Matt. 16:13-20
Monday, October 20
Micah 2:1-13
Rev. 7:1-8
Luke 9:51-62
Tuesday, October 21
Micah 3:1-8
Rev. 7:9-17
Luke 10:1-16
Wednesday, October 22
Micah 3:9-4:5
Rev. 8:1-13
Luke 10:17-24
Thursday, October 23
Micah 5:1-4, 10-15
Rev. 9:1-12
Luke 10:25-37
Friday, October 24
Micah 6:1-8
Rev. 9:13-21
Luke 10:38-42
Saturday, October 25
Micah 7:1-7
Rev. 10:1-11
Luke 11:1-13
Prayers
For those who are ill or recovering:
Marthe Wolff
Stephen Williams
Dick Mohler
Sandra Thorington
Ann York
Audrey Wilson
Randy Bridges
Wayonda Sirockman
Lisa Henley
Jack Camp
Mike Ross
Joe Delaney
Martha Randolph
Mark A. Cearley
Paula Smith
Betzi Allsop
Barbara Cox
Shinae Paik
Marshall Fisher
Robert Winchell
Shannon Leochel
Betty Driver
Ted Leahy
Jeff Cutter
Barbara Settle
Kristi Johnson
Mary Tippin
Rhonda Murrah
To have a name placed on the prayer list, please call 404-237-5539.
Hospitals no longer notify churches when a member is a patient. Therefore,
we depend on family and friends to let us know when a congregant has been
admitted.
*If you would like additional information on those on the prayer list, please
contact the church office.
Serving This Week
Ushers: Gil Simonds, Frank Brown, Bob Meier, Jeff Upchurch
Greeter: Harriet Kelly
Worship Coordinator: Bruce Logue
Sound and Light: Bruce Snyder
Breakfast Volunteer: Brad and Lynne Miller
Young Children and Worship: Dan Fondell, Harriett Kelly
Elder on Call: John Wilson Oct. 10-23, Harry Balance Oct. 24-Nov. 6
Sunday sermons are available on-line at http://nwpcatlanta.podcastpeople.com.
Christian Education
Northwest Kids:
Friends, Faith and
Fun!
9:30AM
Morning Child Care—Sunday mornings in the Nursery (Room 1) from 9:00AM until
1:00PM. Professional caregivers and NWPC volunteers.
Pre K—4th Grade—Meet in the Childrens Building at 9:30AM for “Holy Moly!”,
Music, Bible Story, Video and Fun activities.
Northwest Youth
Come “Connect” with God and each other in the Youth Lodge. Breakfast and
Fellowship at 9:30AM followed by age-group discussions.
In the Youth Lodge
Lower
Grades: 5th-7th Grade will delve into the Connect curriculum. This Fall the
9:30AM
unit will focus on “Beginnings”.
Upper Grades: 8th-12th Grade will connect together to address current events and
relevant issues that we face as Christians today.
Bible Discovery—(Calvin Room) Bible Discovery begins with Paul’s letter to the
Northwest Adults
Ephesians.
Classes are held in
Faith
Seeking Understanding—(Garden Room) This course will delve into a
the Education
fascinating,
multilayered historical puzzle– one that offers a rich illuminating look
Wing of the Family
into
the
origins
of both the Christian faith and the Western worldview.
Life Center and
Journey Class—(Agape Room) Take a seven-week tour through some foundational
begin at 9:30AM.
Christian beliefs and ask what it might mean for your own quest. This class
welcomes all who are seeking meaning and hoping to deepen their faith journey.
Children’s Noisy Offering: Treadle Pump!
The noise is joyful and generous for the children’s Fall Noisy Offering! On October 12, the children
counted the pot of coins and dollars from October 5 and announced that $98 has been raised so far. The
offering from October 12 will be counted and announced on October 19. One treadle pump for the
farmers in Malawi costs $65, so we are well on our way to our goal of sending two treadle pumps to
friends in the Presbyterian Church in Malawi. Keep the coins coming!
Club 46—October 19, 12:15pm Club 46 is a place where youth
in 4th-6th grade can get together, build relationships and learn
about God. Club 46 events will be held the 3rd Sunday of every
month at 12:15PM. Lunch will be provided and fun will be had
doing a variety of activities both on campus and off.
For more information email: [email protected]
NW Youth:
Trunk-or-Treat Haunted House Get ready for our 2nd Annual Haunted House, hosted by the
Northwest Youth. On the evening of October 30, during the church-wide Trunk-or-Treat celebration, the
Youth Lodge will be transformed into a labyrinth of thrills and chills. Youth should mark their calendars
for the dates below* so that we can be sure to get all of our arrangements and decorations in order before
the event. Everyone is invited to come visit, and we will even have a not-so-scary room for our smallest
thrill seekers. Be sure not to miss us… it’s going to be a scream!
October 19–Brainstorming and Planning (6-8PM)
October 22–Shopping Trip for Supplies and Dinner to follow (6PM)
October 26–Assembly Night (6-8PM)
October 29–Final Assembly (4-6PM)
*All activities will begin in the Youth Lodge
Announcements
Reformation/Heritage Sunday
Dust off your kilt, tartan or anything plaid, and join us for a celebration of our Scottish
Presbyterian roots on Refomation/Heritage Sunday, October 26. The service will start with a
bagpipe and banner procession, and end with a shortbread snack afterwards in the courtyard.
Everyone’s a Scot on the 26th. Invite all of your bagpipe-loving friends to join us!
Agape Youth and Family Center, one of NWPC’s mission partners, is in dire need of homework buddies
for the E. Rivers Elementary Program, which meets at Agape each day after school Homework buddies
help the same student, one hour each week on their chosen day, Monday through Thursday, each week
during the school year. Homework Buddy Time is 3:15PM to 4:15PM. The program meets at Agape at
2353 Bolton Road, First Floor Community Room, Atlanta, GA 30318. If you are interested in this
ministry, please contact Laura Jernigan, [email protected], or Agape Director of Development Tony
Conway, [email protected].
For more information about Agape please go to www.AgapeAtlanta.org.
PW (Presbyterian Women) Post-Its
Final Registration Now Underway for Next Weekend’s Women of Northwest Fall Lake Retreat, (October 24
-26): If you’ve been considering attending the PW Fall Retreat, it’s only 1 week away! So, now’s the time
to register for this relaxing weekend at the beautiful Dorsey home on Lake Lanier. You may choose to stay
for the weekend ($65) or to arrive for Saturday activities only ($20). We have 14 women currently
registered and would love for you to join us! We’ll enjoy gorgeous scenery, delicious food and lots of time
for relaxation and fellowship. Our program theme will be “Seasons of Faith”. Ellen Carrington will guide
us through a study of the way our faith evolves as we move through stages of our lives. To register or
inquire please email Ellen at [email protected].
PW Pledge Reminder: It’s not too late to make your annual pledge to Presbyterian Women for 2014-15.
Pledge cards are available on the table in the Narthex. Check made out to “Presbyterian Women” can be
mailed to: Lynne Schlosberg, 50 Cameron Glen Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA 30328
You may also take it to the church office or put in the offering plate. These monies fund our small
operating needs, as well as act for seed money for our many benevolence projects.
Don’t Miss the Ditty Bag Deadline: Support PW's long-standing ministry and help provide gifts of
toiletries, warm socks, hats and gloves to our brothers and sisters in need. $20 is all it takes to fill a bag
with these necessities to distribute to the needy visitors at Central Presbyterian Night Shelter, Shrine
Night Shelter and Clifton Presbyterian Church. Please make your checks out to “Presbyterian Women”,
marked "ditty bags" and drop in the offering plate or deliver to the church before October 26.
Daytime Circle Books Are Here: If you asked to have a study book ordered for you, please pick one up in
the Narthex and check your name. The cost of the books “Bad Girls of the Bible”, $9.50 each, should be
paid to Gayle Mitchell. Please read the first 3 chapters for our November 11 meeting. Many thanks to the
night circle members, who gave us books and enabled us to have this low price for everyone in our circle.
Church Calendar
Sunday, Oct. 19
Monday, Oct. 20
9:00AM
9:30AM
11:00AM
12:00PM
6:00PM
Breakfast
Sunday School
Worship
Club 46
Youth—Northwest Nights
11:30AM
Intercessory Prayer Group
Wednesday, Oct. 22
9:30AM
6:30PM
Covenant Women’s Bible Study
Choir Rehearsal
Saturday, Oct. 25
7:00PM
Serve Dinner at Clifton Shelter
Sunday, Oct. 26
October Birthdays
18th
22nd
23rd
24th
25th
9:00AM
9:30AM
11:00AM
6:00PM
Breakfast
Sunday School
Worship
Youth—Northwest Nights
27th
Monday, Oct. 27
11:30AM
Intercessory Prayer Group
Tuesday, Oct. 28
7:00PM
28th
30th
Wednesday, Oct. 29
Thursday, Oct. 30
Sunday, Nov. 2
9:30AM
12:00PM
6:30PM
6:00PM
Session Meeting
Covenant Women’s Bible Study
PW-Serve Lunch at Grant Park
Choir Rehearsal
31st
Trunk or Treat
9:00AM
9:30AM
11:00AM
6:00PM
Breakfast
Sunday School
Worship
Youth—Northwest Nights
Monday, Nov. 3
11:30AM
Intercessory Prayer Group
Tuesday, Nov. 4
10:00AM
PW– Coordinating Team
Lisa Bridges
Marilyn McCown
Jane Mohler
David Massey
Rebecca Metzloff
Gil Simonds
Helen Holderread
Anna Kimble
John Brown
Barry Holderread
Kaye Mulkeen
Anne Snyder
Elizabeth Beveridge
Allison Camp
Martha Gay
Carolyn Amos
Judy Wagner
Cherie Everhart
Debbie Hyde
Nancy Hyte
Lucy Mulkeen
November Birthdays
2nd
3rd
Sandra Thorington
Joe Deadwyler
Dick Myrick
Gordon Thompson
Join Us for Trunk-or-Treating: Thursday, October 30!
This is a big event for our church! We expect 200 people and it cannot
happen without many adults on hand to offer this fun and safe event to our
community. We need NWPC volunteers to staff trunks full of treats, our
“happily haunted house”, traffic flow, and food distribution. We count on
our very creative NWPC trunk decorators and generous candy givers. Please
note: Register your trunk by October 24 in order to be included in “Trunk
or Treat”. Please see or email Michele Soteres on the Outreach Team to
register your trunk and volunteer: [email protected]
October 19 2014
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
11:00AM
Let the people on entering God’s house, be reverent in silence, fervent in prayer
hearty in praise and expectant of the Spirit.

Please silence cell phones and pagers at this time.
PRELUDE
“Where’er You Walk” from Semele
G.F. Handel
“Our God Is An Awesome God”
Rich Mullins
CHIMING OF THE HOUR
CHORAL INTROIT
GREETING
Amanda Pooser
One: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
All:
And also with you.
CALL TO WORSHIP (Psalm 25)
One:
All:
One:
All:
Make your ways known, O Lord.
Guide us in your truth and teach us.
You are the God of our salvation;
our eyes are ever upon you. Praise the Lord!
* HYMN OF PRAISE 32
“I Sing the Mighty Power of God”
* PRAYER OF CONFESSION (Unison)
Holy Lord, you have promised to write your law within our hearts. We confess that
we have not held fast to your sacred word, but instead, we have accommodated
your teaching to suit ourselves. We have shied away from your truth
when it seemed to demand too much of us. We have sinned every
time we knew the right thing to do, and failed to do it. Forgive us, O God, and
help us to learn to keep your Word and to live in your Truth.
A time of quiet, personal confession.
In your mercy, Lord, hear our prayer, and forgive us.
Amen.
* ASSURANCE OF PARDON
One:
All:
Friends, believe the good news of the Gospel:
In Jesus Christ we are forgiven!
* SUNG RESPONSE
GLORIA PATRI
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.
* SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
One:
All:
The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
And also with you.
You are invited to share words and signs of greeting and reconciliation.
TIME WITH YOUNG DISCIPLES
Rev. Laura Jernigan
 Children K4-2nd grade are invited to depart for Young Children and Worship.
CONCERNS AND CELEBRATIONS OF THE CHURCH
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER (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.
PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY ANTHEM
“The Majesty and Glory of Your Name”
When I gaze into the night skies and see the work of Your fingers;
The moon and stars suspended in space.
Tom Fettke
Oh, what is man, that You are mindful of him?
You have given man a crown of glory and honor,
and have made him a little lower than the angels.
You have put him in charge of all creation:
the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, the fish of the sea.
But what is man, oh what is man that You are mindful of him.
O Lord, our God, the majesty and glory of Your name transcends the earth and fills the heavens.
O Lord, our God, little children praise You perfectly, and so would we. Alleluia, Alleluia!
*
SUNG RESPONSE
Praise
Praise
Praise
Praise
*
DOXOLOGY
God, from whom all blessings flow;
God, all creatures here below;
God above, ye heavenly host;
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
* HYMN OF PREPARATION 686
SCRIPTURE READING
“God of Our Life”
James 4:13-17
Pew Bible, pg. 231 NT
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SERMON
“Keeping It Real: Arrogant Anonymous”
Amanda Pooser
A time of silent reflection.
* HYMN OF SERVICE 12
“Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise”
* CHARGE AND BLESSING
* CHORAL BENEDICTION
* POSTLUDE
*
“To God Alone Be the Glory”
“Allegro”
Tom Fettke
Antonio Vivaldi
All who are able are asked to stand.
 Children K4-2nd grade are dismissed for Young Children and Worship in the Family Life Center.
Children will be returned to the Narthex at the conclusion of the service.
 If you would like a hearing aid for the service, please consult an usher.
The Ministers
Members of Northwest Presbyterian Congregation
The Session
Class of 2015
Mark Carrington, E*
Medie Crockett, F
Pat Davis, C
Sally Hauptfuhrer, C
Bruce Logue, Jr., P*
Mary Anne Matthews, F*
C=Congregational Care
E=Education
F=Fellowship
Class of 2016
Harry Ballance, F
Nate Bayer, W*
Nancy McDaniel, S*
Eric Mowris, P
John Wilson, O
Rob Rankin, S
Class of 2017
Ezra Jones, E
Mike McMackin, P
Lynne Miller, O*
Jamie Milton, W
Michele Soteres, O
Karen Taylor, E
O=Outreach
P=Worship
S=Stewardship
Moderator: Dr. Timothy T. Boggess
Clerk: Anneke Woodward
Treasurer: Karen Taylor
The Staff
Rev. Dr. Timothy T. Boggess, Pastor
Rev. Laura Jernigan, Associate Pastor
Amanda Pooser, Director of Youth Ministries
Dr. James J. Kohler, Director of Music Ministries
Neil Thompson, Organist
Scott Mize, Administrative Manager
Wendy Goessling, Administrative Assistant
John Cast, Maintenance
W=Witness
*=Team Leader