OCTOBER 26, 2014
20TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
REFORMATION SUNDAY
THE CHURCH AT WORSHIP
8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m.
Gathering
VOLUNTARY
O Light Whose Splendor Thrills and Gladdens
Psalm 32 Lord, to You My Soul is Lifted
Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow Psalm 134
LIFE IN THE CHURCH
FAITH IN ACTION
Friends In Deed Louis Bourgeois
Claude Goudimel
Louis Bourgeois
Louis Bourgeois
Claude Goudimel
Rev. Conrad (8:00)
Rev. Dr. Fair (9:30)
Rev. Rogers (11:00)
Helena Prince (8:00)
Ginny Bell (11:00)
CALL TO WORSHIP
One: This is the greatest and first commandment:
All: You shall love the Lord your God
with all your heart and soul and mind.
One: A second commandment is like it:
All: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
* HYMN 260
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God ein feste burg
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
We are hesitant to confess, Holy God, how hard it is to love as
you wish. It is easy to love you with all that we are, except when
you ask us to love our neighbor with all that we have. We find it
hard to love our neighbor when that is linked to the way we love
ourselves. And it is difficult to love anyone - even You - more than
we love ourselves. Forgive us, Loving God. As you took a risk in
creating us, help us to take risks to love others compassionately, to
love ourselves genuinely, and to love you as completely as you love
us in Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
SILENT CONFESSION
ASSURANCE OF GOD’S FORGIVENESS
* PASSING OF THE PEACE
* CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE
Praise ye the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation!
All ye who hear, now to His temple draw near;
Join me in glad adoration!
Proclaiming
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
Jackson Turner (8:00)
Cary Tripp (9:30)
Downs Herold (11:00)
OLD TESTAMENT READING Psalm 46
This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. ANTHEM (9:30/11:00)
A Safe Stronghold Our God Is Still
Michael Praetorius
A safe stronghold our God is still, a trusty shield and weapon.
He’ll help us clear from all the ill that hath us now overtaken.
The ancient prince of Hell hath ris’n with purpose fell,
Strong mail of craft and pow’r he weareth at this hour:
On earth is not his fellow.
Paraphrase of Psalm 46 by Martin Luther; translated by Thomas Carlyle
PRESENTATION OF CHILDREN’S BIBLES (9:30)
Rev. Dr. Fair and Deborah MacVey
Children and parents, please come forward to receive your Bible as your name
is called and stand on the chancel steps for the litany. Children receiving Bibles
today are:
Nicholas McCool Bowers
Owen Russell Day
Leah M. Eddins
Joseph Ryan Fairman
Claire Joslyn Gehrke
Joshua Robert Gernant
Kylie Marie Gibbs
Madeline Ann Hamstra
Jack Hollingsworth
Charleston Daniel Jones
Tate Richard Lampman
Jennifer Allison Mitchell
Evan Cornelius Richert
Katelyn Victoria Steinbrecher
Carson James Strauss
Ayden S. Thelen-Perry
Chase Edwin Willmer
Jensen Thomas Wood
Litany for the Presentation of the Bibles
Leader: Children, we give each of you a Bible inscribed with your own name. Will you read it and study it so you learn the ways God spoke to people in the past and speaks to us today, and so you will know Jesus as your most important friend?
Children: I will read and study the Bible
to grow in knowing God and Jesus.
Leader: Parents, God has given you primary responsibility
for your children’s education in faith. Will you read the Bible with your children as a means of helping them to know Jesus Christ as friend and Lord, understand ways that Christian faith guides decisions in daily life,
and as a means of sharing your faith with them?
Parents: We will read the Bible and share our faith with our children.
Leader: People of the church, at the baptism of children we promise to tell them of God’s love, to help them understand Christ’s
commands, and to strengthen family ties within the
household of God. Are we willing to renew this promise?
Congregation:
We renew our promise to children and their families to tell
them the good news of the gospel, to help them know all that
Christ commands, and by our fellowship to strengthen their
family ties with the household of God.
Everyone in prayer:
God of love and care, thank you for your word in the Bible
and actively lived in human lives through ages past and in the
world today. Through reading and studying the Bible, through
prayer and worshiping, help us to know you and to know what
we are to do to be your faithful people, following Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
A CONVERSATION WITH YOUNG DISCIPLES (11:00) Children through grade five are invited to come forward. NEW TESTAMENT READING Matthew 22:34-46 This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
SERMON
* HYMN 457
The Lima Bean Gospel and the Jesus Creed
Rev. Sanderford
Responding
I Greet Thee Who My Sure Redeemer Art WELCOME
toulon
Rev. Rodawla (9:30/11:00)
Please sign the Friendship Pad and pass it to others sitting nearby.
OFFERING OF TITHES AND GIFTS
Offertory (9:30/11:00) New Songs of Celebration Render Louis Bourgeois, 1551
Setting by John Ferguson
New songs of celebration render to God who has great wonders done;
Love sits enthroned in ageless splendor; come and adore the mighty One.
God has made known the great salvation which all the saints with joy confess.
God has revealed to every nation truth and unending righteousness.
Joyfully, heartily resounding, let every instrument and voice
peal out the praise of grace abounding, calling the whole world to rejoice.
Trumpets and organs, set in motion such sounds as make the heavens ring
All things that live in earth and ocean, sound forth the song, your praises bring.
Rivers and seas and torrents roaring, honor the Lord with wild acclaim;
Mountains and stones, look up adoring, and find a voice to praise God’s name.
Righteous, commanding, ever glorious, praises be sung that never cease:
Just is our God, whose truth victorious establishes the world in peace.
Paraphrase of Psalm 98 by Erik Routley
* Doxology
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
* Prayer of Dedication
SACRAMENT OF COMMUNION (8:00)
See Communion Liturgy Card
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM (11:00)
In keeping with the reverence of worship, photos may be taken after the service.
Matt and Kelly Cameron present their sons, Callum James and
Conner Murray Cameron, born January 18, 2014, for baptism.
* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by
the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius
Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the
third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from
thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe
in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of
saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the
life everlasting. Amen.
THANKSGIVING OVER THE WATER AND BAPTISM
HYMN 498
Child of Blessing, Child of Promise
Please sing Stanzas 1 and 2.
kingdom
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
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.
Sending
* HYMN 489
Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty unser herrscher
* CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
* CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE
All praise and thanks to God, who reigns in highest heaven,
To Father and to Son and Spirit now be given.
The one eternal God, whom heaven and earth adore,
The God who was, and is, and shall be evermore.
* VOLUNTARY (9:30/11:00)
* Please rise in body or spirit.
Those parts of the service of worship in which the congregation participates in word or song are noted in bold type. Hearing-assistance devices and large-print
bulletins are available from the ushers.
Welcome to all! Please know that all, including visitors and newcomers, are
invited to share in the life of the church. A full description of church events may
be found online at www.firstpresbyterian.org. If you have questions, please visit
the Welcome Center, just outside the Social Hall. Greeting you there today are
Lorna Prescott and Peggy Jensen. Church Office volunteers are Martha Petroski
and Jane Bartman.
Greeters are Jennifer Hoy at the 9:30 a.m. service, and Prue and Dale Heikkinen
at the 11:00 a.m. service.
The prayer team is available for those desiring prayer in Hillegonds Chapel, to
the right of the piano, after the 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. services. Prayer team
members are Elsa Stuber and Malcolm Powers at 9:30, and Elsa Stuber and
Ginny Rezmierski at 11:00. After the 8:00 a.m. service a minister is available at
the Communion Table for prayer. “Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself
in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of
our hearts.” –Mother Teresa
Ushers are Bill Austin (head) and Michele Derr at 8:00 a.m.; Bill Austin (head),
Dick Carlisle (captain), Len Rezmierski, Kerry Colligan, Merri Lynn Colligan,
Jim Cameron, Marty Swindle, Connie Swindle, Keith Horngren, Dean Gilchrist,
Sheila Bilby, and Keith Bilby at 9:30 a.m.; and Bill Austin, (head), Ralph Winter
(captain), Linda Lampman, Cyndy Colton, Jim Douglass, and Jeanette Middleton
at 11:00 a.m.
The chancel flowers are given in loving memory of Phelps and Jean Connell by
their daughters Deborah Early and Martha Fraser.
The rosebud welcomes Owen Arthur Campbell, born October 16, 2014, son of Joe
and Sarah Campbell and grandson of Skip and Barb Campbell.
TODAY’S EVENTS
Worship is at 8:00 a.m. and 7:07 p.m. in Monteith Hall, and at 9:30 and 11:00
a.m. in the Sanctuary. Radio Worship service is broadcast at 11:00 a.m.,
on WAAM (1600 AM), and on WAAM’s website, www.waamannarbor.com.
Today is Reformation Sunday. Many Reformed churches—Lutheran,
Presbyterian, Congregational and Dutch Reformed—celebrate the Sunday
before October 31 as Reformation Sunday. On October 31, 1517, Martin
Luther challenged the Roman Catholic Church’s theology of salvation and
sacraments, thus initiating the religious movement that became known as
Protestantism. On this day, Reformed churches recall Luther’s act of
protest with special events in worship. John Calvin, a French lawyer, was
swept up in the fervor of the Protestant movement, and became a leading
pastor, theologian and reformer. After fleeing France, Calvin moved to
Geneva, Switzerland, from where his reforming influence spread over
Europe. Modern Presbyterians trace our heritage and theology to Calvin
and other Reformers such as Ulrich Zwingli, Martin Bucer and John Knox.
Musical leadership at the 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. services is provided
by Kelly McDermott, flute; Grace Chung, percussion; and the Recorder
Ensemble: Nicole Jolliet, Diane Knibbs, Linda Speck, Marian West, and
Bruce Loughry. All of today’s music has direct ties to the music used in
worship by John Calvin or Martin Luther.
Join us for Coffee Hour immediately following the 9:30 a.m. worship
service. The cakes are in honor of our Third Graders who received Bibles
today. Cookie bakers are Barb Carlisle, Carole Hendrickson, and Dawn
Pankopf. Today’s Coffee Hour is sponsored by Friends In Deed, an
interfaith organization that responds to unmet needs of low-income
Washtenaw county residents. FID provides critical financial assistance,
furniture, congregational services and agency referrals. Friends In Deed
was founded in 1983 by area congregations. First Presbyterian was one of
the initiating congregations and continues to provide financial and
volunteer support. Please visit the FID table at Coffee Hour and the FID
website to learn more about this organization.
Don’t forget your apple pie! The Haiti Medical Mission Team invites you
to support their work in Haiti by taking home a delicious, homemade, frozen
apple pie. Pies are only $12 and are being sold today in the Social Hall during
Coffee Hour. Buy it frozen today and bake it for the holidays.
Enjoy the Fall Photo Show, featuring the work of church members and
friends, in the Social Hall today through November 2.
The Quad A Brunch/Potluck is today in the Social Hall following the
11:00 a.m. service. All Quad A members are welcome.
Children’s Ministry Opportunities:
Sunday School classes are held for crib through fifth graders at 9:30
a.m., and for crib through young five-year-olds at 11:00 a.m. Worship totes
are available for children attending worship at 11:00 a.m.
Youth Ministry Opportunities:
Sunday School is a great way to meet new people, learn about God, and
discover something new about yourself. Munch & Mingle is in the 100
level hallway with Washtenaw Dairy Donuts and catching up at 9:20 a.m.
Sunday School classes meet from 9:30 –10:30 a.m. 6th/7th graders meet
in Room 104, 8th grade Confirmation meets in the Curtis Room on the 300
level. High school meets in the Youth Room on the 100 level.
Youth Choir rehearses 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. in the Choir Room.
Youth Dinner is in the Vance Room every Sunday at 5:00 p.m. Students
coming from Youth Choir grab a plate and head to youth groups. Dinner
is $5 or free if your family provides one dinner per semester.
Mids meet at 5:30 p.m in the Curtis Room.
Keystones meet at 5:30 p.m. in the Youth Room.
Campus Ministry Opportunites:
All college students are invited to our FREE Campus Dinner with home
cooked food on Sunday nights at 6:00 p.m. We’ll meet in the Vance and
Lewis Rooms on the 300 level.
Adult Education Opportunities:
The Bible @ 9:30 meets in the French Room/Library at 9:30 a.m. Come
explore the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes and biblical Wisdom
Literature. The presenter is Rev. Ed Koster.
First Couples meets at 9:30 a.m. in Monteith Hall. Utibe Effiong, MD,
MPH, a member of First Presbyterian and a native of Nigeria will present
“Ebola, the United States and Global Health.”
Exploring the Faith meets in Monteith Hall at 11:00 a.m. to continue
the series “Presbyterians Today.” This morning Rev. Dr. Fairfax F. Fair
will discuss “The Presbyterians Are A Connected, Constitutional and
Confessional Church.”
Food + Faith, an Adult Ed class that explores the connection between
food and the Christian faith, meets at 11:00 a.m. in the Lewis Room. All
are welcome to join this new series for the Common Ground Class.
T2A2 Sundays@11:00 joins Food + Faith in the Lewis Room.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
A memorial services for Janet Pauloweit was held yesterday in
Monteith Hall. A memorial service for Eugene Ingram was held yesterday
in the Nave.
Communion Food Collection is next Sunday. As we come to the Lord’s
Table to be fed and nurtured in our faith, we also come to feed others and
lend support to those in need. Please bring food donations or financial
contributions for Washtenaw Community College Food Bank.
The Annual Giving Committee thanks all who turned
in Financial Commitment and Opportunity to Serve forms
on Commitment Sunday. If you have not turned in your
2015 commitment, please do so today. With your support,
the ministries of First Pres help our faith move forward.
Extra forms may be found throughout the church and online. If you have
questions, contact Lynnette Conner, Finance Manager.
Mature Singles meet for dinner this Friday,October 31, at 5:30 p.m., at
Creekside, 5827 Jackson Road. All are welcome!
Quad B Brunch/Potluck is Sunday, November 9, at noon in the Social
Hall. All Quad B members are invited to bring a side dish, dessert, or salad
to share. The food and fellowship are outstanding!
This is the final week of fall portrait sessions for the new photo
directory. Sign up online or call the Church Office tomorrow to reserve
your portrait time.
The Chancel Choir and chamber orchestra will present Requiem by
Gabriel Fauré on Sunday, November 2, at 3:00 p.m. If you would like the
name of a loved one who has died included in the program, please send
the name to Tom Granum no later than tomorrow at 5:00 p.m.
Leaf Raking Day is Saturday, November 22, beginning at 8:00 a.m.
Bring your good humor and willingness to work to keep our grounds
beautiful and a tarp and leaf rake if you have them. Enjoy multi-generational fellowship, Washtenaw Dairy donuts, and hot drinks. Contact Paul
Smith ([email protected] or 426-2032) if you have questions.
Join in the fun at Wednesday 2:42, our mid-week, multi-generational
weekly event, on Wednesdays through November 12.
First Presbyterian’s host week at the Alpha House family
shelter is November 17-23. Volunteers are needed to help cook,
provide childcare, purchase pantry supplies or stay overnight to back up
the all-night personnel at the site. Look for the signup genius link on the
church website. A signup board will be available at church in the Social Hall
or the Welcome Center. Please contact a coordinator if you sign up when
nobody is at church to record your signup activity. Coordinators are Nancy
Vander Kuyl ([email protected]), Anne Gere (668-8352), and Lucie
Audette (717-8062).
PASTORAL AND PROGRAM STAFF
Reverend Dr. Fairfax F. Fair, Pastor/Head of Staff
Reverend Melissa Anne Rogers, Associate Pastor
Reverend Jay Sanderford, Associate Pastor
Reverend Dr. James Monnett, Director of Youth Ministry
Reverend Renée Roederer, Director of Campus Ministry
Deborah MacVey, Director of Children’s Education and Family Ministries
Tom Granum, Director of Music Ministries
Carol Muehlig, Associate Music Director and Organist
Resident Ministers:
Reverend Lindsay Conrad
Reverend Kristin E. Riegel
Reverend Lal Rodawla
Sandy Talbott, Parish Nurse
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Lynnette Conner, Finance Manager
Linda Robinson, Office Manager
Michael Wright, Maintenance/Repair Manager
Lisa Haddrill, Technology Coordinator
Mary Jones, Communications/Pastor’s Assistant
Cindy King, Children’s Education Assistant
Lavanya Mohan, Finance Assistant
1432 Washtenaw Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734-662-4466
[email protected]
www.firstpresbyterian.org