Winter Park Presbyterian Church
400 South Lakemont Avenue
Winter Park, FL 32792
www.winppc.org (407) 647-1467
†Gathering around the Word†
Prelude (10:30)
Air in D-Major • Bach
March 22, 2015 • 8:15 & 10:30 a.m.
Fifth Sunday of Lent
* Please stand as you are able
When the prelude begins, please observe silence so those wishing to prepare for worship
through prayer and meditation may so do.
Announcements
* Call to Worship
Leader: The days are surely coming, says the Lord,
People: when I will make a new covenant with you.
Leader: And now the promised hour has come,
People: when the Lord of life will be lifted up.
All: Grateful for God’s presence, let us worship God.
* Hymn
The Diaconate
The Session
2015
2016
2017
2015
2016
2017
Kathy Anderson
Warren Deatrick
Ron Ellman
Curtis Koon
Max Reed
Matt Straub
Rusty Baldwin
Fred Murray
Dawn Sumrall
Alice Sundquist
Gene Waugh
Debbie Workman
Mike Galyean
Terry Irwin
Jayne Leach
Malcolm MacDiarmid
Meg Ball Thomas
Mary Van Hook
Lisa Dreasher
Pam Eastburn
Carla Gehrig
Julie Rankin
Jo Russell
Bob White
Fern Barnard
Drew Byrne Erb
Betty Hines
Cathy House
Ann Tebbetts
Bobbi Jo Walker
Howard Evans
Curtis Harrison
Gary Henderson
Frank Holmes
Allen Shaw
Jyme Smith
O for a
Heart
to Praise
My God
Missions Supported by WPPC
Audrey Ball, Transitions Orphan Assistance Foundation, Ukraine
Dr. Robert Gamble, This Child Here, Ukraine
Dennis & Susan Walters, SIL, East Asia
Steve & Sonia Dettweiler, Wycliffe, Nigeria
PC(USA) World Missions
Tim & Marta Carriker, Brazil; Jenny Bent, Dominican Republic;
Mark Hare, Haiti; Dan & Elizabeth Turk, Madagascar
Staff
Rev. Dr. Jason T. Micheli, Senior Pastor
Pat Morgan, Director of Christian Education
Gigi Erwin, RN, FCN (Faith Community Nurse)
Justin Chase, Director of Music
Bill Kent, Organist
Susan Davis, Director of Handbells & Children’s Music
Laurel Zinssar, Director of Preschool Programs
Carolyn Achenbach, Director of Operations/Accountant
Cindy Mitchum, Executive Secretary
Linda Lucas, Front Office/Administrative Asst.
Catherine Cross-Tsintzos, Cultural Arts Coordinator
Kenny Lovelace, Sexton
Jorge Barrios, Sunday Assistant Sexton
All bulletins and inserts left in the baskets by the doors are recycled.
Text: Psalm 51 • Wesley; Tune: Azmon • Gläser
* Prayer of the Day (Please remain standing)
Call to Confession
Prayer of
Confession
God our Redeemer,
we confess that we are people of ashes and dust.
You write your law in our hearts,
yet we pretend we do not know you.
You sent your Son to us,
yet we turn away from your glory.
Forgive us, God of grace.
Teach us to delight in your way,
to seek you with all our hearts,
and to trust in your saving love;
through Jesus Christ our Lord...continue with silent confession
and reflection
Response
RELATIONSHIPS IN ACTION - SUNDAY MORNINGS @ 9:15 AM, ROOM 301
Next week - The Dead Sea Scrolls: The First Seven Scrolls. This lesson will examine differences
among the Dead Sea Scroll manuscripts that adhere closely to our medieval sources for the Bible
and those that differ radically. All are welcome!
UKRAINE BIRTHDAY CARDS
Audrey Ball, Director of Transitions Orphan Assistance Foundation, Inc., and member of WPPC, has
provided a great service to orphans in Odessa, Ukraine for seven years. One way she honors these
young people is to present each a birthday card with a handwritten note from a caring American.
Wouldn’t it be great for WPPC to provide cards for an entire year? That would be about 250 cards!
If you would like to be part of this mission, please place blank (no notes or signatures) birthday
cards in the “Ukraine Birthday Cards” box provided in fellowship hall during the month of March.
In early April, after the 10:30 service, the Compassion Committee will sponsor an intergenerational
card signing event.
PLEASE NOTE: THE YOUTH GROUP WILL NOT BE MEETING TONIGHT!
WE’LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!!
TRANSPORTATION FOR CHURCH EVENTS
If you see an event that you would like to attend, please contact the
church office and let your needs be known! If given enough notice we can
arrange to have you picked up and returned home using our new bus.
Text: Kryie; Music: Merbecke
Assurance of Pardon
Response
I’ve Got Peace Like a River (Hymnal no. 368—Please remain seated)
I’ve got peace like a river...in-a my soul,
I’ve got peace like a river...in-a my soul.
* Peace
Leader: The peace of our Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Children’s Moment (10:30)
Children (Pre-K through 5th grade) are invited to the chancel steps at this time.
Thereafter, they may rejoin their families or go to Children's Church in Room 501 (Library).
Prayers of the People Concluding with 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;
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LOOKING AHEAD
 Mar 26 - Session Meeting (7:00 PM, Room 301)
 Mar 27 - Coalition for the Homeless (5:30 PM—bus leaves)
 April 2 - Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Service (7:30 PM, Sanctuary)
 April 3 - Good Friday (church office closes at noon))
 April 4 - Easter Egg Hunt (9:00 AM)
 April 5 - Easter Sunday (Services @ 6:30-East Lawn, 8:15-Chapel & 10:30-Sanctuary)
 April 6 - Book Club (7:00 PM, Room 303)
 April 9 - Committee Night (Chairs meet at 6:30 PM; Worship at 7:00 PM; Meetings at 7:30 PM)
 April 10 - Friendship Club (11:30 AM, Fellowship Hall)
For our complete calendar, please visit winppc.org/calendar.
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Announcements
COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS SCHEDULE
Every 4th Friday our dedicated volunteers go to the Coalition to serve a meal to the hungry. Please
sign up on the Coalition poster in the hallway to ride the bus and serve on Friday.
 Wed Mar 25 at 9:00 am bake the brownies and mix the PB&J.
 Thurs Mar 26 at 9:00 am prepare the pasta meal.
 Friday, Mar 27 at 9:00 am bag the brownies and assemble the PB&J sandwiches.
 Friday, Mar 27 from 3:00 – 5:00 pm sort and bag toiletries to take along with the meal.
We need additional volunteers. Please call Mary Goad (407-671-1402) if you can help.
 Friday, Mar 27 at 4:30 pm assemble in FH to load up and make the trip to the Coalition.
The bus leaves at 5:30 pm.
 Friday, Mar 27 at 8:00 pm return and clean up.
Questions? Contact Nancy Galyean 407-929-0903 or [email protected].
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.
Offering of Our Tithes and Gifts
8:15
* Offertory Response – Hymnal 428
We give thee but thine own, whate’er the gift may be;
all that we have is thine alone, a trust, O Lord, from thee.
Piano Offertory
Prayer of Dedication
10:30
Offertory Anthem (10:30) • Chancel Choir
EASTER EGGS
Please help the Community Life Committee prepare for the Annual Easter Egg Hunt, April 4th by
filling Easter Eggs! Pick up eggs from the “empty” bin in Fellowship Hall and return them to the
“filled” bin. The eggs should be stuffed with PRE-WRAPPED candy, snacks, and/or toys appropriate
for different ages (pre-packaged fruit snacks, Play Doh, goldfish, etc. for the younger kids, and all
other candies for the older ones). Questions? Contact Tricia Wilson: 407-616-3770 or
[email protected].
EASTER LILIES - FORMS AVAILABLE IN NARTHEX AND FRONT OFFICE
If you would like to order a lily in honor or memory of someone, please fill out an order (pink form
on the table in the Narthex or front office) and drop it off in the front office. The deadline for
ordering lilies for Easter Sunday is Wednesday, March 25th.
FRIENDSHIP CLUB OUTING - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 @ 10:00 AM (MEET AT CHURCH)
Our outing this month is to the Orange County Regional History Center and then to Gargi's
Restaurant on Lake Ivanhoe for lunch. We will leave the Church at 10:00 am and should be back
by 2:00 pm.
There will be a guided tour hitting the highlights of the areas, plus a look at the Black Heritage
Exhibit. Cost is $7 (if we have 10 or more going) plus the cost of your lunch. The bus will hold 14
passengers so there is room if you are interested. The outing is open to all so sign up if you would
like to go. The sign-up sheet is on the bulletin board in the office hallway. If you have any
questions about the outing, please contact Martha Campbell @ 407– 677-9487.
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Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,
dona eis requiem.
Man that is born of a woman
hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery.
He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower;
he fleeth as it were a shadow.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, ,
dona eis requiem.
In the midst of life, we are in death.
Of whom may we seek for succor?
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,
dona eis requiem.
I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord:
He that believeth in me, though he were dead,
yet shall he live:
and whosoever liveth and believeth in me
shall never die.
Agnus Dei from “Requiem” • Rutter
(Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
grant them rest.)
(Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
grant them rest.)
(Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
grant them rest.)
* Offertory Response – Hymnal 428
We give thee but thine own, whate’er the gift may be;
all that we have is thine alone, a trust, O Lord, from thee.
* Prayer of Dedication
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†Listening for the Word†
†Following the Word into the world†
* Hymn 538
Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing (Stanza 1 Only)
st
1 Reading: Jeremiah 31:31-34
2ndReading: John 12:20-33
Response (after each reading)
* Invitation to Discipleship
Reader: The word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
* Benediction
* Response
Hymn
Jesus, Remember Me (Hymnal 599—Sung Twice)
Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom,
Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.
Before
the Fruit
Is Ripened
* Postlude (10:30)
This Lenten Journey • Campbell
(Please
remain
seated)
Text: Troeger; Tune: Eventide • Monk
Serving Today
Officiating Minister:
Liturgist:
Musicians:
Children's Moment:
Greeters:
Text: Troeger; Tune: Eventide • Monk
Sermon
“A New Covenant”
* Affirmation of Faith • Adapted from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Study Catechism, Question 45 (In Unison)
Why did Jesus have to suffer as he did?
Because grace is more abundant—
and sin more serious—than we suppose.
However cruelly we may treat one another,
all sin is primarily against God.
God condemns sin, yet never judges apart from grace.
In giving Jesus Christ to die for us,
God took the burden of our sin
into God’s own self to remove it once and for all.
The cross in all its severity reveals an abyss of sin
swallowed up by the suffering of divine love.
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Ushers:
Elders:
Audio/Visual:
Dr. Jason T. Micheli, Senior Pastor
(8:15) Jeffry Jontz; (10:30) Jay Van Hook
Justin Chase, Choir Director; Bill Kent, Organist
Pat Morgan
(8:15) Cameron White; (10:30) Doris Anguish, Gary Henderson, Betty Hines, Curtis
Koon, Debby Roberts, Ann Tebbetts
(8:15) Ann MacDiarmid & Margie Meliza; (10:30) Wade Edwards, Allen Shaw,
Hilda Shaw, Wendy Stafford, Bob White, Tracy White
Dawn Sumrall & Alice Sundquist
Carole Reece, Doug Reece, Nelson Roe, Stephen Smith, Ethan Thomas, and
Shawn Whittington
The flowers today are given to the glory of God with thanks for the inspirational music provided by so many
gifted people, from Ron and Reta Peterson.
The rosebud today is in celebration of Maurice and Patsy Pulliam’s granddaughter, Charlotte Anne Elder .
Special receivers for the hearing-impaired are available from the sound control technician at the rear of
the Sanctuary.
LARGE PRINT HYMNALS are available. Please see an usher for assistance.
Childcare for preschool-age children is available in our Nursery Room #608 during all our services.
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