July 14, 2013 - Communion Service

The Church on the Hill
Communion Service

 July 14, 2013 10:00 A.M.

* All who are able, please stand.

Reminder: Jesus won’t call you on your cell phone, please turn it off. Thanks.

PRELUDE:

Prelude and Fugue in d minor J. S. Bach
Jesus, Priceless Treasure J. S. Bach

WELCOME
* CELEBRATION OF FRIENDSHIP
* Gloria Patri  (pew card)  

* Call To Worship (From Psalm 25):

Leader: To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
People: Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.
Leader: Good and upright is the Lord.
People: Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation.

* HYMN No. 52   I Sing the Mighty Power of God

* PRAYER OF CONFESSION  (unison)

Have mercy on us, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercies, blot out our transgressions. Wash us thoroughly from our iniquity, and cleanse us from our sin. For we know our transgressions, and our sin is ever before us. Create in us a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within us. Cast us not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from us. Restore to us the joy of your salvation, and uphold us with a willing spirit. Amen.

* KYRIE (pew card)
* ASSURANCE OF PARDON
* SALUTATION 
* SUMMARY OF THE LAW  

JUNIOR SERMON    

ANTHEM:   Jesus, I Am Resting arr. Ovid Young

Dorien Day, soprano
Stevan Hoffacker, tenor

SCRIPTURE LESSONS

Psalm 82 Pew Bible, pg. 472

A Psalm of Asaph.
God has taken his place in the divine council;
   in the midst of the gods he holds judgement: 
‘How long will you judge unjustly
   and show partiality to the wicked?
          Selah 
Give justice to the weak and the orphan;
   maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute. 
Rescue the weak and the needy;
   deliver them from the hand of the wicked.’ 
They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
   they walk around in darkness;
   all the foundations of the earth are shaken. 
I say, ‘You are gods,
   children of the Most High, all of you; 
nevertheless, you shall die like mortals,
   and fall like any prince.’ 
Rise up, O God, judge the earth;
     for all the nations belong to you!

Luke 10:25-37 Page 844

Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the law? What do you read there?’ He answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbour as yourself.’ And he said to him, ‘You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.’
But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbour?’ Jesus replied, ‘A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan while travelling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, “Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.” Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbour to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?’ He said, ‘The one who showed him mercy.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go and do likewise.’

THE SERMON               Lists, Life, and Love Dr. Ian Rottenberg

WORSHIP OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
     Offering
     Offertory:   Come, Jesus, Holy Son of God    G. F. Handel
     * The Doxology  (pew card)  
     * Prayer of Dedication

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
* Apostles’ Creed (pew card)    

SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION Elder Dorien Day
     Remembering with Love and Hope  (pew card)
     Invitation
     Communion Prayer
     Sanctus  (pew card)
     Mystery of the Faith (unison)
          Christ has Died, Christ is Risen, Christ will come again. 
     Words of Institution

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING & INTERCESSION
     Lord’s Prayer (pew card)
     Prayer response: Ave Verum Lorenzo Perosi

* HYMN No. 772   For the Bread Which You Have Broken

* BENEDICTION 
Response: May the Grace of Christ Our Savior John Newton

POSTLUDE:   Chaccone    Francois Couperin

OUR WORSHIP HOURS will continue at the 10:00 AM hour through Labor Day Sunday, September 1, 2013.  We hope you will give our worship your support through prayer and attendance.   

ANNOUNCEMENTS

APPRECIATIONS: Today we thank Dorien Day and Stevan Hoffacker for sharing their musical talents to enhance our worship service.

BARGAIN BOUTIQUE: Our thrift shop has closed for the summer.  Please hold your donations until August 15.  

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL,  August 12-16, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM.  

As of today, registration is full.  We have a started a waiting list.  If interested, call the church office and we will notify you if any openings become available.

CROP WALK September 22, 2013 – Donation envelopes are available in the church office during July and August.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  • As the summer approaches, please consider prepaying your pledge for July and August before you leave town.  This will help the summer cash flow problem.
  • Please submit your pledge (estimate of giving) cards for 2013.  If you have already done so, thank you.
  • If you have not given a special offering for your assessment ($93 per member), please help us by making the payment. The Synodical and Classical Assessment is the amount we owe Reformed Church in America for your membership.  

YEAR-ROUND COLLECTIONS – 

  • Donations for the Food for Kids Ministry should be brought to the Church office.  During the school year, this food will be given to families in need in Jamaica, New York. 
  • Donations for pets brought to the church office will be given to Worthy Pause to be distributed to local animal shelters.   
  • Christmas cards (with Forever Stamps on the envelopes) are collected in a basket in Gessner Hall.  These cards will enable inmates at the Nassau County Correction Center to correspond with their loved ones.    

PRAYER REQUESTS:  Ruth Bailey, Letty Delgado, Ed Diercks, Dombrowski Family, Edythe Durney, Sandeep Edward, Alfred Gessner, Lisa Gessner, Robert Keller, Ann Martin, John Molino, Gloria Scrivano, Janice Serra, Mary Wainwright. 

 

July 7, 2013

The Church on the Hill
 At Worship

July 7, 2013 10:00 A.M.

As you enter the sanctuary,
 Rejoice! – God is with you!
 Hear the Announcements,
 Greet each other in friendship and love.

* All who are able, please stand.

Reminder: Jesus won’t call you on your cell phone, please turn it off. Thanks.

PRELUDE:
 Largo Francesco M. Veracini
 Air Robert Elmore

WELCOME
 * CELEBRATION OF FRIENDSHIP
 * SANCTUS (pew card)  

* CALL TO WORSHIP Jim Nicholas

Leader: In Christ, we are no longer strangers and outcasts.
People: We are citizens with all the saints, members of God’s household.
Leader: We are built upon the foundation of apostles and prophets.
People: With Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.
Leader: In Christ, each one of us, stone by stone, is joined together.
People: We are growing together into a holy temple built by God, a dwelling that God is pleased to call home. 

Adapted from Ephesians 2

* HYMN No. 49 Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above

* PRAYER OF CONFESSION  (unison)

Merciful God, for just a few moments, grant us the honesty to see ourselves as we sometimes are: we can have treacherous tongues, our mean streaks, our petty jealousies and long held grudges, our pride-the subtle stain of selfishness that discolors what we do. Lord, grant us the grace to see ourselves as we always are to you: your beloved children.  Amen

* KYRIE (pew card)
* ASSURANCE OF PARDON
* SALUTATION
* SUMMARY OF THE LAW
     * Gloria Patri (pew card)

ANTHEM:   Gloria Antonio Lott

Bruce Hoffacker, tenor
Stevan Hoffacker, tenor
Jim Nicholas, baritone

JUNIOR SERMON    

MORNING PRAYER AND LORD’S PRAYER
Lord’s Prayer (pew card)
Prayer response: Sweet Hour of Prayer arr. Andrew Hawryluk

* HYMN No. 310 O Word of God Incarnate

SCRIPTURE LESSON

Luke 7: 11-17 Pew Bible, pg. 839

Soon afterwards he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him. As he approached the gate of the town, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow; and with her was a large crowd from the town. When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, “Do not weep.” Then he came forward and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, rise!” The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. Fear seized all of them; and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen among us!” and “God has looked favorably on his people!” This word about him spread throughout Judea and all the surrounding country. 

THE SERMON        You Raise Me Up Donna M. Field

WORSHIP OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
     Offering
     Offertory:   A Festive Alleluia Mary Lynn Lightfoot
     * The Doxology  (pew card)  
     * Prayer of Dedication

* STATEMENT OF FAITH -- Belhar Confession Article 1

We all believe in our hearts and confess with our mouths that there is a single and simple spiritual being, whom we call God - eternal, incomprehensible, invisible, unchangeable, infinite, almighty; completely wise, just, and good, and the overflowing source of all good.

* HYMN No. 634 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah

* BENEDICTION
 Response:   Gloria in Excelsis Deo Anonymous

POSTLUDE:   God of Grace Paul Manz

TODAY WE WELCOME DONNA MARIE FIELD to the pulpit.  Donna was our student intern from June through December 2012.  In May 2013, she graduated from the New Brunswick Theological Seminary with a Masters in Divinity degree.

Donna will be leading our worship services until a permanent minister is in place.

APPRECIATIONS: We thank our Men’s Trio, Bruce Hoffacker, Steve Hoffacker and Jim Nicholas for sharing their musical talents to enhance our worship service.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

OUR WORSHIP HOURS will continue at the 10:00 AM hour through Labor Day Sunday, September 1, 2013.  We hope you will give our worship your support through prayer and attendance.   

BARGAIN BOUTIQUE: Our thrift shop has closed for the summer.  Please hold your donations until August 15.  

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL,  August 12-16, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM.  

VBS registration – now through July 31st. Tell your friends and neighbors!  Applications available in the church office for children entering Kindergarten through Grade 5.  Enrollment fee is $35.00 per child. 

CROP WALK September 22, 2013 – Donation envelopes are available in the church office during July and August.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  • As the summer approaches, please consider prepaying your pledge for July and August before you leave town.  This will help the summer cash flow problem.
  • Please submit your pledge (estimate of giving) cards for 2013.  If you have already done so, thank you.
  • If you have not given a special offering for your assessment ($93 per member), please help us by making the payment. The Synodical and Classical Assessment is the amount we owe Reformed Church in America for your membership.  

LARGE PRINT BULLETINS & PERSONAL SOUND AMPLIFIERS are available.  Please ask an usher if you want one.

YEAR-ROUND COLLECTIONS – 

  • Donations for the Food for Kids Ministry should be brought to the Church office.  During the school year, this food is given to families in need in Jamaica, New York. 
  • Donations for pets brought to the church office will be given to Worthy Pause to be distributed to local animal shelters.   
  • Christmas cards (with Forever Stamps on the envelopes) are collected in a basket in Gessner Hall.  These cards will enable inmates at the Nassau County Correction Center to correspond with their loved ones.    

PRAYER REQUESTS:  Ruth Bailey, Letty Delgado, Ed Diercks, Dombrowski Family, Edythe Durney, Sandeep Edward, Alfred Gessner, Lisa Gessner, Robert Keller, Ann Martin, John Molino, Gloria Scrivano, Janice Serra, Mary Wainwright. 

 

June 30, 2013

The Church on the Hill

June 30, 2013 11:00 A.M.

* All who are able, please stand.

Reminder: Jesus won’t call you on your cell phone, please turn it off. Thanks.

PRELUDE: Pieces Founded on Antiphons              Marcel Dupré

WELCOME
 * CELEBRATION OF FRIENDSHIP
 * SANCTUS (pew card)  

* CALL TO WORSHIP Adapted from Psalm 16

Leader: Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
People: I say to the LORD, "You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you."
Leader: The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.
People: Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices; my body also rests secure.

* HYMN No. 3 Holy God, We Praise Your Name

* PRAYER OF CONFESSION  (unison)

Generous God, you send us the Spirit of courage, but we have been afraid. You send us the Spirit of truth, but we cling to our illusions. You send us the Spirit of healing, but we cannot let go of our hurts. Holy Spirit of forgiveness, come to us again: shake our hearts- send us out into the world rejoicing in your power. We hold out to you all our burdens of guilt and sin, and we ask for your help to live the way of your justice and love. Amen

* KYRIE (pew card)
 * ASSURANCE OF PARDON
 * SALUTATION 
 * SUMMARY OF THE LAW
 * Gloria Patri  (pew card)

ANTHEM: Jesus My Breath, My Life, My Lord John Carter

Jesus my breath, my life, my Lord, take of my soul the inmost part; let vision, mind and will be stored with Christ the Master of my heart, my breath, my life, my Lord.
Jesus my Lord, my breath, my life, my living bread for every day, in calm and comfort, storm and strife, Christ be my truth, as Christ my way, my Lord, my breath, my life.
Jesus my life, my Lord, my breath, the pulse and beat of all my years, constant alike in life and death, and when eternal day appears my life, my Lord, my breath.

JUNIOR SERMON    

MORNING PRAYER AND LORD’S PRAYER
Lord’s Prayer (pew card)
Prayer response                                             John Ness Beck

If you love me, keep my commandments.  If you love me, heed my law.  If you love me, keep my commandments.
If you seek me, you shall surely find me; if you search for me with all your heart.

* HYMN No. 290 Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart

SCRIPTURE LESSONS

Jonah 1:1-3 Pew Bible, pg. 752

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying, “Go at once to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before me.” But Jonah set out to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid his fare and went on board, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.

Luke 9: 51-62 Page 843

When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of him. On their way they entered a village of the Samaritans to make ready for him; but they did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. When his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?” But he turned and rebuked them. Then they went on to another village.
As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” But Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” Another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” Jesus said to him, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

THE SERMON        Tangents Donna M. Field

WORSHIP OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
Offering
Offertory: The King of Love My Shepherd Is           John Ness Beck

The King of love my shepherd is, whose goodness faileth never; I nothing lack if I am His, and He is mine forever.
Where streams of living water flow, my ransomed soul He leadeth, and where the verdant pastures grow, with food celestial feedeth.
In death's dark vale I fear no ill, with Thee, dear Lord, beside me, Thy rod and staff my comfort still; Thy cross before to guide me.
And so through all the length of days, Thy goodness faileth never. Good Shepherd, may I sing Thy praise within Thy house forever. Amen.

* The Doxology  (pew card)  
* Prayer of Dedication

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH -- Belhar Confession Article 1

We all believe in our hearts and confess with our mouths that there is a single and simple spiritual being, whom we call God -- eternal, incomprehensible, invisible, unchangeable, infinite, almighty; completely wise, just, and good, and the overflowing source of all good.

* HYMN No. 325 It Is Good to Sing Your Praises

* BENEDICTION 
Response                                       John Brian McAnuff

The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in, from this time forth forevermore.

POSTLUDE: Gloria                          Marcel Dupré

ANNOUNCEMENTS

SUMMER WORSHIP HOURS – Starting next Sunday, July 7 through September 1st, worship service will begin at 10:00 AM.

THE COFFEE HOUR is hosted by the Congregational Care Committee in honor of the May and June birthdays.  All are invited to join us.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL - August 12 - 16, 2013

Donation envelopes are inserted in your bulletins this morning.  Your donation will help sponsor our 2013 Vacation Bible School.  (Please make checks payable to "Church on the Hill", noting "VBS" in the memo).  Thank-you!   

Registration forms will be taken at the rear of the church after the service.

OUR APPRECIATION FOR TODAY’S VOLUNTEERS:

Van Driver: Gina Lombardo
Greeters:  Nina and Bill Proschel, Dorothea Zelnick
Ushers: Angela Edward, Elaine Ho, Irma Karle, Dorothea Zelnick; 
Head Usher, Jerry Good
Childcare: Jayne Halley

NEW CHURCH DIRECTORY: Professional photos will be taken by EmersonChenPhotography here at church at no cost to you.  See Emerson for an appointment or call  347-836-9886.  Walk-ins may be be available if you are willing to wait.  Photos will be available for purchase.

LARGE PRINT BULLETINS are available.  Please ask an usher if you want one.

CROP WALK September 22, 2013 – Donation envelopes are available at the back of the church today.  During July and August, contact the church office for information or envelopes.

VAN SERVICE for worship service and grocery shopping will not be available in July and August.

BARGAIN BOUTIQUE is closed for the summer.  Please hold your donations. 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  • As the summer approaches, please consider prepaying your pledge for July and August before you leave town.  This will help the summer cash flow problem.
  • Please submit your pledge (estimate of giving) cards for 2013.  If you have already done so, thank you.
  • If you have not given a special offering for your assessment ($93 per member), please help us by making the payment. The Synodical and Classical Assessment is the amount we owe Reformed Church in America for your membership.  

PRAYER REQUESTS:  Ruth Bailey, Letty Delgado, Ed Diercks, Dombrowski Family, Edythe Durney, Sandeep Edward, Alfred Gessner, Lisa Gessner, Robert Keller, Ann Martin, John Molino, Gloria Scrivano, Janice Serra, Mary Wainwright.

 

June 23, 2013

The Church on the Hill

June 23, 2013 11:00 A.M.

* All who are able, please stand.

Reminder: Jesus won’t call you on your cell phone, please turn it off. Thanks.

PRELUDE:  Sheep May Safely Graze and Pasture J. S. Bach

                Prelude on 'Mercy' Gordon Young

WELCOME
* CELEBRATION OF FRIENDSHIP
* SANCTUS (pew card)  

* CALL TO WORSHIP  

Leader: The God of creation makes us one in body!
People: Let us join hearts and voices in praise of the Lord!
Leader: The God of Christ makes us one in the Spirit!
People: Let us join hearts and voices in praise of the Lord!

* HYMN No. 77 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

* PRAYER OF CONFESSION  (unison)

Across the barriers that divide race from race: reconcile us, O Christ, by your cross.  Across the barriers that divide rich from poor: reconcile us, O Christ, by your cross. Across the barriers that divide people of different cultures: reconcile us, O Christ, by your cross.  Across the barriers that divide Christians: reconcile us, O Christ, by your cross. Across the barriers that divide men and women, young and old: reconcile us, O Christ, by your cross.  Confront us, O Christ, with the hidden prejudices and fears that deny and betray our prayers.  Enable us to see the causes of strife, remove from us all senses of superiority.  Teach us to grow in unity with all God’s children.  Amen.

* KYRIE (pew card)
* ASSURANCE OF PARDON
 * SALUTATION 
* SUMMARY OF THE LAW
     * Gloria Patri  (pew card)

ANTHEM:  Lord, keep Us Closer to You                    Don Besig

In the quiet of this moment, here in this holy place, help us feel Your presence, Lord; help us know Your grace.  Renew each spirit, heal every soul.  Come and touch us with Your love and make us whole.
In this fellowship together, friendship and love have grown.  Keep us ever faithful, Lord; claim us as Your own.  Grant us Your mercy, calm every fear. There is peace within our hearts when You are near. Lord, as we turn to You, humbly we pray.  Help us to trust in You; show us Your way.  O, Lord, in all we say and do, keep us, our whole life through, closer to You.
In the troubled world around us, help us to share Your light.  Walk along beside us, Lord; keep us in Your sight.  Guide every footstep; help us be true.  Draw us closer every day.  Give us strength to live in faith and follow You.

JUNIOR SERMON

ANTHEM:  Rejoice in the Lord Alway                    Henry Purcell

The Chamber Choir

Rejoice in the Lord alway, and again I say, rejoice!  Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your reques be made known unto God.  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Jesus Christ our Lord.

MORNING PRAYER AND LORD’S PRAYER
Lord’s Prayer (pew card)
Prayer response           Louis Lewandowski

How good it is to thank the Lord, to praise Thy name, O Thou Most High; to tell Thy kindness through the day, Thy faithfulness when night draws nigh. With joyous psalms and with the harp, will I Thy marvels gladly sing; Thy works have made my heart rejoice; I triumph in Thy work, my King!

* HYMN No. 517 The Solid Rock

SCRIPTURE LESSONS

Philippians 1:3-11 Pew Bible, pg. 953

I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ.
It is right for me to think this way about all of you, because you hold me in your heart, for all of you share in God’s grace with me, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the compassion of Christ Jesus.
And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight to help you to determine what is best, so that in the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless, having produced the harvest of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.

Philippians 4:1-9 Page 955

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved. I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. Yes, and I ask you also, my loyal companion, help these women, for they have struggled beside me in the work of the gospel, together with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book of life. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.

THE SERMON Whatever is Good... Rev. Justin J. Meyers

WORSHIP OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
Offering
Offertory: God and God Alone          arr. Tom Fettke

God and God alone created all these things we call our own, from the mighty to the small, the glory in them all is God's and God's alone.
God and God alone reveals the truth of all we call unknown.  And all the best and worst of man won't change the Master's plan it's God's and God's alone.
God, our sovereign God and God alone is fit to take the universe's throne.  Let everything that lives reserve its truest praise for God and God alone.
God and God alone will be the joy of our eternal home.  He will be our one desire.  Our hearts will never tire of God and God alone.
God and God alone is fit to take the universe's throne. Let everything that lives reserve its truest praise for God and God alone.

* The Doxology (pew card) 
* Prayer of Dedication

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH 
* Apostles’ Creed (pew card)    

SERVICE OF FAREWELL AND GODSPEED 

FOR PASTOR AND CONGREGATION

Pastor: I thank you, my sisters and brothers, for the love, kindness, and support shown me these past six years.  I am grateful for the ministry we have shared together.  With joy I recall what we accomplished with God’s help, and with sadness those dreams not fulfilled.  I ask your forgiveness for mistakes made and expectations not met.

People: We offer our forgiveness and celebrate all that God has accomplished among us.  We are grateful for your ministry and for your influence on our lives.  We ask your forgiveness for mistakes made and for expectations not met.

Pastor: I receive your gratitude and forgive your shortcomings.  And I release you from the vows and promises made at my installation.

People: We release you from your promises to us, and we offer you our blessing as you leave to minister elsewhere.

* HYMN No. 519 It Is Well with My Soul

* BENEDICTION 

Response Tom Fettke

May the peace of Christ reign in your hearts, and inhabit the throne of your being; and whatever you do, and whatever you say, do it all in the name of Jesus, do it all in the name of the Lord. Giving thanks, unending thanks; giving thanks to God through Christ, the Lord. Giving thanks unmeasured thanks, giving thanks to the Living Word.

POSTLUDE:  Hymn to Joy             arr. Gordon Young

ANNOUNCEMENTS

OUR ROSES are given by the the Consistory in appreciation of Justin, Stephanie, Gavin and Collin Meyers.

A SPECIAL COFFEE HOUR is hosted by the Consistory and WCC to bid farewell to the Meyers family.  Please join us in the celebration.

OUR APPRECIATION FOR TODAY’S VOLUNTEERS:

Van Drivers: Royce Gothelf (AM), Buck Kellaway (PM)
Greeters: Joan Dwyer, Angela Edward 
Ushers: Sally Ann Castle, Marilyn Cooney, Carol Stark, Dorothea Zelnick;
Head Usher, Jerry Good
Childcare: Silvania Markantonis

PRAYER REQUESTS:  Ruth Bailey, Letty Delgado, Ed Diercks, Dombrowski Family, Edythe Durney, Sandeep Edward, Alfred Gessner, Lisa Gessner, Robert Keller, Ann Martin, John Molino, Gloria Scrivano, Janice Serra, Mary Wainwright.