July 28, 2013

The Church on the Hill
At Worship

July 28, 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:   Pastorale Cesar Franck

WELCOME
* CELEBRATION OF FRIENDSHIP
* SANCTUS (pew card)  

* CALL TO WORSHIP Elizabeth Mahowald

Leader: I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise;

People: I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithful-ness; for you have exalted your name and your word above everything.

Leader: On the day I called you answered me, you increased my strength of soul.

People: All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O LORD, for they have heard the words of your mouth. They shall sing of the ways of the LORD, for great is the glory of the LORD.  For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly; but the haughty he perceives from far away.

Leader: Grace and Peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

          Adapted from Psalm 138

* HYMN No. 66 The God of Abraham Praise

* PRAYER OF CONFESSION  (unison)

Merciful God, we confess to you now that we have sinned. We confess the sins that no one knows and the sins that everyone knows. We confess the sins that are a burden to us and the sins that do not bother us because we have grown used to them.

We confess our sins as a church. We have not loved one another as Christ loved us. We have not forgiven one another as we have been forgiven. We have not given ourselves in love and service for the world as Christ gave himself for us.

Father, forgive us. Send the Holy Spirit to us, to move in us so we can live the way you have called us to live. Through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

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

ACT OF PRAISE: Blessings Laura Story

Molly and Elizabeth Mahowald, sopranos

JUNIOR SERMON    

MORNING PRAYER AND LORD’S PRAYER
     Lord’s Prayer (pew card)
     Prayer Response         

* HYMN No. 538 I Need Thee Every Hour

SCRIPTURE LESSON

Luke 11: 1-13 Pew Bible, pg. 845

He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’He said to them, ‘When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us to the time of trial.’

And he said to them, ‘Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, “Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.”And he answers from within, “Do not bother me; the door has already been locked, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.” I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, at least because of his persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.

‘So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish? Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!’

THE SERMON        Interpretation Donna M. Field

WORSHIP OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
     Offertory:   The Gift of Love Hal H. Hopson

* The Doxology  (pew card)  

* Prayer of Dedication

* STATEMENT OF FAITH Belgic 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. 747 Lead On, O King Eternal

* BENEDICTION 
        Response           

POSTLUDE: Recessional Frank Asper

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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.   

APPRECIATIONS: Today we thank Elizabeth and Molly Mahowald 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 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 

July 21, 2013

The Church on the Hill
At Worship

July 21, 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:       Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness         J.S. Bach

WELCOME
* CELEBRATION OF FRIENDSHIP
* SANCTUS (pew card)                                                                                    

* CALL TO WORSHIP                                       Maureen Saepia-Chen

Leader:  Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
People: What did God do to help us?
Leader: God chose the people of Israel to make a new beginning.
People: They received God’s covenant and prepared the way for Jesus to come as our Savior.
Leader:  Let us worship the God of the covenant, the God of heaven and earth!

                                                                       --Based on Psalm 124:8

* HYMN No.17 Praise the Lord! O Heavens, Adore Him

* PRAYER OF CONFESSION  (unison)

Most gracious and most merciful God, we confess to you and to one another that time after time we have entered your presence with countless prayers but with hearts that have been closed to your grace. We have lifted our hands to you in praise, but our feet have still walked in the ways of evil. We have rehearsed your commandments but have refused to see your face in the needs of our neighbors. We pray Lord that you forgive our lack of faith and pardon our acts of injustice. Grant us the healing that comes from your presence and the cleansing of your all-powerful Word, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.  Amen.

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

ACT OF PRAISE                             

JUNIOR SERMON                                                                                                        

MORNING PRAYER AND LORD’S PRAYER
       Lord’s Prayer (pew card)
       Prayer Response                                                                             

* HYMN No. 295     Breathe on Me, Breath of God

SCRIPTURE LESSONS

Genesis 18: 1-8, Pew Bible, pg. 12

The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them, and bowed down to the ground. He said, ‘My lord, if I find favour with you, do not pass by your servant. Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. Let me bring a little bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on—since you have come to your servant.’ So they said, ‘Do as you have said.’ And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, ‘Make ready quickly three measures of choice flour, knead it, and make cakes.’ Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant, who hastened to prepare it. Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate.

Luke 10: 38-42, Page 845

Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and asked, ‘Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me.’ But the Lord answered her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.’

THE SERMON                 A Radical Welcome              Donna M. Field

WORSHIP OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
       Offering
       Offertory:                                                 
       * The Doxology  (pew card)      
       * Prayer of Dedication

* STATEMENT OF FAITH                        -- Belgic 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. 514  Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine

* BENEDICTION
       Response                                  

POSTLUDE:                    Trumpet Voluntary                    John Stanley

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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.  

APPRECIATIONS: We thank Maureen and Emerson Chen 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

This will help the summer cash flow problem. 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.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.  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 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

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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.   

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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

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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.

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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.