August 18, 2003 - Vacation Bible School Sunday

The Church on the Hill
 Vacation Bible School Sunday

August 17, 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: Please turn off your cell phones. Thanks.

WELCOME
* CELEBRATION OF FRIENDSHIP
* SANCTUS (pew card)  

Call to Worship and Salutation:

Leader: Come and celebrate people of God! Sing and shout your praise!
People: For our God comes to us: challenging us where we are, yet gentle and humble of heart.
Leader: God comes bringing peace, offering hope and freedom to all who despair.
People: Let’s worship God together!
Leader:  Grace and Peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

-- (based on Zechariah 9:9-12)

* HYMN No. 346 Sing Praise to the Lord

* PRAYER OF CONFESSION  (unison)  

Lord, we are like sheep, and we get lost.  We forget the needs of our neighbors and do not love you above all else.  We need a Savior, so we long for Jesus.  Come, fill our lives, Jesus.  Amen.

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

ANTHEM:                              Stand Strong Vacation Bible School

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

* HYMN No. 5 Come, Thou Almighty King
(Stanza 1)

SCRIPTURE and VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL REVIEW Donna Field

VIDEO PRESENTATION of our week at Kingdom Rock

WORSHIP OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
Offering
Offertory:        Soon and Very Soon Vacation Bible School
* The Doxology  (pew card)  
* Prayer of Dedication

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH  Adapted from the Belhar Confession    

We share one faith, have one calling, are of one soul and one mind.
We have one God, are filled with one Spirit and are baptized with one baptism.
We eat of one bread and drink of one cup, confess one Name, are obedient to one Lord, work for one cause, and share one hope.
Together we come to know the height and the breadth and the depth of the love of Christ.
Together we are built up to the stature of Christ, to the new humanity.
Together we know and bear one another's burdens, thereby fulfilling the law of Christ that we need one another, build up one another, admonish and comfort one another and suffer with one another for the sake of righteousness.
Together we pray.
Together we serve God in this world.  Amen

* HYMN No. 517 The Solid Rock

* BENEDICTION 

RECESSIONAL                             

ANNOUNCEMENTS

AUGUST 17, 2013

WE WELCOME DONNA MARIE FIELD to the pulpit.  In May 2013, Donna graduated from the New Brunswick Theological Seminary with a Masters in Divinity degree.  She will be leading our worship services until a permanent minister is in place.

THE FELLOWSHIP HOUR following the service is hosted by the Vacation Bible School staff.  Come join us in Gessner Hall for some treats from the Kings Kitchen.

THE FLOWERS are given by Jerry and Elaine Good in loving memory of Chris Heckel.

TODAY’S Free Will Offering will go towards the purchase of Audio Bibles through Audio Scripture Ministries, specifically for India, to complement our VBS mission component of providing Bible Story Books written in Hindi for children in India.  Please use the white envelopes in your bulletin for your donations. Thank-you!

OUR WORSHIP HOUR will continue at 10:00 AM next Sunday, August 25 and Labor Day Sunday, September 1. 

CROP WALK September 22, 2013 – Donation envelopes are available in the back of the sanctuary and in the church office.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

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 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.  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 The Worthy Pause to be distributed to local animal shelters.   

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

 

August 11, 2013 - Communion Service

The Church on the Hill
 Communion Service

 August 11, 2013 10:00 A.M.

* All who are able, please stand.

Reminder:  Please turn off your cell phone. Thank you.

PRELUDE:   Lord Jesus, Christ, Be Present Now Paul Manz

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

* Call To Worship (Adapted from Psalm 8) Roslyn Andela

Leader: O Sovereign Lord! How majestic is your name!
People: You have set your glory above the heavens!
Leader: When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon, the stars that you have established, what are human being that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?
People: Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor.
Leader: Grace and Peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

* SALUTATION 

* HYMN No. 34   Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart

* PRAYER OF CONFESSION  (unison)

Jesus, who sat at the table with outcasts and sinners, we confess that too often our words and actions are not consistent with our beliefs. Often we ignore the needy, show indifference to the lonely, and reject those who seem different from us. Forgive us we pray. Empower us to reach out in love and acceptance through your name. Amen.

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

JUNIOR SERMON    

ANTHEM: from Elijah Felix Mendelssohn

The Chamber Choir

O come, everyone that thirsteth, O come to the waters, O come unto Him.  O hear, and your souls shall live forever.

SCRIPTURE LESSON 

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 Pew Bible, pg. 977

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; and he set out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he stayed for a time in the land he had been promised, as in a foreign land, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. For he looked forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God. By faith he received power of procreation, even though he was too old—and Sarah herself was barren—because he considered him faithful who had promised. Therefore from one person, and this one as good as dead, descendants were born, ‘as many as the stars of heaven and as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.’
All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth, for people who speak in this way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of the land that they had left behind, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; indeed, he has prepared a city for them.

THE SERMON               Elbow Room Donna M. Field

WORSHIP OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
Offering
Offertory:  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 request 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.

* The Doxology  (pew card)  
* Prayer of Dedication

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

SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION
     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 Elder Dorien Day

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING & INTERCESSION
Lord’s Prayer (pew card)
Prayer response:  Kittery  William Billings

Our Father who in heaven art, all hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done throughout this earthly frame.

* HYMN No. 669 God of Grace and God of Glory

* BENEDICTION
Response:  Henry Purcell  

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Jesus Christ our Lord.

POSTLUDE:  God of Grace             Paul Manz

WE WELCOME DONNA MARIE FIELD to the pulpit.  In May 2013, Donna graduated from the New Brunswick Theological Seminary with a Masters in Divinity degree.  She will be leading our worship services until a permanent minister is in place.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

AUGUST 11, 2013

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 the Chamber Choir for sharing their musical talents to enhance our worship service.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL,  starts tomorrow

August 12-16, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM.  

Kingdom Rock – Where Kids Stand Strong for God

CROP WALK September 22, 2013 – Donation envelopes are available in the back of the sanctuary and in the church office.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  • Please consider prepaying your pledge before you leave on vacation.  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, Alfred Gessner, Lisa Gessner, Robert Keller, Ann Martin, John Molino, Josephine Rivera, Gloria Scrivano, Janice Serra, Mary Wainwright. 

 

August 4, 2013

The Church on the Hill
 At Worship

August 4, 2013 10:00 A.M.

* All who are able, please stand.

Reminder:  Please turn off your cell phone. Thank you.

PRELUDE: Pastorale Johann Sebastian Bach

WELCOME
* CELEBRATION OF FRIENDSHIP
* SANCTUS (pew card)  

* CALL TO WORSHIP Bruce Hoffacker

Leader: Sisters and brothers - we have been raised with Christ to new life.
People: Freed from every fear, and granted every grace.
Leader: O give thanks for God is good! The Lord’s steadfast love endures forever!
People: Let the redeemed of the Lord, those who are redeemed from trouble- all who are gathered from many lands- from the east, west, north and south thank the Lord.
Leader: Grace and Peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

          -- Adapted from Psalm 107

* HYMN No. 99 When Morning Gilds the Skies

* PRAYER OF CONFESSION  (unison)

Holy God you lavish us with good gifts, yet we persist in seeking after that which robs us of abundant life.  We hold fast to our anxieties and give in to our greed; we desire the very things that harm us. Forgive us and sustain us by the strength of the Holy Spirit, we ask in Jesus name, Amen. 

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

ANTHEM: Grace Before Sleep Susan LaBarr

The Chamber Choir

How can our minds and bodies be grateful enough that we have spent, here in this generous room, this evening of content?  Each one of us has walked through storm and fled the wolves along the road; But here the hearth is wide and warm, and for this shelter and this light Accept, O Lord, our thanks tonight.

JUNIOR SERMON    

MORNING PRAYER AND LORD’S PRAYER
Lord’s Prayer (pew card)
Prayer response:                 Orlando Gibbons

Almighty and everlasting God, mercifully look upon our infirmities, and in all our dangers and necessities sretch forth Thy right hand to help and defend us; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

* HYMN No. 559 Make Room within My Heart,O God

SCRIPTURE LESSONS

Hosea 11:1-4 Pew Bible, pg. 737

When Israel was a child, I loved him,
   and out of Egypt I called my son. 
The more I called them,
   the more they went from me;
they kept sacrificing to the Baals,
   and offering incense to idols. 
Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
   I took them up in my arms;
   but they did not know that I healed them. 
I led them with cords of human kindness,
   with bands of love.
I was to them like those
   who lift infants to their cheeks.
   I bent down to them and fed them. 

Colossians 3:1-4 Page 957

So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.

THE SERMON        Walk This Way? Donna M. Field

WORSHIP OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
 Offertory: Christ the Appletree Stanford E. Scriven

The tree of life my soul hath seen, laden with fruit and always green; the trees of nature fruitless be, compared with Christ the appletree.
This beauty doth all things excel, by faith I know, but ne'er can tell the glory which I now can see, in Jesus Christ the appletree.
For happiness I long have sought, and pleasure dearly I have bought; I missed of all, but now I see 'tis found in Christ the appletree.
This fruit doth make my soul to thrive, it keeps my dying faith alive; which makes my soul in haste to be with Jesus Christ the appletree.
I'm weary'd with my former toil, here I will sit and rest a while; under the shadow I will be, of Jesus Christ the appletree.  

* The Doxology  (pew card)  
* Prayer of Dedication

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Adapted from the Belhar Confession

We share one faith, have one calling, are of one soul and one mind.
We have one God, are filled with one Spirit and are baptized with one baptism.
We eat of one bread and drink of one cup, confess one Name, are obedient to one Lord, work for one cause, and share one hope.
Together we come to know the height and the breadth and the depth of the love of Christ.
Together we are built up to the stature of Christ, to the new humanity. 
Together we know and bear one another's burdens, thereby fulfilling the law of Christ that we need one another, build up one another, admonish and comfort one another and suffer with one another for the sake of righteousness.
Together we pray.
Together we serve God in this world.  Amen.

* HYMN No.723 Revive Us Again

* BENEDICTION 
Response             Susan LaBarr

And for this shelter and this light 
Accept, O Lord, our thanks tonight.

POSTLUDE:  Trumpet Tune Henry Purcell

ANNOUNCEMENTS

WE WELCOME DONNA MARIE FIELD to the pulpit.  In May 2013, Donna graduated from the New Brunswick Theological Seminary with a Masters in Divinity degree.  She will be leading our worship services until a permanent minister is in place.

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 the Chamber Choir for sharing their musical talents to enhance our worship service.

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

Kingdom Rock – Where Kids Stand Strong for God

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

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

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  • Please consider prepaying your pledge before you leave on vacation.  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 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

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