31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
November 2, 2008 10:45 o’clock
WE OFFER PRAISE TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THE PRELUDE Claude Debussy
Prelude No. 1
“Danseuses de Delphes”
THE JOYS AND CONCERNS OF THE CONGREGATION
Pastor: The joys and concerns have been shared.
People: Let us prepare our hearts for worship.
THE LIGHTING OF THE CANDLE OF PEACE
Air Henry Purcell
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: |
We gather in the hope that the ache of God will penetrate the numbness of our humanity. |
People: We gather in the prayer that in the emotional extremes of life, desperate actions will be made in peace.
Leader: We gather in the belief that a higher consciousness can shatter our acceptance of violence and create in us a new vision for living.
People: We gather in faith that a new social reality may appear in our midst.
* THE HYMN OF PRAISE 526 SINE NOMINE
* THE CALL TO CONFESSION
Human love explodes in rare moments of overwhelming bliss and human hate erupts in violence and death. We are called to the heart of all Goodness where human passion finds sublime expression.
* THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION (in unison)
Gracious and merciful God, you created us to be in community. You have given unto us the powers of fine discernments and the capacity for much love. You have placed within our hearts and souls the wonderful gift of sacrifice and forgiveness. Now in this hour, we pray that you would be gentle on our soul, tender with our affections, patient with our understanding, nurturing to our body. For all wherein we have displeased thee, we confess our sin and pray that we might experience the grace of your forgiveness and redeeming love. For we know that “forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.” Amen.
* THE TIME OF SILENCE
* THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Leader: Dear friends, children, women, men, old and young, from all manner and walks of life, in weakness and in pain, in sin and in goodness, in care and in recklessness; hear this good news: there is nothing in all this world or out of this world that our creator God can not recreate. In the life and death of Jesus Christ the universe is never out of God’s healing and restoring grace and we are never removed from the wholeness of creation.
People: Thanks be to God.
* THE SHARING OF CHRIST’S PEACE
Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.
Congregation: And also with you.
Leader: Let us share Christ’s peace.
THE TIME WITH THE CHILDREN
THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Deuteronomy 34: 1 – 4 [p. 168]
THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Ephesians 4: 11 – 16 [p. 951]
Leader: The Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
THE ANTHEM John Bell
I Owe My Lord a Morning Song
THE SERMON Rev. Deb Rundlett
THE HYMN OF MEDITATION 391 (please remain seated) HENDON
THE CHURCH IN MISSION Elaine Smith Snyder
THE OFFERTORY Jake Briggs
Improvisation
The Service of Holy Communion
Friends, this is the joyful feast of the people of God!
They will come from east and west,
and from north and south,
and sit at table in the kingdom of God.
According to Luke,
when our risen Lord was at table with his disciples,
he took the bread, and blessed and broke it,
and gave it to them.
Then their eyes were opened
and they recognized him.
This is the Lord’s table.
Our Savior invites those who trust him
to share the feast that he has prepared.
The scripture records that on the night before Jesus died, he took bread, and after giving thanks,
he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:
Take, eat.
This is my body, given for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.
In the same way he took the cup, saying:
This cup is the new covenant sealed in my blood,
shed for you for the forgiveness of sins.
Whenever you drink it,
do this in remembrance of me.
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Leader: It is truly right and our greatest joy
to give you thanks and praise,
O Lord our God, creator and ruler of the universe.
In your wisdom, you made all things
and sustain them by your power.
You formed us in your image,
setting us in this world to love and to serve you,
and to live in peace with your whole creation.
People: When we rebelled against you
refusing to trust and obey you,
you did not reject us,
but still claimed us as your own.
You sent prophets to call us back to your way.
Leader: Then in the fullness of time,
out of your great love for the world,
you sent your only Son to be one of us,
to redeem us and heal our brokenness.
People: Therefore we praise you,
joining our voices with choirs of angels,
with prophets, apostles, and martyrs,
and with all the faithful of every time and place,
who forever sing to the glory of your name. Amen.
THE ACT OF PRAISE 580 SANCTUS
Holy, Holy, Holy,
Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory:
Glory be to Thee,
O Lord Most High. Amen.
The Prayers for Sanctification and Intercession
Leader: Gracious God,
pour out your Holy Spirit upon us
and upon these your gifts of bread and wine,
that the bread we break
and the cup we bless
may be the communion of the body and blood of Christ.
By your Spirit make us one with Christ,
that we may be one with all who share this feast,
united in ministry in every place.
As this bread is Christ’s body for us,
send us out to be the body of Christ in the world.
Leader: Remember your church . . .
and empower it in ministry to the world.
Leader: Remember the world of nations . . .
People: By your Spirit renew the face of the earth;
let peace and justice prevail.
Leader: Remember our family and friends . . .
People: Bless them and watch over them;
be gracious to them and give them peace.
Leader: Remember the sick and the suffering,
the aged and the dying . . .
People: Encourage them and give them hope.
Leader: Rejoicing in the communion of saints,
we remember with thanksgiving
all your faithful servants, and those dear to us,
whom you have called from this life. . .
People: We are grateful that for them death is no more,
nor is there sorrow, crying, or pain,
for the former things have passed away.
Leader: In union with your church in heaven and on earth,
we pray, O God, that you will fulfill your eternal purpose
in us and in all the world.
Keep us faithful in your service
until Christ comes in final victory,
and we shall feast with all your saints
in the joy of your eternal realm.
All: Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory and honor are yours,
now and forever. Amen.
The Sharing of the Eucharist: The Distribution of the Elements
The Lord Jesus, on the night of his arrest, took bread,
and after giving thanks to God,
he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:
Take, eat. This is my body, given for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.
In the same way he took the cup, saying:
This cup is the new covenant sealed in my blood,
shed for you for the forgiveness of sins.
Whenever you drink it,
do this in remembrance of me.
Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup,
you proclaim the saving death of the risen Lord,
until he comes.
THE COMMUNION MELODY J. S. Bach
arr. Myra Hess
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
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 sins, as we forgive those who sin against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
* THE HYMN OF DEDICATION 555 NUN DANKET ALLE GOTT
Now Thank We All Our God
* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
THE POSTLUDE Camille Saint-Saëns
(1835 – 1922)
My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice
[Aria from “Samson and Delilah”]
*Those who are able are invited to stand.
Leading in worship are The Rev. Deb Rundlett, Preacher of the Day; Cinny Gooch, Liturgist & Celebrant; Bob Iams, Pianist; and Charles J. Briggs, Organist.
Greeters are Reg and Marj Kramer.
Child Care is provided in the Nursery Room.
Deacons will meet in the kitchen area following this morning’s worship service. We will prepare Thanksgiving Gift Bags for shut-ins and other church members.
BorderLinks Committee invites you to a "popcorn and movie night" this evening at 7:00 p.m. in The Meeting Place. "Crossing Arizona" shows the hotly debated issues of illegal immigration and border security on the US/Mexico border. This film was selected for the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Following the 75-minute film we will have a short question and answer period.
Sr. Highs - will meet tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the Church House Lounge.
Dance Group – Wednesday, November 5, at 7:00 p.m. in Mackey Hall.
Choir Rehearsal – Wednesday, November 5, at 7:00 p.m. in the Choir Room.
Sunday, November 9, at 7:00 p.m. a screening of the documentary film "Long Nights Journey Into Day" will be shown in The Meeting Place. This is a follow up to the Sunday series on "justice" and is a study of four amnesty hearings during the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission's work in the late 1990s. This is an exceptional documentary. All are Welcome.
Amahl & the Night Visitors, Menotti’s magical Christmas opera – Sunday, November 23, at 5:00 p.m. at Akron’s Westminster Church, 1250 W. Exchange St., Akron. Admission is free. (Info: 330-836-2226 or www.westminsterakron.com)
The Westminster Tea Society is having one of its periodic meetings on Sunday, November 30 (Thanksgiving weekend) at 1:00 p.m. at the historic Octagon House on route 57 near route 585. We will have a High Victorian Tea buffet with sandwiches, tea and trifle at a cost of $20 per person. A $10 deposit is required by the facility. Please make your reservation with Linda Barbu before November 19. We need a minimum of 10 people, but can accommodate up to 30. Car pooling is expected, leaving from the Church House after worship. Family and friends are welcome, too.
PEOPLE TO PEOPLE COLLECTIONS DURING NOVEMBER - Your mission committee is accepting weekly food contributions and/or new toy items for People to People during the month of November. If each of us could contribute one new toy for the Christmas Toy Project, we would make a significant contribution. Please check the display case and/or bulletin board for suggestions if you don't receive a monthly news letter from People to People.
BED AND BREAKFAST TOUR A SUCCESS - The Bed and Breakfast Tour on September 27 netted a bit over $1,200. With an anonymous donation, a total of $1,500 will be enough to fund three micro loans to small entrepreneurs in Ghana, Africa, through the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. This is a true gift to the church as well as to the entrepreneurs since the best interest rate the church can secure is 25%. Thanks to all who supported this first time effort through volunteering to be a docent, buying tickets or supplying flowers.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
353 East Pine Street 330-263-2398
Carroll Meyer, Pastor 263-2208 [cmeyer@wooster.edu]
Website: www3.wooster.edu/westminster
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THE ORDER OF WORSHIP
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 14, 2008 10:45 o’clock
WE OFFER PRAISE TO THE GLORY OF GOD
HE PRELUDE J. S. Bach
Pastor: The joys and concerns have been shared.
People: Let us prepare our hearts for worship.
Musette J. S. Bach
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: |
The Holy Spirit of God, hovering over the abyss of creation, spoke to the whirlwind. Out of the chaos came beauty, majesty, order and meaning to the cosmos, life and love to all |
People: We have brought our world and our lives before the same Spirit of God. We yearn for the voice that will continue bringing beauty to our world and love to all people.
Leader: Our Lord Jesus Christ said that God would not leave us alone, that the Holy Comforter would be our companion.
People: Let us worship God.
THE HYMN OF PRAISE 268 HOLY MANNA
* THE CALL TO CONFESSION
Friends, our sins may seem slight to us, but unconfessed, they are a barrier between ourselves and God. Let us confess our sins and be forgiven and renewed.
* THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION (in unison)
Merciful God, before whom all hearts are open and no secrets are hid, we confess before you those acts of sin we have committed, against you, against our neighbor, against your creation itself. We also pray that by your healing mercy you would transform the invisible and unseen powers over our lives: state power, economic power, the assumption of legitimate violence and war, our futile flights from insecurity, of righteous consumerism.
* THE TIME FOR SILENT PERSONAL CONFESSION
* THE DECLARATION OF PARDON Romans 8: 35 – 39 [p. 919]
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
WESTMINSTER STORY CORPS Mary Kilpatrick
* THE SHARING OF CHRIST’S PEACE
Leader: Peace, my friends.
Congregation: Peace to you.
Leader: Let us share God’s Peace.
THE TIME WITH THE CHILDREN One Hen
THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Psalm 130, Psalm 131 [p. 500]
THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSONS I Peter 1: 17 – 25 [p. 983]
Revelation 21: 1 - 7 [p. 1007]
Leader: The Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
THE ANTHEM John Bell
One is the Body
THE SERMON Mr. Meyer
“Eternal Patience – Eternal Renewal”
THE HYMN OF MEDITATION 240 (please remain seated) AUS TIEFER NOT
Out of the Depths
THE PRAYERS OF PRAISE AND INTERCESSION
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 sins, as we forgive those who sin against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
THE CHURCH IN MISSION Sue Coleman
* THE DOXOLOGY (in unison)
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye choirs in song;
Rejoice, be grateful, all life long. Amen.
* THE PRAYER OF DEDICATION
* THE HYMN OF COMMITMENT 368 African-American spiritual
* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
Improvisation on “Peace Like a River”
*Those who are able are invited to stand.
Leading in worship are Carroll C. Meyer, Pastor; Ingrid Thvedt, Liturgist; and Charles J. Briggs, Organist.
The Flowers this morning are given to the Glory of God and with gratitude for the life of Flora Barbu Vaughn.
Greeters are Marty and David Moldstad.
Child Care is provided in the Nursery Room.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
353 East Pine Street 330-263-2398
Carroll Meyer, Pastor 263-2208 [cmeyer@wooster.edu]
Website: www3.wooster.edu/westminster
Church Notes
Sr. Highs - will meet tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the Church House Lounge.
Choir Rehearsal – Thursday, September 18, at 7:00 p.m. in Mackey Hall.
Community Peace Education Notes – Please continue to check the WPC web site on a regular basis. You are a critical link in making it into an accurate representation of who and what we are as a church. The web site is probably our most prominent entryway for the community at large, and a potentially great way for us to communicate internally—intra-congregationally. Please notify Sue Brown or David Gillespie if you see any typos or incorrect information, and we will do our best to make corrections within two weekdays of your call. (Please see the Peace & Justice Library Highlights on display in the Narthex.) -- DRG
Flowers are one of the many of God’s creations meant for sharing. Flowers can be fun to arrange and are attributed to the Glory of God as part of our worship. Please sign up at the back of the Sanctuary for a time to share live flowers with the rest of the congregation on Sunday mornings. Bouquets do not have to be professional and many in our congregation make their own arrangements. The local farmer’s markets as well as discount stores (Aldi’s or Wal-Mart, for example) have low cost flowers. If you would like to commemorate a person or event, please let Sue Brown in the church office know. If you have any questions or ideas, please see or call Ruth McKenzie or your deacon about creative ways you can bring God’s creation indoors on Sunday morning.
Peace & Justice Library Highlights – Thanks to Mary Kilpatrick, the Peace & Justice Library has two new children’s books: Jeanette Winter’s Wangari’s Trees of Peace, and Katie Smith Milway’s One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference. Since the story of One Hen will be the theme of today’s “Time with the Children,” this highlight will focus on Jeanette Winter’s children’s version of the story of Wangari Maathai. In her book, Winter has condensed all of the meaningful elements of Wangari’s story: the verdant surroundings of her Kenyan village as she was growing up; how she was given the opportunity to study in America; and how when she returned to her native home, she reacted to the deforestation of the countryside. Wangari responded by planting trees—a few seedlings. Then she decided to plant many more. Soon she enlisted the help of other women in the village, and compensated them for their work if the tree→ seedlings were still living after three months. Soon, she had many women from various parts of Kenya, and eventually thirty countries throughout Africa, planting seedlings to counter the effects of extensive deforestation. What started as a few seedlings became known as the Green Belt Movement Kenya 1977. Wangari was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her seminal role in the significant contribution of this movement to world peace. In African tradition, the tree is a symbol of peace. This book, and One Hen, are on display in the Narthex, and available for borrowing. Just provide the requested information on the green sign-out card next to the book.
The 40th Annual Fall Academy of Religion will begin its series of free lectures on Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. beginning September 17 through October 22. Sessions will be held in the Lean Lecture Room on the lower level of Wishart Hall, at Bever and University Streets on The College of Wooster campus. The focus will be on ‘The Psalms: Praying and Singing the Seasons of Our Faith.’
BED AND BREAKFAST TOUR - SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. The Mission Committee invites you to attend this tour developed to fund micro loans for the area of Ghana in which Divine Gbagbo lives. If you are curious about B & B accommodations for guests and parents, now is your opportunity to see them first hand! For $10, you can tour 4 inns and see the former Leila Belle Inn owned by Marty and Jim Taggart. Tickets are available after worship, in the Church office, at both Wooster Buehler’s Markets and at Maurer Pharmacy. We still need volunteers to bake cookies, one more person to supply a bouquet for the B & Bs, and people to act as a second docent along with a Mission Committee member at each of the B & Bs. A sign up sheet is in the narthex.
A note from former WPC intern Mieke Vandersall, ’98:
I have always been so grateful for Carroll’s belief in my own call to ministry. In his own special way he has supported my ministry in immeasurable ways. Carroll believes in an inclusive church where a wide variety of voices can be known and valued and heard and consistently works for those of us on the margins to be brought into the center. Thank you, Carroll, for teaching me and so many of us what ministry is about!
I am currently Minister Director of Presbyterian Welcome, New York City, New York.
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 7, 2008 10:45 o’clock
WE OFFER PRAISE TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THE PRELUDE J. S. Bach
arr. Lawrence Rosen
Air on a G string
THE JOYS AND CONCERNS OF THE CONGREGATION
Pastor: The joys and concerns have been shared.
People: Let us prepare our hearts for worship.
THE LIGHTING OF THE CANDLE OF PEACE
J. S. Bach
Invention No. 8 in F major
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: |
We gather in the hope that the ache of God will penetrate the numbness of our humanity. |
People: We gather in the prayer that in the emotional extremes of life, desperate actions will be made in peace.
Leader: We gather in the belief that a higher consciousness can shatter our acceptance of violence and create in us a new vision for living.
People: We gather in faith that a new social reality may appear in our midst.
* THE HYMN OF PRAISE 466 AZMON
* THE CALL TO CONFESSION
Human love explodes in rare moments of overwhelming bliss and human hate erupts in violence and death. We are called to the heart of all Goodness where human passion finds sublime expression.
* THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION (in unison)
Gracious and merciful God, you created us to be in community. You have given unto us the powers of fine discernments and the capacity for much love. You have placed within our hearts and souls the wonderful gift of sacrifice and forgiveness. Now in this hour, we pray that you would be gentle on our soul, tender with our affections, patient with our understanding, nurturing to our body. For all wherein we have displeased thee, we confess our sin and pray that we might experience the grace of your forgiveness and redeeming love. For we know that “forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.” Amen.
* THE TIME OF SILENCE
* THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Leader: Dear friends, children, women, men, old and young, from all manner and walks of life, in weakness and in pain, in sin and in goodness, in care and in recklessness; hear this good news: there is nothing in all this world or out of this world that our creator God can not recreate. In the life and death of Jesus Christ the universe is never out of God’s healing and restoring grace and we are never removed from the wholeness of creation.
People: Thanks be to God.
* THE SHARING OF CHRIST’S PEACE
Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.
Congregation: And also with you.
Leader: Let us share Christ’s peace.
THE TIME WITH THE CHILDREN The caged bird
THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Exodus 12: 1 – 14 [p. 51]
THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSONS Romans 13: 8 – 14 [p. 923]
Matthew 18: 15 – 20 [p. 799]
Leader: The Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
THE ANTHEM Southern Folk Tune
arr. David N. Johnson
The Lone, Wild Bird
THE SERMON Molly Dowell Baum
THE HYMN OF MEDITATION 407 (please remain seated) EL CAMINO
THE CHURCH IN MISSION Elaine Smith Snyder
THE OFFERTORY Selected
The Service of Holy Communion
Friends, this is the joyful feast of the people of God!
They will come from east and west,
and from north and south,
and sit at table in the kingdom of God.
According to Luke,
when our risen Lord was at table with his disciples,
he took the bread, and blessed and broke it,
and gave it to them.
Then their eyes were opened
and they recognized him.
This is the Lord’s table.
Our Savior invites those who trust him
to share the feast that he has prepared.
The scripture records that on the night before Jesus died, he took bread, and after giving thanks,
he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:
Take, eat.
This is my body, given for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.
In the same way he took the cup, saying:
This cup is the new covenant sealed in my blood,
shed for you for the forgiveness of sins.
Whenever you drink it,
do this in remembrance of me.
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Leader: It is truly right and our greatest joy
to give you thanks and praise,
O Lord our God, creator and ruler of the universe.
In your wisdom, you made all things
and sustain them by your power.
You formed us in your image,
setting us in this world to love and to serve you,
and to live in peace with your whole creation.
People: When we rebelled against you
refusing to trust and obey you,
you did not reject us,
but still claimed us as your own.
You sent prophets to call us back to your way.
Leader: Then in the fullness of time,
out of your great love for the world,
you sent your only Son to be one of us,
to redeem us and heal our brokenness.
People: Therefore we praise you,
joining our voices with choirs of angels,
with prophets, apostles, and martyrs,
and with all the faithful of every time and place,
who forever sing to the glory of your name. Amen.
THE ACT OF PRAISE 580 SANCTUS
Holy, Holy, Holy,
Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory:
Glory be to Thee,
O Lord Most High. Amen.
The Prayers for Sanctification and Intercession
Leader: Gracious God,
pour out your Holy Spirit upon us
and upon these your gifts of bread and wine,
that the bread we break
and the cup we bless
may be the communion of the body and blood of Christ.
By your Spirit make us one with Christ,
that we may be one with all who share this feast,
united in ministry in every place.
As this bread is Christ’s body for us,
send us out to be the body of Christ in the world.
Leader: Remember your church . . .
and empower it in ministry to the world.
Leader: Remember the world of nations . . .
People: By your Spirit renew the face of the earth;
let peace and justice prevail.
Leader: Remember our family and friends . . .
People: Bless them and watch over them;
be gracious to them and give them peace.
Leader: Remember the sick and the suffering,
the aged and the dying . . .
People: Encourage them and give them hope.
Leader: Rejoicing in the communion of saints,
we remember with thanksgiving
all your faithful servants, and those dear to us,
whom you have called from this life. . .
People: We are grateful that for them death is no more,
nor is there sorrow, crying, or pain,
for the former things have passed away.
Leader: In union with your church in heaven and on earth,
we pray, O God, that you will fulfill your eternal purpose
in us and in all the world.
Keep us faithful in your service
until Christ comes in final victory,
and we shall feast with all your saints
in the joy of your eternal realm.
All: Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory and honor are yours,
now and forever. Amen.
The Sharing of the Eucharist: The Distribution of the Elements
The Lord Jesus, on the night of his arrest, took bread,
and after giving thanks to God,
he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:
Take, eat. This is my body, given for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.
In the same way he took the cup, saying:
This cup is the new covenant sealed in my blood,
shed for you for the forgiveness of sins.
Whenever you drink it,
do this in remembrance of me.
Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup,
you proclaim the saving death of the risen Lord,
until he comes.
THE COMMUNION MELODY J. S. Bach
arr. Myra Hess
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
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 sins, as we forgive those who sin against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
* THE HYMN OF DEDICATION 411 FESTAL SONG
Arise, Your Light Is Come!
* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
THE POSTLUDE Frédéric Chopin
Etude in E major “Tristessa”
*Those who are able are invited to stand.
Leading in worship are Molly Dowell Baum, Guest Preacher; The Rev. Dr. Carroll C. Meyer, Liturgist and Celebrant; and Charles J. Briggs, Organist.
Greeter is Don Fraunfelder.
Child Care is provided in the Nursery Room.
Deacons will meet in Mackey Kitchen immediately following the worship service. A light lunch will be provided.
Dance Group – Wednesday, September 10, at 7:00 p.m. in Mackey Hall.
Choir Rehearsal – Thursday, September 11, at 7:00 p.m. in Mackey Hall.
GIFTS OF THE HEART KIT ASSEMBLY - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 AFTER WORSHIP - Can you spare about 20 minutes after worship to pack school and hygiene kits? We'll pack at least 95 school kits and 25 hygiene kits. These will be delivered to Mansfield fairgrounds on September 20 and placed in a truck from Church World Service. Although we don't have initial shipping expenses, we do need to send $240 to Church World Service to defray the cost of shipping from the warehouse to disaster area. If you haven't participated in collecting components but would like to assist, please consider a financial contribution toward the final shipping. As Church World Service says, "little things mean a lot.” Thank you everyone for your contributions!
Community Peace Education Notes – Please continue to check the WPC web site on a regular basis. You are a critical link in making it into an accurate representation of who and what we are as a church. The web site is probably our most prominent entryway for the community at large, and a potentially great way for us to communicate internally—intra-congregationally. Please notify Sue Brown or David Gillespie if you see any typos or incorrect information, and we will do our best to make corrections within two weekdays of your call. (Please see the Peace & Justice Library Highlights on display in the Narthex.) -- DRG
The 40th Annual Fall Academy of Religion will begin its series of free lectures on Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. beginning September 17 through October 22. Sessions will be held in the Lean Lecture Room on the lower level of Wishart Hall, at Bever and University Streets on The College of Wooster campus. The focus this year will be on ‘The Psalms: Praying and Singing the Seasons of Our Faith.’
Westminster Presbyterian Church
353 East Pine Street 330-263-2398
Carroll Meyer, Pastor 263-2208 [cmeyer@wooster.edu]
Website: www3.wooster.edu/westminster
Church Notes
The third, monthly Peace-Potluck & Song-Fest will be held Saturday, September 13, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the Church House lawn (in The Meeting Place, in case of rain). Bring a musical instrument and your favorite song that highlights peace and justice issues. We welcome your participation. Also, this time we are adding poetry to the mix. Bring a favorite poem—whether published or fresh off the scratch pad—that relates to our themes. This program series is designed with children in mind, first, but having their adults along to participate is also a key element for its success. Bring a dish, and a blanket, and enjoy a picnic and sing-along in these last weeks of summer.
BED AND BREAKFAST TOUR - SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. The Mission Committee invites you to attend this tour developed to fund micro loans for the area of Ghana in which Divine Gbagbo lives. If you are curious about B & B accommodations available for guests and parents, now is your opportunity to see them first hand! For $10, you can tour 4 inns and see the former Leila Belle Inn owned by Marty and Jim Taggart. Tickets are available after worship, in the Church House office, at both Wooster Buehler’s Markets and at Maurer Pharmacy. We still need volunteers to bake cookies, three more persons to supply bouquets for the B & Bs, and people to act as a second docent along with a Mission Committee member at each of the B & Bs. A sign up sheet is in the narthex.
A note from former WPC intern Mieke Vandersall, ’98:
I have always been so grateful for Carroll’s belief in my own call to ministry. In his own special way he has supported my ministry in immeasurable ways. Carroll believes in an inclusive church where a wide variety of voices can be known and valued and heard and consistently works for those of us on the margins to be brought into the center. Thank you, Carroll, for teaching me and so many of us what ministry is about!
I am currently Minister Director of Presbyterian Welcome, New York City, New York.
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THE ORDER OF WORSHIP
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 31, 2008 10:45 o’clock
WE OFFER PRAISE TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THE PRELUDE J. S. Bach
Prelude and Fugue in F Major
THE JOYS AND CONCERNS OF THE CONGREGATION
Leader: The Joys and Concerns have been shared.
People: Let us prepare our hearts for worship.
Brian Dykstra
Little Waltz for My Beautiful Daughter (1942 - )
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: |
Greetings and welcome to worship. We have come to praise God for the gift of creation, for the love of people, for the privilege of serving Christ in the world. |
Congregation: We celebrate and praise God in song, in prayers of gratitude and in lives lived in obedience.
Leader: Greetings and welcome to worship. We have come to praise God for the gift of creation, for the love of people, for the privilege of serving Christ in the world.
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Congregation: We come to worship God amidst the community of faith, to give public witness to the God who created us and all creation, to give testimony to the God who gave us a loving community in which to live and thrive, to the God who calls us to a mission to be pursued with courage in the world.
Leader: Let us worship God.
* THE HYMN OF PRAISE 265 WAREHAM
Great God, We Sing That Mighty Hand
* THE CALL TO CONFESSION
If we say we have done nothing to separate ourselves from God we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. Let us humble ourselves and submit our conscience to a higher calling.
* THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION (in unison)
Holy God, we present to you our world shattered, filled with violence, ugliness, disease and hate. We present to you our world in need, pleading for forgiveness, love, reconciliation and healing. Holy God, we present to you ourselves as part of that broken world, pleading for courage and hope to live into another day. By your mercy and compassion, by your love that knows no bounds, hold us and heal us and bring us into a holier place.
* THE TIME FOR SILENT PRAYER
* THE DECLARATION OF PARDON
The ancients were right and true. The wise spiritual leaders of old knew the healing powers of confession. James the brother of Jesus called confession the builder of community. Friends, hear and believe the good news of Jesus Christ. You are a new creation. Live your new life. Amen.
THE SHARING OF CHRIST’S PEACE
Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.
Congregation: And also with you.
Leader: Let us share Christ’s peace.
THE TIME WITH THE CHILDREN Dog walls
THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Proverbs 2: 1 – 12 [p. 510]
THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Acts 26: 1 - 29 [p. 910]
Leader: The Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
THE SERMON Mr. Meyer
“The Best Book I Ever Read”
THE HYMN OF MEDITATION 165 (please remain seated) ST. FLAVIAN
When in the Night I Meditate
THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
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 sins, as we forgive those who sin against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
THE CHURCH IN MISSION Krista Asher
THE OFFERTORY Selected
* THE PRAYER OF DEDICATION
How Firm a Foundation
* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
* Those who are able are invited to stand.
Leading in worship are Carroll Meyer, Pastor; Kylie Carpenter, Liturgist; and Charles J. Briggs, Organist.
The Flowers this morning are given to the Glory of God and in celebration of all those that heed God's call.
Child Care is provided in the Nursery Room.
Church Partnership Committee will meet in the Lounge following this morning’s worship service.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
353 East Pine Street 263-2398
Carroll Meyer, Pastor 263-2208 [cmeyer@wooster.edu]
Website: www3.wooster.edu/westminster
Church Notes
Dance Group – Wednesday, September 3, at 7:00 p.m. in Mackey Hall.
Choir Rehearsal – Thursday, September 4, at 7:00 p.m. in Mackey Hall.
Deacons will meet next Sunday, September 7, in Mackey Kitchen immediately following the worship service. A light lunch will be provided.
Adult Christian Study -- For those interested in participating in Rich Bell’s upcoming series during the month of September, titled “Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation,” and based on his most recent book, Rethinking Justice: Restoring Our Humanity, be advised that, once ordered, it takes about one week for delivery of the book to the Wooster Book Company. It is available currently in paperback only, and the price is $31.95. The series begins next Sunday, so if you would like a printed copy to read and reference during the series, you need to order it right away. If the text is available online, as Rich was told, I have not been able to locate it. The “Google-Books,” text, mentioned as a source in last week’s announcement, occasionally skips a couple of pages, so it is not a complete copy. I also checked for an electronic copy with the ebooks collection of CleveNet, but they do not have it as yet. Professor’s Bell’s book is very thought-provoking and helps to guide us to a more enlightened concept of justice, than is the normal fare in our Western culture. The issues and questions raised are central to all of us, even if we’re not thinking about them most of the time. So let’s devote a few Sundays of the Adult Class, plus some valuable, thoughtful reading time to these issues, the understanding of which are so essential to the encouragement and cultivation of a kind of justice that will make sustainable peace in our world a more real possibility. -- DRG
Thank you from the BorderLinks committee. We appreciate all the volunteers who assisted with the Hartville Ministries this summer. This was coordinated by Mary Kilpatrick. Volunteers were Cheryl Weiss, Jean Brazee, Dorothy Iams, Rich Bell, Ruth MacKenzie, Jim Collier, Janelle Collier, Jimmy Meyer and Linda Rea.
GIFTS OF THE HEART NEEDS
To complete 90 school kits: 8 tote bags
To complete 25 hygiene kits: 20 1-gallon size zipper freezer bags
A note from former WPC intern Morgan Barlow, ’02:
My last year at Wooster was 2001-2002. As the Peace by Peace Westminster Intern, we had a startling beginning with the September 11th violence. I remember Carroll and I talking that week, and in the midst of storytelling he said, "This might not be the year you'd planned, but you'll be a gift to the college community."
I'm a graduate student now, in Maternal and Child Health at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. And I still take that perspective, as goals and circumstances in my life change: "be a gift." So, thank you, Carroll, for being a voice of support and direction. Be well, and may you enjoy your retirement!
A note from former WPC intern Heidi Haverkamp, ’98:
I remember a prayer Carroll gave once during Sunday worship, about a candy wrapper lying on the grass that someone came across while mowing the yard... I don't remember exactly how it went, but I think it was something about finding God in the daily surprises of your life. But I'll never forget the image, because I've never heard anything like it before or since.
Carroll was truly interested in students. I'm sure there are many ways he could've spent his time, but that first year, he had lunch with us five 20-year-old interns every other Tuesday at Kittredge. He invited us into his home. He invited us to share our hopes and dreams with him. He invited us to be creative. He gave us a lot of freedom in our ministries on campus. And so we never felt neglected or micro-managed, because Carroll both welcomed us into ministry with him and also allowed us to go out on our own, and so helped us each grow into our own sense of ministry.
I am the Vicar at The Episcopal Church of St. Benedict, Bolingbrook, Illinois and am planning my wedding on August 30 in Chicago.
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THE ORDER OF WORSHIP
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 24, 2008 10:45 o’clock
WE OFFER PRAISE TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THE PRELUDE Ignace Paderewski
arr. Lani Smith
Melodie
THE JOYS AND CONCERNS OF THE CONGREGATION
Leader: The Joys and Concerns have been shared.
People: Let us prepare our hearts for worship.
Invention No. 1 in C major
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: |
What has been our lot that brings us here today? Clergy, widows with children from foreign mission stations, students in need of a sustained faith, a gathering of peculiar people creating a unique community of faith, a generous people, a spiritual people, an unsettled people. These have been our lot. |
Congregation: And what has been our destiny? To seek out our relationship with God in fear and trembling, to serve unselfishly, generously, sacrificially, with courage and compassionate wisdom. →
Leader: And what has been our daily life? To worship God in season and out of season, to experience flashes of wonder, to persevere the droughts of revelation, to seek to serve.
Congregation: And what will be our destiny? “Where in our life journey we are destined to go from here is not in the power of mortal man to predict.”
All: With gratitude in our hearts for God’s eternal walk with us, we gather to sing praises, offer prayers and walk ourselves in the way of peace.
* THE HYMN OF PRAISE 83 DEO GRACIAS
O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High
* THE CALL TO CONFESSION
If we say we have done nothing to separate ourselves from God we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. Let us humble ourselves and submit our conscience to a higher calling.
* THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION (in unison)
Holy God, we present to you our world shattered, filled with violence, ugliness, disease and hate. We present to you our world in need, pleading for forgiveness, love, reconciliation and healing. Holy God, we present to you ourselves as part of that broken world, pleading for courage and hope to live into another day. By your mercy and compassion, by your love that knows no bounds, hold us and heal us and bring us into a holier place.
* THE TIME FOR SILENT PRAYER
* THE DECLARATION OF PARDON
The ancients were right and true. The wise spiritual leaders of old knew the healing powers of confession. James the brother of Jesus called confession the builder of community. Friends, hear and believe the good news of Jesus Christ. You are a new creation. Live your new life. Amen.
THE SHARING OF CHRIST’S PEACE
Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.
Congregation: And also with you.
Leader: Let us share Christ’s peace.
THE TIME WITH THE CHILDREN Not to be broken
THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSONS Genesis 1: 26 – 27, Psalm 8 [p. 1, 427]
THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSONS John 1: 14 – 18 [p. 862]
Philippians 2: 1 – 11 [p. 954]
Leader: The Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
THE SERMON Mr. Meyer
“Jesus Incarnate”
THE HYMN OF MEDITATION 49 (please remain seated) IRBY
Once in Royal David’s City
THE PRAYERS OF PRAISE AND INTERCESSION
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 sins, as we forgive those who sin against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
THE CHURCH IN MISSION Linda Barbu
THE OFFERTORY Jake Briggs and
Jonah Comstock
A Musical Offering
* THE DOXOLOGY (in unison)
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye choirs in song;
Rejoice, be grateful, all life long. Amen.
* THE PRAYER OF DEDICATION
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
Nocturne in E flat major
* Those who are able are invited to stand.
Leading in worship are Carroll Meyer, Pastor; Joe Whited, Liturgist; Jonah Comstock, Trombone; and Charles J. Briggs, Organist.
The Flowers this morning are given by Jimmy and Carroll Meyer to the Glory of God and in celebration of 40 years of marriage.
Child Care is provided in the Nursery Room.
We are welcoming new students and faculty with a ‘brownies and punch’ reception today immediately following worship.
Session – Tuesday, August 26, at 7:00 p.m. in the Church House Lounge.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
353 East Pine Street 263-2398
Carroll Meyer, Pastor 263-2208 [cmeyer@wooster.edu]
Website: www3.wooster.edu/westminster
Church Notes
Dance Group – Wednesday, August 27, at 7:00 p.m. in Mackey Hall.
The Westminster Choir practice/welcome reception will be on Thursday, August 28, in Mackey Hall at 7:00 p.m. Greet, meet and eat! New members welcome. Choir practice this fall will be every Thursday from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
For those interested in participating in Rich Bell’ s upcoming series during the month of September, titled “Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation,” be advised that it takes about one week for delivery of the book to the Wooster Book Company once it is ordered. It is available currently in paperback only, and the price is $31.95. The series begins two weeks from today, so if you would like a printed copy to read and reference during the series, you’d do well to order it in the next few days. As an alternative, the book text is available online, also. Just Google the title and it will take you right to it. By the way, if you register for a Google account, you can add the book to “my library” which conveniently sequesters it so you can find it easily. The book, alone, is very thought-provoking and relevant in a big way to current events and issues related to a multitude of situations that are in the process of meting out “justice” – whether in US criminal courts, the International Court of Law, Guantanamo, military tribunals, CIA “black sites,” retributive military operations – the examples are endless. The issues and questions raised in Prof. Bell’s book are central to all of us, even if we’re not thinking about them most of the time. So let’s devote a few Sunday Adult Class sessions, plus some valuable hours of thoughtful reading to these issues, the understanding of which are so essential to the encouragement and cultivating of sustainable peace in our world. --DRG
Thank you from the BorderLinks committee. We appreciate all the volunteers who assisted with the Hartville Ministries this summer. This was coordinated by Mary Kilpatrick. Volunteers were Cheryl Weiss, Jean Brazee, Dorothy Iams, Rich Bell, Ruth MacKenzie, Jim Collier, Janelle Collier, Jimmy Meyer and Linda Rea.
GIFTS OF THE HEART NEEDS
To complete 80 school kits: 20 tote bags, 20 pencil sharpeners
To complete 25 hygiene kits: 9 hand towels, 15 nail clippers
Peace & Justice Library Highlights – This Sunday’s featured book from our Peace & Justice Library is What does PEACE feel like?, “a book by V. Radunsky and children just like you from around the world” (back of dust jacket), Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2004. It is a large-format, colorful picture-book that illustrates in a whimsical, child-like style, the words of children’s answers to the questions: “What does PEACE smell like, look like, sound like, etc.” It is short and sweet but effective in stimulating the imagination of the listener or reader to think of his or her own answers to these somewhat poetic questions. -- DRG
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Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 17, 2008 9:30 o’clock
WE OFFER PRAISE TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THE PRELUDE J. S. Bach
arr. Jake Briggs
Prelude in C Major, BMV 846
THE JOYS AND CONCERNS OF THE CONGREGATION
Pastor: The joys and concerns have been shared.
People: Let us prepare our hearts for worship.
Waltz for Guitar Jake Briggs
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: |
People of God, we are one in Christ, one in the Spirit. |
People: We praise you wonderful Creator, that we are your children in the family of God.
Leader: We are here this morning, brought together by your love, and challenged to reflect, to vision, and to dream as a family.
People: Gracious God, look upon your family gathered here in your name. Open our minds and hearts as we vision new dimensions of your kingdom. →
Leader: In me, in you, in each of us, God’s spirit shines for all to see.
All: Let us worship together.
* THE HYMN OF PRAISE 258 J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1981
Praise Ye the Lord
* THE CALL TO CONFESSION
Here in the presence of eternal time
we cast off the wounds of worldliness,
opening our hearts and minds to God’s continual renewal.
* THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION (in unison)
Our Holy God, by the gift of the Word, Jesus Christ spoke peace to a sinful world and brought humanity the gift of reconciliation by the suffering and death he endured. We are taught that those who bear his name should follow the example he gave us. We pray that our faith, hope, and charity turn hatred to love, conflict to peace, and death to eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
* THE TIME OF SILENCE
* THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
God casts a blanket of grace upon us. God surrounds us with a forgiving peace that astounds our belief. God grants unto us a wholeness and oneness, with God, with ourselves and with our neighbor. We are a people of God’s making. Friends, accept this good news and believe. Amen.
* THE SHARING OF CHRIST’S PEACE
Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.
Congregation: And also with you.
Leader: Let us share Christ’s peace.
THE TIME WITH THE CHILDREN “If it’s not that way”
THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON (in unison) Psalm 150 [p. 508]
THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Luke 7: 31 – 50 [p. 839]
Leader: The Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
THE SERMON Mr. Meyer
O Sing to the Lord
THE PRAYERS OF PRAISE AND INTERCESSION
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 sins, as we forgive those who sin against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
* THE DOXOLOGY (in unison)
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye choirs in song;
Rejoice, be grateful, all life long. Amen.
* THE PRAYER OF DEDICATION
* THE HYMN OF COMMITMENT 481 LLANFAIR
* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
THE POSTLUDE Jake Briggs
Improvisation on “Amazing Grace”
*Those who are able are invited to stand.
Leading in worship are Carroll Meyer, Pastor; Richard Drushal, Liturgist; and Charles J. Briggs, Organist.
Child Care is provided in the Nursery Room.
Following worship this morning, we will have the first of several celebrations honoring Carroll's retirement from the ministry. Stay and find out family facts shared by Jimmy and others. We will have a pie celebration!
We will be welcoming new students and faculty with a ‘brownies and punch’ reception after our 10:45 a.m. worship next Sunday, August 24. If you could make some brownies or something non-chocolate to serve, please bring them to Church House kitchen that Sunday. Thank you.
Dance Group – Wednesday, August 20, at 7:00 p.m. in Mackey Hall.
The Westminster Choir practice/welcome reception will be on Thursday, August 28, in Mackey Hall at 7:00 p.m. Greet, meet and eat! New members welcome. Choir practice this fall will be every Thursday from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
353 East Pine Street 263-2398
Carroll Meyer, Pastor 263-2208 [cmeyer@wooster.edu]
Website: www3.wooster.edu/westminster
Church Notes
Teaching Peace Notes: Two weeks are left before the beginning of Rich Bell’s series (during the month of September) on Rethinking Justice: Restoring Our Humanity, his latest book that deals with the different ways justice is perceived and practiced Western vs. African cultures. Professor Bell’s focus looks at how traditional African philosophies and practices related to administering justice influenced the transitional process from minority rule, and the apartheid system, to a majority-rule, democratic system, in South Africa and, in particular, the use of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission with its emphasis on restorative instead of retributive justice. The paperback edition is now available from your favorite vendor, and don’t forget our good, old public library. Now would be a good time to put your hands on a copy and still have plenty of time to read, absorb, and contemplate, the issues of justice, humanity, and peace, that Professor Bell has studied and condensed for all of us, in this valuable little volume that is so relevant in our ever-shrinking, fast-changing world.
Thank you from the BorderLinks committee. We appreciate all the volunteers who assisted with the Hartville Ministries this summer. This was coordinated by Mary Kilpatrick. Volunteers were Cheryl Weiss, Jean Brazee, Dorothy Iams, Rich Bell, Ruth MacKenzie, Jim Collier, Janelle Collier, Jimmy Meyer and Linda Rea.
GIFTS OF THE HEART NEEDS
To complete 80 school kits: 20 tote bags, 20 pencil sharpeners
To complete 25 hygiene kits: 9 hand towels, 15 nail clippers
Peace & Justice Library Highlights – How to Teach Peace to Children by Anne Meyer Byler. This little volume (72 pages) is a practical guide to teaching children peacemaking values and lifestyle choices. It was first published in 1981, then published in a second edition in 2003. It begins with a discussion of peace and peacemaking as concepts—Christ-based and a more generalized concept that the author expresses with the word “shalom.” The chapters that follow cover the different fundamental categories of life experience for families and especially relating to children: “Shalom Living: Relationships;” “Shalom Living: Day by Day;” “Shalom Living: The Global Village;” and “Working Together: The Church and the Home.” I recommend this book as a well-thought out, very practical and accessible guide for more peaceful and sensible living; a good antidote to all of the excesses and imbalances of consumer culture. -- DRG
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THE ORDER OF WORSHIP
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 10, 2008 9:30 o’clock
WE OFFER PRAISE TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THE PRELUDE J. S. Bach
Prelude 6 in d minor, BMV 851
Pastor: The joys and concerns have been shared.
People: Let us prepare our hearts for worship.
Prelude in A major, Op. 28, No. 7 Frédéric Chopin
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: |
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. |
Congregation: Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing.
Leader: Know that the Lord is God. It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Congregation: Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, bless his name.
Leader: For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
Congregation: Let us worship God.
* THE HYMN OF PRAISE 319 James K. Manley, 1975
* THE CALL TO CONFESSION
Friends, our sins may seem slight to us, but unconfessed, they are a barrier between ourselves and God. Let us confess our sins and be forgiven and renewed.
* THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION (in unison)
O God, you are merciful and full of grace, ready to give more than we could possibly ever hope to ask or receive. Hear our prayer and hear beneath our prayer, in the secret places of our heart, shut off even from ourselves. Let not the blindness of our spirit deny us the vision of your binding love. We confess that we have taken back roads and short cuts. We have gone off course. We have hurt and harmed other people, ourselves and your created world. O God, be merciful to us and in your mercy bring peace to our troubled souls. Amen.
* THE TIME FOR SILENT CONFESSION
* THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Hear the Good News! If we are in Christ we are a new people altogether -- the past is finished and gone, everything has become fresh and new. Friends: Believe the Good News of the Gospel. In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven.
WESTMINSTER STORY CORPS Peggy Schmitz
* THE SHARING OF CHRIST’S PEACE
Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.
Congregation: And also with you.
Leader: Let us share Christ’s peace.
HE TIME WITH THE CHILDREN What do you see?
THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSONS Psalm 148; Genesis 37: 5 – 20 [p. 508, 30]
Leader: The Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
THE SERMON Mr. Meyer
“Waiting Forty Years for a Resurrection”
THE HYMN OF MEDITATION 210 (please remain seated) ST. ANNE
Our God, Our Help in Ages Past
THE PRAYERS OF PRAISE AND INTERCESSION
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 sins, as we forgive those who sin against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
THE OFFERTORY Robert Schumann
Of Foreign Lands and People, Op. 15, No. 1
* THE DOXOLOGY (in unison)
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye choirs in song;
Rejoice, be grateful, all life long. Amen.
* THE PRAYER OF DEDICATION
* THE HYMN OF COMMITMENT 152 MEADVILLE
* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
THE POSTLUDE Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in E flat major, Op. 117, No.1
*Those who are able are invited to stand.
Leading in worship are Carroll Meyer, Pastor; Peggy Schmitz, Liturgist; and Charles J. Briggs, Organist.
Child Care is provided in the Nursery Room.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
353 East Pine Street 263-2398
Carroll Meyer, Pastor 263-2208 [cmeyer@wooster.edu]
Website: www3.wooster.edu/westminster
Church Notes
Dance Group – Wednesday, August 13, at 7:00 p.m. in Mackey Hall.
SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, August 17, following worship we will have the first of several celebrations honoring Carroll's retirement from the ministry. Come find out family facts shared by Jimmy and others. We will have a pie celebration! If you are a pie baker, please let Sue Brown know you will share a pie with us.
The new College of Wooster students will be on campus before Sunday, August 24. The Membership Committee likes to serve brownies and punch in their honor. If you could make some brownies or something non-chocolate to serve, please bring them to Church House kitchen that Sunday. Thank you.
Teaching Peace Notes: Three weeks are left before the beginning of Rich Bell’s series (during the month of September) on Rethinking Justice: Restoring Our Humanity, his latest book that deals with the different ways justice is perceived and practiced Western vs. African cultures. Professor Bell’s focus looks at how traditional African philosophies and practices related to administering justice influenced the transitional process from minority rule, and the apartheid system, to a majority-rule, democratic system, in South Africa and, in particular, the use of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission with its emphasis on restorative instead of retributive justice. The paperback edition is now available from your favorite vendor, and don’t forget our good, old public library. Now would be a good time to put your hands on a copy and still have plenty of time to read, absorb, and contemplate, the issues of justice, humanity, and peace, that Professor Bell has studied and condensed for all of us, in this valuable little volume that is so relevant in our ever-shrinking, fast-changing world.
The Funeral Service for Deborah P. Hilty will be held this coming Saturday, August 16, at 10:00 a.m. here in the Mackey Sanctuary. This service is private for family, close friends and Westminster church members. This is not to be a public notice service. There will be a public memorial tribute for Deb in October during the fall meeting of the Board of Trustees of The College of Wooster.
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 3, 2008 9:30 o’clock
WE OFFER PRAISE TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THE PRELUDE J. S. Bach
Prelude in c minor (BMV 847)
THE JOYS AND CONCERNS OF THE CONGREGATION
Pastor: The joys and concerns have been shared.
People: Let us prepare our hearts for worship.
THE LIGHTING OF THE CANDLE OF PEACE
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: |
We gather in the hope that the ache of God will penetrate the numbness of our humanity. |
People: We gather in the prayer that in the emotional extremes of life, desperate actions will be made in peace.
Leader: We gather in the belief that a higher consciousness can shatter our acceptance of violence and create in us a new vision for living.
People: We gather in faith that a new social reality may appear in our midst.
* THE HYMN OF PRAISE 376 HYFRYDOL
* THE CALL TO CONFESSION
Human love explodes in rare moments of overwhelming bliss and human hate erupts in violence and death. We are called to the heart of all Goodness where human passion finds sublime expression.
* THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION (in unison)
Gracious and merciful God, you created us to be in community. You have given unto us the powers of fine discernments and the capacity for much love. You have placed within our hearts and souls the wonderful gift of sacrifice and forgiveness. Now in this hour, we pray that you would be gentle on our soul, tender with our affections, patient with our understanding, nurturing to our body. For all wherein we have displeased thee, we confess our sin and pray that we might experience the grace of your forgiveness and redeeming love. For we know that “forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.” Amen.
* THE TIME OF SILENCE
* THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Leader: Dear friends, children, women, men, old and young, from all manner and walks of life, in weakness and in pain, in sin and in goodness, in care and in recklessness; hear this good news: there is nothing in all this world or out of this world that our creator God can not recreate. In the life and death of Jesus Christ the universe is never out of God’s healing and restoring grace and we are never removed from the wholeness of creation.
People: Thanks be to God.
* THE SHARING OF CHRIST’S PEACE
Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.
Congregation: And also with you.
Leader: Let us share Christ’s peace.
THE TIME WITH THE CHILDREN Precious
THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON I Kings 18: 4 – 9 [p. 283]
THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Matthew 14: 1 – 23 [p. 796]
Leader: The Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
THE SERMON Mr. Meyer
THE HYMN OF MEDITATION 329 (please remain seated) BREAD OF LIFE
THE CHURCH IN MISSION Jimmy Meyer
THE OFFERTORY Selected
The Service of Holy Communion
Friends, this is the joyful feast of the people of God!
They will come from east and west,
and from north and south,
and sit at table in the kingdom of God.
According to Luke,
when our risen Lord was at table with his disciples,
he took the bread, and blessed and broke it,
and gave it to them.
Then their eyes were opened
and they recognized him.
This is the Lord’s table.
Our Savior invites those who trust him
to share the feast that he has prepared.
The scripture records that on the night before Jesus died, he took bread, and after giving thanks,
he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:
Take, eat.
This is my body, given for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.
In the same way he took the cup, saying:
This cup is the new covenant sealed in my blood,
shed for you for the forgiveness of sins.
Whenever you drink it,
do this in remembrance of me.
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Leader: It is truly right and our greatest joy
to give you thanks and praise,
O Lord our God, creator and ruler of the universe.
In your wisdom, you made all things
and sustain them by your power.
You formed us in your image,
setting us in this world to love and to serve you,
and to live in peace with your whole creation.
People: When we rebelled against you
refusing to trust and obey you,
you did not reject us,
but still claimed us as your own.
You sent prophets to call us back to your way.
Leader: Then in the fullness of time,
out of your great love for the world,
you sent your only Son to be one of us,
to redeem us and heal our brokenness.
People: Therefore we praise you,
joining our voices with choirs of angels,
with prophets, apostles, and martyrs,
and with all the faithful of every time and place,
who forever sing to the glory of your name. Amen.
THE ACT OF PRAISE 580 SANCTUS
Holy, Holy, Holy,
Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory:
Glory be to Thee,
O Lord Most High. Amen.
The Prayers for Sanctification and Intercession
Leader: Gracious God,
pour out your Holy Spirit upon us
and upon these your gifts of bread and wine,
that the bread we break
and the cup we bless
may be the communion of the body and blood of Christ.
By your Spirit make us one with Christ,
that we may be one with all who share this feast,
united in ministry in every place.
As this bread is Christ’s body for us,
send us out to be the body of Christ in the world.
Leader: Remember your church . . .
and empower it in ministry to the world.
Leader: Remember the world of nations . . .
People: By your Spirit renew the face of the earth;
let peace and justice prevail.
Leader: Remember our family and friends . . .
People: Bless them and watch over them;
be gracious to them and give them peace.
Leader: Remember the sick and the suffering,
the aged and the dying . . .
People: Encourage them and give them hope.
Leader: Rejoicing in the communion of saints,
we remember with thanksgiving
all your faithful servants, and those dear to us,
whom you have called from this life. . .
People: We are grateful that for them death is no more,
nor is there sorrow, crying, or pain,
for the former things have passed away.
Leader: In union with your church in heaven and on earth,
we pray, O God, that you will fulfill your eternal purpose
in us and in all the world.
Keep us faithful in your service
until Christ comes in final victory,
and we shall feast with all your saints
in the joy of your eternal realm.
All: Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory and honor are yours,
now and forever. Amen.
The Sharing of the Eucharist: The Distribution of the Elements
The Lord Jesus, on the night of his arrest, took bread,
and after giving thanks to God,
he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:
Take, eat. This is my body, given for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.
In the same way he took the cup, saying:
This cup is the new covenant sealed in my blood,
shed for you for the forgiveness of sins.
Whenever you drink it,
do this in remembrance of me.
Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup,
you proclaim the saving death of the risen Lord,
until he comes.
THE COMMUNION MELODY César Franck
aar. Martha Powell Setchell
Panis Angelicus (Bread of Heaven)
THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
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 sins, as we forgive those who sin against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
* THE HYMN OF COMMITMENT 483 MIT FREUDEN ZART
Sing Praise to God, Who Reigns Above
* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
THE POSTLUDE Franz Liszt
arr. Ellen J. Lorenz
Liebesträume
*Those who are able are invited to stand.
Leading in worship are Carroll C. Meyer, Pastor; Jonah Comstock, Liturgist and Celebrant; and Charles J. Briggs, Organist.
Child Care is provided in the Nursery Room.
BorderLinks will meet tonight at 7:00 p.m. at Elaine Smith Snyder’s home.
A Note from Ferenc and Candy Relle: We want to thank the congregation for all
their support, prayers, and good wishes for our grandson, Calen Relle. He is home and doing very well recovering from cranial surgery at Rainbow Babies Hospital in Cleveland. The love and support of the church was very helpful and much appreciated.
SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, August 17, following worship we will have the first of several celebrations honoring Carroll's retirement from the ministry. Come find out family facts shared by Jimmy and others. We will have a pie celebration! If you are a pie baker, please let Sue Brown know you will share a pie with us.
The new College of Wooster students will be on campus before Sunday, August 24. The Membership Committee likes to serve brownies and punch in their honor. We would appreciate if you could make some brownies or something non-chocolate to serve. Please bring them to church that Sunday and leave them in the kitchen. Thank you.
Teaching Peace Notes – Highlights from the Peace & Justice collection:
We Can Get Along: A Child’s Book of Choices, by Lauren Murphy Payne, with illustrations by Claudia Rohling (Free Spirit Publishing, 1997). This is a very straightforward, picture book that clearly sets out some basic realities of friendship, as well as playmate, and schoolmate, relationships. It establishes that people sometimes get along, and sometimes they don’t. The main emphasis is on paying attention to feelings and not letting feelings take over when one is angry or hurt. It emphasizes not “hurting someone back” when one has hurt you. Its final point is that “even though we are different, we can laugh, work, and play together. In other words, we can get along. This fine little book was donated to Westminster’s Children’s Library by Mary Kilpatrick a number of years ago, but its message and style are still timely and quite current enough to relate to today’s young children. -- DRG
GIFTS OF THE HEART NEEDS
School Kits: 12‑inch rulers Hygiene Kits: hand towels
blunt scissors nail clippers
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Our sincere sympathies are extended to the family and friends of Deb Hilty who died Sunday, July 27, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 27, 2008 9:30 o’clock
WE OFFER PRAISE TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THE PRELUDE
THE JOYS AND CONCERNS OF THE CONGREGATION
Pastor: The joys and concerns have been shared.
People: Let us prepare our hearts for worship.
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader [Cinny Gooch] |
Greetings, brothers and sisters. Greetings. Let us put things in order, attend to the gospel, agree with one another, and live in peace. (2 Cor. 13: 11) |
Congregation: What does the Lord require of us this day? We should seek justice, love tenderly, and walk humbly with our God. (Micah 6: 8)
Leader: God has made a unilateral and irrevocable covenant with us. When we are out of order, discordant, rebellious, self-seeking and proud, God has loved us from the beginning, and brings our wandering spirit back.
Congregation: Let praise be upon our lips and thanksgiving in our hearts. Let us worship God.
* THE HYMN OF PRAISE 563 LIFT EVERY VOICE
Lift Every Voice and Sing
* THE CALL TO CONFESSION I John 1: 8 - 9
Leader: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
People: But if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Leader: Let us confess our sins before God and one another.
* THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION (in unison)
O God, in this time, we turn our hearts and minds and wills toward you. God, we have gathered ourselves into an identity of like-minded believers. We would be the sponge for the world’s pains, the wisdom for the world’s questions, the direction for the world’s groping, the joy for the world’s celebrations. In your mercy, O God, heal us of our diseases, forgive us for our sins, bind us in our brokenness, enlighten us in our days of seeking, take from us excessive burdens, and hear us when we call for mercy. Grant us the humility to carry our privileges gracefully and the will to use our gifts responsibly. Remove every ounce of distrust from us and imbue us with the power to embrace your world with love.
* THE TIME FOR SILENT CONFESSION
* THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Friends, whether or not you have felt the internal grace of acceptance and being at one with another and with God, believe the good news of the gospel. In Jesus Christ we are forgiven and made one with God and with one another.
* THE SHARING OF CHRIST’S PEACE
Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.
Congregation: And also with you.
Leader: Let us share Christ’s peace.
THE TIME WITH THE CHILDREN The Get-Along Song
David Gillespie
THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSONS I Corinthians 14: 34 – 35 [p. 935]
I Timothy 2: 8 – 15 [p. 963]
Ephesians 6: 5 - 19 [p. 952]
Leader: The Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
THE SERMON David Noble
“Continuing Improvement”
THE PRAYERS OF PRAISE AND INTERCESSION
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 sins, as we forgive those who sin against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
THE CHURCH IN MISSION Sue Coleman
THE OFFERTORY
* THE DOXOLOGY (in unison)
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye choirs in song;
Rejoice, be grateful, all life long. Amen.
* THE PRAYER OF DEDICATION
* THE HYMN OF COMMITMENT 564 MATERNA
O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
THE POSTLUDE
*Those who are able are invited to stand.
Leading in worship are David Noble, Preacher of the Day; Cinny Gooch, Liturgist; and Charles J. Briggs, Organist.
Greeters are Reg and Marj Kramer.
Child Care is provided in the Nursery Room.
Teaching Peace Notes -- Plant a Seed of Peace, by Rebecca Seiling and illustrated by Brooke Roghshank (Herald Press, 2007). This book is a wonderful collection of one-to-two-page cameo portraits of Christian peacemakers (with an Anabaptist bias) over the past 500 years. Not only does it span the centuries, but it spans the globe. An interesting read, with surprising variety of content, woven together in meaningful themes relating to the metaphor of planting, working a garden, and producing a crop. A book I recommend for all ages. Technically the reading level is probably 6th or 7th grade on up. --DRG
SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, August 17, following worship we will have the first of several celebrations honoring Carroll's retirement from the ministry. Come find out family facts shared by Jimmy and others. We will have a pie celebration! If you are a pie baker, please let Sue Brown know you will share a pie with us.
With summer months comes the need for additional meals when school age children are at home. Please consider making an effort to bring groceries for People to People Ministries next Sunday, August 3. Items needed: canned fruit, pork & beans, crackers, noodles, spaghetti sauce, canned tuna, cereal and syrup.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
353 East Pine Street 330-263-2398
Carroll Meyer, Pastor 263-2208 [cmeyer@wooster.edu]
Website: www3.wooster.edu/westminster
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THE ORDER OF WORSHIP
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 20, 2008 9:30 o’clock
WE OFFER PRAISE TO THE GLORY OF GOD
Leader: The joys and concerns have been shared.
People: Let us prepare our hearts for worship.
THE LIGHTING OF THE CANDLE OF PEACE
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: The morning sky awakens us and calls us in to worship.
Congregation: The mourning dove awakens us and calls us in to worship.
Leader: The summer sun sends rays of light to strike our eye and light the way to worship.
Congregation: The scent of dew on new mown grass brings forth warm memories of yesterdays, and our spirits are lifted in silent and grateful praise. We are called to worship.
Leader: The produce of a verdant life, Wayne County life, stands tall and green and with strength and health, claims our wills for worship.
Congregation: Yes, we have followed the call of our hearts to worship. →
Leader: God said, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy!” Jesus said, “Remember the Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.”Congregation: This morning we have said “No!” to the worldly demands upon our Sunday morning life, choosing instead to experience what the Sabbath can do for us.
Leader: God commanded, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” And we ask, “Who is this God who demands our allegiance?”
Congregation: This morning we have said “No!” to the false claims upon our daily lives. Yet we seek to discover the sacred claims upon our everyday living.
Leader: Jesus said that we must decide between God and mammon. And we must ask what of mammon is not sacred?
All: Let us say “Yes!” to the marvelous God who created us, the loving God who redeems us and the wondrous God who sustains us through that mysterious journey called life.
* THE HYMN OF PRAISE 483 MIT FREUDEN ZART
* THE CALL TO CONFESSION
Here in the presence of eternal time
we cast off the wounds of worldliness,
opening our hearts and minds to God’s continual renewal.
* THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION (in unison)
God of mercy and eternal patience, you are ever ready to start over and rebuild our lives. We confess that we are so insecure. We fear a loss of our own identity and a merging of self into some one or some thing greater than ourselves. We fear a loss of financial security, loss of job, loss of friendships, loss of self awareness and self control and human dignity.
O God, help us to trust in your healing Spirit, that you will bring our wandering spirits back and we will be once again restored into our place you have prepared for us, with you and with one another. Amen.
* THE TIME OF SILENCE
* THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Leader: Friends, hear the good news! Believe the good news!
All: In Jesus Christ we find reconciliation with God and
with one another.
* THE SHARING OF CHRIST’S PEACE
Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.
Congregation: And also with you.
Leader: Let us share Christ’s peace.
THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Romans 8: 12 - 25 [p. 919]
Leader: The Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
THE SERMON Mr. Meyer
“Sacred or Profane: Your Revelation – Your Choice”
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 sins, as we forgive those who sin against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
THE CHURCH IN MISSION Linda Barbu
THE OFFERTORY Herbert S. Oakeley
Lyle Whited, piano
Sun of My Soul‡
* THE DOXOLOGY (in unison)
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye choirs in song;
Rejoice, be grateful, all life long. Amen.
* THE PRAYER OF DEDICATION
* THE HYMN OF COMMITMENT 539 ELLERS
Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name We Raise
* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
*Those who are able are invited to stand.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
353 East Pine Street 330-263-2398
Carroll Meyer, Pastor 263-2208 [cmeyer@wooster.edu]
Website: www3.wooster.edu/westminster
Church Notes
Leading in worship are Carroll Meyer, Pastor; Frances Whited, Liturgist; Bob Iams, euphonium; Lyle Whited, piano; and Ken Shafer, organ.
Child Care is provided in the Nursery Room.
The Church Partnership Committee will meet in the Lounge immediately following this morning’s worship service.
Building Healthy Families – Wednesday, July 23, at 12:30 p.m. in the park. Rain location: Mackey Hall.
Children's Peace Picnic & Song-Fest
Pot-luck lunch & singing on the lawn –
Thursday, July 24 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Westminster Church House - 353 E. Pine Street
All are welcome! Especially children pre-school thru 6th grade.
Children must be accompanied by at least one adult.
All adults are invited to participate in this family-style sing-along.
Bring one main dish for every four persons.
For information Call David Gillespie, Project Coordinator
330-263-2238 or 330-234-4799
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Next Sunday, July 27, David Noble will be the Preacher of the Day.
Book Highlights from Westminster’s Peace & Justice Library – War and the Pity of War, Neil Philip, ed. Clarion, 1998. “The anthologist points out in his introduction that until World War I, poetry tended to express the sentiment that war was a natural manifestation of manly virtues. World War I was so horrific in its toll of human life that a new breed of war poet emerged. Their message can be summed up in the words of Wilfred Owen, ‘My subject is War and the Pity of War. The poetry is in the pity.’ These well-chosen poems from many wars and many countries are mostly about the pity of war. A few, from earlier centuries, seem at first read to trumpet the earlier messages of honor and glory. A second reading reveals that those poets too were aware of the pain and suffering that accompanied the highest hopes. The scratchboard drawings are both somber and beautiful, perfect visual accompaniments to the poetry.” -- War & Peace: A Guide to Literature and New Media, Grades 4-8, p. 174
SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, August 17, following worship we will have the first of several celebrations honoring Carroll's retirement from the ministry. Come find out family facts shared by Jimmy and others. We will have a pie celebration! If you are a pie baker, please let Sue Brown know you will share a pie with us.
‡Historical Note from Herbert Oakeley (1830-1903):
“I was, many years ago, impelled to set John Keble’s words to music, in consequence of the inadequacy if not vulgarity of the tune which had got into general use.
“Hursley,” strange to say, had been in use in Germany—where, as a rule, chorales (Anglicè hymn tunes) are so dignified and admirable—since circiter 1792, and is attributed to Paul Ritter.
I refer to “Hursley,” which, however, is now less often sung than formerly. One of my reasons for disliking it so much is the resemblance it bears to a drinking song, “Se vuol ballare,” in Nozze di Figaro. As Mozart produced that opera in 1786, he is responsible for the opening strain, which suits his Bacchanalian words very well. But to hear “Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour dear,” sung to a lively tune, unsuitable to sacred words, had the effect of driving me out of church."
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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 13, 2008 9:30 o’clock
WE OFFER PRAISE TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THE PRELUDE J. S. Bach
Prelude in D major
THE JOYS AND CONCERNS OF THE CONGREGATION
Pastor: The joys and concerns have been shared.
People: Let us prepare our hearts for worship.
THE LIGHTING OF THE CANDLE OF PEACE
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: |
Welcome to worship: hear the good news, share the good news, praise God, support your neighbor, embrace your friend, love your enemy, serve the Lord with gladness. |
People: We have come to give thanks to God for the gifts of love received this past week. We have come to petition God for directions and relationships that will give energy and joy to our living.
Leader: Friends and strangers not yet friends, where charity and love prevail, there God is ever found. Brought here together by Christ’s love, by love are we thus bound.
People: Let us worship God.
* THE HYMN OF PRAISE 454 LIEBSTER JESU
Blessed Jesus, at Your Word
* THE CALL TO CONFESSION
Here in the presence of eternal time
we cast off the wounds of worldliness,
opening our hearts and minds to God’s continual renewal.
* THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION (in unison)
Leader: The Spirit calls each of us.
People: But we are often reluctant to heed the call. The wind of the Spirit blows, at times fiercely, and draws us onward. Yet we cling to the fragile familiarities, to securities, and to safety. Help us to risk letting go, to stand free as your servant people. Help us to capture visions of the future, so that we can truly be the church. We ask this in the name of Jesus the Christ. Amen.
* THE TIME FOR SILENT CONFESSION
* THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Leader: Friends, hear the good news! Believe the good news!
All: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven.
WESTMINSTER STORY CORPS Cinny Gooch
* THE SHARING OF CHRIST’S PEACE
Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.
Congregation: And also with you.
Leader: Let us share Christ’s peace.
THE TIME WITH THE CHILDREN These wonderful wrinkles
THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Psalm 67 [p. 460]
THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Matthew 13: 1 – 9 [p. 794]
Leader: The Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
THE SERMON Mr. Meyer
THE HYMN OF MEDITATION 423 [please remain seated] DUKE STREET
Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun
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 sins, as we forgive those who sin against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
THE CHURCH IN MISSION Linda Barbu
THE OFFERTORY
* THE DOXOLOGY 203 IMPACT
God of Mercy, God of Grace
* THE PRAYER OF DEDICATION
* THE HYMN OF COMMITMENT 150 MADRID
Come, Christians, Join to Sing
* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
THE POSTLUDE Claude Debussy
Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
from Children’s Corner
*Those who are able are invited to stand.
Leading in worship are Carroll Meyer, Pastor; The Rev. Dr. Jim Henery, Liturgist; and Charles J. Briggs, Organist.
Child Care is provided in the Nursery Room.
The Church Partnership Committee will meet next Sunday, July 20, in the Lounge immediately following the worship service.
Sunday, July 27, David Noble will be the Preacher of the Day.
SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, August 17, following worship we will have the first of several celebrations honoring Carroll's retirement from the ministry. Come find out family facts shared by Jimmy and others. We will have a pie celebration! If you are a pie baker, please let Sue Brown know you will share a pie with us.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
353 East Pine Street 330-263-2398
Carroll Meyer, Pastor 263-2208 [cmeyer@wooster.edu]
Website: www3.wooster.edu/westminster
Church Notes
Building Healthy Families – Wednesday, July 16, at 12:30 p.m. in the park. Rain location: Mackey Hall
Dance – Wednesday, July 16, at 7:00 p.m. in Mackey Hall.
Prepare a Bucket for Midwest Flood Relief - You can help with Midwest flood relief without even leaving home. Muskingum Valley Presbytery in conjunction with two congregations is challenging all the churches of the Presbytery to provide as many “Clean Up Buckets” as they can to Great Rivers Presbytery in Peoria, Illinois. As the flood waters recede, direct assistance will be offered to flood victims. The Teamsters Union and UPS are willing to deliver, free of charge, any buckets the congregations here in Ohio can provide. First Presbyterian Church of Wooster has been designated a drop-off location for your “Clean Up Buckets.” Deadline for Buckets is July 16.
Clean-Up Buckets:
1— 5-gallon bucket with resealable lid (can be found at Rural King in Wooster)
5 — scouring pads
7 — sponges, assorted sizes
1 — scrub brush
1 — pkg. cleaning towels (18 reusable, like Easy Wipes®)
1 — box dry laundry detergent, 50-78 oz.
1 — liquid concentrated household cleaner (like Lysol®), 12 oz.
1 — bottle liquid disinfectant dish soap (like Dawn®), 25 oz.
50 — clothespins
Clothesline, two 50 ft. or one 100 ft.
5 — dust masks
2 pair — latex gloves (like Playtex®)
1 pair — work gloves
1 — 24-count roll heavy-duty trash bags (33-45 gallon)
1 — bottle insect repellant (drops or lotion, not aerosol), 6-14 oz.
Please purchase all liquids in plastic bottles. Pack only new, unopened materials. Put all items in the plastic bucket, packed securely to avoid damage during shipment, and seal the lid with packing tape. Please bring your ‘Clean-Up Bucket’ to the Church Office before Wednesday.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
Wooster, Ohio
THE ORDER OF WORSHIP
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
June 29, 2008 9:30 o’clock
WE OFFER PRAISE TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THE PRELUDE
THE JOYS AND CONCERNS OF THE CONGREGATION
Pastor: The joys and concerns have been shared.
People: Let us prepare our hearts for worship.
THE LIGHTING OF THE CANDLE OF PEACE
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader |
God calls to us in a thousand voices, “Come unto me, all ye who would give praise, do justice, seek mercy, befriend your neighbor, live in peace and walk humbly with God.” |
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Congregation: We have come together in peace, in love and in hope, to celebrate God’s presence, to seek guidance, to offer mutual support, to wander in the glory of God.
All: Let us worship God.
* THE HYMN OF PRAISE 145 MARION
* THE CALL TO CONFESSION
Friends, our sins may seem slight to us, but unconfessed, they are a barrier between ourselves and God. Let us confess our sins and be forgiven and renewed.
* THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION (in unison)
Eternal God, in whom we live and move and have our being, whose face is hidden from us by our sins, and whose mercy we forget in the blindness of our hearts: Cleanse us from all our offenses, and deliver us from proud thoughts and vain desires, that with reverent and humble hearts we may draw near to you, confessing our faults, confiding in your grace, and finding in you our refuge and strength; through Jesus Christ your son. Amen.
* THE TIME OF SILENCE
* THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Leader: Friends, hear the good news! Believe the good news!
All: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven.
* THE SHARING OF CHRIST’S PEACE
Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Let us share Christ’s peace.
THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Psalm 139: 1 – 12, 23, 24 [p. 503]
THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Matthew 20: 17 – 28 [p. 801]
Leader: The Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
THE SERMON Rev. Cureton
“The Art of Ministering”
THE HYMN OF MEDITATION 436 (please remain seated) WHITFIELD
We Are Your People
THE PRAYERS OF PRAISE AND INTERCESSION
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 sins, as we forgive those who sin against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
THE CHURCH IN MISSION Linda Barbu
THE OFFERTORY
* The Doxology (in unison)
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye choirs in song;
Rejoice, be grateful, all life long. Amen.
* THE HYMN OF COMMITMENT 343 BEECHER
Called as Partners in Christ’s Service
* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
THE POSTLUDE
*Those who are able are invited to stand.
Leading in worship are The Rev. Charles Cureton, Preacher of the Day; Joe Whited, Liturgist; and Charles J. Briggs, Organist.
The Flowers this morning are given to the Glory of God by Greg and Linda Barbu and in gratitude for the peace ministry this past year of David Gillespie.
Child Care is provided in the Nursery Room.
Church Partnership Committee will meet immediately after worship in the Lounge.
The BorderLinks peace initiative is coordinating volunteers for the Hartville Migrant Ministries children's program. The time is 1:00 p.m. until 4 or 5, depending on when you need to be back in Wooster. The dates are July 10 for a field trip to the Akron zoo, and July 11 for normal programming at the Ministry in Hartville. To volunteer, sign up after worship today through July 7 or phone Mary Kilpatrick (330-345-8935).
Highlights from the Westminster Peace & Justice Library – Wounded Knee, by Neil Waldman (Grades 6-8). “Waldman traces the origin of the events that would lead to the massacre of innocent women and children of the Lakota people in 1890 to the first contacts between Christopher Columbus and the native people that he encountered on the island of San Salvador. Conflict between the dominant white people and the native people of America resulted in misunderstandings, broken promises, escalating hostilities, and finally open warfare. Unfortunately, the massacre at Wounded Knee was just one of many such incidents. Waldman dramatized the tragedy with his own paintings.” (War & Peace: A Guide to Literature and New Media, Grades 4-8, V. A. Walter)
Teaching Peace Notes – The cyber winds have freshened, and Westminster’s web-ship is finally underway, after long languishing in depressing and dreary doldrums. The rigging needs refitting. A few leaks in the hull keep filling the bilge and need to be patched with tar, and she needs more sails. But the crew can meet the challenge--minding the helm, and using their invisible marlin-spikes to weave the strands of electrons into new cyber-lines that will guy the spars and raise and lower our colorful new sails and pennants. Time to come up on deck everyone! Take in some new sea fragrances, and see the changing skies and clouds. Feel which way the wind is blowing as we keep watch for our little church, and thrill at fitting out, once again, what should be a fine little virtual vessel. DRG
SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, August 17, following worship we will have the first of several celebrations honoring Carroll's retirement from the ministry. Come find out family facts shared by Jimmy and others. We will have a pie celebration! If you are a pie baker, please let Sue Brown know you will share a pie with us.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
353 East Pine Street 330-263-2398
Carroll Meyer, Pastor 263-2208 [cmeyer@wooster.edu]
Website: www3.wooster.edu/westminster
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
Wooster, Ohio
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 6, 2008 9:30 o’clock
WE OFFER PRAISE TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THE PRELUDE
THE JOYS AND CONCERNS OF THE CONGREGATION
Pastor: The joys and concerns have been shared.
People: Let us prepare our hearts for worship.
THE LIGHTING OF THE CANDLE OF PEACE
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: |
We gather to worship the wonder maker, the creation giver, the spring revealer, the breeze blower. |
People: We gather to worship the love child, the peace bearer, the kind one.
Leader: We gather to sing, to pray, to see God in new ways.
People: We gather in faith that a new social reality may appear in our midst.
* THE HYMN OF PRAISE 262 NATIONAL HYMN
* THE CALL TO CONFESSION
Human love explodes in rare moments of overwhelming bliss and human hate erupts in violence and death. We are called to the heart of all Goodness where human passion finds sublime expression.
* THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION (in unison)
Lord, hear our prayers.
* THE TIME OF SILENCE
* THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
God casts a blanket of grace upon us. God surrounds us with a forgiving peace that astounds our belief. God grants unto us a wholeness and oneness, with God, with ourselves and with our neighbor. We are a people of God’s making. Friends, accept this good news and believe. Amen.
* THE ACT OF PRAISE 138 (first verse) NICAEA
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee:
Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!
* THE SHARING OF CHRIST’S PEACE
Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.
Congregation: And also with you.
Leader: Let us share Christ’s peace.
THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Deuteronomy 8: 11 – 20; 30: 11 – 14 [p. 145, 163]
THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Luke 1: 46 – 55 [p. 832]
Leader: The Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
THE SERMON Rev. Cureton
THE HYMN OF MEDITATION 564 (please remain seated) MATERNA
THE CHURCH IN MISSION Cheryl Weiss
THE OFFERTORY
The Service for Installation
Leader: There are different gifts, I Corinthians 12
People: But it is the same Spirit who gives them.
Leader: There are different ways of serving God,
People: But it is the same Lord who is served.
Leader: God works through different persons in different ways,
People: But it is the same God whose purposes are achieved through them all.
Leader: Each one is given a gift by the Spirit.
People: To use it for the common good.
Leader: Together we are the body of Christ,
People: And individually members of him.
Leader: Though we have different gifts, together we are a ministry of reconciliation led by the risen Christ. We work and pray to make the church useful in the world, and we call women and men to faith, so that, in the end, every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God.
Within our common ministry, some members are chosen for particular work as ministers of the word, ruling elders, or deacons. In ordination, we recognize these special ministries, remembering that Jesus said:
Whoever among you wants to be great must become the servant of all, and if any one would be first among you, that person must be the slave of all!
Just as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life to set others free.
Elder Rich Drushal:
Mr. Moderator, speaking for the people of the church, having been ordained, I bring to be installed as Deacon: Kathy Hothem.
Constitutional Questions to the Officer Elect
Having been elected again to active service by the vote of this congregation, you may now be installed to office.
Kathy Hothem, you have been called again to a position of special leadership in the church. Do you welcome the work for which you have been chosen, and will you serve the people with energy, intelligence, imagination, and love, relying on God’s mercy and rejoicing in his promises through Jesus Christ our Lord?
I do and I will.
Constitutional Questions to the Congregation
a. Do we, the members of the church, accept this candidate as a deacon, chosen by God through the voice of this congregation to lead us in the way of Jesus Christ?
b. Do we agree to encourage her, to respect her decisions, and to follow as she guides us, serving Jesus Christ, who alone is Head of the Church?
* THE CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER: (in unison)
God of Grace, who called us to a common ministry as ambassadors of Christ, trusting us with the message of reconciliation, give us courage and discipline to follow where your servants rightly lead us, that together we may declare your wonderful deeds and show your love to the world, through Jesus Christ the Lord of all. Amen.
The Service of Holy Communion
Friends, this is the joyful feast of the people of God!
They will come from east and west,
and from north and south,
and sit at table in the kingdom of God.
According to Luke,
when our risen Lord was at table with his disciples,
he took the bread, and blessed and broke it,
and gave it to them.
Then their eyes were opened
and they recognized him.
This is the Lord’s table.
Our Savior invites those who trust him
to share the feast that he has prepared.
The scripture records that on the night before Jesus died, he took bread, and after giving thanks,
he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:
Take, eat.
This is my body, given for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.
In the same way he took the cup, saying:
This cup is the new covenant sealed in my blood,
shed for you for the forgiveness of sins.
Whenever you drink it,
do this in remembrance of me.
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Leader: It is truly right and our greatest joy
to give you thanks and praise,
O Lord our God, creator and ruler of the universe.
In your wisdom, you made all things
and sustain them by your power.
You formed us in your image,
setting us in this world to love and to serve you,
and to live in peace with your whole creation.
People: When we rebelled against you
refusing to trust and obey you,
you did not reject us,
but still claimed us as your own.
You sent prophets to call us back to your way.
Leader: Then in the fullness of time,
out of your great love for the world,
you sent your only Son to be one of us,
to redeem us and heal our brokenness.
People: Therefore we praise you,
joining our voices with choirs of angels,
with prophets, apostles, and martyrs,
and with all the faithful of every time and place,
who forever sing to the glory of your name. Amen.
THE ACT OF PRAISE 580 SANCTUS
Holy, Holy, Holy,
Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory:
Glory be to Thee,
O Lord Most High.
The Prayers for Sanctification and Intercession
Leader: Gracious God,
pour out your Holy Spirit upon us
and upon these your gifts of bread and wine,
that the bread we break
and the cup we bless
may be the communion of the body and blood of Christ.
By your Spirit make us one with Christ,
that we may be one with all who share this feast,
united in ministry in every place.
As this bread is Christ’s body for us,
send us out to be the body of Christ in the world.
Leader: Remember your church . . .
and empower it in ministry to the world.
Leader: Remember the world of nations . . .
People: By your Spirit renew the face of the earth;
let peace and justice prevail.
Leader: Remember our family and friends . . .
People: Bless them and watch over them;
be gracious to them and give them peace.
Leader: Remember the sick and the suffering,
the aged and the dying . . .
People: Encourage them and give them hope.
Leader: Rejoicing in the communion of saints,
we remember with thanksgiving
all your faithful servants, and those dear to us,
whom you have called from this life. . .
People: We are grateful that for them death is no more,
nor is there sorrow, crying, or pain,
for the former things have passed away.
Leader: In union with your church in heaven and on earth,
we pray, O God, that you will fulfill your eternal purpose
in us and in all the world.
Keep us faithful in your service
until Christ comes in final victory,
and we shall feast with all your saints
in the joy of your eternal realm.
All: Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory and honor are yours,
now and forever. Amen.
The Sharing of the Eucharist: The Distribution of the Elements
The Lord Jesus, on the night of his arrest, took bread,
and after giving thanks to God,
he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:
Take, eat. This is my body, given for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.
In the same way he took the cup, saying:
This cup is the new covenant sealed in my blood,
shed for you for the forgiveness of sins.
Whenever you drink it,
do this in remembrance of me.
Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup,
you proclaim the saving death of the risen Lord,
until he comes.
The Prayers of the People
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 sins, as we forgive those who sin against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
* THE HYMN OF DEDICATION 508 KINGDOM
For the Bread Which You Have Broken
* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
THE POSTLUDE
*Those who are able are invited to stand.
Leading in worship are The Rev. Charles Cureton, Preacher of the Day; Rich Drushal, Liturgist and Celebrant; and Charles J. Briggs, Organist.
The Flowers this morning are given to the Glory of God and to honor the men and women in the military and their families at home for their service and sacrifice.
Child Care is provided in the Nursery Room.
The Mission Committee wants to thank those who participated in sending monthly care packages to A.J., who was under the care of the Wayne County Children Service program before entering this past year the University of Akron. As of June, he is no longer enrolled in school and is out of the WCCS program. We have heard through WCCS that he was very appreciative of the thoughtful-ness and goodies sent to him in each of the packages he received from members of Westminster. Our heartfelt thanks go to: Sylvia Urang, Linda and Jim Rea, Barbara and Frank Hays, Rich and Josie Drushal, Candy and Ferenc Relle, Cheryl and Bill Weiss, Dorothy and Bob Iams, Barbara Norris, and Ruth MacKenzie.
SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, August 17, following worship we will have the first of several celebrations honoring Carroll's retirement from the ministry. Come find out family facts shared by Jimmy and others. We will have a pie celebration! If you are a pie baker, please let Sue Brown know you will share a pie with us.
Prepare a Bucket for Midwest Flood Relief - You can help with Midwest flood relief without even leaving home. Muskingum Valley Presbytery in conjunction with two congregations is challenging all the churches of the Presbytery to provide as many “Clean Up Buckets” as they can to Great Rivers Presbytery in Peoria, Illinois. As the flood waters recede, direct assistance will be offered to flood victims. The Teamsters Union and UPS are willing to deliver, free of charge, any buckets the congregations here in Ohio can provide. First Presbyterian Church of Wooster has been designated a drop-off location for your “Clean Up Buckets.” Deadline for Buckets is July 16.
Clean-Up Buckets:
1— 5-gallon bucket with resealable lid (can be found at Rural King in Wooster)
5 — scouring pads
7 — sponges, assorted sizes
1 — scrub brush
1 — pkg. cleaning towels (18 reusable, like Easy Wipes®)
1 — box dry laundry detergent, 50-78 oz.
1 — liquid concentrated household cleaner (like Lysol®), 12 oz.
1 — bottle liquid disinfectant dish soap (like Dawn®), 25 oz.
50 — clothespins
Clothesline, two 50 ft. or one 100 ft.
5 — dust masks
2 pair — latex gloves (like Playtex®)
1 pair — work gloves
1 — 24-count roll heavy-duty trash bags (33-45 gallon)
1 — bottle insect repellant (drops or lotion, not aerosol), 6-14 oz.
Please purchase all liquids in plastic bottles. Pack only new, unopened materials. Put all items in the plastic bucket, packed securely to avoid damage during shipment, and seal the lid with packing tape. Please bring your bucket to church next Sunday or drop it at the church office during the week. Thank you!
Westminster Presbyterian Church
353 East Pine Street 330-263-2398
Carroll Meyer, Pastor 263-2208 [cmeyer@wooster.edu]
Website: www3.wooster.edu/westminster