Bulletin for Sunday, June 2

Tuesday, June 4
12:00 p.m. Staff Luncheon
7:30 p.m. Adult Handbell Choir
Wednesday, June 5
10:00 a.m. WOW: Women of the Word
6:00 p.m. VBS Training/Setup
7:35 p.m. Adult Choir
Thursday, June 6
7:15 a.m. Men’s Prayer Breakfast
5:30 p.m. Worship Ministry
Friday, June 7
No Activities!
Saturday, June 8
12:00 p.m. Personal Prayer for World Peace
(Wherever you are when the siren sounds)
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www.columbusfpc.org | June 2, 2013 | Volume 68 Number 22
Heaven on Earth
It is not a place, of course, but a condition, Kingship might be a better word. “Thy kingdom
come, thy will be done,” Jesus prayed. The two are in apposition. Insofar as here and there,
and now and then, God’s kingly will is being done in various odd ways among us even as this
moment, the kingdom has come already. Insofar as all the odd ways we do his will at this
moment are at best half-baked and halfhearted, the kingdom is still a long way off - a hell of a
long way off, to be more precise and theological.
Wishful Thinking by Frederick Buechner
Services are broadcast LIVE! Sundays at
11 a.m., on WRBL TV-3.
Monday, June 3
11:00 a.m. Staff Meeting
5:45 p.m. Education Ministry Meeting
6:00 p.m. Ballroom Dance Class
6:00 p.m. Stephen Ministers
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* Childcare Provided
Sunday, June 2
Senior Recognition Sunday
8:45 a.m. Worship*
9:00 a.m. Ignite@9*
10:00 a.m. Christian Education*
11:00 a.m. Worship*
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This Week at FPC
This summer we embark on a sermon series entitled “Kingdom Come.” We
will look at the nature and characteristics of the Kingdom of God which Jesus
announced at the beginning of His public ministry, “the Kingdom is at hand,” and
told His disciples to pray for, “thy Kingdom come is on earth.” What does it mean
that the Kingdom has come in Jesus Christ and is coming? Is the Kingdom a future
hope or a present reality?
Don’t miss this important series that guides us as individuals and a church,
into the fulfillment of the Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.
This Sunday we will honor our high school and college graduates. Come
celebrate their accomplishments and pray for God’s blessing on the next leg of their
journey.
For the King and the Kingdom,
SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
2nd Sunday after Pentecost
Liturgical Color: Red
June 2, 2013
†
11 a.m.
† GATHERING IN GOD'S NAME †
PRELUDE
We Pray Now to the Holy Spirit
CHORAL INTROIT
I Will Sing Unto the Lord
Buxtehude
Beck
My table Thou hast furnished In presence of my foes; My head with oil Thou dost anoint,
And my cup overflows. My head Thou dost with oil anoint, And my cup overflows.
Goodness and mercy all my days Will surely follow me; And in my Father’s heart alway My
dwelling place shall be. And in my heart for evermore Thy dwelling place shall be.
*SECOND LESSON
SERMON
Heaven on Earth
*CALL TO WORSHIP
*HYMN 21
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
HYMN TO JOY
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Sovereign God, we confess our desire to reshape Your world to our own
advantage. We are more concerned with what we eat that with who will get to
eat today. Our own security is more important to us than the health and safety
of all Your children. The first fruits of our labor grace the altars of our own
desires instead of honoring You. We prefer that You keep Your distance from
us unless we need You. We like promises without commands, gifts without
responsibilities. O God, we confess that our ways don’t work. Turn us around
people...(continue in silent
for true worship and service, as forgiven and forgiving people...
personal confession)
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
Leader: Friends, hear and believe the Good News of the Gospel.
People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven.
Matthew 6:7-13, 31-33
CHILDREN’S SERMON
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH: The Apostles’ Creed (The Hymnbook, page 12 – “He descended into hell”)
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER (“Debts,” “Debtors”)
PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
“Because I have been given much, I, too must give; because of Thy great bounty, Lord, each day I live,
I shall divide my gifts from Thee with every brother that I see who has the need of help from me.”
OFFERTORY ANTHEM
Miles Garrard Baker
Rejoice and praise the Lord, praise God in song, praise God adored, alleluia! Glory to
God, we sing joyful praise to God adored! Rejoice in loud acclaim, rejoice and praise the
Lord, God’s holy name, alleluia! Praise God forever; Praise the Lord’s most holy name. Give
praise to God! Praise ye the Lord, alleluia!
† SENDING †
*HYMN 332
Lead On, O King Eternal
*POSTLUDE
Seek Ye First
LAFFERTY
Revelation 21:1-5
p.259, NT
Brother James’s Air
arr. Jacob
The Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not want, He makes me down to lie in pastures green, He
leadeth me The quiet waters by. He leadeth me, He leadeth me, The quiet waters by. My
soul He doth restore again And me to walk doth make Within the Paths of
Blessedness, E’en for His own Name’s sake. Within the Paths of Blessedness, E’en for His
own Name’s sake. Yea, though I pass thro’ shadowed vale, Yet will I fear no ill; For Thou art
with me, And Thy Rod and Staff me comfort still. Thy Rod and Staff me comfort still, me
comfort still.
LANCASHIRE
*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
*CHORAL RESPONSE
† PROCLAIMING GOD'S WORD †
ANTHEM
Handel
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
GRADUATE RECOGNITION
*FIRST LESSON
Rejoice and Praise the Lord
*DOXOLOGY HYMN 544
Elizabeth Pearson
*HYMN FOR ILLUMINATION (see insert)
Rev. Charles R. Hasty, Jr.
† RESPONDING TO THE WORD †
*GLORIA PATRI HYMN 546
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
(Children should come forward for Children’s Sermon)
p.5, NT
Go Now in Peace
Logue
Fugue in C Major
Buxtehude
*Worshipers are invited to stand.
†††
The flowers in the sanctuary today are given to the glory of God and in memory
of Patricia Hurst Jordan on the occasion of her birthday, June 3, by her family.
Hearing devices are available by request in the Sanctuary. Please ask any usher for assistance.
Congregational Joys & Concerns
Youth & Children’s Ministries
Notes for Sunday, June 2, 2013
Health Concerns
27th ANNUAL
PRESBYTERIAN
MUSIC CAMP
JUNE 17 - 21
VBS!!
June 10 - 14
9 a.m. - Noon
Register at
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
www.columbusfpc.org
Registration forms are available through the
church office. Music Camp is open to all
children in rising grades (5 year olds) K – 7, so
invite your friends to come with you for singing,
music skills, recreation, crafts and fun. Volunteers are needed, too. Call Tom George at
706.322.4523 with questions or to volunteer.
New Friends + Amazing Experiments +
Wild Games + Lip-Smacking Snacks +
Surprising Adventures + Incredible Music
All participants and volunteers can register
online. Once your online registration is
complete, please mail a check for $15 per
child which includes the t-shirt.
Music Camp Donations: If you have
magazines, old CD’s and/or plastic CD cases, 1
& 2 liter soda bottles with tops, white or light
t-shirts, glass bottles and jars with or without
lids, metal bottle caps, empty milk and laundry
detergent bottles with lids, empty baby food jars
and toilet paper/paper towel rolls (inside
cardboard tubes) that you are willing to donate
for music camp crafts please bring them to the
box located in the reception hall near the
elevator.
Interested in volunteering?
Please call Elizabeth Pearson at
706.464.7035 or logon to
www.columbusfpc.org to register as a
Family: Steve Enfinger, cousin of Faye Johnson;
William Gibbs; Alexis Gordon, FPC Nursery
Worker and Day School Employee; Shara Johnson,
daughter-in-law of Will and Faye Johnson; Ann
Mitchell, mother of Ann Campbell; Ruby Mixon,
sister of Bet Leachman; Ed and Mary Ann Neal,
father and mother of Warner Neal; Roger Norris,
cousin of Terry Norris; Virginia Rhoades, mother of
Sharon Webb; Latoya Rembert, FPC Nursery
Coordinator and Day School Employee; Jane Shirah,
sister-in-law of Bebe Dobbs.
† IN MEMORIAM †
VBS Donations Needed: If you have toilet
paper/paper towels rolls that you are willing to
donate to VBS, please bring them to the church
office by Sunday, June 9th.
VBS Mission Project:
July 6 - 12
July 16 - 20
July 24 - 28
Members: Jake Burrus, Jackson Cooper, Robin
Costine, Sally Dismuke, Marty Harrell, Gordon
Hobbs, Faye Johnson, Will Johnson, Scott Jones,
Ty Kingery, Cas and Ida Mendez-Vigo, Duke
Miller, Fran Paepcke, Virginia Porter, Helen
Richards, Martha Stanford, Katie Strickland,
Ken Todd, James Wade, Quan Zheng.
Widows Harvest Mission Trip
Triennium (High School)
Montreat (Middle School)
We will be collecting donations for MercyMed.
This year MercyMed is saving money to purchase
laptops and a postal meter/scale. Donations of
any increment (big or small) will be appreciated.
Look for the container in the reception hall beginning, Sunday, June 9 through the week of
VBS.
TEACHERS NEEDED FOR
SUMMER SUNDAY SCHOOL
CALL - Margie Bickerstaff
706.323.6685
[email protected]
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Edward Paul Dobbs, Jr.
8:45 a.m. Usher Team
Leonard Buce, Gary Singley.
11:00 a.m. Usher Team
Crystal Trawick - Captain, Jessica Adams, Mary
Dell Borneman, Sam Dismuke, Sara Dismuke,
Sam Dismuke, Jr., Tom Flournoy, Elizabeth
Harbison, Johnson Trawick.
Vestibule Team
Margaret Zollo - Captain, Bill Arrington, Cathy
Bickerstaff, Pete Pease, Rex Whiddon.
Greeters and First Friends
Larry Henry, John and Weesie Laney, Tena
McQueen, Terry Whitaker.
Soundboard
Jarrett Cudd.
TV Team
Jeff Adams, Matt Adams.
Children's Church Leaders
Hilary Shipp and Faith Dow.
Children's Church Assistants
Mint Flowers.
PastorPastor-onon-Call
Rev. Charles R. Hasty, Jr.
Sermons Online
Go to www.columbusfpc.org, click on Videos.
February 5, 1949 – May 21, 2013
Congratulations to Dan and Chris Smith on
the birth of their grandson, Colin Christopher
Smith, who was born on April 20th in
Greenville, NC. Proud parents are Colin and Dr.
McKenzie Smith and proud big sister is Molly.
Congregational Sympathy is extended to
Margie Drury and Joe Alexander on the death of
their mother, Margaret Alexander, who passed
away early Wednesday morning.
Financial Update Through
Sunday, May 26, 2013:
Total Income
Total Expenses
$580,790
($602,667)
($21,877)
Also, please be reminded that you can make
payments online or establish a monthly automatic
bank draft. All of these transactions can be set up
by going to our website at www.columbusfpc.org/
giving.
Good news to report on our Mother’s Day Offering! Congratulations, because you gave a
total of $3,511 to our Mother’s Day offering, we will be able to receive an additional $3,000 in
matching gifts from specified donors. In addition to that, we will also receive a $3,000 matching gift
from Presbyterian Homes, giving First Presbyterian Church credit for a total gift of $9,511! This is
outstanding and will go a long way to assist those who need our help through this worthy offering.
Thank you for your generous support.
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Ministry Opportunities
Stephen Ministers: Cammy
Currie will be in the Museum on
Sunday after the 11 a.m. service
and will be on call during the
week at 706.593.5976.
The Bible Training Centre for Pastors
works to deliver theological education and
leadership training to lay pastors and lay leaders
in their own communities. They serve in 85
countries in communities with limited access to
professional education. Through our Global
Mission Offering we underwrite the cost of
Swahili curriculum for lay leaders (men and
women) in Kenya.
STEPHEN MINISTRY is a vital part of the care
giving ministry of First Presbyterian Church. If
you know of someone who could benefit from
having a Stephen Minister, suggest Stephen
Ministry to him or her. Please contact Rev.
Doughton for more information.
Thank you to the Men’s Prayer Breakfast for
packing 200 lunches in 20 minutes on
Thursday, May 16th.
The Food Pantry served 197 family units and
375 people over 17 Sessions in April.
Our next Sack Lunch Packing will be on
Wednesday, June 12, at 2 p.m. in the
fellowship hall.
Please continue to be in prayer for those
who receive meals from our Break Bread
volunteers, our Sack Lunch volunteers, and those
who receive grocery bags from the Food Pantry.
The Upper Room and Our Daily Bread
devotional books are available in the
parlor hallway, in the narthex of the sanctuary
and in the reception hall.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Oklahoma, Tornado Update: At the request of the Indian
Nations Presbytery, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance has sent National Response Team members into
the Moore, OK area to assist in connecting the presbytery with the larger response, to help assess next
steps, and to provide a witness to the connectionism of the Presbyterian Church in a time of great
tragedy. PDA is also in touch with the American Red Cross in order to coordinate efforts and offer
support for their Integrated Care Teams that will be working with survivors and the families of those
who were killed. PDA will support Church World Service in sending emergency relief supplies, such as
CWS Blankets and Gift of the Heart Kits to those in shelters. CWS plans to process five material
shipments.
How you can help:
Give: You can stand in the GAP for disaster survivors, and help the church in its response by making
financial gifts to First Presbyterian Church marked “PDA Oklahoma.”
Pray: As part of the body of Christ, our first and best response is prayer. Please pray for those who
survived the storm and will face hard days ahead, for those who mourn loved ones lost, and that the
response of the church will be an example of the faithful love of God.
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Fellowship & Christian Education Opportunities
THE STORY is coming! The Education
Ministry Team is pleased to present The
Story, published by Zondervan for Sunday
School and Small Group Curriculum, for the
2013-14 year. The Story is a 31 chapter book
comprised of carefully selected Bible verses
organized chronologically. From Genesis to
Revelation readers can come to understand
God’s story and how their stories intersect
with it. The Story has curriculum for Adult,
Teen, Older Elementary, Younger Elementary,
and Pre-School Sunday School Classes. There
is also a study guide for mid-week studies (like
DISCIPLE). Stay tuned for updates on how
we will engage in The Story starting September 2013.
Men’s Prayer Breakfast
will meet Thursday, June 6
at 7:15 a.m. in the Parlor.
Join WOW: Women of the Word on
Wednesday mornings in room 304 from 10 a.m.
- noon, as we study Francis Chan’s “Crazy Love,”
where he called us to fall in love with God.
Our Wednesday Night Suppers have
concluded for the 2012-13 program year. We
will gather again for Reunion Church Family
Suppers on July 10 and July 31. Stay tuned for
the list of programs.
Summer Adult Sunday School Schedule: Adult Classes will meet during the month
of June. Some classes may elect to combine for
the month. Classes will take a break in July. We
will offer a Super Summer Sunday Series in
August. Adult classes will resume Sunday,
September 8.
Ignite@Nite: Ignite@9 will transition to
Ignite@Nite beginning Sunday, June 9 at 6
p.m. for the months of June and July. Come
as you are for contemporary music and
life-application sermons followed by food and
fellowship. Stay tuned for more details.
Sunday, June 9 we will meet and greet
friends from our partner church, The
Good News Church in Moscow, who will
work with our Vacation Bible School.
This gathering will take place as an Adult
Sunday School Class in 303 A and B during
Sunday School. Sunday, June 16, they will give
us a taste of their puppet ministry. Our guests
will be Olga Checkalina, Andey Checkalin, Anna
Grishina, Evgenii Permiakov, and Liubov
Smagina. Olga and Andrey are the daughter and
son of Misha Checkalin, pastor of The Good
News Church. Olga was with us in 2008 and
Andrey went with our youth to Triennium in
2010. Anna also attended Triennium in 2010.
Evgenii has directed Summer Camps for the
church on numerous occasions. He directed the
camps staffed by church members in 2007 and
2009. Liubov is the wife of the Second Pastor of
the Goods News Church.
VBS Training and Setup “Calling all
Volunteers.” Please plan to attend our
mandatory training and setup for VBS on
Wednesday, June 5 from 6 - 8 p.m. Dinner
will be served and childcare will be provided as
needed. Please contact Elizabeth Pearson with
any questions at 706.464.7035.
Room at the Table. If you would like to
join fellow worshippers for a lunch this Sunday, please meet at the communion table in
the sanctuary following the service. Plans will
be made to walk to a local eatery for
lunch. Everyone is welcome. There is room at
the table!
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