OVERBROOK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Children’s Sabbath October 12, 2014
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OVERBROOK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Children’s Sabbath October 12, 2014
OVERBROOK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Children’s Sabbath October 12, 2014 10:30 AM Notes on Today’s Service We are glad you are worshiping with us this morning! If you are a visitor, we invite you to fill out a card in the pew rack and place it in the offering plate. Childcare is available during the service. Worship is for all ages, but should your infant or preschooler become restless during worship, there is excellent childcare provided in our nursery. Worship kits for children are available at the front entrance to the Sanctuary. Large print bulletins are available. Please speak to one of the ushers if you have special needs. Enlarged copies of the hymns for each Sunday are included in the large print bulletins. Leading worship this morning: The Rev. Wallace W. Bubar, pastor; Robert DeCray, worship leader; The Overbrook Junior Choir, Margene Biedermann, Director; The Overbrook Choir; and Dennis Elwell, Minister of Music. Acolyte: Rayna Mason. Ushers: Max Mason, Ken Carroll, John Mason, Mary Liz Scott, Jason Sheau, Alan Sigler, and Nickie Stokes. The chancel flowers are given to the glory of God by Peg and Bob Kaercher in memory of their fathers, Kenneth Watson and Fred Kaercher. Deacons delivering flowers: Amarilis Stricker and Caroline Skinner. Please silence all cell phones during the worship service. Thank you. = All who are able, please stand. GATHERING PRELUDES Jesus Loves Me! Setting by Robert A. Hobby Musette Ralph Vaughan Williams Remembering Ralph Vaughan Williams’ birthday, October 12, 1872 CHORAL INTROIT Like As a Father Pitieth His Own Children George Thalben-Ball CALL TO WORSHIP Maya Subramanian “Unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” We come here seeking change; we come here, each of us a child of God, to recognize our dependence on God. “Whoever welcomes a child in my name welcomes me. And whoever welcomes me, welcomes not just me, but the One who sent me.” We come here to welcome children everywhere in God’s name. “Beloved, we are God’s children now.” We come here as children of God, secure in God’s love, urged to work for God’s justice, bound in one family to care for one another. Come, let us worship the God on whom we rely, the God who bids us to welcome the children, the God who claims all of us as God’s children. Amen. HYMN, NO. 19 GOD OF GREAT AND SMALL God of Great and God of Small October Hymn of the Month PRAYER OF THE DAY Hugh Taussig-Lux God, help us to be honest so our children will learn honesty. Help us to be kind so our children will learn kindness. Help us to be faithful so our children will learn faith, Help us to love so that our children will be loving. In Jesus’ name. Amen. CANTICLE, NO. 399 THEMBA AMEN God Welcomes All GREETING Beloved of God: Grace, mercy, and peace be with you all. And also with you. WORD OLD TESTAMENT READING The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. ANTHEM Sophie Shah Psalm 131 pew Bible, p. 542 arr. Marie Pooler Text by Mrs. C. L. Holmes Little Children, Come to Jesus (HYFRYDOL – Roland Pritchard) The Overbrook Junior Choir Margene Biedermann, Director Martha Phan, Accompanist TIME WITH CHILDREN & PRESENTATION OF BIBLES Following the Time with Children, children Pre-K through Grade 1 may depart to Sunday School. Older children and youth will remain in the service until the Exchange of Peace. GOSPEL READING The Gospel of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Matthew 21:23-32 pew Bible, p. 22 SERMON The Rev. Wallace W. Bubar “Empty Words” HYMN, NO. 700 I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me I’M GONNA LIVE AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Rayna Mason I believe that God is my Father in heaven. A Child’s Creed I believe that he made the world, that he gives me life, that he helps me grow. I believe that Jesus is the son of God, and the son of Mary. Jesus shows me that God is love. Jesus lived and died for me. Jesus is alive now, alive in me and in my neighbor. I believe in the Holy Spirit who helps me love others, who makes me holy, who helps me to know God better. I believe in God’s family, the church. I believe that I will be happy with God forever and ever. Amen. RESPONSE CELEBRATIONS AND CONCERNS PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Before the prayer, the choir will sing Hymn No. 469, “Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying.” Following the prayer, the congregation will sing it once more. Let us pray: Lord, hear the prayers of your children. EXCHANGE OF PEACE The peace of Christ be with you. And also with you. During the Exchange of Peace, children and youth grades 2-12 may depart to Sunday School. OFFERTORY Charles Villiers Stanford O for a Closer Walk with God The Overbrook Choir O for a closer walk with God, a calm and heav’nly frame; A light to shine upon the road that leads me to the lamb! Return O holy Dove, return! Sweet messenger of rest; I hate the sins that made thee mourn, and drove thee from my breast. So shall my walk be close with God, calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road that leads me to the lamb. DOXOLOGY, NO. 606 OLD HUNDREDTH PRAYER OF DEDICATION SENDING HYMN, NO. 719 ORA LABORA Come, Labor On BENEDICTION CHORAL BENEDICTION Threefold Amen POSTLUDE Postlude in Ab Major DANISH Charles Joseph Frost Welcome to Overbrook Presbyterian Church Sunday School schedule for children and youth: • 10:45 AM: Students in PreK-1st grade will leave following the Time with Children • 11:20 AM: Students in 2nd-12th grades will leave during the Exchange of Peace • 11:30 AM: Students in PreK-1st grade are picked up following the worship service in their classrooms • 12:00 PM: Students in 2nd-12th grades will be dismissed Please join us immediately following worship for Coffee Hour in the Wistar Morris Room. Hosts: Chad & Meghan Burkins. Next Sunday, October 19: The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Service of Healing & Wholeness. Scripture readings: Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22, Luke 18:9-14. Preaching: The Rev. Wallace W. Bubar. Worship leader: Buck Scott. Acolyte: Daniel Biedermann. Healing & Wholeness participants: Amarilis Stricker, Caroline Skinner, Lori Mason, Davorka Sabljak, LoisAnn Furgess-Oler. Coffee Hour: Peggy Boatwright & family. Flowers given by: Peggy Boatwright & family. Deacons delivering flowers: Jason Sheau and Mike Rottinger. Coffee Hour Hosts. The sign-up chart for 2014 is in the Wistar Morris Room. We are in need of hosts for November and December. Contact Amarilis Stricker (484-343-0679) with questions. Parking on Sunday mornings. Please remember if the church parking lot becomes extremely crowded, you can park in the Overbrook Train Station lot. It is just a three-minute stroll along City Avenue, and SEPTA allows free parking on weekends, no payment or permission required. October Hymn of the Month: Hymn. No. 19, “God of Great and God of Small.” Our Hymn of the Month series for 2014-15 begins with a hymn from the pen of noted composer, Natalie Sleeth (1930-1992), in 1973. Sleeth was particularly appreciated for her writing of children’s repertoire for the Choristers Guild, of which both Margene Biedermann and Dennis Elwell are members. This hymn appropriate for Children’s Sabbath on October 12, as well as its inclusiveness for our 125th October anniversary, finds a note in Glory to God indicating it “uses remarkably simple language, and affirms a great mystery: beyond all powers of explanation, God holds together all the opposites that seems to pull us in one direction or another. Yet God is present to them all and also to us; for that we give praise.” The hymn’s tune, GOD OF GREAT AND SMALL, was arranged by Beverly A. Howard in 2012 for the Glory to God hymnal. 125th Anniversary Celebration 125th Anniversary Celebration - Dinner & Program Saturday October 25, 6:00 to 10:00 PM, at the church. Tickets: $50. Tickets are available following the service until Sunday, October 19. Please make checks payable to Overbrook Presbyterian Church. Worship Service & Reception On Sunday, October 26, at 10:30 AM, we will have a celebratory anniversary worship service involving all four pastors, and with The Rev. Floyd Churn preaching. A special anthem will feature the Overbrook Choir, the Overbrook Junior Choir, the Overbrook Westminster Handbell Choir, trumpet, and piano. Afterwards, enjoy a reception hosted by the 125th Anniversary Committee. If you can assist us with set-up, decorations, ticket sales, etc. or for more information, please contact Keedra Carroll (215356-3224, [email protected]) or Edelene Carroll, (215-222-5790, [email protected]). Coming up at Overbrook Presbyterian Church Sunday, October 12 Tuesday, October 14 Wednesday, October 15 Thursday, October 16 Friday, October 17 Saturday, October 18 Sunday, October 19 11:30 AM 12:00 PM 7:30 PM 10:00 AM 7:30 PM 10:30 AM 6:30 PM 8:00 PM 6:30 PM 9:00 AM 9:00 AM 1:00 PM 9:15 AM 9:15 AM 10:30 AM Coffee Hour Youth Group MISSION POSSIBLE Session Bible Study Overbrook Book Club Heavenly Harvest Meal Handbell Choir Rehearsal Choir Rehearsal Sports & Game Night Farmers Market Elijah Rehearsal NCT Open House Junior Choir Adult Forum Worship & Sunday School 11:30 AM Coffee Hour 12:00 PM New Members & Inquirers Class 12:00 PM Christian Education Comm. 3:00 PM Mendelssohn’s Elijah Youth Service Activity MISSION POSSIBLE! Today, 12:00 to 2:00 PM. All youth grades 6-12 are invited to participate in the “MISSION POSSIBLE” challenge. Come make soup and cornbread for shut-ins . . . and enjoy a pizza lunch. Bible Study Group. Every Wednesday, 10:00 to 11:30 AM, in McMillan Chapel. Led by Wallace W. Bubar. Fall study: The Book of Revelation. Overbrook Presbyterian Church Book Club. Wednesday, October 15, 7:30 PM, at the home of Amy Behrman, 240 Beech Hill Rd. in Wynnewood. This month’s selection is The Dinner, by Herman Koch. For more information and to RSVP, please contact Amarilis Stricker at 484-270-8351 or [email protected]. Heavenly Harvest Meals at Calvin’s Kitchen. Every Thursday, 10:30 AM, at Calvin Presbyterian Church, 60th and Master Streets. Volunteers are needed to prepare and serve a healthy and nutritious meal for our neighbors in West Philadelphia. Contact Elizabeth Cosgriff at [email protected] for more information. Sports and Game Night. Friday, October 17, 6:30 to 9:30 PM. Come out and join in some half-court basketball or board games and pizza. Please bring $5 per family to cover the cost of the pizza and drinks. For more information contact Jason Sheau at [email protected] or 215-450-5190. Overbrook Farms Farmers Market. Every Saturday, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, in the church parking lot. Be sure to stop by to get the first and freshest produce right from the growers. The market is operated by The Food Trust. Narberth Community Theatre Open House. Saturday, October 18, from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. An opportunity to learn more about the theater production, get a backstage tour of our very own stage, and meet some of the players. Adult Forum. Sunday mornings, 9:15 AM, in McMillan Chapel. Current series: “Wide Welcome: The Intersection of Christianity and Immigration.” Discussion resources will include selected readings from Christians at the Border: Immigration, the Church, and the Bible, by M. Daniel Carroll, video clips from the PBS series, The New Americans, and articles from Christianity Today. New Members & Inquirers Class. Sundays, October 19, November 2, & November 9, 12:00 to 1:30 PM, in McMillan Chapel. Lunch is provided. Childcare is available. RSVP to Wallace Bubar at 215-8772744 or [email protected]. Mendelssohn’s Elijah. Sunday, October 19, at 3:00 PM. To begin Overbrook Church’s 125th Anniversary, The Overbrook Choir, and Gordon Turk, Organist, will present Felix Mendelssohn’s monumental oratorio, ELIJAH. Daniel Lickteig, baritone, sings the title role with the other members of The Overbrook Quartet performing additional arias. Dennis Elwell, Minister of Music, conducts this free concert. Urban/Suburban Book Club. Tuesday, October 21, 12:00 PM, at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church. This month’s selection is The Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline. This is a book club of diverse membership involving members of several Presbyterian Churches, including Overbrook. For more information, contact Alyce Marsh at 215-472-7886. Book Drive. During October, the Mission & Outreach Committee will sponsor a collection of new and gently used books suitable for all ages, as well as composition notebooks and pencils -- to be donated to Mighty Writers. (www.mightywriters.org) Some of the books, especially SAT study manuals, will be used for their teaching programs. Others will be given to students and parents to take home and enjoy. Bring your donations to the Church Office, marked for Mighty Writers. Keep in mind, these are books for family reading, so please no old text books or anything that you wouldn’t want to read yourself. All Saints Sunday Photographs. This year for All Saints Sunday (November 2), worshipers are invited to bring a photograph of a loved one who has died within the past twelve months. These photographs will be arranged in the Sanctuary for the worship service. Pictures should be in a frame (preferably with a stand), and no larger than 8”x10”. Please drop your picture off in the Church Office by Thursday morning, October 30. The Nominating Committee is seeking candidates for Session and Deacons. If you are interested in being an Elder on Session or a Deacon or would like to nominate someone, please give names to: Edelene Carroll, Chairperson, 2014 Nominating Committee, or one of our committee members: Peggy Boatwright, Alyce Marsh, Jason Sheau, Brian Taussig-Lux, and Nicole Stokes-Robinson. CHURCH STAFF The Rev. Wallace W. Bubar Pastor The Rev. David K. McMillan Cheryl Desmond Pastor Emeritus Office Manager Dennis Elwell Earlene Ford Minister of Music Financial Secretary Margene Biedermann Leonard Robbins Junior Choir Director Custodian THE OVERBROOK QUARTET Iris Fairfax Toffer T. Mihalka Soprano Tenor Lois Babbitt Daniel Lickteig Mezzo-Soprano Baritone OVERBROOK PRESCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN Melissa D’Amelio Director OVERBROOK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 6376 City Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19151 Phone: 215-877-2744 610-642-1051 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.overbrookpresb.org