September 2, 2018 10 a.m.
Gathering Around The Word
“The kind of work God usually calls you to is the kind of work (a) that you need to do and (b) that the world needs to have done… The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s hunger meet.” - Frederick Buechner
Opening Voluntary
Adagio from Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 (“Organ Symphony”) Camille Saint-Saëns/arr. Virgil Fox
Invitation to Discipleship Introit
arr. Mark Hayes
His Eye Is on the Sparrow Hilar y Taylor, soloist
Call to Worship
Leader: Storytelling God, we come to this place to hear the stories of our faith. People: In our worship, bring the words of our ancestors to life, and help us to enter into these stories of hope. Leader: Storytelling God, we recognize your presence in the stories of our lives. People: In our worship, remind us that you call us by name, you hold our lives in your hands, and you weave us together into holy community. Leader: Storytelling God, you are still writing a story of love. All: In our worship, prepare us to tell your story to the world. Let us worship God!
*Hymn 14
For the Beauty of the Earth
*Call to Confession and Prayer of Confession
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God of each moment,we tend to separate our lives into work and play, labor and rest. We are prone to seeing the world through binaries and categorizing things accordingly. We have trouble allowing our faith to inform the entirety of our lives; we struggle to see our work as a calling or a means by which we can enact our beliefs. Remind us that all of our work is for your glory, and help us to act accordingly. Amen.
*Words of Forgiveness
Leader: Friends, hear and believe the good news of the Gospel: People: We are saved by grace through faith. In Jesus Christ we are forgiven. Thanks be to God. Amen.
*Hymn 582
Glory to God, Whose Goodness Shines on Me GLORY TO GOD (Vasile) Glory to God, whose goodness shines on me, and to the Son, whose grace has pardoned me, and to the Spirit, whose love has set me free. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be. Amen. World without end, without end. Amen. World without end, without end. Amen. World without end, without end. Amen. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be. Amen. *Children are invited to come to the foot of the steps and sit on the cushions.
C hildren ’ s S ermon P rayer for I llumination S cripture Acts 3:1-10 Leader: This is the Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
S ermon
Summer Mixtape: Life’s Labor
*A ffirmation of F aith
Rev. Jessie Light-Wells
We respond to God’s grace through our Christian vocation. In Baptism we offer our whole lives in service to God, and are empowered by the Holy Spirit with gifts for ministry in Jesus’ name. Therefore we are called to honor and serve God at all times and in all places: in our work and play, in our thought and action, and in our private and public engagements… Whatever our situation, we have opportunities each day to bear witness to the power of God at work within us. Therefore, for Christians, worship, work, and witness cannot be separated.
*H ymn 757
Today We All Are Called to be Disciples
KINGSFOLD
T he L ord ’ s P rayer
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 debts as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
O ffertory M usic H ow F irm a F oundation The Summer Choir
*D oxology
arr. Dan Forrest
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all people here below; Praise God above, ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*P rayer of D edication *H ymn 39
FAITHFULNESS
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
*B enediction C losing V oluntary “Cortège” from Three Improvisations
Worship Leaders
Our preacher today is Rev. Jessie LightWells. Director of Music Steve Jobman is conducting our Summer Choir. Artist-inResidence Bradley Hunter Welch is the organist. Our child liturgist is Ellie Capetta. Our acolytes are Timmy and Jack Brackett. Next week’s preacher is Rev. Matthew Ruffner.
Flower Dedications
Louis Vierne
The flowers in the Sanctuary are given to the glory of God by Howard Parker in loving memory of Rosalyn Parker. The flowers in the Columbarium are given by Anne and Kyle Crews in loving memory of Marilyn and Jack Crichton and by Leo Mott in loving memory of Connie Mott.
Rev. Matthew Ruffner Senior Pastor
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Rev. Dr. Ewen Holmes Interim Executive Pastor
Rev. Sarah Johnson Associate Pastor for Discipleship
Rev. Kathy Lee-Cornell Associate Pastor for Mission and Outreach
Rev. Sarah Are Associate Pastor for Youth and Young Adults
Serve
Rev. Mark Brainerd Associate Pastor for Congregational Care
Rev. Jessie LightWells Monie Pastoral Resident
Rev. Dr. Bob Poteet Parish Associate
Sanctuary Choir: Join our Sanctuary Choir! Regular Wednesday New Mission Partner & Prayer Walk: Meet our newest practices have resumed. All are welcome! Email sjobman@ community outreach partner, ACT (Advocates for Community Transformation), an organization inspired by the hope of the phpc.org for more details. gospel to educate and empower residents to use the justice Welcome Home Sunday: Join us next week for Welcome system to create safe neighborhoods. Join ACT for a prayer Home Sunday! Our regular worship schedule will resume 8:15 walk in South Dallas/Fair Park on Saturday, September 8, 9 a.m. (Chapel) 9:30 and 11 a.m. (Sanctuary) 5 p.m. (Founders a.m.-noon. This event is family friendly and includes light trash Hall). Sunday school classes also begin - go to www.phpc.org/ clean-up along the route. Starting location will be Community adultformation to register! Outreach Missionary Baptist Church, 4401 Spring Ave., Dallas. Contact Rev. Kathy Lee-Cornell,
[email protected] DSO on the Go: The Dallas Symphony Orchestra presents Bach’s Brandenberg & Orchestral Suite No. 1 on Saturday, McShan Reading Homeroom: Be a part of one of the largest September 8 at 7 p.m. in the Sanctuary. Featuring Nathan Olson, volunteer reading programs in DISD! Volunteers make a director and soloist and Erin Hannigan, oboe.Tickets available at tangible impact in the overall performance of McShan students each year. To receive information on orientation, register at www.mydso.com. dallasisd.voly.org (select McShan, Lee A., then select McShan Vision Statement Forum: On September 9 during Second Reading Homeroom). Contact Dalene Buhl at mcshanreads@ Sunday lunch, pastors and Session members will present the gmail.com. McShan Elementary, 8307 Meadow Rd, Dallas. new Vision Statement and hold an open forum. Grief Support Group registration is open for our fall six-week Grow session beginning Monday, September 17. Open to adults of all Table Groups: Explore the new Vision Statement through ages who have experienced death of a loved one. www.phpc. community, food and study! Table groups begin September 24. org/griefsupport or call 214-368-6348 ext 118. Go to www.phpc.org/tablegroups for more information. PHPC Kids Reading in the Library: Starting Wednesday, Presbyterian Women: All women of PHPC are invited to September 5, bring your toddlers and preschoolers for stories, come to the first fall meeting of the Presbyterian Women activities and crafts! Weekly at 10 a.m. in the library. circles on Monday, September 10, or Tuesday, September11. Monday: 9:30 a.m. for refreshments and Bible study in Jubilee Hall, lunch by reservation; 5:30 p.m. for BYO supper and Bible Give The Every Dollar Counts for September goes toward Mo- study in the Youth House. Tuesday: 10 a.m.for refreshments Ranch. Gifts to Mo-Ranch’s annual operating fund allow and Bible study in the Parlor.The Bible study is “God is With others to experience this special place that otherwise would Us.” Contact Pat Coggan
[email protected] not be able to do so. Mo-Ranch is a source of spiritual Together We Dine: On Thursday, September 20 from 6-8 p.m. connectedness – to God’s Creation and to one other. The in Jubilee Hall, join friends, neighbors and others from throughout sacred and transformative space that can be found at Mo- the city for conversations about race at the dining table. Led by Ranch continues to ground PHPC members and others in a facilitator, participants will engage in healthy and structured fellowship, worship, and the life-giving discipline of sabbath. dialogue that builds relationships and trust.Together We Dine is
Joys/Concerns
There will be a memorial for Beverly Skelton on Saturday, September 15 at 11 a.m. in the Chapel.
a ministry of Year of Unity. wwww.yearofunity.com
Upcoming
September 3: Church offices closed September 9: Regular worship schedule and Sunday school resumes, Second Sunday lunch, Vision Statement forum
