PARTICIPATING IN WORSHIP TODAY Rev. Karla Shaw, Senior Pastor Don Brenneman, Minister of Music/Business Administrator Elder Suzy Lidstrom Bryan Verhoye, Pianist and Music Associate Alicia McMillan, Organist and Director of Children’s and Youth Choirs Shelly Marie Verhoye, Soloist Deacon Greeters: 8:30 George Shinn; 10:45 Merideth Blair September Ushers: Jim Cress, Scody Hage, Dale Sundberg, Al Walter, Lou Ray Checkert, Evelyn Cintas, George Shinn, Signe Shinn Media Ministry: Fred Daugherty, Erich McMillan, and Jonathan Seifert VISITORS Please complete a Welcome Card from the pew pocket, so that we may become acquainted and serve you. Place the card in the offering or hand to an Usher. We’re glad you are here! PRAYER is a powerful source of comfort and healing. We invite you to bring to our attention those in need by contacting the church office, or noting your prayer request on the Welcome Card. Place the card in the offering or hand to an Usher. TODAY’S FLOWERS are given by Millie and Bill Gallaher to bring joy, peace and comfort to the congregation. The flowers are also given in loving memory of Jean and Ben Adams, Sr. from Ben and Amy Adams and in celebration of dad’s birthday and their anniversary month. The baby rose on the communion table celebrates the birth on September 1, 2017 of Paxton Elizabeth Orr, granddaughter of Kathy Zorn and Eddie Dees. The Sanctuary floral arrangements were created by Evelyn Cintas. PRAYER QUILT MINISTRY: Prayer Quilts are gifts of love and prayers for those in special need. Please tie your prayers into the quilts. To request a quilt, please contact Joanne Albrecht at (619) 222-1585, or Louise Lucas at
[email protected].
A Service of Worship September 24, 2017 Classic Worship 10:45 am ~ Sanctuary
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES: Brad Woodard, James Watts, Rick Nestor, Scott Castlen, Greg White, Tom Daggett, Nathan Schnaible, Will Scarle, Eli Owre, Margo Zorn Smith, MD., and Jose Hernandez. For contact information, or to add a name to this list, please call the church office.
Rev. Karla Shaw, Senior Pastor Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church 2128 Chatsworth Blvd., San Diego, CA 92107 ■ (619) 223-1633 pointlomachurch.org
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Order of Worship
Please remember to silence your cell phones and refrain from flash photography. Thank you.
Prelude
Change My Heart, O God Bryan Verhoye, pianist
Mark Hayes
Welcome and Call to Worship *Songs of Praise
Bryan Verhoye
Praise the Lord! O Heavens Adore Him Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone)
Scripture Reading
Matthew 18:15-35 (Page 20 in the pew Bible)
*Song of Preparation
Wonderful Grace of Jesus
No. 497 (1,3)
Sermon
The Way: Stories‡ Swallowing Grace
Pastor Karla
Call to Prayer
Lord, I Need You
No. 17
Invocation Ministry of Music Sing to the Lord! Shelly Marie Verhoye, soloist
*Doxology (Old Hundredth)
Robert Sterling Elder Suzy Lidstrom
Prayer of Confession (In unison, followed by silent prayer) Gracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo. Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has become for us a consuming fire of judgment. Set us free from a past that we cannot change; open to us a future in which we can be changed; and grant us grace to grow more and more in Your likeness and image, for the sake of the world that You love, through Jesus Christ, the light of the world. (Silent prayer) Amen. Adapted from the PCUSA Book of Common Worship
Pastoral Prayer and 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 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. *Song of Faith
Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound No. 502 (1)
*Benediction Postlude
Jubilance Alicia McMillan, organist
Raymond H. Haan
*Please stand, if you are able. ‡The Kingdom Equation: A Fresh Look at the Parables of Jesus by John Timmer is the primary reference for Pastor Karla’s current sermon series.
Affirmation of Grace *Response Everlasting God (Children to Sunday School) Life of the Church
Rev. Karla Shaw
Invitation to Christian Stewardship Offertory
Gymnopédie, No. 1
Erik Satie
A Congregational Meeting was held today at 9:30 am in the Sanctuary to Elect Church Officers and Approve the Associate Pastor Nominating Committee (APNC).
