PARTICIPATING IN WORSHIP TODAY Rev. Karla Shaw, Senior Pastor Evan Gratz, Director of Community Life Elder Linda Daugherty Alicia McMillan, Interim Director of Worship and Music/Organist Bryan Verhoye, Pianist/Music Associate Deacon Greeters: Susan Reid, Kathy Zorn, Eddie Dees April Ushers: Mike Long, Eddie Dees, Kathy Zorn, Jean Murphy, Beth Roach, Merideth Blair, Lori Fritzer, Evelyn Cintas Media Ministry: Fred Daugherty, Kurt Walter, Jonathan Seifert, Erich McMillan 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 The flowers are given by Marti, Rick, and Susan Baird in loving memory of her husband and their father, Dean Baird. The flowers are also given to celebrate a Happy Birthday for Elizabeth Wootten from her family! The floral arrangements were created by Suzy Lidstrom.
A Service of Worship
PRAYER QUILT MINISTRY: Prayer Quilts are gifts of love and prayers for those in special need. Please come forward and tie your prayers into the quilts. To request a quilt, please contact Louise Lucas at
[email protected], or Joanne Albrecht at (619) 222-1585.
Classic Worship 10:45 a.m. Sanctuary
April 8, 2018
LIFE EVENTS: Memorial Service for Nancy Ables, April 14, at 2:00 pm in the Sanctuary Jean Sevrens passed away on April 1, 2018. Service pending.
Rev. Karla Shaw, Senior Pastor Rev. Alex Wirth, Associate Pastor Rev. Dr. Chris Lenocker, Parish Associate Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church 2128 Chatsworth Blvd., San Diego, CA 92107 ■ (619) 223-1633 pointlomachurch.org
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Order of Worship - 10:45 Please remember to silence your cell phones and refrain from flash photography. Thank you. Prelude
Come Let Us Worship and Bow Down Bryan Verhoye, pianist
Welcome and Life of the Church *Songs of Praise
arr. M. Hayes
Rev. Karla Shaw
Brethren, We Have Met to Worship Mighty To Save
No. 802 (1-4)
Scripture Reading
This is My Commandment
Invitation to Christian Stewardship Offertory
Consolation #3 Bryan Verhoye
F. Liszt
*Doxology (with Alleluias)
Invocation Ministry of Music
Response
Thy Strong Word Alicia McMillan, organist
arr. Anna Laura Page
Luke 14:12-23 (Page 77 in the pew Bible)
Elder Linda Daugherty
Prayer of Confession (In unison, followed by silent prayer) God of Grace, You set a table and invite even us to the celebration feast. We come to confession because You invite us, not with condemnation, but with the promise of forgiveness. We pray confident of Your graceful invitation but hesitate to accept. Through death and resurrection, Christ, You invite us across the threshold of the Lord’s house. We see the table set. We smell the feast prepared. We watch the poor and disabled take places of honor. Yet, the transformation that takes place at Your banquet table scares us and we make excuses. Invite us in again. And again once more. Give us the courage to accept Your abundance. Help us find our seat at Your gracious table. (Silent prayer) Amen. Affirmation of Grace
Song of Preparation
Jesu, Jesu
No. 436 (1-3,5)
Sermon
The Great Banquet: Loving Strangers
Evan Gratz
Call to Prayer
Lord, Speak to Me, That I May Speak
No. 574 (1-3)
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. *Closing Hymn
We Are Called to Be God’s People
No. 710 (1-3)
*Benediction Postlude:
Toccata in C Alicia McMillan
*Please stand, if you are able.
J. Pachelbel
