LARGE PRINT WORSHIP GUIDE MARCH 17, 2019 8:15, 9:30 AND 11 A.M.
GATHERING AROUND THE WORD
“There are no shortcuts to wholeness. The only way to become whole is to put our arms lovingly around everything we’ve shown ourselves to be: self-serving and generous, spiteful and compassionate, cowardly and courageous, treacherous and trustworthy. We must be able to say to ourselves and to the world at large, ‘I am all of the above.’ Wholeness is the goal, but wholeness does not mean perfection. It means embracing brokenness as an integral part of life.” -Parker Palmer
OPENING VOLUNTARY
Prelude in A Minor, BWV 543 Johann Sebastian Bach
INVITATION TO DISCIPLESHIP INTROIT (9:30 & 11 A.M.)
Excerpt from Be Thou My Vision The Sanctuary Choir
arr. Will Todd
CALL TO WORSHIP One: All: One: All: One: All: One: All:
In this Lenten season, we journey through the wilderness, For we seek to be made whole. In this season, we ask difficult questions and confront hard truths, For we hope to deepen our faith. In this season, we lay down our burdens and engage new practices, For we long to embrace new rhythms of life. In this season and in every season, we gather for worship, For God calls us to journey together. Let us worship God!
*HYMN 804
Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart!
MARION
*CALL TO CONFESSION AND PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Christ our healer, we long to be made well. We carry pain in our bodies and our spirits, and we confess that we often neglect to treat ourselves with compassion. We confess that we do not know how to care for others who are experiencing pain. Show us your mercy, so that we might be more compassionate. Help us to heal and to be healers. 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.
*GLORIA PATRI (HYMN 581)
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION SCRIPTURE Luke 18:35-42
SERMON
Seven Essential Questions - Do you want to be made well?
Rev. Sarah Johnson
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
God was incarnate in Jesus Christ, who announced good news to the poor, proclaimed release for prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, let the broken victims go free, and proclaimed the year of the Lord’s favor. Jesus came to seek and to save the lost; in his life and death for others, God’s redeeming love for all people was made visible.
*HYMN 649 (VERSES 1 & 4) Amazing Grace
AMAZING GRACE
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER (9:30 & 11 A.M.) PRESENTATION OF TITHES/OFFERINGS OFFERTORY MUSIC
Be Thou My Vision (8:15 a.m.) Johnnie Christian, soloist
arr. Richard Walters
O Holy Jesus (9:30 & 11 a.m.) The Sanctuary Choir
Jonathan Willcocks
*DOXOLOGY
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION *COMMUNION OF THE LORD’S TABLE (8:15 A.M.)
WELCOMING OF NEW MEMBERS (11 A.M.)
Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love; The fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above. Before our Father’s throne we pour our ardent prayers. Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, our comforts and our cares.
*HYMN 796 We Come to You for Healing, Lord
LAND OF REST
*BENEDICTION CLOSING VOLUNTARY
Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
WORSHIP LEADERS
Our preacher today is Rev. Sarah Johnson. Director of Music Steve Jobman is conducting our Sanctuary Choir. Artist-inResidence Bradley Hunter Welch is playing today’s service. Our acolyte is Alex Reich. Next week’s preacher is Rev. Matthew Ruffner.
Johann Sebastian Bach
FLOWER DEDICATIONS
The flowers in the Sanctuary are given to the glory of God by David Liland celebrating the blessed birth of his first grandchild, Madison Margot Liland, and honoring the Epiphany program. The flowers decorating the Chapel today are in celebration of the wedding of Audrey White and Wynn Hawker-Boehnke, who were married last night at PHPC, and in memory of Audrey’s father, Gary Lynn White. Audrey is a life-long member of PHPC. The flowers in the Columbarium are given to the glory of God by Mickie White in loving memory of James E. White; and by Fran Heusinkveld in loving memory of Robert Heusinkveld.
Rev. Matthew Ruffner Senior Pastor
Rev. Sarah Johnson Senior Associate Pastor for Adult Learning and Engagement
Rev. Mark Brainerd Rev. Kathy Lee-Cornell Senior Associate Pastor Associate Pastor for for Congregational Care Mission and Outreach and Administration
CONNECT
Summer Signups: Signups are live for our PHPC Kids and PHPC Youth summer programs and trips! Go to phpc.org/ kidssummer or phpc.org/youth for more information!
Rev. Sarah Are Associate Pastor for Youth and Young Adults
Rev. Jessie LightWells Monie Pastoral Resident
Rev. Dr. Bob Poteet Parish Associate
Rev. Dr. John Roper Parish Associate
The Stewpot Clothing Closet: Volunteer with the Stewpot of First Presbyterian Church, Dallas and help with sizing, folding/hanging, and distributing clothing to clients experiencing or at-risk of homelessness. Visit: thestewpot. org/volunteer and click on “Client Services” or contact Adrienne Nicholson at
[email protected]
The Thread Lakehouse Retreat: Our young adult ministry The Thread is heading to the lake from April 5-7! We will worship and study, relax, watch the sunset, have communion on the dock, read, play games, cook food, and get to know one another so much better. Contact Sarah Are:
[email protected]
GROW
Vacation Bible School Donations: We are focusing on taking care of God’s creation during VBS this year and have committed to not buying any supplies for crafts, decorations or other activities. So to start we are collecting the following for decorations: colorful magazines, colorful plastic bottle tops, transparent plastic cups, metal bottle tops, metal soda tabs. Please drop off your donations in the main church office and label them for Ann Nielsen.
Lenten Devotionals: Receive a Lenten devotion with a reflection, question, and prayer in your email each week. If you are not on the church’s email list and you would like to be, please contact
[email protected]
The Pastors’ Lenten Study: Mondays in the Youth House at12:15 p.m. To supplement the sermon series, we will explore a different question of Jesus in the season leading up toward Easter. No preparation needed, bring lunch!
Presbyterian Women Mission Luncheon: Join us in Jubilee Hall on Saturday, April 27 for a luncheon benefitting the Women and Children’s Health Center at Healing Hands Ministries. The speaker is Tiffany Divis, who was the Senior Gifts Officer for former First Lady Laura Bush. Tickets and underwriting opportunities available at phpc.org/luncheon or call Janis Knott at 214.893.3429.
Spring Book Study: Join Rev. Mark Brainerd for an engaging six-week study of Krista Tippett’s book Becoming Wise. This book is for people who want to take up the great questions of our time with imagination and courage and to nurture new realities in the spaces we inhabit. March 19- April 23, 7-8 p.m. in PHPC Parlor. Email
[email protected]
Rodger Nishioka - What’s Next? PHPC’s bi-annual speaker series returns with internationally acclaimed preacher and speaker Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka as he talks about faith in the twenty-first century, what’s next when it comes to the presence of younger generations, and where the Church goes from here. Tuesday, April 2 at 7 p.m. in the Sanctuary. Tickets are free, but please register at phpc.org/rodger.
GIVE
SERVE
JOYS AND CONCERNS
Epiphany Ministry Needs You! Epiphany Ministry welcomes adults (age 16+) with special needs into worship, fellowship, learning, and service. Volunteers makes this Sunday program possible. Teach Sunday School, assist participants with activities, or simply be a friend. Consider spending one hour once a month to live like we belong to one another through Epiphany Ministry. Contact Brian Spann,
[email protected]
The Every Dollar Counts for March goes to Austin Street Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing safe shelter and meeting the basic needs of the most vulnerable men and women experiencing homelessness. PHPC’s Epiphany Special Needs Ministry program created and donated blankets to Austin Street Center last Sunday.
Congratulations to Patrick and Kristin Smith on the birth of their daughter Charlotte Sutton. Grandparents are Anne and Brien Smith.
UPCOMING March 24: Baptism Sunday April 2: Guest preacher Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
