FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT
Order of
Worship March 18, 2007
(*Stand, as
you are able)
Ringing of the
Tower Bell
GATHERING FOR
WORSHIP
(Please
register your attendance by signing the pew register)
Announcements
Prelude Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy George Shearing
Introit Praise, Rejoice and Sing Allen
Pote
Children’s
Choir
Elvie Melegrito, Director;
Meg Baker, Pianist
*Call to
Worship
L: All
you who are thirsty, this is the place for water. All you who are hungry, this is the place to
be fed.
P: Why spend your earnings on what is not
food? Why pay for that which fails to
satisfy?
L: Here,
without money, here, without price, all may enjoy the bread of heaven.
P: God speaks, and all who listen will have
life.
*Hymn I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light No. 206
Opening
Prayer
Glorious God, your thoughts are
not our thoughts, nor are your ways our ways.
You look at the ugliest soul and see, still unstirred, the wings of an angel. We scan the finest of our neighbors, anxious
to find the flaws. You see our lives and
the context of eternity, and make a time for waiting, for yearning, for putting
all things in proportion. We demand
instant results; and look for tomorrow before savoring today. Amen
Anthem Seek Ye First Karen Lafferty
Youth
Choir
Young
People’s Message
Joy and
Concerns for Prayer
Pastoral
Prayer & 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 trespasses as we forgive those
who trespass against us. Lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for Thine is the kingdom, and the
power and the glory forever. Amen.
Gospel Lesson Luke 15:1-2, 11-32 (p. 78)
L: This is the Word of the Lord.
P: Thanks be to God.
Response Wide Open Are Thy Hands (Insert)
RESPONDING
TO GOD’S WORD
Sermon “Leaving Behind What’s Owed to Me”
Rev. Dr.
Karin Walker
Offertory Cantique de Jean Racine Gabriel Faure
*Doxology No.
95
Praise
God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise
God, all creatures here below;
Praise
God above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*Prayer of Dedication
*Hymn Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy No. 340
*Benediction
Postlude Fugue in g minor, BWV 542 J. S. Bach
Please sit and enjoy the postlude.
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THE
ALTAR FLOWERS are given by
Margie
Clark, Sue Rice, & Harley Cleveland in honor of Peggy Cleveland, with love,
respect, and appreciation
on her 98th
birthday.
THE
PARAPET FLOWERS are given by
Alice Weaver and family in loving memory of Charles L. Weaver.
If
you are a guest today, we are delighted to have you worship with us. Please sign the pew register and stop by our
Acolyte............................................................................. Hanna
Rhodes
Crucifer........................................................................... Timmy
Higgins
Liturgist................................................................................ Jan
Aamodt
Greeters........................................... Sandy
Allen, Peter & Lisa van Zalk
Julia
& Tim Docking
Sound...................................................................................... Stu
Foster
Ushers............................. Linda Ferrara, Pat Atherton, Pauline Banyasz
Don Jennings, John Thompson
Pastor Deacon/Minister
of Ed. & Yth.
Rev. Karin W. Walker Rev.
Richard L. Buckingham
Minister of Visitation Director
of Music
Rev. John C. Walker Mr.
N. Thomas Pedersen
Pastoral Counselor Organist
Mrs. Mandi Mader Mr.
Marvin Mills
Church Phone: (301) 933-7933; FAX Phone: (301)
933-4418
Home Page: http://www.stpaulsk.org;
E-mail: stpaulsunited@verizon.net
Rev. Karin W. Walker’s e-mail: revkarin@comcast.net
Rev. John C. Walker’s e-mail: friartuck4@verizon.net
We invite you to observe a holy Lent by
worshipping each Sunday and during Holy Week as we reflect on the theme of the
masks that we wear which prevent us from walking closely with Christ. Be it fear or self-righteousness, privilege
or guilt, there are barriers which hinder our ability to love Jesus. Come and listen, pray and reflect, so that
those masks might be laid at the foot of the cross of Jesus. Be prepared to make yourself vulnerable
because it is in our nakedness before God that we feel God’s sheltering and
unconditional love. Each week during
Lent the children will begin worship in the Sanctuary. Following the Young People’s Message they
will go to Sunday School. The two-year old class will begin each week
in their classroom. No Sunday School for grades 6 thru 12 today, March 18 and April 1.
Activities for the Week of March 18
Sunday 3/18/07
9:00 a.m. Worship with Communion – Sanctuary
10:15 a.m. Worship
- Sanctuary
10:15 a.m. Sunday School
– Classrooms
11:30 a.m. Play Rehearsal – Room 211 & Sanctuary
1:00 p.m. Variety
Show Rehearsal – Heavener Hall
7:00 p.m. Variety
Show – Heavener Hall
Monday 3/19/07
10:00 a.m. “Stretchersize” – Octagon
7:00 p.m. “The
Heart of Christianity” Class – Library
7:15 p.m. Confirmation
Class – Room 115
7:30 p.m. Lay
Leadership Committee – Conference Room
7:30 p.m. BSA
#439 – Multipurpose Room
7:30 p.m. Spanish
for Everyone! – Room 119
Tuesday 3/20/07
10:00
a.m. Prayer Lift - Chapel
10:45
a.m. Bible Study – Library
12:00
p.m. Tuesdays Together –
Sanctuary & Octagon
This is a casual worship service followed by lunch
($4). It’s a great way to recharge your
spiritual battery between Sundays.
1:00 p.m. “The
Heart of Christianity” Class – Library
1:00 p.m. Women’s
Study Group – Conference Room
7:00 p.m.
7:15 p.m. “Jesus
in the Gospels” – Room 115
7:15 p.m. Handbell
Rehearsal – Room 109
Wednesday 3/21/07
10:00 a.m. Memorial
Committee – Conference Room
6:00 p.m. Children’s Choir Rehearsal – Room
211
6:45 p.m. Children’s Choir Dinner – Heavener
Hall
7:00 p.m. Youth Choir Rehearsal – Room 211
Thursday 3/22/07
9:30 a.m. Church History Workshop – Room
112, Library & Room 115
7:15 p.m. Confirmation
Class – Room 115
8:00 p.m. Sanctuary Choir – Room 211
Friday 3/23/07
6:15 p.m. Middle High UMYF Retreat at
Sunday 3/25/07
9:00 a.m. Worship with Communion – Sanctuary
10:15 a.m. Worship
- Sanctuary
10:15 a.m. Sunday School
– Classrooms
11:30 a.m. Play Rehearsal – Room 211 & Sanctuary
2:00 p.m. Healing Service - Sanctuary
6:30 p.m. Recreation
– Multipurpose Room
7:00 p.m. Senior
High UMYF – Multipurpose Room area
MULCH MADNESS II: Return of the Mulch – Today is the last day to
order your mulch. At $4 per bag (3 cubic
feet), no tax, and delivered to your house,
EASTER LILY ORDERS – Orders for Easter lilies will be taken after each service today and next Sunday; look for a table in the Narthex. Each plant costs $9 and may be given in memory or honor of someone special. The DEADLINE for placing orders is next Sunday, March 25.
The Heart of Christianity by Marcus Borg, class starts March 19th. Monday nights, 7 p.m., Tuesday afternoons, 1
p.m. Sign up in the Church Office. Study together a book that offers
questioning Christians a way to keep the faith without shutting down the search
for truth. Taught
by Rev. Don Maxam.
BREAD!! Are you looking for a way to show someone you
care?
Worship
attendance last Sunday: 337
Sunday School attendance last Sunday: 111
Daniel Schuler, a senior at
YOUTH VARIETY SHOW – TONIGHT – “The World of Disney” - This is always an anticipated
time of great fun for the entire family, and serves as a primary fund-raiser
for our UMYF summer trip. Tickets,
including the show and a dessert, are $7 adults, $5 youth, $3
under 12.
United
10401 Armory Ave. , Kensington , Maryland 20895
