LAST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
CHRIST THE KING
SUNDAY/YOUTH SUNDAY
Order of Worship November 20, 2005
(*Stand, as you are
able)
Tolling of the Tower Bell
GATHERING FOR WORSHIP
(Please
register your attendance by signing the pew register)
Prelude The Monumental Brass Quintet
Patrick Whitehead
& Michael Lowe – Trumpets; Nicolas Lowe – French Horn;
Gregory Freeman – Trombone; Michael Parker - Tuba
Introit Give Thanks and
Praise Lee Dengler
Children’s Choir
*Call to Worship
L: The
Lord is King! Let the peoples sing.
P: Let
them praise your great and awesome name.
Holy is the Lord.
*Hymn Come, Ye Thankful People, Come No. 694
Opening Prayer
(congregation seated)
Lord Jesus Christ, you are the King of
Glory! Grant us your Spirit as we
magnify your name, that in our worship we may be outfitted to be proper
ambassadors of your reign—our gestures demonstrating your grace, our habits
showing your compassion, our words alive with your truth. Amen.
Anthem All
Good Gifts Michael
Barrett
Youth
Choir
Young People’s Message
(After the
prayer, parents of pre-schoolers, please take your children to their
classrooms. Older children and teachers
will walk to their classrooms and meet there.)
Sacrament of Baptism (insert)
Baptized today: Frances Leigh Killian
Gathering of
Joys and Concerns for Prayer
Pastoral Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
HEARING GOD’S WORD
The Gospel Reading Matthew
25:31-46 (p. 29)
L: This is the Word of the Lord.
P: Thanks be
to God.
Sermon “The
Place Called Home” Rev. Karin
Walker
*Hymn Siyahamba
*Marching/Singing/Praying/Walking
RESPONDING TO GOD’S WORD
Offertory My
Eternal King Jane
Marshall
*Doxology
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures
here below: Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God, the source of all our gifts!
Praise Jesus Christ, whose power up-lifts! Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
*Hymn To God Be the Glory No.
98
*Benediction
*Choral Response
Postlude We
Thank Thee, God J.
S. Bach
Please feel free to sit and enjoy the
postlude.
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THE ALTAR
FLOWERS are given by
Lynn Mote in loving memory of his wife Evelyn.
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.............................................................. Sarah
Grace Longsworth
Crucifer............................................................................. Michael
Porter
Liturgist................................................................................ Anthony
Guy
Greeters................................................................. Paul
& Paige Harrison
Eddie
McWilliams, Thomas Curry
Sound........................................... David
Furman, John Regan, Stu Foster
Ushers.................................................................... Sean Guy, Ian Frazier
Thomas Rigolage, Michael Bowrin
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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
Activities for the week of
November 20, 2005
Sunday 11/20/05
Christ the King Sunday/Youth Sunday
8:00 a.m. Worship with Communion – Sanctuary
9:00 a.m. Joyful Rising Service - Sanctuary
10:15 a.m. (
10:15 a.m. Sunday School – Classrooms
10:15 a.m. Adult Sermon Discussion
Group – Parlor
11:30 a.m. Note: No refreshments
will be served today in the Octagon.
11:30 a.m. Youth Choir Sponsored
Church-wide Spaghetti Luncheon – Heavener Hall (All are invited to support this
fund-raiser for the 2006 choir trip to
11:30 a.m. Dedication of Stained
Glass Panel – Multipurpose Room (see v)
2:30 p.m. UMYF
Middle High trip to Gospel Jam – meet in church parking lot
5:00 p.m. Staff
Parish Relations Committee - Parlor
6:00 p.m. UMYF
hosts supper with Colesville UMYF – Multipurpose Room
6:30 p.m. Couples
Retreat Planning – Library
6:30 p.m. Youth
Basketball – Multipurpose Room
7:00 p.m. UMYF
– Usual Rooms
Monday 11/21/05
11:00 a.m. “Stretchersize” –
Octagon
1:00 p.m. Disciple
II – 109
2:30 p.m. Church
History Committee - Library
7:30 p.m. BSA
Troop #439 – Multipurpose Room
7:30 p.m. Spanish
Class – Room 119 (all are welcome!)
7:30 p.m. Disciple
II – 109
Tuesday 11/22/05
10:00 a.m. Prayer Lift – Chapel
10:45 a.m. Bible
Study (Scripture Reflections) – Library
8:00 p.m. Community Thanksgiving Service – Sanctuary (followed by refreshments in Heavener Hall)
Wednesday 11/23/05
Note: Justice &
Compassion Ministries meeting has been moved to Wednesday, 11/30
Thursday 11/24/05 Thanksgiving Day
Church & Office Closed
Friday 11/25/05
Church & Office
Closed
Saturday 11/26/05
9a.m.-1 p.m. Ted Lillie’s Eagle Project
- Narthex
Sunday 11/27/05
Advent Begins
8:00 a.m. Worship with Communion – Sanctuary
9:00 a.m. Joyful Rising Service - Sanctuary
10:15 a.m. Traditional Worship –
Sanctuary
10:15 a.m. Sunday School – Classrooms
10:15 a.m. Adult Sermon Discussion
Group – Parlor
11:30 a.m. “The Wolf Shall Lie Down With the Lamb” book discussion – Heavener Hall
2:00 p.m. Spirits
Basketball Game – Hughes UMC
6:30 p.m. Youth
Basketball – Multipurpose Room
7:00 p.m. UMYF
– Usual Rooms
Worship
attendance last Sunday = 286
Sunday School
attendance last Sunday = 121
(v) Today, after the 10:15
service, the congregation is cordially invited to visit the refurbished
lower level of the church.
Contributions to the renovation will be recognized. In the Multipurpose Room, there will be a
dedication of a stained glass panel (a gift of the TnT
youth group of the 70’s.) On Sunday,
November 27, the stained glass panel will be on display in the Narthex. In the future, it will be permanently
displayed in Room 211.
Poinsettias – Orders for poinsettias to beautify our
Sanctuary at Christmas will be taken after each of the three services next
Sunday (11/27) and December 4 and 11.
The cost is $10.75 per plant, and you may choose red or white. Poinsettias will be available for pick up
after the Christmas Day service. You can
also sponsor church door wreaths, at a cost of $18 per wreath. Both poinsettias and wreathes may be
designated in honor or memory of loved ones.
Please make checks payable to
Advent Children’s Craft Workshop – Dec. 3rd, in the
Multipurpose Room. The Council on Youth
Ministries will again sponsor a Christmas Craft Workshop for children from 9 to
11:30 a.m. Children are asked to
contribute 50 cents for each craft made.
Those who are willing to volunteer to present and prepare a craft table
are asked to sign up with Ginger Geertsema (301-649-7045).
“The Wolf Shall Dwell With the Lamb” website
is: www.freewebs.com/revkarin. The directions are self-explanatory! Just add your input. Also join a discussion of the book scheduled
for 11:30, next Sunday, November 27, in Heavener Hall.
UMM Christmas Tree
Children’s Christmas Pageant – Children interested in
singing in the pageant, directed by Tom Pedersen and Elvie Melegrito, are
welcome to attend practices on Wednesday evenings at 6 p.m., starting November
30th. Included in the “Calling All
Angels” production is a new song written by our own Meg Baker. The commitment will also include time on a
few Saturdays before Christmas. The
pageant is held at 5 p.m. Christmas Eve and is always a special gift to the
congregation. Auditions for speaking
parts will be held at a later date. Sarah Beck (301-949-9619) and Debra McCurry (301-949-5955).
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