North Presbyterian Church 4th Sunday after Pentecost

July 2, 2017 9:30 am

WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD

Prelude Christians, We Have Met to Worship arr. Marohnic Greeting, Welcome, and Opportunities for Discipleship

Welcome to our guests and visitors! We invite you, if you feel comfortable, to introduce yourself at this time. We are glad you are here. We hope you will fill out the welcome pad (in the pew holder) to help us get acquainted. We also invite you to join us for lemonade following worship.

Everyone—please silence your cell phones.

Call to Worship I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord, and proclaim your faithfulness to all generations. Your steadfast love endures forever. Your faithfulness is as high as the heavens. Happy are those who sing your praise and extol your righteousness all the day.

Invocation

*Hymn 731 Give Thanks for Those Whose Faith Is Firm (During the singing of the hymn, please pass prayer requests to center aisle.)

*Call to Confession

*Prayer of Confession Awesome and compassionate God, you have loved us with unfailing, self-giving mercy, but we have not loved you. You constantly call us, but we do not listen. You ask us to love, but we walk away from neighbors in need, wrapped in our own concerns. We condone evil, prejudice, warfare, and greed. God of grace, as you come to us in mercy, we repent, admit our sin, and gratefully receive your forgiveness through Jesus Christ, our Redeemer. Amen.

*Silent Confession (A time for personal confession of sin)

*Assurance of Forgiveness Hear the good news!

God loves us. God forgives us.

*Response Hymn # 591 (Refrain) Halle, Halle, Halleluja! Halle, Halle, Halleluja! Halle, Halle, Halleluja!

Halle, Halle, Halleluja! Halleluja! Halleluja! Halleluja!

*Passing of the Peace Having received Christ’s peace, let us share it by turning to our neighbors and greeting them, saying “May the peace of Christ be with you!”

Solo Take My Life, and Let It Be Consecrated Hayes Alanna Carlins, soloist

WE HEAR THE WORD OF GOD

Prayer for Illumination

Scripture Reading Genesis 22:1-14 p.17

Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church. Thanks be to God.

Sermon “When Faith Meets Fear” Pastor Bill Hennessy

WE RESPOND AND GIVE THANKS TO GOD

*Hymn 834 Precious Lord, Take My Hand

Offering Offertory: Here I Am, Lord arr. Carter

*Doxology Hymn 300 (vs. 4)

All praise to the Father, From whom all things come, And all praise to Christ Jesus, God’s only Son, And all praise to the Spirit, who makes us one: And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, By our love; yes they’ll know we are Christians by our love.

Celebration of the Lord’s Supper The Invitation to the Lord’s Table

Solo We Gather at Your Table, Lord arr. Ehret

Great Prayer of Thanksgiving

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise.

We offer you praise, dear God … your unending greatness:

Holy, Holy, Holy © 1986 by GIA Publications, Inc

Hear us, O Christ … Great is the mystery of faith:

Christ Has Died

© 1986 by GIA Publications, Inc

It is in this mystery … in the words you have taught us:

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.

Communion of the People Our Lord invites all who trust in him, and all who long to trust in him, to share in this meal, which he has prepared. Communion will be received by intinction. Please come up the center aisle and return down side aisles. (If your diet requires gluten-free bread, please go to the station at the foot of the steps in the center.)

Prayer after Communion You have given yourself to us, Lord; now we give ourselves for others. Your love has made us a new people; as a people of love we will serve you with joy. Your glory has filled our hearts;

help us to glorify you in all things. Amen.

WE DISPERSE TO SERVE GOD IN THE WORLD

*Hymn 700 I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me

*Charge

*Benediction

*Congregational Amen Hymn 568

*Postlude Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service arr. Marohnic

*Those who are able, please stand.

Calendar of Events/300 North Forest Road Sunday, July 2

9:30am Worship/Sanctuary

10:30 Adult Ed./Lib.

Lemonade hour/DR

Tuesday, July 4 Office closed

Sunday, July 9 Outdoor Service

9:30am Worship/Outdoors!

10:30 Adult Ed./Lib.

Lemonade hour/DR

Monday, July 10-Friday, July 14

FANA Spanish Camp

Monday, July 10

7:00pm Session/Chapel

Wednesday, July 12

7-8pm Mindfulness/Chapel

Thursday, July 13

10:30-11:30am Interfaith

Playgroup/nursery

Sunday, July 16

9:30am Worship/Sanctuary

10:30 Adult Ed./Lib.

Lemonade hour/DR

Wednesday, July 19

10:00 am Book group/Lib.

Want to see more calendar events? Go to

https://northchurchwilliamsville.org/weekly-bulletin-

and-north-star/. If you see an error or want to add

an event, please e-mail n.church@verizon.net.

EGA—Embroidery Guild

DR—Dickinson Room

FJC—Family Justice Center

FONP—Friends of Night People

Kit—Kitchen

LE3—Before and After School Program

Lib—Library

Ofc—Office

RC—Resource Center

WCF—Williamsville Christian Fellowship

WH—Westminster Hall

Remember Our Friends on the 9th Floor Today! (see insert)

Today is our last day of this year’s Veterans Mission Project campaign to raise funds for our

friends at Willow Lodge. Will you make a difference?

Cereal, Tuna, and PB&J, Oh My!

The folks at University Presbyterian Church (UPC) have asked us to thank all of you for your

generous support of its food pantry. The Mission Committee echoes their gratitude. You have

responded to our request to regularly bring donations of non-perishable food.

Summer is a difficult time for food pantries; folks go on vacation and donations decrease.

Children who have been in school all year are now home for breakfast and lunch. The UPC

food pantry needs our help once again.

Usually the easiest way for us to help is to send a check from the Mission budget or the

Turkey Basket Fund, but not this year. The Mission budget has been greatly reduced, and

although we still will be using excess funds in the Turkey Basket Fund for hunger-related

needs, everything will be stretched further—a lot further. And then there is the big question

of the federal budget.

Therefore the Mission Committee is asking the congregation of North Church to respond as

they always have to specific needs. We need you to keep items for the food pantry on your

grocery shopping list and to purchase something(s) every week. Especially needed are cereal,

peanut butter, jelly, spaghetti sauce and pasta, canned tuna, and canned vegetables and fruit.

If you buy it and bring it to church with you on a Sunday, the Mission Committee will take

donations to UPC. Thank you as always for your overwhelming generosity!

Hey Kids, Let’s Go to Darien Lake!

On Monday, August 7, children going into grades four, five, and six are invited to Darien Lake

for the day. Lunch and park ticket for each student will be provided. This trip is provided from

proceeds received from our fundraisers during the year. Those who plan to attend must RSVP

by July 9 to pre-teen coordinator Kim Will at kwill.npc@verizon.net.

Join Sarah Circle on a Mission Project with Harvest House

“Bottles for Babies” helps more than 5,800 children in our community. Beginning in mid-June

there will be bottles available for you to take and fill with loose change and bring back to

church by the beginning of November.

Peace Pole Flower Pots

Wanted: peace pole flowering containers to join one at the peace pole (formerly the

labyrinth). Originally the plan was to plant a garden around the peace pole, but the deer and

the need for constant care makes this idea not feasible at this time.

Faith Formation and Bible Study for Adults

Join us for Bible study in the New Testament book of Hebrews on one or more summer

Sundays at around 10:30 a.m. in the library. We will hang our study around the topics in the

2017-18 PW/Horizons Bible Study Cloud of Witnesses, by Melissa Bane Sevier.

Bible study in the resource center

The study of The Parables of Jesus will resume in the fall.

All Aboard!

Join Journey’s End and Casual Cruise for a Cause on Sunday, August 13, from 6:30-9:00 p.m.

to set sail on the Grand Lady for a marvelous two-hour trip on Lake Erie with music, light

snacks, and a cash bar. Of the $28 per person ticket price, $10 goes directly to Journey’s End.

You can make a difference and have a fun-filled night with friends! Watch the bulletin and

next week’s email for links on how to register or go to the church’s Facebook page.

Book Groups

Everyone is welcome to come to a book group discussion.

July 19, 10:00 a.m.

Right Here, Right Now: The Buffalo Anthology by Jody K. Biehl

July 26, 1:00 p.m.

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See

August 16, 10:00 a.m.

Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West by

Tom Clavin

August 23, 1:00 p.m.

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

Sept. 20, 10:00 a.m.

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

Clothes to Nigeria

If you have gently used clothes for warm weather, sneakers or shoes for men, women and

children you would like to donate to the people of Nigeria, please bring them to the church

throughout July. Azubike Kalu-Nwiwu will deliver them. Thank you.

Interfaith Playgroup

Babies and toddlers, with their caregivers, are invited to an Interfaith Playgroup on select

Thursdays this summer. Join us in the nursery at North Church from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on

July 13 & 27; and August 10 & 24. No formal agenda is planned. Our goal is making friends

among all of God's children. (Note: caregivers must stay with their children. This is not a

drop-off activity.)

Save the Date: Walk Off Hunger in Williamsville

The Food Bank of WNY has announced its 10th Annual Walk Off Hunger. It will be held from

10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, at Island Park in Williamsville. This fun, family-friendly

event is hosted by Calvary Episcopal Church and Congregation Shir Shalom. Walk Off

Hunger is a two-mile scenic walk through the Village of Williamsville and is followed by a

festival full of children’s activities, musical entertainment, bounce houses, raffles, food, and

refreshments. All proceeds from Walk Off Hunger will benefit the Food Bank of WNY. Register

at https://www.foodbankwny.org/event/10th-annual-walk-off-hunger/.

Mission Statement

Brought together by our shared faith in

Jesus Christ,

Called by God to live as faithful disciples,

Blessed by our diverse gifts and experiences,

We commit ourselves to:

Worship together,

Teach and learn from one another,

Nurture each other with care and love, and

Reach out in ministry and mission to

the world.

Minister: The Rev. William Hennessy Coordinator: Mary Soom Pianist: Marlene Harrington Liturgist: Heather Randall

Lock-up: Byron Mohlke Greeters: Judy Clare, Louise Cooper

Ushers/Communion Servers: Diane & Jim Sprague Counters: Tim Ayler, Linda Gowans

Visitors—You are important to us. Please fill out a visitor card and put it in the offering plate

if you wish to be contacted. You may also approach an usher—likely wearing a yellow ribbon

today—to find out more about North Church.

Ministers: The Congregation

Pastor/Head of Staff: The Rev. William T. Hennessy Coordinator of Sacred Arts: Olivia Ebsary

Administrative Assistant: Cynthia Machamer Bookkeeper: Karen Thomas

Facilities Coordinator: Mike Callaghan Childcare Supervisor: Regina Koteras

Director of Music, Organist: Marlene Harrington Webmaster: Tara Martin

Director of Music, Children & Youth: Marty Shafer Sunday School Administrator: Kimberly Will

Shared Youth Director: Mack Barker Musical Assistant: Kurt Ebsary

Elders (Session)

Clerk of Session: Sylvia Bigler

Class of 2018

Joe Alber

Ralph Doerzbacher

Bill Ervin

Carol Meyers

Class of 2019

Bill Clark

Sue D’Angelo

Shevaun Donelli O’Connell

Scott Marshall

Marsha Villano

Class of 2020

Keith Alford

Anselm George

Warren Marcus

Rob Powell

Deacons

Moderator: Glenn Hopkins

Class of 2018

Glenn Hopkins

Shirley Mazourek

Garry Ostermeier

Pam Ostermeier

Class of 2019

Karen Hopkins

Connie Littlewood

Sheridan Skura

Carol Suckow

Class of 2020

Cam Cowan

Olivia Ebsary

Irene Harbison

Heather Randall

No Sunday school until fall