December 21, 2014 11:00 a.m. 4 Sunday of Advent

Committed
to serving
Jesus Christ
December 21, 2014
Caring
about each other
and the needs
11:00 a.m.
of a broken world
4th Sunday of Advent
Community exploring
faith, joyfully sustained
by the love of God
WORSHIP NOTES
- Please silence all cell phones, pagers, and other devices.
- Hearing assistance devices and pew cushions are available at the back of the sanctuary.
For more information on these items please see a greeter in the narthex.
- Bold italicized words are to be said by the congregation.
Asterisk indicates please stand if able.
- Unless indicated, Bible readings are from the New Revised Standard Version.
- Hymnal inserts are found in the front of the hymnals. Please return after use.
- An audio file of sermons can be obtained at our church website: www.capitolhillpreschurch.org.
PODCASTS are available on ITUNES - Capitol Hill Sermons”.
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Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church
Washington, DC
GATHERING
Our worship begins with the lighting of the chancel candles and the Prelude.
Please respect our shared need for silence during this time.
PRELUDE
Mild Jesus, du som sagde,
Norwegian Carol
Arr. A. Sandvold
WELCOME
*HYMN OF CALLING
“Gentle Mary Laid Her Child”
#27
THE ADVENT WREATH
On the four Sundays leading up to Christmas,
we rejoice in the great gift that is ours in Jesus Christ.
To help us celebrate,
we light the candles of the Advent wreath.
The candles signify that Jesus is the Light of the World.
The evergreens remind us that Jesus is life and brings life to us.
All these are arranged in a circle because life in Christ has no end.
Each Sunday we light an additional candle.
Then on Christmas Eve, we light all the candles,
including the center one, the Christ candle.
As we do, we will rejoice that Christ has come to us –
Immanuel…God with us.
On this fourth Sunday of Advent, as we think about the coming of Jesus Christ,
we light the candle of joy.
Christ comes into our lives bringing the fullness of joy.
His coming is good news of great joy for all people.
Because Christ has come to us, we can live every day in the joy of the Lord.
*RESPONSE
Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord
please join in singing
*PASSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
Edward Eicker
SHARING IN THE COMMUNITY OF FAITH
SILENT PREPARATION (beginning and ending with a bell tone)
PROCLAIMING
A CHRISTMAS PAGEANT – CHPC Children and Youth
The congregation will please remain seated as you sing the indicated verses of each carol.
O Little Town of Bethlehem (1st verse only)
#44
In the days of Caesar Augustus a decree went out that all the world should be taxed, and Joseph went into Bethlehem with
Mary his wife, who was great with child. And while they were there she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped
him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manager because there was no room for them in the inn.
Away in a Manager (1st verse only)
#25
And in that region there were shepherds in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night.
The First Nowell (1st verse only)
#56
And an angel of the Lord appeared to them. The glory of the Lord shone round about them and they were sore afraid
when the angel of the Lord appeared to them and said, “Be not afraid….for behold, I bring you good news of great joy
which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord
Angels We Have Heard on High (1st verse only)
#23
When Jesus was born, there came Wise Men from the East to worship him, bringing gifts of gold and frankincense and
myrrh.
We Three Kings of Orient Are (1st verse only)
#66
Being warned in a dream that they should not return to their own country, the Wise Men departed another way. The
shepherds also departed, praising God for all that they had seen and heard. But Mary kept all these things and pondered
them in her heart.
Silent Night, Holy Night (entire hymn)
#60
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE READING
Luke 1:39-56
For the Word of God in scripture, for the Word of God in Creation,
for the Word of God within us.
Thanks be to God!
SERMON
RESPONDING
SHARING OF JOYS AND CONCERNS/PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
After each joy/concern is voiced, let us pray for it together, saying:
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. or
Lord, for your goodness, we give you thanks.
(Silent Prayer)
(NT p.53)
THE LORD’S PRAYER
In Unison
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;
*HYMN OF THANKS
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.
“Still, Still, Still”
#47
GIVING OF OURSELVES AND RESOURCES
LEADER: God has abundantly blessed us and called us to be a community of generosity that blesses others through
the sharing of our love, our talents, and our material possessions.
Unison: Let us rejoice now in what we have been given and in what is ours to give as we bring our offerings.
Music Meditation
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Tune St. Louis L. H. Redner
Arr. J. Raney
*Response
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND DEDICATION
Unison: Holy One, receive our offerings as you receive our lives. Enliven us with your breath that our lives might
show forth your glory, for we pray in the Spirit of Christ. Amen.
SENDING
*HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“Once in Royal David’s City”
#49
*CHARGE
*BENEDICTION
Please join in singing – “People, Look East”
POSTLUDE
A Christmas Rondel from A Christmas Suite
verse 4
#12
Arr. C. Callahan
+We invite you to stay and listen to the postlude.
The Advent Wreath , Adapted - Reprinted by permission of the publisher from Touch Holiness ed. Ruth C. Duck and Maren C. Tirabassi © 1990 by Pilgrim Press. “Give
Thanks” (Henry Smith, 1978 Integrity’s Hosanna! Music/ASCAP. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.) Used by permission CCLI License #2613107.
POINSETTEIAS IN MEMORY OF
GIVEN BY
Gary & Leslie Barbour
The Barry Family
Sally, Fred, and Carolyn
The Boyettes
C. Dudley Brown
Shirley Brown
Byron Buck and Vicki Glass
Lee Cliburn & Ron Berger
The Center Peil Family
Alex & Emily Counts
Doug Delano & Beth Hannold
Brenda Dunlap
Marilyn, Ken, and Liz Hammond
Brandon, Annie & Elliott Hunt
Jim, & Mary Kidney
Dave Levy
Bob and Ida May Mantel
Jane McGregor
Mrs. Carolyn H. Muir
Jennifer Newton
Chip, Vanessa and Will Sinders
Chris, Lisa, Sarah and Edward Smith
Christa Speekmann
GIVEN BY
Emilie and Jake Sommer
Sally Stoecker
Muriel & Jim Wein
Lisa Wilson
Samuel F. Wright
IN MEMORY OF
Larry Parks
Loy Barbour
Jean Barbour
Our Grandparents
Susan Lee Holmberg
Bruce and Nancy Hickernell
Loved Ones
Forbes and Margaret Brown
Carmel Buck and Margaret Glass
Zoe Davis
Louis W.J. Berger
Norman A. Peil, Jr.
Mary Wainwright
Nancy and Marion Delano
Alice and William Suber
Bob Forcey
Alan Harris
Cleoria and Earl Dunlap
Robert G. Hammond
Verlyn Scantlebury
Alice Fondse
Ella Marie Hunt
Sara Fritz
Daniel Kidney II
Dorothy Levy, Betty Levy
Doris and Donald Mantel
Ruth & Carl Heinz
My parents
Ross Lyle Muir, Sr.
Bryce Leigh Muir
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Newton
Our Grandparents
Duncan and Dorothy Smith
Judi & Walter Speekmann
Liane Walser
IN MEMORY OF
James M. Hemminger, Jr.
Sarah Schrimpf
George Liška
Richie Staron
Alice Hengst
James Ryan Wright
Elizabeth J. Wright
POINSETTEIAS IN HONOR OF
GIVEN BY
Gary & Leslie Barbour
Lena Ellison
Dave Levy
The Menorca Family
David & Jennifer Roschke
Daughter Diane Shages
Emilie and Jake Sommer
Andy Walton
Andy and Peg Walton
Your Faithful Choir
IN HONOR OF
Joan Gillespie
In Suk and Rowland Ellison
Joe Levy
Grandpa and Grandma Menorca
Grandpy and Grammy Leo
Caitriona & Timothy McEniry-Roschke
Geneva Prince
Maisie & Hugh Sommer
Mabel Hemminger
Peg Walton
Jayme and Alison Walton
Caitriona McEniry-Roschke
ANNOUNCEMENTS
WELCOME TO THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH PAGEANT TODAY, DECEMBER 21ST We welcome extra shepherds, wise
people and animals, if you’d like to participate. This is a great way to celebrate the season, and we give special thanks to
Sue Van Slyke, Martha Larkin, and Mary Anne Sroufe for making costumes and for Sally Stoecker for coordinating this
event.
IF YOU PURCHASED A POINSETTIA AND WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT HOME, you may do so this Sunday following worship.
CHRISTMAS JOY OFFERING is being received through today, December 21st. Please see your bulletin insert for more
information and consider making a contribution by placing your envelope in the offering plate. More information is
available at http://specialofferings.pcusa.org/christmasjoy.
CHOIR REHEARSAL CHPC’s choir will rehearse following worship from 12:30- 1:30 p.m. in preparation for the
Christmas Eve and Epiphany services. There will be no choir rehearsal on Sunday, December 28th. Please contact our
Music Director Caitriona McEniry-Roschke if you would like to participate (music@capitolhillpreschurch.org).
ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS GIVING - FINAL SUNDAY! Honor family and friends with a gift that helps those in need.
This year two alternative giving options are available for your consideration in the Fellowship Hall on the stage. Fonkoze
supports a variety of micro-lending projects in Haiti (fonkoze.org) and PCUSA's World Mission supports mission efforts
focused on aiding women, children and community leaders in dozens of countries throughout the world
(https://www.pcusa.org/resource/presbyterian-world-mission-giving-opportunities-20/).
TAKE A FREE GIFT FROM THE CHPC ACTIVITIES TABLE IN FELLOWSHIP HALL! Please take a collectable
Sesquicentennial gift in honor of CHPC 150 years on Capitol Hill. This week take a coaster and/or ornament. Next week
plan to come to church to snag one of the remaining tote bags.
WE WILL NOT BE DOING BURRITO SUNDAY THIS WEEK.
UPCOMING SUNDAY SEMINARS On Sunday, December 28, the Seminar will take a brief break. On January 4, a new
series on Jesus' parables will begin, based on New Testament scholar Amy-Jill Levine's book, Short Stories by Jesus.
More information will be forthcoming on this series soon.
CHPC IS HOSTING A HOLIDAY PARTY TODAY AT SOME’S SENIOR HOME, KUEHNER HOUSE, IN SOUTH EAST DC, 1-4
p.m. The Kuehner House in SE DC provides permanent housing for low income seniors. Contact Sally Stoecker today if
you want to participate.
REMAINING ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE
Christmas Eve 2 Candlelight Communion Services 6:00 & 11:00 p.m.
December 28 - 1st Sunday after Christmas
Christmas Stories and Songs - an old-fashioned carol sing
and storytelling, 11 a.m.
PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR 2014 CHPC CONTRIBUTIONS AND 2015 CHPC PLEDGES.
• Final 2014 contributions need to be in the collection plate by December 28th or postmarked by December 31st in
order to be honored as a 2014 contribution. Thank you!
• If you have not turned in your 2015 pledge, please do so today. Please contact Olivia in the church office, or go
to the CHPC website for stewardship letter and forms.
PLEASE JOIN THE WASHINGTON SEMINAR CENTER FOR ITS FIRST EVER YOUTH WORKER WEEKEND, FEBRUARY 2022, 2015. The purpose of the Youth Worker Weekend is to offer a unique look at a mission trip to Washington, DC. It is
a weekend for youth workers to relax and enjoy a break. There will be a chance for individuals to do hands on mission
and attend DC mission oriented seminars. If you know anyone who is interested in exploring DC mission or who is a
youth leader please encourage them to join us for this exciting and informative weekend. The weekend costs $30 dollars,
this includes three meals and lodging. For registration and questions please contact Doris Warrell at
wsc@washingtonseminarcenter.org. Online registration can be done here: http://bit.ly/YouthWorkerRegistration.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SCHEDULE FOR THE CHURCH OFFICE On December 24th the church office is closed but Pastor
Walton will be available if needed. Staff will be out December 25th-January 2nd. During this time Pastor Walton is in
town and available if needed.
LIFELINKS AND BULLETIN DEADLINES DURING THE HOLIDAYS --This Monday, December 22nd, at 9 a.m. is the
deadline for the December 25th Lifelinks, and for bulletins on December 28th and January 4th. There will be no Lifelinks
on January 1st. The regular schedule will resume the week of January 4th, with submissions due by 9 a.m. on Thursday,
January 8th, for that day’s Lifelinks.
A MESSAGE FROM CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN NUTRITION PROGRAM (SOUP KITCHEN) Lunch for the Holidays
event -- We Need Your Help with Lunch this Christmas. With the holidays soon upon us, the Brethren Nutrition Program
is looking to host a large lunch for our guests on Christmas Day. Due to unexpected troubles with our facilities we have
had to tighten our budget when it comes to extra spending. With our unexpected expenses, we are unable to afford all of
the items we would need to produce a festive meal. Most of our guests will likely not be able to partake in a holiday meal
if BNP is closed that day. With your help through a financial donation or providing groceries, we will be able to host a
Christmas Day lunch for our neighbors in need. You can help by donating to BNP on Razoo by following this link;
http://www.razoo.com/story/Season-Of-Giving, or sending checks to BNP c/o Washington City Church of the Brethren
337 North Carolina Ave. SE Washington, DC 20003. If you have any questions regarding this fundraiser or BNP please
email me, Carolyn Nestman (bnp@washingtoncitycob.org). Thank you for all you have done to help support BNP and
our goal to end food insecurity in Washington DC. Thank you for your continued support of our program!
SATURDAY MORNING MINDFULNESS CHPC and the Kagyu DC Tibetan Community on Capitol Hill are co-sponsoring
a time of mindfulness instruction and practice each Saturday from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon in the chapel / annex. Contact
Pastor Walton for more information.
GREETERS SIGN UP -- The Hospitality Ministry is trying out a new Greeter signup system. Now, instead of being
arbitrarily assigned a Sunday, anyone can sign up for a Sunday(s) of your choice. We need additional greeters for
December 28th, and dates in January. Please contact Kathy Wills (willskathryn@hotmail.com) if you can assist, or sign
up using the SignUp Genius link in your weekly Lifelinks email. After the holidays you can also contact Olivia in the
church office and she can put you on the list.
DECEMBER FACT OF GRATITUDE Framed and hanging in the Fellowship Hall is a copy of the article that started it all!
Some ladies who lived on Capitol Hill were tired of walking or riding in a carriage through dusty or muddy streets to
attend the closest Presbyterian church -- New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. They longed for a church on Capitol
Hill. They read the article "The Church under a Tree" in the January 2, 1864 issue of Presbyterian magazine. It told how
2 young pastors, John Chester and Louis Fox, had started a church under a tree in Bustleton, New Jersey. They wrote to
the author of the article, the Rev. John Chester, and remarked that "as God had used him to build a church under a tree,
perhaps He would use him to build a church on a Hill". Dr. Chester took this as a direct call from God and immediately
came to DC to survey the scene and hold a worship service. Consequently, the Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church was
organized on April 11, 1864 with 34 members and, as they say, the rest is history!
DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS Silvana Rubino-Hallman: 2, Macon Mann: 5, Jane McGregor: 10, Helen Rush: 11, Diana Enzi:
12, Sally Stoecker: 15, Tiffany Gerard: 16, Randall Gerard: 17, Paul Dunn: 19, Isabella Hallman: 19, Lisa Wilson: 28.
TODAY’S VOLUNTEER STAFF
LITURGIST .......................................................................................................John Kuykendall
GREETERS .............................................................................. Beth Hannold and Doug Delano
ADVENT CANDLE LIGHTERS .......................................................... Bob and Ida May Mantel
OFFERING ............................................................................ Diane Shages and Rebecca Mann
COFFEE HOUR ............................................................................. Lee Cliburn and Ron Berger
THIS WEEK @ CHPC
Sunday
12-21
Wednesday
Thursday
Saturday
Sunday
12-24
12-25
12-27
12-28
4th Sunday of Advent
Choir Rehearsal
9:00 a.m.
Church School and Sunday Seminar
9:30 a.m.
Worship with Children and Youth Pageant
11:00 a.m.
Coffee Hour & Alternative Christmas Giving
12:15 p.m.
Choir Rehearsal
following worship
CHPC hosting SOME’s Holiday Party at Kuehner House 4:00 p.m.
Christmas Eve Candlelight Services
6:00 and 11:00 p.m.
Merry Christmas!
Saturday Morning Mindfulness
10:30 a.m.
1st Sunday after Christmas
No Church School
Worship – Christmas Stories and Songs
11:00 a.m.
Coffee Hour
12:15 p.m.
THIS WEEK @ The Washington Seminar Center
12-27 to 1-3
Amizade
PA
25 participants
educational visit
PRAYER CONCERNS
Prayer Concerns: Shane Karr (Barrett Karr’s husband), Byron Buck, Joe Levy (Dave Levy's father) and Dave and his family
on the loss of Dave’s stepmother Dot Levy, Earlene Thompson (sister of Brenda Dunlap), the family of Steve Cymrot, Dudley
Brown, John Farr (Peg and Andy Walton's brother-in-law), Adrian Birney and his family, Billy Gormley, Charlotte
Heiligenstein and family (friends of Claudia Nadig), Jeanie Mamo (friend of Chris Smith), Anne Nickel, Shirley Pecore,
Christy Birdsong, Sue Van Slyke, Jack Carter (Brenda Carter's brother), Vicki Glass, Suzanne and family (friend of Diane
Shages), Joni Bell, Rowena Nadig (mother of Claudia Nadig), Ken Hammond (brother of Liz Hammond), Sue Scott (friend and
colleague of Diane Shages), Terry Lewis of Washington City Church of the Brethren, Shirley Brown, Jorge Garcez-Rocha
(Chantal Dalton's husband), Chantal Dalton, Dariana Verdi, Bill Wheeler (Alyson's friend), Barbara Whitford (former member
of CHPC), Milton Bell, Tom Walton (Andy Walton's brother).
WELCOME!
We’re glad you are worshiping with us this morning. Please take a moment to leave some information on the attendance
register (small black folder) at the end of each pew. There are also nametags available in the pew racks. We invite you to join
us for Coffee Hour immediately following worship, for fellowship and refreshments in Fellowship Hall, which is located on the
entry level of the building.
As an urban congregation we are blessed by the opportunity to worship with and minister to people from all walks of life. Our
congregation meets the immediate needs of people who are homeless through several ministries supported by your offering dollars. If
you are approached by an individual worshiper for money, please direct them to the pastor for assistance.
CHILDREN WELCOME IN WORSHIP
Parents are encouraged to bring children to worship. We have an enclosed worship room available in the balcony for parents to
stay with your children during worship. Childcare for infants through pre-school is available in the Nursery (on the entry level)
from 9:45 a.m. until 12:15 p.m. You can use the Nursery for the entire time, or you are encouraged to bring your children with
you to worship at the beginning of the service for the Time with the Younger Church, and then take them down to the Nursery
to be picked up following the service. Children’s Activity bags are available in the narthex.
CURRENT ELDERS OF SESSION
(noting the chair of each ministry)
Class of 2015
Emily Counts (Finance)
Hannah Ford (Education)
Bucky Holmes (Clerk of Session)
Mary Beth Weaver (Worship)
Kathryn Wills (Hospitality)
Class of 2016
Paul Dunn (Hospitality)
Beth Hannold (Service)
Barrett Karr (Stewardship)
Diane La Voy (Personnel & Admin)
Jonathan Sager (Facilities)
THE CHURCH STAFF
Pastor .................................................................................................................... Andrew Walton
Parish Associates……………………………………Rev. Alice Ogden Bellis, Rev. Byron Buck
Church Administrator ................................................................................................ Olivia James
Facilities Manager ...............................................................................................Robert Haywood
Washington Seminar Center Coordinator ................................................................. Doris Warrell
Music Director ................................................................................... Caitriona McEniry-Roschke
Child Care........................................................................ Christina Kostuk and Kathleen Harford
201 Fourth Street SE Washington, DC 20003
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