Bulletin for December 28 - Trinity Presbyterian Church

*Congregational Response
Trinity Presbyterian Church
DECEMBER 28, A.D. 2014
11:00 A.M.
** When the prelude begins, please join in quiet meditation **
We Gather as God’s People
[Please complete and pass the Friendship Register]
A Moment for Children
(Children under grade 3 are invited to kids’ worship in room 203; children will return to the
Sanctuary at the end of the sermon.)
New Testament: John 8:32; Ephesians 4:15, 16
Luke 4:16-18; Mark 14:32-37, 40
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon:
We Worship God
Prelude
Chancel Choir
Choral Anthem
First Sunday after Christmas Day
Chiming of the Hour
Welcome and Announcements
Five-Cents-A-Meal Offering
The Passing of the Peace
“Carol of the Bells”
No. 582 “Glory to God, Whose Goodness Shines on Me”
(Please join in a brief period of silent prayer and reflection)
Meditation on the Word
Mikel Johnson
*Affirmation of Faith
The Apostles’ Creed (Traditional)
Introit
Sharing of Joys and Concerns
Call to Worship [responsive]
Leader: If we love the Lord, we will honor God’s will and serve our neighbor!
People: Come let us cherish the Lord our God,
keeping our neighbor close to our heart!
Leader: If we love God’s will, we will honor our neighbor and serve the Lord!
People: Come, let us cherish the will of God,
keeping the Lord close to our heart!
Leader: If we love our neighbor, we will honor the Lord and serve God’s will!
People: Come, let us cherish each child of God,
keeping God’s will close to our heart!
All:
Let us worship God.
Prayers of the People and the Lord’s Prayer
*Hymn No. 132 “Good Christian Friends, Rejoice”
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession [in unison]
O God of all Creation, you alone are God. And you alone can satisfy our longing for a support
that earth cannot give and that heaven will not take away. Let us, in recognition of our
common dependence on you, acknowledge our need of one another. Let the oneness of our
worship make us one in love and service.
Silent Meditation and Assurance of Pardon
Joe Gernoske
“Period of Enlightenment”
(Page 35 of Hymnal)
The Presentation of Tithes and Offerings
Offertory
*Doxology
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow
Praise Christ, all people here below;
Praise Holy Spirit evermore
Praise Triune God, whom we adore. Amen.
(Page 607 of Hymnal)
*Prayer of Dedication
*Hymn No. 835 “Just a Closer Walk with Thee”
*Charge and Blessing
*Choral Response
Postlude
* Stand, or remain seated.
...a growing church of commitment, caring, and celebration!
TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
900 Blythe Street, Hendersonville, North Carolina 28791
828-692-6114 Church Office: bettye@trinitypresnc.org Pastor: jmstanley1@msn.com
www.trinitypresnc.org facebook.com/trinitypresnc
Church Office Hours, Monday-Friday, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Trinity Preschool Hours, Monday-Friday, 8:30 am - 11:30 am
Ministers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pastor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Associate Pastor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Parish Visitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Church Secretary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Choir Director and Organist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Soprano Section Leaders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Alto Section Leader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bass Section Leader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Percussionist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hendersonville Community Music Center Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Custodian.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deacons
Moderator: Jane Presseau
2014
Jane Cartledge
Beverly Luzadder
Sandi Russell
Shannon Slater
Sarah Thibodeau
2015
Carol Danilin
Helen Dearborn
Carol Gillespie
Priscilla Karvonen
Pat Penn
Donna Thompson
2016
Donna Dalton
Sally Kitts
Barbara Nichols
Jane Presseau
Don Widmayer
All the Members
The Rev. Dr. J. Mark Stanley
The Rev. Dwight Christenbury
Joe Gernoske, CLP
Bettye Young
Stephen Klein
Nana Griffin
Beth Pensiero
Frank Burzio
Rob Tolleson
Andrew Hiler
Jim Norris
Elders
Clerk of Session: Edie Clark
2014
2015
Mel Bringle
Ron Dalrymple
Edie Clark
Marian Lowry
Bob Forsythe
Duane Johnson
Bob Kitts
Sue Robinson
Jan Prichard
Robert Smith
Hannah McCullough - Youth Elder
2016
Tom Bridges
Bill Campbell
Harry Hankla
Cynthia Moser
Tim Kuykendall
We are grateful to the following persons for their contribution to today's service:
LITURGIST: Carole Ball
GREETERS: Dick and Bernice Wheeler
SPECIAL MUSIC: Mikel Johnson, Granddaughter of Ken and Jane Sugawara
NURSERY CARE GIVERS: Erica Castaneda, Tammy S. Smith, Meredith MacNish
This congregation welcomes you no matter who you are or where you come from. We are
Christ's people and this is Christ's place with its doors wide open. If you are passing through,
Godspeed. If you are looking for a worship home, stay with us. We invite visitors to join us,
but most of all, to return often.
CHILDCARE: Room 201; 8:30 to Noon - for Birth to Three-years-old.
HEARING AIDS: Hearing aids to assist the hearing impaired are available from the ushers.
WHEELCHAIR: A wheelchair to assist the physically disabled is available from the ushers.
Remember the Church in your will.
_TRINITY PARISH NOTES - DECEMBER 28 _
Calendar for the week of December 28 - January 4
Today
9:45 A.M.
Five-Cents-A-Meal
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Sunday -01/04
Communion
11:00 A.M.
12:00 P.M.
8:30 A.M.
9:00 A.M.
8:30 A.M.
9:45 A.M.
11:00 A.M.
12:00 P.M.
Learning Hour
Lecture and Response: Will not meet December 28; will
resume on January 4.
Issues and Concerns: Discussion of articles relating to endof-life decisions. (Room 207)
Hashing It Out. (Lounge)
Lectionary Class: Lectionary-based Bible study (Trinity
Room)
New Horizons: Book Discussion (Library)
NOOMA: Grade 8-12 (Family Room)
Children and Youth:
• Music Ensemble: All ages, 9:45-10:00: (Room 106)
• Preschool and Elementary: Age 3 to Grade 3
(Room 103)
• Tweens/Youth: Grades 4 and up (Room 101)
Worship Service
Trinity Thirty
New Member Subcommittee
Staff Meeting
Church Office Closed
Church Office Closed Happy New Year
Worship Service
Learning Hour
Worship Service
Trinity Thirty
TPC PRAYER PERSON(S) FOR THE WEEK: (Each week a different member [person
or family] agrees to have the congregation offer special prayers on their behalf.) Consider
calling these persons and telling them you will be praying for them.
Dieter and Sue Hammer
18 Legendary Road, Hendersonville 28739
694-3686
PRAYERS OF CONCERN/JOY: Sympathy: Family and friends of Ruth Sampson. Ruth
entered the church triumphant this past week; Hospital: Carolyn Erickson (Pardee); Home:
Don Widmayer, George Godsey, Joe Gernoske, Gene Kirkley, Elaine de Werff, Vic
McAnallen, Carl Christiansen, Sue Leaverton, Betty Morrison, Sandy Kehoe, Rick
Beardsley, Nancy Drechsler, Connie Moore, Gene Carman, Dorothy Stewart, Nancy Yost,
Dottie Ward, Bill and Juliette Blakely, and all of us suffering from chronic pain; Assisted
Living: Betty Miller (The Bridge); Lillis Brackett, Doris Erickson, Irene Robertson, Mary
Bell, Dorothy Schorr, and Beneta Polley (Carolina Village Care Center); Virginia Kenney
(Spring Arbor West); Rehabilitation, Nursing: Jim Roach (The Lodge of Mills River),
George Kehoe, (Eckerd Living Center, Highlands); Audrey White (The Laurels); Jane
Loveless, Ruth Enloe (Life Care); Marie Johnson and Evie Butler (Carolina Village Med
Center); Mabel Malsbary (Givens Health Center); Others: Bob Forsythe’s mother (broken
hip), Jay and Lorrie Pelc (family of Carole Ball), Bob Daley (brother of Cynthia Moser infection in hip), David Smith (Carol Danilin’s son), Carla (daughter of Ruth and Jim Mills)
in hospice care, Mark’s mother in Virginia (health issues), and Don Cunningham, brother of
Sarah Thibodeau. We keep in prayer our missionaries serving overseas and all sisters and
brothers at our partner church, Fuente de Vida. We also pray for all those with scheduled
outpatient surgeries or just not feeling well.
OUR VISITORS LAST SUNDAY: Carrie Carmen, Kathryn Forsythe, Brad Dienst, Angela
Sides, Alice League, Charlie Star, Rod and Sharon Nunnelee, Isaac and Maggie Johnson, Jon
and Sarah Purnell, Dede Walton, and Adrienne and John Hiler. Please welcome our visitors.
THE OUT-TO-LUNCH BUNCH: The Out-to-Lunch Bunch is going to Hannah
Flanagan’s today. Join Myrl Jean Hughes after the eleven o’clock service. Next week we
will be going to Blackberry Mountain Café with Myrl Jean Hughes. Give Myrl Jean a call
(699-1027) by noon on Saturday if you would like to join us. Visitors are welcome - please
notify the host(s) prior to the lunch.
TRINITY YOUTH NEWS: Sunday, January 11: Lunch and bowling after church.
Sunday, January 18: Camp and conference day, with the director of Camp Grier, Jason
McDougald.
BRING A CAN WHEN YOU CAN: It’s that time - I.A.M. needs Holiday fixins’. On the
list is hams, turkeys, turkey breasts, chickens, instant mashed potatoes, pie fillings, pie
crusts, cake mixes, cranberry sauce, stuffing mix, canned yams and peas. Of course we still
need donations of everyday foods (canned pasta, canned fruit, peanut butter and jelly,
crackers, soup, spaghetti and sauce, macaroni and cheese, cereal, healthy snacks) for children
who are home during winter break. Local Missions Ministry will deliver the food
contributions. Of course any non-perishable food and personal hygiene items are always
welcomed. Monetary donations are also appreciated. Clothing, linens, etc., may be taken
directly to I.A.M.
FLOWER CALENDAR: The new flower calendar is now in place. Please go by and sign
up for your special Sunday.
TRINITY THIRTY HOSTESSES: One of our best fellowship programs needs your help.
Please call Neena at 606-5202 or e-mail haskinsneena@gmail.com if you would like to be
a hostess for January, February or March. Thanks!
DID YOU KNOW... anytime you eat at Sol Y Luna you can help Feed the Kids? Feed the
Kids is a program Trinity actively supports that prepares and serves a nutritious meal each
Friday for the youth at Boys and Girls Club. Any day you eat at either Sol Y Luna location
(Main Street or Laurel Park), all you have to do is mention you are there to support Feed the
Kids and write FTK on your check. That’s all you have to do and 10% of the cost of your
meal will benefit Feed the Kids!
THE FIVE CENTS-A-MEAL OFFERING will be received today.
NEW LECTURE AND RESPONSE CLASS SERIES FOR THE NEW YEAR. The
Lecture and Response Class will not meet this Sunday or next but will return on January 4,
in the Fellowship Hall, with the first of a six-part video discussion series entitled Surprised
by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church. The series
features video presentations by the renowned scholar and pastor N. T. Wright.
Attendance for December 21: 8:30 A.M. - 46 11:00 A.M. - 144 ; - total of 190