Collingswood Presbyterian Church

March 10, 2019 First Sunday in Lent

30 Fern Avenue, Collingswood, New Jersey 08108

Telephone: 856-854-4523

Website: www.collingswoodpres.com

E-mail: collspres@verizon.net

William Powell, Director of Music

Gretchen Kolecki, Director of Christian Education

Janis Danielewicz, Secretary

COLLINGSWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY

March 10, 2019 1st Sunday in Lent

ASSEMBLE IN GOD’S NAME

Morning Reflection This is a season to reflect, renew and restore our relationships with you and with our neighbors. Help us to walk this road

with you O God, with grace and courage. Amen

Prelude Welcome and Announcements

We welcome you in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ! Please sign the guest book in the narthex so we can send you a welcome packet or fill out a yellow welcome card located in the pews. The card can be placed in the offering place.

Gathering of Prayer Concerns and Joys

Please raise your hand to share your joys or concerns to be included in the prayers of the people this day. You may also write your concern on the pink sheets and hand to the Pastor. Please mail a prayer card from the narthex to your loved one.

Centering Music (Please stand for items marked with an asterisk. GTG is the purple “Glory to God” hymnal. STF is the “Sing the Faith” smaller blue hymnal)

Responsive Call to Worship - Leader: Our Lord set his face steadfastly toward the place of his

death and triumph. People: In these days of Lent, let us be steadfast. Leader: Let us worship in the power of the Holy Spirit, which

makes us strong. Let us pray; ALL: God, come to us as we come to you. Receive our wor-

ship as the offering of our contrite but thankful, hearts. Instruct us through your Word, and strengthen us at your table, as we seek to know and do your will. Keep us strong when we are tempted to deny your Son. We pray in the name of him who triumphed in the wilder-ness: Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

*Hymn - “Lord, Who Throughout These 40 Days” GTG #166 tune - Olivet Prayer of Confession

Faithful God, we confess to you our failures in faith. We believe now help our unbelief. We have not always been firm in our conviction that you are a living Lord; we have not let you rule over us and overrule our selfishness. We have not trusted you as we should, we find it simpler to trust our possessions and earthly security. Forgive our faltering faith; we ask in the name of the One who trusted you to uttermost: Christ our Lord. Amen.

*Words of Assurance

Leader: With God on our side, who can be against us? People: He who did not spare his own Son will forgive us. Leader: Do you believe that we are forgiven? People: We do, because Christ died for us, Christ rose for us,

Christ prays for us.

*Congregational Response “My Faith Looks Up to Thee” GTG #829 My faith looks up to thee, thou Lamb of Calvary, Savior divine! Now hear me while I pray; take all my guilt away, O let me from this day be wholly thine! *Sharing of the Peace Leader: The peace of Christ be with you. People: And also with you.

PROCLAIM GOD’S WORD

Children’s Call - “Come All Ye Children” All children are invited to come play drums during the song. Children’s Message - “Holding Grudges” featuring Sami the Snail (The children will follow Mrs. Kolecki out for Sunday School and

your children will be in Calvin Hall after service.) Anthem - “A Lenten Prayer” Robert J. Powell Chancel Choir Old Testament Reading - Deuteronomy 26:1-11 (page 180) Hymn - “Healer of Our Every Ill” GTG #795 tune - Healer of our every ill New Testament Reading - Romans 10:8B-13 (page 1032) Luke 4:1-13 (page 936) Sermon - “Temptation in the Wilderness” Elder Bill Ostrem

RESPONSE TO THE WORD

Affirmation of Faith - Apostles’ Creed I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord; who was con-ceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered un-der Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descend-ed into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He as-cended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Fa-ther Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

Offering “Give to God what is right, not what is left.”

Musical Meditation - Instrumental *Doxology - “Now Thank We all Our God” GTG #643 Now thank we all our God with hearts and hands and voices, who wondrous things hath done, in whom this would rejoices; who from our mothers’ arms, hath blessed us on our way with countless gifts of love, and still is ours today. Amen. Prayer of Dedication

Prayers of the People Leader: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Leader: Prayers of thanksgiving, intercession, petition

All: 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, for ever. Amen.

GO IN GOD’S NAME

*Hymn - “Spirit, Open My Heart” GTG #692 tune - Wild Mountain Thyme *Benediction *Choral Benediction *Postlude

Go Forward and Serve! Be a part of God’s work through CPC

Please join us in the Lounge

for coffee and fellowship time.

Thank you for your service!

Worship Leader: Bill Ostrem Liturgist: Karen Mazak Greeters/Ushers: Urmila Malvadkar, Ava & Ajay Flowers: Given today in celebration of Ray & Cass Burns sixty sixth wedding anniversary on March 14th.

Sunday, March 10, 2019 We would like to welcome our visitors. We are glad to have you here and hope you will feel as if you are among family. Children are welcome to remain in the service. There are activity bags and children’s bulletins available in the Narthex.

Large print bulletins and hymnals are available for your convenience. If you have difficulty hearing, personal amplifiers are available in the narthex.

PLEASE BRING THE HEARING AIDS BACK TO THE DEACON OF THE DAY.

We also provide a nursery for children– infants through age three (3). Our nursery worker is Jenny Calderone.

Our Children’s Church program for children ages Pre-K through 5th grade begins following the Children’s Sermon. They will return during communion.

Ministry Opportunity Please consider becoming a part of a Prayer Chain within our congrega-tion, What do you need to do? Answer the phone, listen carefully to learn about the prayer concern. Lift the concern up in prayer and then call the next person on the list. If you are interested in hearing more about this ministry, please contact Urmila Malvadkar or the church office.

Noisy Collection Make a Joyful Noise unto the Lord!!

The children take this extra collection asking people

to put their change into the collection cans, the last Sunday of the month.

Following Coffee Hour In the Lounge

Lead by Dan Graves

April 17th 7 pm Maundy Thursday Service with Open Communion at Logan Memorial Church located at 18 W.

Merchant St., Audubon 08106

2019 Flower Dedications March 24th & 31st

are still available for flower dedications. Please sign up!

If you would like to reserve a special date to dedicate the flowers

which are used to decorate the Sanctuary in honor or memory of a loved one, use the book or contact Janis in the church office. The

cost is $20. Please make checks payable to: Collingswood Presbyterian Church

March 11th Worship Committee 7:00 pm ̀ March 18th Mission Committee 7:00 pm March 19th Healing & Wholeness 7:00 pm March 24th Mission Project Planning 6:00 pm March 25th Deacon’s Meeting 7:00 pm March 27th Tea & Talk 1:00 pm

Senior Tea & Talk

A social afternoon for 55+ adults. Please come join us and have fun with us as we snack, talk, do crafts and play BINGO. Please join us on the last Wednesday of each month.

This week we will be learning about how Jesus was tempted in the desert. We will be having a lesson and an activity to go along with the lesson. Also, if you have a child in Sunday School, please join our Facebook page: Collingswood Presbyterian Church Sunday School.

We will be meeting again for our Mission Project planning on March 24, 2019 6pm-7pm. If you are a young person aged 3rd grade through 12th (or know such a person) who would like to get in-volved, please contact Gretchen Kolecki our Director of Christian Education at grkolecki@gmail.com If you have not done so already, please join our Youth Group Face-book Page: Collingswood Presbyterian Youth Group. It is a good way to keep in touch and up to date on youth group info and activi-ties. YOUTH THIS MEANS YOU TOO!

This Lent season, puppets come to the weekly Children's Sermon. Please join us weekly starting March 10 through Palm Sunday and see what adventures we’ll do!

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT CPC THIS WEEK

Sun 3/10 9:15 am - Choir Practice 10:30 am - Worship Mon 3/11 7:00 pm - Worship Committee Wed 3/13 5:30 - 6:15 Advanced Youth Bell Choir Practice 6:30 - 7:15 Intermediate Choir Practice 7:15 pm Adult Bell Choir Practice Sun 3/17 9:15 am - Choir Practice 10:30 am - Worship WEEKLY COMMUNITY USE

Collingswood Insight Meditation 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Monday

Al-Anon 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Wednesday

LEADING US IN WORSHIP

Rev. Floyd White - March 17th Rev. Robert Reader - March 24th Rev. John Fordyce - March 31st

KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS Those who serve in government, our military personnel, those who work in other countries, and our country, our president, and our leaders. Birthdays: David Will (14), Janis Danielewicz (16) Anniversaries: Ray & Cass Burns (14)

Those at home or in care facilities Robert Johnson

Eleanor Kelley

Prayer Requests Ray Burns Bob Burns Bob Marks David Kolecki Ruth Hanson Sal Ferraro Julia Kline Marion Mills Kathy Moran Julia Woods Jeanne Heuser Fink Please pick up a prayer card in the narthex

and mail it to these loved ones for whom we pray.

Rev. Debby Brincivalli & Staff of West Jersey Presbytery Beadle Memorial Presbyterian Church, Cape May Point, NJ

Our PCUSA mission in Brazil Juan G. Hall Presbyterian Church, Cardenas, Cuba

Njikob Presbyterian Church, Cameroon

If you are going into the hospital or would like a pastoral visit, please call or have a family member call the church office or one of the deacons or elders. If you don’t call, we are going to assume you don’t want a visit!

Please remember to fill out a new pink form. with each update for the prayer list.

CHURCH STAFF AND OFFICERS - 2019

William Powell, Director of Music Gretchen Kolecki, Director of Christian Education

Janis Danielewicz, Church Secretary Paul Ciarrochi, Church Caretaker

Maryann Kelly, Bookkeeper THE SESSION

(Meets first Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m.) Karen Mazak, Clerk of Session

Candace Lowden, President, Board of Trustees Barbara Bockmann, Financial Secretary & Treasurer

BOARD OF DEACONS

(Meets fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.) Moderator Vice-Moderator Secretary Treasurer

Class of 2019 Class of 2020 Class of 2021

Jennifer Giordano Shawn Ellis Martha Jane Caldwell-Bates

Lorrie Heuser Daniel Graves Candace Lowden

Carol Longmire

William Ostrem

Committees of Session Chair

Christian Education Carol Longmire

Finance and Stewardship

Mission and Outreach Martha Jane Caldwell-Bates

Personnel Dan Graves

Property Shawn Ellis

Worship and Arts Lorrie Heuser

Class of 2019 Class of 2020 Class of 2021

Lilianna Stevens Susan Wilson Dennis Kolecki

Tom Wolfe Aurora Sperlunto

Megan Standring

Carol Fulton

Our Vision Statement (What we want to be)

We seek to become:

A church that witnesses to the community

and the world by sharing and demonstrating our relationship

with Christ.

A church that encourages all people to know God’s great love

revealed in Jesus Christ.

A church that faithfully listens for God’s will for our lives and

our community

A community of God that is an open, inviting, caring family of

faith where all are embraced, accepted and loved.

Our Mission Statement

(How we will accomplish this vision)

The Collingswood Presbyterian Church Congregation, as part of the

Christian Church, Presbyterian Church USA, is called to Worship and

Serve the Lord by:

Constantly seeking renewal through God’s Grace and Wisdom.

Welcoming and reaching out to all of God’s community.

Providing for education in Christian and Presbyterian principles

Ministering to everyone through community and worldwide

mission.

Sharing the Christian message as expressed in the Gospel.

Easter Plants 2019

We will once again be offering Easter plants to be purchased in

memory or in honor of a friend or loved one. The plants will be used to

decorate our sanctuary on Easter Sunday. At the conclusion of the service

you may take your plant with you or you can leave it for the Deacons to

distribute to shut-ins.

The cost of each plant is $15.00. Please return your order along with a

check marked payable to Collingswood Presbyterian Church –Easter

Plants, to the church office, 30 Fern Avenue, Collingswood, NJ 08108, or

place it in the offering plate no later than Sunday, April 14, 2019.

If you have any questions, please call the church office at 854-4523.

*********************************************************** I would like to order:

___ Yellow Daffodil ___ Pink Tulip

___ Lily ___ Hyacinth

The bulletin should read:

Given by

__________________________________________________________

___ In honor of

___ In memory of ___________________________________________

___ In honor of

___ In memory of ___________________________________________

___ I would like to take my plant(s) with me after the service

___ I would like my plant(s) given to shut-ins