Collingswood Presbyterian Church

July 7, 2019 4th Sunday after Pentecost

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

Paul Ciarrochi, Church Caretaker

COLLINGSWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY

July 7, 2019 ASSEMBLE IN GOD’S NAME

Morning Reflection Seven Marks of Vital Congregations:

#1 Lifelong Discipleship Formation

“Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.” ~ Dallas Willard

“Most people in America, when they are exposed to the Christian faith, are not being transformed.

They take one step into the door, and the journey ends. They are not being allowed, encouraged, or

equipped to love or to think like Christ. Yet in many ways a focus on spiritual formation fits what a

new generation is really seeking. Transformation is a process, a journey, not a one-time decision.”

~ David Kinnaman, unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity… and

Why It Matters

“Discipleship isn’t a program or an event; it’s a way of life. It’s not for a limited time, but for our

whole life. Discipleship isn’t for beginners alone; it’s for all believers for every day of their life. Disci-

pleship isn’t just one of the things the church does; it is what the church does.” ~ Bill Hull, The Com-

plete Book of Discipleship: On Being and Making Followers of Christ

Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christiani-

ty without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ. ~

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Hymn Sing-We will sing the first and last verse of the chosen hymn. 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 - Psalm 100 Leader: Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! People: Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing. Leader: Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; People: We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

Leader: Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. People: Be thankful to Him and bless His name. Leader: For the Lord is good; People: His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations.

*Hymn - “Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven” GTG #620 tune -Lauda Anima *Prayer of Confession (unison) Merciful God—Father, Son and Holy Spirit: You love us relentlessly; but we love you reluctantly ... or not at all. You call us to love, but we’ve not listened. We walk away from neighbors in need, wrapped in our own concerns. We’ve failed to be an obedient church, violating your will—either by what we do or by what we don’t do. Forgive us, we pray. Enable us to turn to you and receive forgiveness; and free us for joyful obedience, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

* Assurance of Pardon Leader: As Jesus healed the afflicted and restored those who have died, he also forgives our sins and gives us new life. Friends: believe the good news of the gospel. People: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven!

Leader: Alleluia People: Amen!

*Congregational Response - “Gloria Patri”

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;

as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end. Amen, amen. *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

(The children will remain in service) Old Testament Reading - Deuteronomy 11:13-21 (page 167) Hymn - “Break Thou The Bread of Life“ GTG #460 tune - Bread of Life Gospel Reading - Luke 5:27-32 (page 938)

New Testament Epistle Reading - Colossians 1:25-2:5 (pages 1072-1073) Sermon - “Everyone Complete in Christ” Rev. Dr. Richard Herman

RESPONSE TO THE WORD

*Affirmation of Faith – fr. The Heidelberg Catechism

Q. What is your only comfort in life and in death? A. That I am not my own, but belong—body and soul, in life and in death— to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil. He also watches over me in such a way that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven; in fact, all things must work together for my salvation. Because I belong to him, Christ, by his Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for him.

Offering Musical Meditation The Lord’s Supper Invitation to the Table

The Great Thanksgiving: Leader: The Lord be with you.

People: And also with you. Leader: Lift up your hearts. People: We lift them up to the Lord. Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. People: It is right to give our thanks and praise. Leader: It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. You formed us in your image and breathed into us the breath of life. When we turned away, and our love failed, your love remained steadfast. You delivered us from captivity, made covenant to be our sovereign God, and spoke to us through the prophets. And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven we praise your name and join their unending hymn: All; Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

The Words of Institution The Distribution of the Elements Communion Hymn - “Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy” GTG #415 tune - Restoration Post-Communion and Prayers of the People

GO IN GOD’S NAME

*Hymn - “May the Mind of Christ My Savior” (see insert) *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.

Sunday, July 7, 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.

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.

Each month the donation is given to a different cause.

Thank you for your service!

Supply Pastor: Rev. Dr. Richard Herman

Worship Leader: Dan Graves Greeter/Usher: Dennis, Gretchen, Tyler, Andrew & Jackson Kolecki Flowers: The flowers are given today by the Mazak, Ortiz, Berkelbach Families In loving memory of Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop

Following Coffee Hour In the Lounge

Lead by Dan Graves

Rev. Richard Herman

2019 Flower Dedications July 14th, 21st, & 28th

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

July 8th Worship Committee 7:00 pm July 16th Healing & Wholeness 7:00 pm July 22nd Deacon’s Meeting 7:00 pm July 25th Community Dinner 6:30 pm

Our next project will be collecting nonperishable food items and laundry/hygiene items. We will be going into neighborhoods and collecting the items. We will be donating the collected items to the Col-lingswood Food Pantry and other groups needing the items.

If you would like to donate some items, we are looking for the fol-lowing items: *Laundry Detergent *Bar Soap *Shampoo *Deodorant *Other hy-giene products * Female hygiene products* Bottled Water* Canned Food items *Baby Wipes* Small packs of tissues *Granola bars * Protein Bars *Boxed Cereal * Non-Perishable Food items *Canned Foods. If you are a young person aged 3rd grade through 12th (or know such a person) who would like to get involved, please contact Gretchen Kolecki our Director of Christian Education at grkolecki@gmail.com Thank you to all those who donated to the noisy collection over $200 will go towards Woof Love Rescue. 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 Sunday is Communion Sunday. The children will remain in service. There will be Church Bingo. Service will be held in the lounge. Also, if you have a child in Sunday School, please join our Facebook page: Collingswood Presbyterian Church Sunday School.

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.

We are seeking members who would like to assist with fund raising for our congregation. Anyone with creative ideas or a willingness to help is welcome. If you are interested or want to know more, please contact Bill Ostrem (william.ostrem@gmail.com). Will Powell will be on break in the month of August, and this is your chance to contribute to the musical life of our congregation! If you are interesting in contributing your musical talents, please contact Lorrie Heuser (heuser551@gmail.com).

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT CPC THIS WEEK

Sun 7/7 10:30 am - Worship Mon 7/8 7:00 pm - Worship Committee Wed 7/10 5:30 - 6:15 Advanced Youth Bell Choir Practice 6:30 - 7:15 Intermediate Choir Practice 7:15 pm Adult Bell Choir Practice Sun 7/14 10:30 am - Worship WEEKLY COMMUNITY USE

Al-Anon

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Wednesday

Monarch School of Dance

9:00 am - 3:00 pm Monday-Thursday 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Tuesday

LEADING US IN WORSHIP

Rev. Bob Higgs - July 14th

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: Matthew Will (9), Dylan Lepore-Scheurenbrand )12)

Those at home or in care facilities Robert Johnson

Eleanor Kelley

Prayer Requests Ray Burns Bob Burns Bob Marks David Kolecki Ruth Hanson Selah Karkan Julia Kline Marion Mills Kathy Moran Julia Woods Ruth Harris Gail Harris Maureen Baggett 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 Greenwich Presbyterian Church, Greenwich, NJ

Our PCUSA mission in Egypt 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 2020 Class of 2021

Jennifer Giordano Shawn Ellis Martha Jane Caldwell-Bates

Lorrie Heuser Daniel Graves Candace Lowden

Carol Longmire Bill 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.