Ogden Presbyterian Church

Rev. Tedd Pullano 2400 South Union Street Spencerport, NY 14559

585-352-6802

Worship and Fellowship Assistants

Today Next Sunday

BELL CHOIR DIRECTOR .................................... Bonnie Bush CHOIR DIRECTOR/ORGANIST……….. ...... Ellen Bristol CHRISTIAN EDUCATION DIRECTOR .......... Donna Metherell

WELCOME TO OGDEN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

We are glad you came today.

For your convenience, nursery care is available in Room #1 from 9:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. If needed, the room off the Narthex can be used for a cry room or for infant care. Sunday School for children through 8th grade is held during the worship service after the children’s time. Restrooms are located past the Fellowship Hall on the right. Please join us in the fellowship hall for a coffee/tea fellowship following the service.

OPC Mission Statement: Our purpose is to equip ourselves and others to be Disciples of Christ as we seek God’s will for our church and beyond.

REMEMBER: December 2018 Oracle deadline is Monday, Nov. 19th.

Pastor ............................ Rev. Tedd Pullano Pastor’s email ................ ogdenprespastor@gmail.com Pastor’s cell…………… 750-9775 Pastor’s Office Hours ... Call ahead; available by appointment

Secretary ........................ Brandon Arva Secretary email ............... ogdenpresbyterian@gmail.com Secretary Office Hours . Tues/Fri 1:30—5pm

Office phone: ............... 352-6802

Website: http://www.ogdenpresbyterian.org (if you misplace your bulletin or Oracle, they can be found on the website)

Greeters Dick & Marilyn Malloy Dennis & Diane Dupree

Ushers Anne & Bob Wallace Sandy & Jim Frieday

Liturgist Sandy Frieday Carol Newman

Fellowship Personnel (Staff Appreciation) Session (Stewardship Sunday)

SS Teacher Heather Cassidy-Schaffer Cindy Anderson

Nursery Dottie Everhart Sarah VanStaalduinen

Writing of Joys and Concerns There is a prayer request card in the pew. Please write down your prayer or praise request for us. (Please print legibly). Please put the prayer card into the offering

plate during the offering so the pastor will include your joys and concerns in Prayers of the People.

This Week at the Ogden Presbyterian Church

Today ............... Worship, 10am .......................... Staff Appreciation Sunday .......................... Bible Presentation (Grades 1, 4, 7) Monday ........... Men’s Bible, Noon, OPC Tuesday ........... Women’s Bible, 9:30am .......................... Christian Education, 6:30pm .......................... Membership, 7pm Wednesday ...... Home Bureau, 9:30-2:30 .......................... Choir, 4pm .......................... TOPS, 5:30 Thursday ......... Acts Bible Study, 7pm Next Sunday .... Worship, 10am .......................... Stewardship Sunday .......................... Eagle Court of Honor, 2-6p

Upcoming OPC Events

November 3 Trustee Work Day, 8am—5pm November 5 Fellowship, 6:30pm November 8 Stitchin’ for Mission, 10am November 10 Scouts—Pancake Breakfast November 12 Men’s Bible, Noon November 13 Worship & Music, 3:30pm November 14 Home Bureau, 9:30-2:30 SEM, 10am November 17 PW Fundraiser Prep, 8-5 November 19 Deacons, 6:30pm Trustees, 6:30pm ORACLE DEADLINE November 20 Session, 7pm November 26 Men’s Bible, Noon November 28 Home Bureau, 9:30-2:30 December 1 SCC Rehearsal, 9:30-Noon SCC Concert, 7pm December 2 1st Sunday in Advent SCC Rehearsal, 1:30pm SCC Concert, 3pm Youth Group, 6pm

Trustee of the Month — October — Wayne Bulan — 766-1017 One trustee is assigned per month to take care of any building issues

that may arise. Please call the designated Trustee if you have something that needs to be addressed. Thank You!

Please use the time before worship starts to personally meditate, prepare or center your mind for worship.

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, contact John Caloritis (Clerk of Session) at 723-1285, or Dennise Webster (Deacon Chair) at 698-0784.

TOUCH CARDS Please take a moment to send a thought or well wishes to the designated person listed below. The cards can be found in each pew. Drop them in the collection plate or in the little basket in the Library. The Deacons will make sure they get to that person.

This week’s touch cards are for - Julia Pittman (recovering from surgery)

IN OUR COMMUNITY…

Roberts Wesleyan College Community Orchestra Concert Saturday, November 10 @ 7:30pm

FREE ADMISSION!

Roberts Wesleyan Christmas Gala Concerts Saturday, December 8th @ 7:30 and Sunday, December 9th @ 3pm

Tickets Required — http://www.roberts.edu/clc

Welcome to Ogden Presbyterian Church Sunday, October 21, 2018—22nd Sunday after Pentecost

GATHERING AROUND THE WORD

CAMBRIDGE CHIMES WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

GREETING EACH OTHER Ringing of Bell

PRELUDE “Toccatina” ~Lardelli Lighting of the candles

*CALL TO WORSHIP L: Sisters and brothers in the One we call “Christ,” why do you come here this

hour? P: We come to worship, give thanks, and sing hymns like Paul and Silas. L: Will you sing with your whole hearts? P: We will sing with joy, with thankful hearts, and with voices to honor our

God. L: Will you listen to God’s Word? P: We will be like trees planted by streams, and we will drink deeply from

God’s Word. L: Let us worship God like it matters. P: May we unleash God’s Spirit of Worship, and may all draw close to God

this hour!

*HYMN #2223 “They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love”

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION (unison) God of Truth and Honor, we long to sing praises to you, but too often our hearts and our actions are singing praises to other gods. Ignoring You and your unconditional love, we look to our money, our homes, our jobs, our abilities or other things to find satisfaction. We spend our time working for those things and not for you. They become the true gods in our lives, not you. Please forgive us. Break the hold these “gods” have on us, Merciful One. Grant us the strength to look only to you and to worship only you. Heal our hearts and help our voices sing you praises.

(silence is observed for reflection and prayer)

*ASSURANCE OF PARDON L: Sisters and brothers, in Jesus the Christ, God has overcome sin, broken its

hold on you. Know that in Christ’s resurrection power you are freed from sin and you are forgiven. Go and sin no more

P: Thanks be to God for freedom from sin and for the cleansing of our hearts. Amen and amen.

CHOIR ANTHEM “Alleluia, Praise” ~Cherubini (1760-1842)

TIME WITH YOUNG CHRISTIANS Bible Presentation (Grades 1, 4, 7)

PROCLAIMING THE WORD

SCRIPTURE READINGS Psalm 1:1-3 p. 424 Acts 16:23-34 p. 901 L: This is the word of the Lord P: Thanks be to God!

SERMON “Unleashing the Spirit of Worship for All” Rev. Tedd Pullano *HYMN #467 “How Great Thou Art”

*Worshipers please stand (as you are able)

OFFERING OUR GIFTS TO GOD

OFFERING INVITATION OFFERING OUR GIFTS TO GOD OFFERTORY “Reflection” ~Wagner

*DOXOLOGY #542, v.4

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION (unison) Worthy God, please accept our humble offering this day. You continue to walk with us and bless us with more than we need, so we offer back to you a portion of your blessings. Use these gifts, we ask, to unleash your spirit of Worship, so all creation can sing and hear your glory and feel your love.

RESPONDING TO THE WORD

JOYS AND CONCERNS PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

PASTORAL PRAYER

THE LORD’S PRAYER (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, 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.”

BEARING AND FOLLOWING THE WORD INTO THE WORLD

*HYMN #288 “I Sing the Mighty Power of God”

*BENEDICTION

*POSTLUDE “Marche Pontificale” ~Lemmens

The Personnel Committee would like to invite everyone to a special Fellowship Hour after worship today as we honor our OPC Staff members.

Thank you for all that you do for OPC!

FALL BIBLE STUDY: THE BOOK OF ACTS 7pm Thursday Evenings @ OPC

September 20th through October 25th

Please plan to join us for a study of the Book of Acts this fall on Thursday evenings at 7pm @

OPC. Pastor Tedd will lead us through the action-packed book that is the Biblical blueprint for God’s

purpose for his people. Be a lifelong Bible learner and go “back to school” with OPC this September! Please sign up on the Discipleship Board and bring your

Bible! ~Your Discipleship Committee

FOOD SHELF CURRENT NEEDS LIST Current needed items: Canned Pasta, Cake Mixes, Mac n Cheese,

Crackers, Hamburger Helper, or TOPS Gift Cards. See Jean Schult or Andy Resch with questions.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD & STOCKINGS FOR SOLDIERS

The Mission Committee Needs your help!

Operation Christmas Child has already begun, and we are asking you to fill the “Special Boxes” that have been donated by the Deacons. (Thank you, Deacons!) Last year we filled 35 boxes. The boxes will be on the Mission Table along with the packing information. This year, again, NO TOOTHPASTE OR CANDY, PLEASE! Please also remember to include a

check for $9.00 to cover the cost of shipping (or you can pay online). The deadline for Operation Christmas Child donations is Sunday, November 18th.

We’re also asking you to fill Christmas Stockings for our military. Last year 37 stockings were filled. A

special box will be placed on the Mission Table along with copies of the “Wish List” for you to take home.

The deadline for Stockings for Soldiers will be announced soon. Thank you for your generosity

and support! ~The Missions Committee

PW GIFT JAR FUNDRAISER With the holiday season around the corner, we will be offering gift jars for sale. The soup mix gift jar is $5, and the dessert mix gift jar is $8. You may preorder

between October 14th and November 16th by giving your order form and payment to Barb White or Marilyn Malloy. The gift jars will be available for pickup after the worship service on December 2nd and 9th. They make great gifts for family members and friends! Please see the PW bulletin board in the Fellowship Hall for more

information. Thank you for your support!

~Presbyterian Women