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February 02, 2025 | 10:00AM
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
TODAY’S EDUCATION & FELLOWSHIP OFFERINGS
Childcare for Infants & Toddlers
Rooms 101/102 | 10:00AM
Childcare will be extended today to encourage Annual Meeting attendance.
Sunday School: 10:00AM
Pre-K (2, 3, 4-year-olds) | Rm 103
Kindergarten & 1st Grade | Rm 304
2nd & 3rd Grades | Rm 301
4th & 5th Grades | Rm 306
6th & 7th Grades | Rms 208/209
High School | Rm 204
All Church Brunch
Chapel | After Annual Meeting Youth Group Rooms 208/209 | 6:00PM
Westminster Youth Choir Music Room | 5:00PM
WinGS: Let’s PAUSE Fireside Room | 6:00PM
PRAYER REQUESTS
Please hold the following families and individuals in prayer:
Bethany, Bob, Carl, Charles Baker and family, Craig, Carolyn, Debby Jones, Diana Whaley, Dorothea Behr, Jacklyn, Jane, Jess and family, Jill, Johnson, the family of Julie Kincade, Lauren, Mason, Nancy, Peter Forrest, Richard, Sarah Foster, Sarah Stewart, Tyler and family, and the family of Anita Weeks.
COFFEE HOUR FOOD DONATIONS
Members are asked to bring treats for Coffee Hour Fellowship held in the Connector on Sundays in-between Worship services.
Date of Donation by Surname
Feb 9 | M - R, Feb 16 | S - Z, Feb 23 | A - F, March 9 | G - L
Please contact Marian Hollingsworth with any questions. mhholling@gmail.com OR (484) 557 - 5733
Sunday, February 02, 2025
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
+ Please stand as you are able.
Prelude | John Grecia, organ
Meditation on “My Lord , What a Morning”
+ Call to Worship
Traditional Spiritual Setting: Dennis Janzer (b. 1954)
Make a joyful noise to theLord, all the earth. Worship theLordwith gladness; come into his presence with singing. Know that theLord is God. It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, bless his name.
For theLordis good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
+ Hymn 645: MIT FREUDEN ZART Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above
+ Call to Confession
+ Prayer of Confession
Gracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo. Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has become for us a consuming fire of judgment.
Set us free from a past that we cannot change; open to us a future in which we can be changed; and grant us grace to grow more and more in your likeness and image; through Jesus Christ, the Light of the world. Amen.
+ Declaration of Forgiveness
By the grace of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God.
+ Response of Praise: Christ is the World’s True Light
ST. JOAN
+ Passing of the Peace
The peace of Christ be with you. And also with you.
Words of Welcome & Announcements
Musical Offering | Children's Choir | Ryan Fleming, director
Chaz Bosarge Jesus, Jesus, You’re So Precious Jesus, Jesus, you ’ re so precious. Worth more than silver , worth more than gold. So far beyond the greatest treasure. I will always love you so.
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Reading | 1 Chronicles 16: 23-31
+ Hymn 286: TRENTHAM Breathe on Me , Breath of God
Scripture Reading | John 4:1-26
Anthem | Quartet + Choral Scholars
Sicut Cervus
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (ca. 1525-1594)
As the deer longs for running water , so longs my soul for Thee , Lord.
Sermon | The Rev. Ryan Balsan | “Doing It Right”
Time for Reflection
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper and the Prayers of the People
Invitation to Gratitude
Text the word GIVE (not case sensitive) to our church's Giving Number: (610)-819-4483, or scan the QR code on your phone. Please feel free to give in-person as well.
The Deacons’ Compassion Fund assists persons in financial need, funded by the generous donations of members and friends of our church. An additional and optional offering will be taken today to provide funds for this purpose. Designate ‘Deacon
Compassion Fund’ on the offering envelope in the pew, when giving online, or on your check memo line, if you wish to allocate today’s gift to this effort.
Offertory Anthem | Chancel + Westminster Choirs
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Text: Joseph M. Scriven (1819-1886)
Music: Charles C. Converse (1832-1918)
Setting & Additional Text: Joel Raney (b. 1956)
Everything. Give him everything. All your worry, all your care. God wants everything. Give him everything. Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there. What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear. What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer. O what peace we often forfeit , O what needless pain we bear , all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer. Have we trails and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere? We should never be discouraged. Take it to the Lord in prayer. Are we weak and heavy laden , cumbered with a load of care? Precious Savior , still our refuge. Take it to the Lord in Prayer. Can we find a friend so faithful who will all our sorrows share? In his arms he’ll take and shield you. Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.
+ Doxology (Hymn 606) and Prayer of Dedication
+ Hymn 409: ABBOT’S LEIGH God is Here
Benediction | Chancel + Westminster Choirs
Maria Ling/Swee Hong Lim May the Love of the Lord
Postlude | John Grecia, organ Now Thank We All Our God Anton Wilhelm Leupold (1868-1940)
Annual Meeting of the Congregation
Please be seated & see Meeting Agenda in the Annual Report.
ALL CHURCH BRUNCH
Following the conclusion of today’s Annual Meeting of the Congregation, all are invited to the Chapel to join our church community for brunch, hosted by the Community Fellowship Committee. We hope to see you there!
WPC MISSION PARTNER OF THE WEEK
REV. EUGENE CHO PRESIDENT & CEO of BREAD FOR THE WORLD
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