Sharing the Ministry of Jesus Christ through worship, growing, serving and caring
January 19, 2025 | 9:30 & 11:00AM
Second Sunday after Epiphany
TODAY’S EDUCATION & FELLOWSHIP OFFERINGS
Bible Study with Dr. Joe Modica
Not meeting today.
Childcare for Infants and Toddlers Rooms 101/102 | 9:30 & 11:00AM
Confirmation Class Knox Room | 9:30AM
Coffee Hour Fellowship: New Member Reception Connector | 10:30AM
Fellowship of the Bean w/ Dr. Manfred Brauch Chapel | 9:30AM
Sunday School: 9:30AM
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
Westminster Youth Choir Music Room | 5:00PM
Youth Group Rooms 208/209 | 6:00PM
WinGS: Let’s PAUSE Fireside Room | 6:00PM
PRAYER REQUESTS
Please hold the following in prayer:
Bethany, Bob, 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, and the family of Anita Weeks.
If you’d like to submit a prayer request, please call the church office at (610) 688-8700, visit waynepresorg, submit via the WPC app, or share your request using a prayer card found in the back of the pews. If you or one of your family members is in the hospital, please call the church office to receive pastoral care.
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
Jan 26 | G - L, Feb 9 | M - R, Feb 16 | S - Z, Feb 23 | A - F
Please contact Marian Hollingsworth with any questions. mhholling@gmail.com OR (484) 557 - 5733
ORDER OF WORSHIP
Sunday, January 19, 2025
Second Sunday after Epiphany
+ Please stand as you are able.
Prelude | Wayne Presbyterian Chamber Orchestra | Joseph Kauffman, conductor Nocturne (from A Midsummer Night’s Dream) Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
+ Call to Worship
Sing a new song, a song of thanks and praise, for God has done wondrous deeds, and is great beyond compare! Let us worship God together.
+ Hymn 39: FAITHFULNESS Great Is Thy Faithfulness
*Please stand at the beginning of the introduction for each hymn.
+ Call to Confession
+ Prayer of Confession
Have mercy on us, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out our transgressions. In your abundant love and mercy, forgive us, O God.
For we know our transgressions, and our sin is ever before us. In your abundant love and mercy, forgive us, O God.
Against you, you alone, have we sinned, and done what is evil in your sight. In your abundant love and mercy, forgive us, O God.
Create in us a clean heart, O God! Place a new and right spirit within us! Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
+ Declaration of Forgiveness
Friends, believe the good news of the gospel: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven.
+ 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
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Reading | I Jeremiah 29:4-7
+ Hymn 267:
Come , Christians , Join to Sing
Scripture Reading | II Corinthians 5:16-21
Anthem | Quartet
There is a Balm in Gilead
Text can be found as Hymn 792.
Trad. Spiritual/ Arr. William Dawson (1899-1990)
Sermon | The Rev. Ryan Balsan | “Looking Out”
Time for Reflection
Receival of New Members | 9:30AM Service Only
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.
This little light of mine , I’m gonna let it shine. Almighty God is light. He lives in us as True Light. In the beginning out of the darkness God created True Light. Don’t let the light that You’ve given me die , and don’t desert my mind. But let the one who serves You praise You again and again. He lives in us as True Light. You are the one who judges right from wrong. Your glory excites no envy. But let the one who serves You praise You again and again. He lives in us as True Light. This little light of mine , I’m gonna let it shine. Everywhere I go, I want the world to know , God gave the world True Light.
Dale Grotenhuis (1931-2012) May the God of Hope Now Fill Us
Postlude | Wayne Presbyterian Chamber Orchestra | Joseph Kauffman, conductor Symphony No. 4 , Mvt. 3 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
PLEASE WELCOME OUR NEW MEMBERS
Richard and Barbara Bagge
Jen Balsan
Carol Cook
James and Yvonne Draine
Chris and Ashleigh Henderson
David Lanahan
Janine Leeper
Eric Merten
Sally Millar
Kyle and Libby Reap
Erika and Mike Stobbe
Andrew Street
Rob and Donna Walker
Elisabeth (Linda) Whitehead
Following the 9:30AM Worship service, please join us in the Connector for a Coffee Hour Reception to celebrate our newest members.
WPC MISSION PARTNER OF THE WEEK
PRINCIPAL
TISHA DUNN
OF S. WEIR MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Tisha and her staff at K-8 Mitchell Elementary School provide the best possible education, student activities and services to the children at this public school in the heart of the Kingsessing community in Southwest Philadelphia.
ADDRESS
The Faculty and Staff of S. Weir Mitchell Elementary School 5500 Kingsessing Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19143
ANNOUNCEMENTS
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR NEEDED for FAMILY PROMISE
| A few times a year WPC hosts families in partnership with Family Promise of the Main Line. We are seeking a new coordinator(s) to lead this important mission work. If interested in learning more about what this position entails, please reach out to Nancy Monahan at: nkmonahan@gmail.com. Thank you!
RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE
Make a difference by donating blood at WPC on Wednesday, January 22, anytime from 12:30PM - 6:30PM. Your donation could save a life! Reserve a time slot on redcrossblood.org using Sponsor Code: WAYNEPRES. Reach out to Deacon, Mike Sieger with any questions at michael.sieger@verizon.net. Thank you for your participation!
DINNER & A MOVIE: WILD ROBOT Children in Kindergarten
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Grade 5 are invited to join Children’s Ministry on Friday, January 31 in the Chapel from 6:00 - 8:00PM for a special screening of DreamWorks’ Wild Robot (2024). Pizza and popcorn are on the menu. Sign-up today at waynepres.org and email Kelli Masters with any questions at: kelli@waynepres.org.
ANNUAL MEETING & ALL-CHURCH BRUNCH
You are invited to attend our 2025 Annual Meeting followed by an all-church brunch in the Chapel on Sunday, February 2. One worship service will be held at 10:00AM, with meeting to immediately follow at 11:00AM. At the commencement of the meeting, all will join for fellowship in the Chapel for brunch.
LOOKING AHEAD IN WORSHIP
JOINS US ON SUNDAYS AT 9:30 & 11:00AM
Sunday, January 26 Bell Sunday
Rev. Katy Shevel Preaching Sunday, February 2 *10:00AM Service Only Communion Sunday
Annual Meeting + All-Church Brunch
Rev. Ryan Balsan Preaching
PASTORAL
& WORSHIP
LEADERSHIP
Senior Pastor & Head of Staff
Rev. Ryan Balsan | Ryan@waynepres.org | ext. 214
Associate Pastor of Congregational Life
Rev. Katy Shevel | Katy@waynepres.org | ext. 219
Interim Pastoral Care Associate (Wednesdays and Fridays)
