January 26, 2025

YNE W PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Sharing the Ministry of Jesus Christ through worship, growing, serving and caring.

January 26, 2025 | 9:30 & 11:00AM Third Sunday after Epiphany

TODAY’S EDUCATION & FELLOWSHIP OFFERINGS Bible Study with Dr. Joe Modica Fireside Room | 9:30AM Childcare for Infants and Toddlers Rooms 101/102 | 9:30 & 11:00AM Confirmation Class Knox Room | 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

Coffee Hour Fellowship: New Member Reception Connector | 10:30AM

Westminster Youth Choir Music Room | 5:00PM Youth Group Rooms 208/209 | 6:00PM

Fellowship of the Bean Library | 9:30AM

WinGS: Let’s PAUSE Fireside Room | 6:00PM

PRAYER REQUESTS Please hold the following in prayer: Bethany, Bob, Carl, 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.

If you’d like to submit a prayer request, please call the church office at (610) 688-8700, visit waynepres.org, 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 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

ORDER OF WORSHIP Sunday, January 26, 2025

Third Sunday after Epiphany

+ Please stand as you are able.

Prelude | 9:30AM Te Deum Bell Choir | 11AM Selah Bell Choir | Ryan Fleming, director Laudamus

Arnold B. Sherman (1948-2024)

+ Call to Worship Nations shall come to your light.

O come, let us adore him.

Let us rejoice in the strength of our salvation.

O come, let us adore him.

The Lord has shone forth his glory.

We come to the brightness of our Savior’s rising. + Hymn 299: You Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim *Please stand at the beginning of the introduction for each hymn.

HANOVER

+ Call to Confession + Prayer of Confession Most merciful God, we have strayed away from you like lost sheep. Instead of following where you call us to go, we follow the desires of our own hearts. Along the way of our misguided path, we have harmed others with our words and by our actions. Forgive us all the things we have left undone, as well as our neighbors in need whom we have ignored. As you are the God who seeks us when we are lost, we implore you to find us again. Guide us back into your loving embrace and raise us up to serve you in newness of life, to the glory of your name. Through Christ our Lord, Amen. + Declaration of Forgiveness Hear 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 | Matthew 9:35-38 Bell Anthem | 9:30 Te Deum Bell Choir | 11:00 Selah Bell Choir Ryan Fleming, director | Katy Shevel, flute Meditation on “Lord, I Want to be a Christian”

Sandra Eithun

Scripture Reading | Ephesians 4:2-7, 11-16 Anthem | Quartet Laudate Dominum Henry Du Mont (1610-1684) O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth forever. Praise ye the Lord.

Sermon | The Rev. Katy Shevel | “What Coffee Hour Taught Me” Time for Reflection Affirmation of Faith | The Confession of 1967 Wherever the church exists, its members are both gathered in corporate life and dispersed in society for the sake of mission in the world. The church gathers to praise God, to hear God’s word for humankind, to baptize and to join in the Lord’s Supper, to pray for and present the world to God in worship, to enjoy fellowship, to receive instruction, strength, and comfort, to order and organize its own corporate life, to be tested, renewed and reformed, and to speak and act in the world’s affairs as may be appropriate to the needs of the time. continued on next page

The church disperses to serve God wherever its members are, at work or play, in private or in the life of society. Their prayer and Bible study are part of the church’s worship and theological reflection. Their witness is the church’s evangelism. Their daily action in the world is the church in mission to the world. The quality of their relation with other persons is the measure of the church’s fidelity.

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.

Offertory Anthem | 9:30AM Chancel Choir | 11:00AM Quartet + Choral Scholars Prayer of St. Brigid Ryan Kelly (b. 1980) I should like a great lake of finest ale for the King of kings. I should like a table of the choicest food for the family of heav’n. O let the ale be made from fruits of faith, and the food be forgiving love. I should welcome the poor to my feast, for they are God’s children. I should welcome the sick to my feast, for they are God’s joy. Let the poor sit with Jesus at the highest place, and the sick dance with the angels. God bless the poor, God bless the sick, and bless our race. O God bless our food, God bless our drink, and embrace all homes. O God, embrace. - St. Brigid of Kildare, c. 451-525 + Doxology (Hymn 606) and Prayer of Dedication Orison | 9:30AM Chancel Choir | 11:00AM Quartet + Choral Scholars Dale Grotenhuis (1931-2012) Hear Our Prayer, O Lord Prayers of the People & The Lord’s Prayer + Hymn 346: For the Healing of the Nations

ST. THOMAS (WADE)

Benediction | 9:30AM Chancel Choir | 11:00AM Quartet + Choral Scholars Dale Grotenhuis (1931-2012) May the God of Hope Now Fill Us Postlude | John Grecia, organ Grand Chorus

Edmond Lemaigre (1849-1890)

ANNUAL MEETING & ALL-CHURCH BRUNCH SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2025 You are invited to attend our 2025 Annual Meeting followed by an AllChurch 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 conclusion of the meeting, all will join for fellowship in the Chapel for brunch. All Sunday School programming will move to 10:00AM start time, and extended Child Care will be offered through the end of the meeting.

WPC MISSION PARTNER OF THE WEEK JOYCE TANNIAN CO-FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WATER IS LIFE KENYA Water is Life Kenya (WILK) is dedicated to bringing clean, accessible water, sanitation and good hygiene to the Maasai people in droughtprone rural communities in Southern Kenya. WILK also manages the Livestock as a Business Program (LAB), in partnership with the Kenyan Ministry of Livestock. WPC supports the water borehole projects that bring life-giving water to Maasai communities.

ADDRESS | 314 E. Main St., Kelway Plaza, Suite 2, Newark, DE 19711 EMAIL | joyce@waterislifekenya.org

ANNOUNCEMENTS DINNER & A MOVIE: WILD ROBOT Children in Kindergarten - 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.

BELL TOWER RESTORATION PROJECT WPC’s historic bell tower will be undergoing restoration starting in February through the end of May 2025.

Please pardon our appearance during the duration of this project. These much needed building reparations have been generously funded by an anonymous donor. Please contact John Pitocchelli with any questions at: Operations@waynepres.org.

MUSIC TRANSFORMS | A FREE BENEFIT CONCERT Join us in the Sanctuary on Sunday, February 23 at 4:00PM for an evening of music featuring cellist, Jeffrey Solow with pianist, Erin Auerbach. This event supports the Cornerstone Christian Academy Orchestra in Southwest Philadelphia. Reception to follow in the Connector.

DOING A NEW THING! | A MULTIGENERATIONAL EVENT WinGS extends an invitation for women and girls of all ages to come together for an afternoon of fun & fellowship! Join us in the Chapel on Sunday, February 23 from 12:15PM - 2:00PM to create your own mosaic tile tray and enjoy a comforting lunch. Please register on waynepres.org by Monday, February 17.

SUNDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY W/ DR. JOE MODICA Join us on Sundays at 9:30AM in the Fireside Room starting January 26 for a 10-week study focusing on The Sermon on the Mount, Jesus’ most famous teaching.

No prior study of the New Testament is required, nor is commitment to attend the entire series. Please contact Sal Ambrosio with any questions at: sambrosio55@gmail.com. We hope to see you there!

LOOKING AHEAD IN WORSHIP JOINS US ON SUNDAYS AT 9:30 & 11:00AM

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) Rev. Timothy Pretz | TPretz@waynepres.org | ext. 228 A FULL STAFF DIRECTORY CAN BE FOUND AT WAYNEPRES.ORG. WITH QUESTIONS, CALL THE CHURCH OFFICE AT (610) 688-8700.

Phone: 610.688.8700 | Website: waynepres.org | Address: 125 E. Lancaster Avenue, Wayne, PA 19087