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BYTERIANCHURCH
Sharing the Ministry of Jesus Christ through worship, growing, serving and caring
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Sundays | 9:30AM & 11:00AM
CHURCH OFFICE HOURS
Monday - Friday | 8:30AM - 4:30PM
WELCOME TO OUR CHURCH!
We are so glad you are here. We encourage all to sign the red fellowship pad at the end of your pew. If you would like, please take a "Hello! I'm visiting" sticker! After worship, we invite anyone new to us today to find our welcome station during Coffee Hour and pick up a gift bag to take home.
Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them. -Matthew 18:20
September 22, 2024
Eighteenth Sunday of Pentecost
FALL 2024 SUNDAY EDUCATION & FELLOWSHIP OFFERINGS
Bible Study with Dr. Joe Modica
Fireside Rm | 9:30AM | Starts 10/6
Confirmation Class Knox Rm | 9:30AM
Childcare for Infants and Toddlers Rm 101/102 | 9:30 & 11:00AM Fellowship of the Bean Library | 9:30AM Coffee Hour Fellowship Connector | 10:30AM
PRAYER REQUESTS
Please hold the following in prayer:
Bethany, Carl, Craig, Curtis, Debby, Florence, Forest, Gisela Lamley’s family, Harry Garber & family, Jess and family, Jill, Johnson, Lauren, Marjorie, Mason, Miranda, Nancy, Patricia, Peter & Elsa, Richard, and Sarah
*Please remember to sign the Letters of Compassion that can be found in the Connector after worship.*
If you have a prayer concern you would like to share with The Prayer & Praise Team, please call the church office at: (610) 6888700 to leave a confidential voicemail, go to the homepage of the WPC website and click on the prayer request link, or use the WPC app on your phone.
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
Youth Group Rms 208/209 | 6:00PM Westminster Choir Music Rm | 5:00PM
COFFEE HOUR FOOD DONATIONS
Members are asked to bring homemade or store-bought treats for Coffee Hour Fellowship held in the Connector on Sundays in-between Worship services.
Date of Donation by Surname
Sept 29 | A - F
Oct 6 | G - L
Oct 13 | M - R
Oct 20 | S - Z
Please contact Marian Hollingsworth with any questions.
mhholling@gmail.com (484) 557 - 5733
Sunday, September 22, 2024
Eighteenth Sunday of
+ Please stand as you are able.
Prelude | John Grecia, organ
Voluntary Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
Words of Welcome
+ Call to Worship
We give thanks to God with our whole heart. We give thanks for God’s steadfast love and faithfulness! Though high above all things, God sees the lowly. Even when we are in deep trouble, God makes us live again. The love of God lasts forever. We will worship the Lord together.
+ Hymn 321:
The Church’s One Foundation
+ Call to Confession
+ Prayer of Confession
Merciful God, we confess that we have conformed our lives to the ways of the world and not the ways of your kingdom. We think of ourselves too highly and regard others as lowly. We exalt possessions and power, when you alone are to be exalted. We let conflicts prevail over grace, and divisions over harmony. Have mercy on us, we pray, Forgive and transform us, that we may be holy and acceptable to you, discerning and doing your will. Through Jesus Christ we pray, Amen.
+ Declaration of Forgiveness
The steadfast love of the Lord never ends. When we call out to God, God answers. The Lord saves us with a strong and outstretched hand. In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven and helped to live in grace. Amen.
The peace of Christ be with you. And also with you.
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Reading | Psalm 9:1-12
+ Hymn 356:
Sing Praise to God, Whose Mighty Acts
Scripture Reading | Luke 5:1-11
Anthem | Quartet
All People That on Earth Do Dwell
Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell; Come ye before Him and rejoice. The Lord, ye know, is God indeed; Without our aid he did us make; We are his flock, he doth us feed, And for his sheep He doth us take. O enter then His gates with praise; Approach with joy his courts unto; Praise, laud, and bless his name always, For it is seemly so to do. For why? the Lord our God is good: His mercy is for ever sure; His truth has always firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure. Amen.
Sermon | Rev. Ryan Balsan | “Good News: God Will Use You”
Time for Reflection
+ Affirmation of Faith | The Heidelberg Catechism, Question 1
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.
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 smart phone. Please feel free to give in-person as well.
Offertory Anthem | 9:30AM Chancel Choir | 11:00AM Quartet + Scholars
Robert Lowry (1826-1899)/ Arr. Aaron Copland (1900-1990) At the River
Shall we gather at the river, Where bright angel's feet have trod, With its crystal tide forever Flowing by the throne of God. Yes, we'll gather by the river, the beautiful, the beautiful river, Gather with the saints by the river That flows by the throne of God. Soon we'll reach the shining river, Soon our pilgrimage will cease, Soon our happy hearts will quiver With the melody of peace. Yes, we'll gather by the river, the beautiful, the beautiful river, Gather with the saints by the river That flows by the throne of God.
+ Doxology (Hymn 606) and Prayer of Dedication
Orison | 9:30AM Chancel Choir | 11:00AM Quartet + Scholars
John Ness Beck (1930-1987) Hear Our Prayer, O Lord
Prayers of the People and The Lord’s Prayer
+ Hymn 327: From All that Dwell Below the Skies LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Benediction | 9:30AM Chancel Choir | 11:00AM Quartet + Scholars
John Ness Beck Send Us Now Away
Postlude | John Grecia, organ Prière
Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823-1881)
YOU ARE INVITED TO LUNCH & LEARN WITH REV. RYAN BALSAN!
TODAY, immediately following 11:00AM Worship, please join new Senior Pastor and Head of Staff, Rev. Ryan Balsan in the Chapel for a Lunch & Learn experience built to enrich your faith journey. Can’t join us today? Try again next Sunday, September 29 at 12PM.
THANK YOU TO TODAY’S WORSHIP LEADERS
The Worship and Music Committee is thankful for our Liturgists, Ushers, the Chancel Choir, Quartet + Scholars, and our A/V Team for sharing their many gifts with our congregation.
MISSION PARTNERS OF THE WEEK
WPC Partner | Sarah Hostetter
Sarah Hostetter, former WPC mission director and youth minister, has accepted a call as a missionary of God’s Precious Children, a Christian organization that supports the education of children in Liberia, West Africa. Sarah administers the programs, fundraises for student sponsors and prays for the students and teachers.
Email: slhostett@gmail.com
PCUSA Co-worker of the Week | Doug Tilton
Doug is the Regional Liaison for Southern Africa, helping to strengthen the mutual ministries of the PC(USA) and its partner churches and institutions in five countries: Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Email: douglas.tilton@pcusa.org
REGISTER NOW FOR CHILDREN’S & YOUTH MINISTRIES
YOUTH MINISTRY | GRADES 6 - 12
Scan QR code to register now to join us in Sunday School on Sundays at 9:30AM and /or Youth Group on Sundays at 6:00PM.
For more information, contact: Kelli Masters at kelli@waynepres.org
REGISTER NOW FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL WITH CHILDREN’S MINISTRY This program year, Children’s Ministry will be Growing in Grace & Gratitude on Sunday mornings at 9:30AM This Sunday School program is for children 2 years - Grade 5. For more information, please contact Kelli Masters at kelli@waynepres org Scan the QR code to register now REGISTER NOW FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL WITH CHILDREN’S MINISTRY This program year, Children’s Ministry will be Growing in Grace & Gratitude on Sunday mornings at 9:30AM. This Sunday School program is for children 2 years - Grade 5 For more information, please contact Kelli Masters at kelli@waynepres org Scan the QR code to register now
CHILDREN’S MINISTRY | 2 YEARS - GRADE 5
REGISTER NOW FOR YOUTH MINISTRY FALL 2024-2025 For kids in grades 6-12 Register now to join us in Sunday School on Sundays at 9:30AM and /or Youth Group on Sundays at 6:00PM For more information, please contact Kelli Masters at kelli@waynepres.org. Scan the QR code to register.
Scan QR code to register now to join us Growing in Grace in Sunday School on Sundays at 9:30AM. Child Care (Infants & Toddlers) participants may also use this form to register. For more information, contact: Kelli Masters at kelli@waynepres.org
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MUSIC TRANSFORMS: THE MEIRAVI QUARTET! Join us this evening at 4:00PM in the Sanctuary for a FREE concert featuring The Meiravi Quartet. This benefit concert directly supports the Cornerstone Christian Academy Orchestra in Southwest Philadelphia.
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS AT MITCHELL ELEMENTARY
A new school year is starting at our long time Southwest Philadelphia school partner (K-8). Encourage young readers as a "personal librarian” twice a month during library class visits or tutor eager learners once a week. Please ask us about these enlightening and enriching opportunities – Jane Beatty: jnbeatty@verizon.net, Rita Fisk: Ritahfisk@gmail.com, Wendy Norman wnormanpa@yahoo.com.
JOSEPH’S PEOPLE RETREAT Jump Start Your Job Search!
Join us in the Chapel on Saturday, October 5 from 9AM-3PM for a FREE workshop to support you in your job search! Be inspired by our lineup of experienced speakers discussing key topics to guide you to success, and enjoy opportunities to network. Snacks and sandwiches will be provided to all participants. Scan QR code to register by 12PM on October 3. Walk-in’s will not be accepted.
CHILDREN
AT THE LORD’S TABLE
A special event is being held for parents and children on Saturday, October 5th from 10:00-11:00AM in the Fireside Room. Led by Rev Ryan Balsan and Kelli Masters, this program is designed to help prepare children for participation in Communion with the church family. All families with children in elementary school, especially those who have asked questions about the Lord’s Supper, are encouraged to attend. Email kelli@waynepres.org to reserve your place at the table.
DINNER AND A MOVIE: INSIDE OUT 2!
Join Children’s Ministry for some Friday night fun on October 18 from 6:00-8:00PM in the Chapel, and enjoy a screening of Inside Out 2! This event is for kids in Kindergarten - Grade 5. Bring a sleeping bag and a friend! Register now on waynepres.org and contact Kelli at: kelli@waynepres.org with any questions. Pizza and popcorn are on the menu!
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
The purpose of this recently chartered committee is to welcome visitors to WPC, seek new members, and encourage current members to fully engage in the life of the church of Jesus Christ. If you are seeking greater involvement and would enjoy getting to know more members of the church family, please prayerfully consider joining our efforts. For more information, contact Rev. Katy Shevel at (610) 688-8700 ext. 219 and katy@waynepres.org OR Pamela Jensen (610) 688-6717 and jens0581@alumni.umn.edu.
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
Director of Music Ministries
John Grecia | JGrecia@waynepres.org | ext. 224
Associate Director of Music Ministries
Ryan Fleming | RFleming@waynepres.org | ext. 227
CHURCH STAFF & OPERATIONS
Director of Finance and Operations
John Pitocchelli | John@waynepres.org | ext. 216
Church Accountant
Joy Collas | Joy@waynepres.org | ext. 210
Children’s & Youth Ministry Director
Kelli Masters | Kelli@waynepres.org | ext. 222
Digital Marketing & Technology Coordinator
Nicole Veith | Nicole@waynepres.org | ext. 220
Events and Publications Coordinator
Christina Sacco | Christina@waynepres.org | ext. 225
Executive Assistant to the Pastors
Kate Ligouri | Kate@waynepres.org | ext. 212
Facilities Manager
Alberto Urbina | Alberto@waynepres.org | ext. 236
Housekeeping
Cathy Chandler | Cathy@waynepres.org | ext. 245
Nursery School Director
Dana Arranz | DArranz@waynepres.org | 610-688-9696 | www.waynepreskids.org
Children’s Ministry Assistant | Youth Ministry Assistants
Julia Thompson | John Lindsay & Evelyn Widham | ext. 237
Phone: 6106888700 | Website: waynepresorg | Address: 125 E Lancaster Avenue, Wayne, PA 19087