Sharing the Ministry of Jesus Christ through worship, growing, serving and caring
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Sundays | 10:00AM
CHURCH OFFICE HOURS
Monday - Thursday | 8:30AM - 4:30PM
May 26, 2024 Trinity Sunday
SUNDAY EDUCATION & FELLOWSHIP OFFERINGS
Childcare for Infants and Toddlers
Room 101/102 | 10:00AM
Sunday School: 10:00AM
Pre-K (2, 3, 4-year-olds) | Room 103
Kindergarten & 1st Grade | Room 303
2nd & 3rd Grades | Room 303
4th & 5th Grades | Room 303
6th & 7th Grades | Knox Room
High School | Not meeting today.
Confirmation Class
Stay tuned for fall start dates!
PRAYER REQUESTS
Please remember the following people in prayer:
Adam, Carl, Craig, Curtis, Debby, Dylan, Florence, the Galloway family, the Hoffmann Family, Jess and family, Jill, Jim, Jim, Ken, Lauren, Lori, Mayada, Miranda, the Mynott family, Nancy, the congregation of Overbrook Presbyterian Church, the Pastoral Nominating Committee, Paula, Richard, High School & College Seniors.
If you have a prayer concern and would like to share with The Prayer and Praise Team, please call the church office at: (610) 688-8700 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.
Fellowship of the Bean
Stay tuned for fall start dates!
Coffee Hour Fellowship
Join us Sunday, June 2 at 11:00AM
Bible Study with Dr. Joe Modica
Not meeting today.
Westminster Choir
Stay tuned for fall start dates!
Youth Group
Not meeting today.
COFFEE HOUR FOOD DONATIONS
Members are asked to bring homemade goodies or storebought packaged treats for Coffee Hour Fellowship held in the Connector on Sundays in-between Worship services.
Date of Donation by Surname
June 2 | S - Z
June 9 | A - F
June 16 | G - L
July 21 | M - R
Please contact Marian Hollingsworth with any questions.
mhholling@gmail.com (484) 557 - 5733
Sunday, May 26, 2024
+ Please stand as you are able.
Prelude | John Grecia, organ
O heilige Dreifaltigkeit (O Trinity, O Blessed Light) Robert Buckley Farlee (b. 1950)
Words of Welcome
Moment for Mission
Introit | Chancel Choir
Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995)
+ Call to Worship
Blessed be God, Eternal Majesty, Living Word, Abiding Spirit. Glory to God forever. Amen.
Jesus said, the way to see God’s dream for the world is to be born from above by the Spirit.
The way to take part in that dream, says Jesus, is to be born of water and Spirit. That gift is available today.
May we receive God’s Spirit and be made whole.
+ Hymn 1:
Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!
+ Call to Confession
+ Prayer of Confession
Holy God, we know that you are always there to lead us, yet we somehow lose our way and fall back into fear. We confess that we have stumbled, and we recognize our need for you to lift us up and help us start again. Forgive us our failings, restore us to strength, and reconcile us with you, ourselves, and each other, through the power of Christ and the gift of your Spirit. Amen.
+ Declaration of Forgiveness
Friends, hear the Good News of the Gospel.
In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven.
+ g
The peace of Christ be with you. And also with you.
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Reading | Psalm 29
+ Hymn 634: TO GOD BE THE GLORY To God Be the Glory
Scripture Reading | John 3: 1-17
Quartet Anthem
The Blessing of the Trinity Jane Marshall (1924-2019)
In name of the Father, in name of the Son, in name of Spirit, Three in One: Father, cherish me, Son, cherish me, Spirit, cherish me, Three all kindly. God, make me holy, Christ, make me holy, Spirit, make me holy, Three all holy. Three aid my hope, Three aid my love, Three aid mine eye, and my knee from stumbling. - from Prayers and Praises in the Celtic Tradition
Sermon | Rev. Liz Wagner
Time for Reflection
Affirmation of Faith | The Westminster Confession of Faith, (1643) 6.011
There is but one only living and true God, who is infinite in being and perfection, a most pure spirit, invisible, without body, parts, or passions, immutable, immense, eternal, incomprehensible, almighty; most wise, most holy, most free, most absolute, working all things according to the counsel of his own immutable and most righteous will, for his own glory; most loving, gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin; the rewarder of them that diligently seek him; and withal most just and terrible in his judgments; hating all sin, and who will by no means clear the guilty.
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 | Chancel Choir
Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal Trad. Shape-Note Hymn Arr. Alice Parker (b. 1925-2023)
Hark, I hear the harps eternal, Ringing on the farther shore, As I near those swollen waters, With their deep and solemn roar. Hallelujah, praise the Lamb, Hallelujah, Glory to the great I AM. And my soul, tho’ stain’d with sorrow, fading as the light of day, Passes swiftly o ’ er those waters, To the city far away. Hallelujah, praise the Lamb, Hallelujah, Glory to the great I AM. Souls have cross’d before me, saintly, that land of perfect rest; And I hear them singing faintly in the mansions of the blest. Hallelujah, praise the Lamb, Hallelujah, Glory to the great I AM.
+ Doxology (Hymn 606) and Prayer of Dedication
Orison | Chancel Choir
Spirit of the Living God
Prayers of the People and The Lord’s Prayer
Daniel Iverson (1890-1977)
+ Hymn 8: MELITA Eternal Father, Strong to Save
Benediction | Chancel Choir
Pentecost Benediction Linda Ridener Dickson (b. 1963)
Postlude | John Grecia, organ Nicaea Piet Post (1919-1979)
Liturgy from Feasting on the Word, Liturgies for Year B. Westminster John Knox Press, 2014