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
June 23, 2024
Fifth Sunday of Pentecost
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SUNDAY EDUCATION & FELLOWSHIP OFFERINGS
Childcare for Infants and Toddlers
Room 103 | 10:00AM
Summer Sunday School: 10:00AM
Pre-K - 5th Grade | Fireside Room
PRAYER REQUESTS
Please remember the following people in prayer:
Adam, Austin, Carl, Craig, Crystal, Curtis, Debby, Dylan, the Eckman family, Florence, the Galloway family, Jess and family, Jill, Jim, Jim, Johnson, Ken, Lauren, Lori, Mayada, the family of Miles, Miranda, Nancy, the congregation of Overbrook Presbyterian Church, the Pastoral Nominating Committee, Paula and Richard.
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.
COFFEE HOUR FOOD DONATIONS
Help us keep Coffee Hour going this all summer long!
We have heard your plea to continue Coffee Hour this summer. But we need your help! We want to give our dedicated program year hosts a well-deserved summer break, which means we need more volunteers! Sign up to host Coffee Hour, so we can enjoy fellowship after worship together all summer long! Pick a date to host at our Coffee Hour Table in the Connector on Sunday or reach out to Marian Hollingsworth at mhholling@gmail.com. Date of Donation by Surname
July 7 | A - F July 14 | G - L July 21 | M - R
Sunday, June 23, 2024 Fifth Sunday of
+ Please stand as you are able.
Prelude | John Grecia, organ
Neno lake Mungu (Listen, God Is Calling) Anne Krentz Organ (b. 1960)
Words of Welcome
Moment for Mission
+ Call to Worship
If God is like a mother hen, we are under God’s wing. If God is like a long table, we each have a seat. If God is like a house, we are safe from the storm. If God is like a party, we’re invited to dance! If God is like a sweet melody, our names are the lyrics. This is God’s house, where all are welcomed, all are loved, all belong. Let us worship God.
+ Hymn 394: WESTMINSTER ABBEY Christ is Made the Sure Foundation
+ Call to Confession
+ Litany of Confession | Psalm 32:1-5
Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the one against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groanings all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength dried up as by the heat of summer. I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the LORD, and you forgave me the iniquity of my sin.
+ Declaration of Forgiveness | Psalm 32: 6-11 | continued on next page
Therefore, let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; Surely in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach them. You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble;
ORDER OF WORSHIP
Pentecost
+ Declaration of Forgiveness | Psalm 32: 6-11 | continued from previous page
you surround me with shouts of deliverance. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which may be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.
Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD. Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
+ Response of Praise: Hymn 581
GLORIA PATRI
+ Passing of the Peace
The peace of Christ be with you. And also with you.
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Reading | Luke 15: 11-24
+ Hymn 418: SOFTLY AND TENDERLY Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling
Scripture Reading | Luke 15: 25-32
Quartet Anthem | Cantate Domino Giuseppe Pitoni (1657-1743)
Sing to the Lord a new song: let the congregation of saints praise him. Let Israel rejoice in him who made them: and the people of Zion rejoice in their King.
Sermon | Rev. Timothy Pretz | “Who Do You Think You Are?”
Time for Reflection
Affirmation of Faith | Westminster Larger Catechism 7.183
What is Adoption? Adoption is an act of the free grace of God, in and for his only Son Jesus Christ, whereby all those who are justified are received into the number of his children, have his name put upon them, the Spirit of his Son given to them, and under his Fatherly care and dispensations, admitted to all the liberties and privileges of the sons and daughters of God, made heirs of all the promises, and fellow heirs with Christ in glory.
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. Invitation to Gratitude
Offertory Anthem | Summer Chancel Choir
Lee Dengler (b. 1949) Pacem
Grant us peace. And on earth peace to all of good will.
+ Doxology (Hymn 606) and Prayer of Dedication
Orison | Summer Chancel Choir
Jacques Berthier (1923-1994) Hymn 466: Come and Fill Our Hearts
Prayers of the People and The Lord’s Prayer
+ Hymn 623: PEACE LIKE A RIVER I’ve Got Peace Like a River
Benediction | Summer Chancel Choir
Peter C. Lutkin (1858-1931) Sevenfold Amen
Postlude | John Grecia, organ
I've Got Peace Like a River
Charles Callahan (b. 1951)
MEMORIAL SERVICE DETAILS FOR REV.
DR. JOHN T. GALLOWAY, JR.
Join us in honoring the late Rev. Dr. John T. Galloway, Jr. at a Memorial Service in the Sanctuary on Saturday, June 29 at 11:00AM. Overflow seating will be available in the Chapel. Reception to follow in the Chapel, Connector & Courtyard. Volunteers are needed in the days leading up to the service and on the day of. To view all opportunities, and sign-up, please visit: bit.ly/GallowayVolunteers. We also invite all who knew Rev. Galloway to share their memories with the congregation through photographs. Scan the QR code to submit your photos, or visit: bit.ly/WPC-SHAREYOURPHOTOS. Thank you!
SENIOR PASTOR CANDIDATE MEET & GREET RECEPTION
Please join us for a reception in the Chapel to meet the candidate nominated by the Pastor Nominating Committee to become our next Senior Pastor and Head of Staff. Saturday, July 13 from 2:00 - 4:00PM. Light food and refreshments will be served.
CANDIDATING SERMON AND CONGREGATIONAL MEETING
Please plan to attend worship on Sunday, July 14 to hear a sermon by the Senior Pastor nominee, then stay after worship for a congregational meeting to elect the nominee and approve the terms of call. Please join us in the Chapel immediately following the congregational meeting for food, refreshments, and fellowship as we welcome our new Senior Pastor.
MISSION PARTNERS OF THE WEEK
WPC Partner | Beverly Gray, director of Outley House guides the activities at Outley House, a Self Inc. men's shelter and City Lights Partner in SW Philadelphia. Besides long-term housing, Outley House offers case management, counseling and job training for hundreds of formerly homeless men. They regularly provide invaluable volunteer "man power" for CityLights projects.
Address: Outley House Shelter 6901 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19142
Email: Grayb@selfincorp.org
PCUSA Co-worker of the Week | Rev. John McCall serves with the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan. He travels throughout Taiwan teaching courses on ministry and spiritual formation at the seminaries of the Presbyterian Church of Taiwan
Emails: john.mccall@pcusa.org
ANNOUNCEMENTS
RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE
Please consider signing up to donate blood with us on Wednesday, July 10 from 1:30PM - 6:30PM. Sign-up at redcrossblood.org using Sponsor Code: waynepres, or email your preferred time to Mike Sieger at michael.sieger@verizon.net, or Wendy Norman at wnormanpa@yahoo.com.
SUMMER SOCIAL FOR SENIORS
Our own Judie Elliott, an accomplished master gardener, has graciously opened her garden for a tour and talk on Wednesday, July 24th. We'll meet at her house at 10:30AM with a light lunch around the pool to follow. Deacons will provide lunch, drinks and a summer dessert. Please RSVP to Margie McPherson by July 20th at: (267) 680-4245 or mcphemargie@gmail.com. This will be a more intimate event with limited space, so respond promptly if you're interested!
BIBLE IN A BOOKBAG
Another year, another opportunity to provide for our youth in Philadelphia! Planning and fundraising for the 2024-2025 school year are already underway, and so is our mission to meet the needs of these students. Help WPC Deacons provide a Bible and a bookbag, filled with essential school supplies, for each of the 190+ K-8th grade students at Cornerstone Christian Academy. Donations in any amount are appreciated. Visit bit.ly/BibleBookbag2024 to give online!
WAYNE ORATORIO SOCIETY - SUMMER SINGS I & II
On Tuesdays, July 9 and August 6, from 7-9PM, you are invited to attend the Wayne Oratorio Society Summer Sings. These are two wonderful opportunities to try out the choir and preview selections from our upcoming 2024-25 season: featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams' epic "A Sea Symphony" and John Knowles Paine's "Mass in D." For more info, contact John Grecia at: wos@waynepres.org.
BE A FAN OF CITY LIGHTS
WPC has been collecting fans for CityLights for over 15 years. Many in this community are in need of fans including those who suffer from asthma or other illnesses, those with young children, pregnant women, and senior citizens. Our goal is to collect 100 fans, or funds to purchase as many, by July 7. If you have fans or air conditioners to donate, you can call the Church Office to arrange drop off. You can also contribute to the Fan Fund by check made payable to the WPC and putting FAN in the memo line, or give online by selecting the CityLights fund. Email Sally Hudson with questions at sally.g.hudson@gmail.com. Thank you!
PASTORAL & WORSHIP LEADERSHIP
Bridge Pastor
Rev. Liz Wagner | Lwagner@waynepres.org | ext. 226
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
CHURCH STAFF & OPERATIONS
Director of Finance and Operations
John Pitocchelli | john@waynepres.org | ext. 216
Church Accountant
Joy Collas | joy@waynepres.org | ext. 210
Accounting Assistant
Sara Goldberg | sara@waynepres.org | ext. 241
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 Asst. | Youth Ministry Asst.
Julia Thompson | Evelyn Widham | ext. 237
Phone: 610.688.8700 | Website: waynepres.org | Address: 125 E. Lancaster Avenue, Wayne, PA 19087
