THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH AT CALDWELL

Our Purpose:

To help all people build life-transforming relationships with God and each other.

The members and friends of FPC welcome people from all backgrounds - - people of faith from throughout the world, people who profess no faith, Christians of all denominations and those who are searching for religious and spiritual meaning.

Welcome!

June 10th, 2018

Ten o’clock

3rd Sunday after Pentecost

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GATHERING

REFLECTION

“We stand in life at midnight; we are always at the threshold of a new dawn” - Martin Luther King Jr.

PRELUDE

“Canon”

arr. Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

First Church Ringers

CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 138

I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise.

I bow down before you and give thanks for your steadfast love and faithfulness.

On the day I called, you answered me and increased the strength of my soul.

Your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. All: Let us worship God!

OPENING PRAYER

*HYMN NO. 309

“Come, Great God of All the Ages”

Abbot’s Leigh

Serving as Acolyte today is Kaci Pace.

CONFESSION

CORPORATE CONFESSION

O God, hear our confession, for we still dwell in darkness. We are afflicted and crushed by a sense of inadequacy. When perplexed, we despair that there may be no hope. Persecution leaves us feeling forsaken. When foes strike us down, we assume we’re destroyed. We hear that Christ resides like a treasure within us. Transform our whole being so that we live in that truth.

PERSONAL CONFESSION

In the name of Jesus, we pray.

Amen.

ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS

...Friends, believe the good news.

In Jesus Christ we are forgiven.

*RESPONSE OF PRAISE NO. 317 verse 1

“In Christ There Is No East or West”

McKee

PROCLAIMING AND RESPONDING

ANTHEM

“How Can I Keep From Singing”

Arr. Gwyneth Walker

Westminster & Pilgrim Choirs, Youth Choir Advisors

TIME WITH THE CHILDREN

Please note: Children through 7th grade may leave the sanctuary for Sunday School following the Time with the Children. Please exit through the doors on either side of the Choir loft.

PARISH LIFE

Members, friends and visitors, please sign the Friendship Pad in each pew and pass it to the person next to you. The last person will pass the pad back to the first person, who will then please place the sheet in the offering plate. Worshipers are invited to use the cards in the pew racks for prayer requests, so we may share one another’s joys and concerns. The ushers will collect the cards during the hymn following the sermon and they will be offered during the Prayers of the People.

SCRIPTURE

Mark 3:20-35

Page 35, NT

SERMON

Rev. Dr. Barbara Smith

*HYMN NO. 736

“I Want to Be as Close to You”

Davidson

STAFFORD SCHOLARSHIP RECOGNITION

SENIOR RECOGNITION

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.

OFFERING

OFFERTORY

“May It Be”

Arr. Mark A. Bryner

Westminster & Pilgrim Choirs, Youth Choir Advisors

*RESPONSE OF THANKSGIVING NO. 317 verse 2

“In Christ There Is No East or West”

McKee

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION

GOING FORTH

*HYMN NO. 692

“Spirit, Open My Heart”

Wild Mountain Thyme

*BENEDICTION

*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE NO. 317 verse 4

“In Christ There Is No East or West”

McKee

*THE PEACE

The peace of Christ be with you.

And also with you.

Please exchange greetings of welcome and peace with your neighbor.

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*Please rise in body or in spirit

†We are glad you have chosen to worship here today! Please come again!

† The flowers this morning, are given to the glory of God….

………...In loving memory of Christine Gilmore by Mike and Joann LaBrunda

………...In loving memory of Nancy Asché Ivas by Tom and Darcy Asché.

†Nursery care is provided for children up to 24 months in our Cradle Room during the 10:00AM Worship Service. There is Christian Education during the 10:00AM Worship Service.

†You are respectfully requested to silence all cell phones. Our church is equipped with a hearing assistance system. Please ask the usher for a receiver.

† Your prayers of inter cession are requested for those members and friends known to be currently or recently hospitalized or who continue to need our prayers and support:

… Maggie Bischoff, Harry Coppens, Ray Corbin, Jay Courter, Ruth Evans, Sandra Harvey, Bill Hayden, Edith Jipp, Christopher Kerwin, Barbara Kozam, Dottie Leonard, Barbara Piggery, Arline Pressl, Mary Lou Pryor, Louise Ritscher, Richard Rose, Bob Scarrillo, Rick Sommers, Laura Winter and Helena Wispelwey.

The church office will be happy to verify their home addresses for you should you wish to send them words of encouragement or get well wishes.

THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

AT CALDWELL

326 Bloomfield Avenue

Caldwell, NJ 07006

973-228-0310