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!
March 10, 2019
Ten o’clock
1st Sunday in Lent
GATHERING
REFLECTION
“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the
sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
-Jesus
PRELUDE
“My Song is Love Unknown”
arr. Ralph Vaughan
Williams
CALL TO WORSHIP
(Psalm 91)
You who live in the shelter of the Most
High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,
We will say to the
Lord, “My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place, no
evil shall befall you.
God will protect
those who call on the name of the Lord and show them salvation.
All: Let us worship God!
OPENING
PRAYER
*HYMN NO.410
“God Is Calling Through The
Whisper”
W ŻŁOBIE
LEŻY
Lighting the
candles today is Acolyte Nathaniel Popat
CONFESSION
PRAYER OF
CONFESSION
We meet you here, God of faithfulness, our hands and
lives full of all our foolish ways. Your
people, we treat the strangers who walk among us with fear and doubt. We afflict our anger on those who care about
us the most. We impose hard words on
those who need to hear hope and grace in their lives.
So now we bring our hearts to you, Generous God,
setting them down before you in hopes that you will mend them. As you hear our faltering words, we pray you
would answer us with your forgiving love.
And as you forgive us, may we go forth to be generous with our lives
towards others, even as the one who is Lord of all, Jesus Christ, has been so
generous to us.
PERSONAL
CONFESSION
In the name of
Jesus, who remains faithful even when we do not, we pray.
Amen.
ASSURANCE OF
FORGIVENESS
...Friends, believe the good news.
In Jesus Christ we are forgiven.
*RESPONSE OF
PRAISE NO. 601
“Amen”
Danish Amen
PROCLAIMING AND RESPONDING
ANTHEM
“God Has Work For Us To Do”
Mark Miller
Chancel Choir
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
Psalm 42
Page 487, OT
Mark 9:14-29
Page 42, NT
SERMON
"What If We're Wrong?"
Rev.
Don Brown
*HYMN NO. 165
“The Glory of These Forty Days”
Erhalt Uns, Herr
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
“Lord, I Want To Be A
Christian”
Arr. Kevin
McChesney
Handbell
Quartet:
Tyler Becker, Alyssa Endres, Tyler Romaine, Enzo Whetton
*RESPONSE OF
THANKSGIVING NO. 607
Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”
Old Hundreth
*PRAYER OF
DEDICATION
GOING FORTH
*HYMN NO. 619
"Praise, My Soul, the God of Heaven"
Lauda Anima
*BENEDICTION
*CONGREGATIONAL
RESPONSE The kingdom of God is justice and peace,
and joy in the Holy Spirit. Come, Lord, and open in us, the gates of your
kingdom.
*THE PEACE
The peace of
Christ be with you.
And also with you.
Please exchange greetings of welcome and peace with
your neighbor.
*Please rise in
body or in spirit
†If you are new to
the church...Welcome! We’re glad to have you here. Please ask an usher to
direct you to Visitor packets at the rear of the church. They can be found on
the table near the usher’s closet under the balcony stairs. After the 10:00am
service today, we hope you will join us for Coffee Hour in Room 120.
†The flowers this
morning, are given to the glory of God in loving memory of...
….the Beautiful Jan
Huston Pryor by Jan’s friends and family.
† Your prayers of
intercession are requested for those members and friends known to be currently
or recently hospitalized or who continue to need our prayers and support:
...Mary Aharrah,
Maggie Bischoff, Thelma Campbell, Harry Coppens, Ray Corbin, Jay Courter,
Catherine Fleming, Alice Gibson, Gordon Gibson, Bill Hartman, Sandra Harvey,
Bill Hayden, Don Hultz, Christopher Kerwin, Edna Lawshe, Dottie
Leonard, Barbara Piggery, Louise Ritscher, Richard
Rose, Erwin Rosin, Barbara Romaine, Bob Scarrillo,
Debbie Wefferling, Laura Winter and Helena Wispelwey.
STEPHEN MINISTERS
are confidential caregivers available in times of need. For more information about Stephen Ministry
call 973-228-0310 Ext.
235.
†You will find CDs
of the 10:00AM Worship Service at the back of the church along with CD’s of
other recent services. Keep the CD for your own use, pass it on to your friends
and neighbors or return them for re-use by other people. Just another way to
share news about our Church!
Notary Service
available in the church office. Sundays from 9am-12pm.