THE GATHERING

The service of worship begins with the prelude; quiet is requested as you enter the sanctuary and prepare for worship. Ordinarily applause is held until the conclusion of the Postlude. In the spirit of Christian fellowship, we invite you to wear a name tag which is available from the greeters. As a community that prays with and for one another, we invite you to share your joys and concerns by using the prayer cards available from the ushers. Those parts of the Service of Worship in which the congregation participates in word or song are noted in bold type. Please stand as you are able.

PRELUDE Preludium in A Minor Buxtehude

* HYMN 486 When the Morning Stars Together Weisse Flaggen

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALL TO CONFESSION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

Merciful God, we confess that too often we have been quick to say 'yes' to you, and then we have been quick to forget our bold words of commitment. We have wanted to serve, only to be easily drawn away by other cares and distracting fears. Yet you have never ceased to love us. You never stopped working for our healing and restoration. Transform us that we may truly become your disciples. We pray this through Jesus Christ our Savior.

  LIVE  boldly 

  SHARE  boundlessly 

  GROW  community 

  BUILD  God’s world 

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH OF ENGLEWOOD

October 1, 2017 Eleven o’clock

TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

WORLDWIDE COMMUNION SUNDAY

PRAYERS OF SILENT AND INDIVIDUAL CONFESSION

WORDS OF ASSURANCE

Leader: Friends, believe and proclaim the Good News: in Jesus Christ, love breaks through hatred, hope breaks

through despair, life breaks through death.

People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven, loved, and set free. Thanks be to God! Amen.

* CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Gloria Patri

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, Amen.

+ Children and Youth leave for Church School. +

* EXCHANGE OF PEACE

Leader: Let us open our hearts to one another as Christ has opened his heart to us, and God will be glorified.

People: The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

(Exchange Signs of Reconciliation and the Peace of Christ with your neighbor - e.g., “The Peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.”

Response - “And also with you.”)

THE WORD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

FIRST LESSON Exodus 17:1-7

* HYMN Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me Toplady

SECOND LESSON Matthew 21:23-32

SERMON “Past Tense” Rev. Richard S. Hong

* NICENE CREED

We believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible;

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end.

And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And we believe one holy catholic and apostolic church. We acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. And we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

THE OFFERING

OFFERTORY Locus Iste Bruckner

Locus iste a Deo factus est, inaestimabile sacramentum, irreprehensibilis est. This place was made by God, a priceless mystery; it is without reproof.

* THE DOXOLOGY Old Hundredth

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God all creatures here below. Praise God above, ye heavenly host. Creator, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.

PASTORAL PRAYER

THE CELEBRATION OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

THE INVITATION

THE GREAT PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

Pastor: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Pastor: Lift up your hearts. People: We lift them to the Lord. Pastor: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

People: It is right to give our thanks and praise. Pastor: Eternal and ever-living God...

. . . who forever sing to the glory of your name.

SANCTUS 568 (choir and congregation) Weaver

Pastor: Holy God, in Your mercy . . .

. . . Let us proclaim the mystery of faith:

People: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.

Pastor: We take this bread and wine and joyfully celebrate this Holy Sacrament. ... And now, with the confidence of the children of God, let us pray:

People: 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.

THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me. —Revelation 3:20

All who trust in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior are invited to participate in this celebration.

BREAD: To be taken individually, symbolic of your personal commitment to God through Jesus Christ. As an act of hospitality to all, the bread we serve is gluten-free.

CUP: Please wait until all are served, symbolic of your corporate belonging together in the body of Christ. Grape juice is the fruit of the vine used in our celebration of the sacrament.

COMMUNION Ave Verum Karl Jenkins RAVON MIDDLEBROOKS, TENOR; CHRISTIAN WAUGH, BARITONE

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

THE SENDING OUT

* HYMN 303 Jesus, Lover of My Soul Aberystwyth

* BENEDICTION

CHORAL AMEN

POSTLUDE Toccata in E Minor Pachelbel

Our worship ends with the conclusion of the Postlude. (It is the custom of our church to remain seated. Those who wish to leave may do so.)

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TODAY’S MUSIC

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707). was the North German keyboard master whom the young J. S. Bach allegedly walked 200 miles to hear play and possibly study with. Buxtehude’s flamboyant Preludia combine sections that sound like improvisation with carefully controlled fugal sections. Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) was trained as an organist and didn’t begin composing his great symphonies and masses until he was in his forties. The highly chromatic and progressive harmonies of his large-scale works is in direct contrast to the simplicity and directness of his small motets like Locus iste, based on a text for the dedication of churches. Welsh composer Karl Jenkins (b. 1944) is one of the most prolific, popular, and performed composers in the world today. His recorded output has resulted in 17 gold and platinum album awards. Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) was on organist in the Southern German tradition. Pachelbel’s style was influenced by Italians such as Frescobaldi. J.S. Bach’s older brother Johann Christoph was a student of Pachelbel’s and was young Bach’s first teacher. Pachelbel’s influence can be seen in J.S. Bach’s early works before he became familiar with the works of Buxtehede.

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TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS

Exodus 17:1-7 (NRSV) From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2The people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?” 3But the people thirsted there for water; and the people complained against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst?” 4So Moses cried out to the Lord, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.”5The Lord said to Moses, “Go on ahead of the people, and take some of the elders of Israel with you; take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. 6I will be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may drink.” Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7He called the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled and tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?” Matthew 21:23-32 (NRSV) When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” 24Jesus said to them, “I will also ask you one question; if you tell me the answer, then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things. 25Did the baptism of John come from heaven, or was it of human origin?” And they argued with one another, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 26But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’ we are afraid of the crowd; for all regard John as a prophet.” 27So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things. 28“What do you think? A man had two sons; he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ 29He answered, ‘I will not’; but later he changed his mind and went. 30The father went to the second and said the same; and he answered, ‘I go, sir’; but he did not go. 31Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes

WELCOME TO OUR WORSHIP

Today’s Ushers are: Nicole Futijsuka, Captain

Sara Lee Paul Kang Andrew Platek Paul Platek

Today’s Communion Servers are:

Muriel Brantley Yvonne Crichton Robert Ryder Kenneth Stevens Our Lay Assistant this morning is Diane Christian. She has been a member of FPC since 1999. Diane chairs the Mission Committee, is a member of the Stewardship Committee and is an Elder. She teaches English at the Dwight Englewood School, where she has been a member of the faculty for over 25 years. Diane lives in Nyack, New York, and she loves reading and making jewelry in her spare time.

are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you. 32For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him; and even after you saw it, you did not change your minds and believe him.

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The Elders: Richard Bennett, Peter Bigler, David Bishop, Diane Christian, Eunice Dartey, Bruce Forshee, Akira Fujitsuka, Paul Kang, Kyung Lee, Carolyn Milne, Paul Platek, Jill Strawbridge Bello, Robert Ryder, Phil Tamis, Candida Urena. Clerk of Session: Sandy Bishop Moderator: Reverend Richard Hong. The Session consists of the Moderator, the Elders, and the Clerk of Session. The Deacons: Alan Aluska, Hung-En Sung, Sheila Chen, John Fraser, Linda Heitner, J.B. Holderness, Nicole Kim, Sara Lee, Kate Matsuda, Lizzy Palo, Beverly Rhinehart, Jean Rohloff, Michael Smolen, Jeff Spady, Lois Strauss. Co-Moderators: Rosetta Forshee & Caridad Schweizer Staff: Reverend Richard Hong & Dorothy VanderWerf

COMING UP THIS WEEK STOP at Information Centers in Elmore Hall or Chapel for an updated Parish Directory, Spark Hope Gala flyer, October Newsletter, Church School registration, These Days daily devotional for October - December, or sign-up for Chair Yoga starting on Wednesdays, October 11 at 4 pm. Resources for HEALTHY LIVING are available in the Chapel: Five Wishes for end-of-life care with copies in English, Spanish and Korean, Senior Center programs, Discounts for Seniors, Chore Service, LifeLine brochures and much more. The MEN'S CLOTHING DRIVE for homeless persons served through Jan Hus Presbyterian Church continues through October 22. MEN'S CLOTHING (everything from undergarments to outerwear) or women's undergarments ONLY are accepted. You may make monetary donations (put Jan Hus in the memo line) that we will use to purchase new undergarments to be donated. For more information, contact Charlene Niland or David Johnson. At FPC, a group of women come together to grow spiritually, support and encourage one another and share our experiences. The WOMEN'S CONNECT GROUP resumes Wednesday, Oct 4, at 7 pm the East Room to discuss "God’s Story, Your Story" by Max Lucado for six weeks. Any questions, please contact: caryschweizer@gmail.com. Our annual BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS service will take place next Sunday, October 8 at 3 pm in the Memorial Garden. Please bring your four-legged friends of all kinds to a brief, casual service that celebrates the wonder of all God’s creatures. Next Sunday, October 8, the Care Ministries Committee will be hosting COFFEE PLUS & Conversation at 10 am and 12 noon in the Chapel. Come, enjoy more food and stay to meet your friends and welcome new friends.

UPCOMING CHAIR-ASSISTED YOGA sponsored by the Care Ministries, begins Wednesday, October 11 at 4 pm in the Chapel with Analia Brown, Certified Yoga Instructor. Please register today.

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* * * * * * * * ALL MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH - MINISTERS THE REVEREND RICHARD S. HONG - PASTOR

DR. DAVID MACFARLANE - ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER FELICIA ARRIGOITIA - DIRECTOR OF FAMILY MINISTRIES

DOROTHY VANDERWERF - DIRECTOR OF CARE MINISTRIES DANIELLE DE LAURENTIS - OFFICE MANAGER

BETH MORRISON - OFFICE ASSOCIATE ANALIA BROWN - BOOKKEEPER

GARIN KASSIS - CUSTODIAN

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