Our Celebration of Worship March 15, 2015

Paxton is a Stephen Ministry Church

WE GATHER IN GOD'S NAME

PRELUDE “Prelude on ‘Sweet Hour of Prayer’” Young “Jesus, Lord and Precious Savior” arr. Manz

John Palmer & Bill Sanford ~ Guitar and Tin Whistle

OUR LIFE TOGETHER MUSIC INTERLUDE

TO GIVE PRAISE TO GOD

CALL TO WORSHIP from Psalm 100:1, 2, 5 Cry out with joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness. Come into God’s presence with singing!

For the Lord is a gracious God, whose mercy is everlasting; and whose faith- fulness endures to all generations.

* HYMN 14 “For the Beauty of the Earth” * PRAYER OF CONFESSION

God of mercy, you sent Jesus Christ to seek and save the lost. We confess that we have strayed from you and turned aside from your way. We are misled by pride, for we see ourselves pure when we are stained, and great when we are small. We have failed in love, neglected justice, and ignored your truth. Have mercy, O God, and forgive our sin. Return us to paths of righteousness through Jesus Christ, our Savior. Amen.

(Pause for a moment of silent confession)

* ASSURANCE OF PARDON Hear the Good News. In Jesus Christ we are forgiven. Praise God. Amen * GLORIA PATRI (Hymnal Page 581)

TO CELEBRATE THE FAMILY OF FAITH

CHILDREN’S MOMENT SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

* PASSING OF THE PEACE The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. And also with you.

MORNING PRAYER/THE LORD'S PRAYER

TO HEAR GOD'S WORD PROCLAIMED

FIRST LESSON Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 (OT Page 559)

This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. ANTHEM “It Is Well With My Soul” arr. Molebust

Paxtones ~ Kathy Woodbridge, Violin

SECOND LESSON John 3:14-21 (NT Page 94)

SERMON “Pray!” Pastor Green HYMN 465 “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”

THE APOSTLE’S CREED

TO OFFER OUR GIFTS AND DEDICATE OUR LIVES PRESENTATION OF OFFERINGS OFFERTORY “God So Loved the World” Adult Choir Stainer-arr. Mick Cochran * DOXOLOGY * PRAYER OF DEDICATION

TO GO REJOICING IN GOD'S NAME * RECESSIONAL HYMN 634 “To God Be the Glory” * BENEDICTION CHORAL RESPONSE “He Came Down” Adult Choir Cameroon Song POSTLUDE “Dialogue” Martin

THE LECTOR this morning is Elder Norm Daniels. Norm is the chair of the Evangel-ism and Membership Ministry. THANK YOU FOR VISITING WITH US TODAY! We are happy to share this Sun-day with you and hope you come back soon! Please fill out the yellow card and be sure to include your name, address, and phone number for our records. If you are inter-ested in membership at Paxton Church, please indicate this when the friendship folder is passed or speak to the Pastor or Lector following worship. THE USHERS joyfully serving the month of March: James Kealey, Captain; Jeffrey Herrold, Ryan Horner, Richard Lengler, Craig Staudenmaier, Calvin Swayze, Jr., Dave Wion.

TODAY Pastor Green will greet at the parlor door. The lector will greet at the south door and an usher will greet at the porch door. THE FLORAL ARRANGEMENT in the chancel this morning is placed in loving memory of our parents Henry & Mary Brillinger and Albert & Betty Balchunas by Linda and Jim Brillinger. BEING BAPTIZED this morning is Nino Edward Giambrone III, son of Nino and Erin Giambrone.

LOOK AROUND THE CHURCH RIGHT NOW! Notice if you haven't seen someone for the past two Sundays. Sometime this week call them and say, "We missed you at church." If you don't do it - who will?

EASTER CHOCOLATE EGGS ~Once again, delicious chocolate eggs will be available for sale today, Sunday, March 1. Cost is $1.00 per egg. Proceeds from the sale will go toward reducing the mortgage principal. A MEMORIAL SERVICE for Mel and Beth Lancione will be held on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 1:00 PM here at Paxton Church.

Paxton Presbyterian Church 3500 Sharon St., Harrisburg, PA

561-0510 ~ www.paxtonchurch.org ~ office@paxtonchurch.org

Watch Paxton’s Love Grow

Watch Paxton’s Love Grow

Our love spreads and our “Collage of Hearts” grows each time a gift is made to One Great Hour of Sharing. Each heart represents $100 toward our goal of $6,000 for OGHS. Contribu-tions to this special offering may be made throughout Lent and on Easter Sunday. Our total OGHS receipts through March 8, 2015, are $1286.05, or 21.4% of the $6000 goal. Thank you to all who support this worthy offering!

Cindy Mory Richard Peiffer Donna Powers

Michelle Signore Ron Wix

Bert Wood Bev Ziebell

PAXTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 3500 Sharon St., Harrisburg PA 17111

(717) 561-0510—Fax: 561-4052

Website: www.paxtonchurch.org Email: office@paxtonchurch.org

Ministers ~ All Members

Pastor ~ John W. Green Treasurer ~ Laurence A. Kilpatrick, CPA

Happy Barber Dan Behan

Norm Daniels Dave Elder

Erin Giambrone Bill Gough

Rebecca Haner

The Deacons will be collecting Peanut Butter, Crackers, Ramen

Noodles during the month of March for the

Ecumenical Food Pantry.

(Please check the dates on the cans, the Food Pantry will not accept expired items.)

SESSION MEMBERS

Sally Appleby Laurie Bassler Gail Burfeind

Jim Bruce Nino Giambrone

Ryan Horner William La Dieu

BOARD OF DEACONS Nino Giambrone (Moderator)

We are a Stephen Ministry Church For confidential referral, or if you are inter-ested in becoming a Stephen Minister please contact a leader.

STEPHEN LEADERS

Helen Heidelbaugh Beth Lancione*

Jane Rising Jane Sanford

* deceased

STEPHEN MINISTERS

Carol Anderson Karen Cirillo

LaVerne Collins Karen Herrold

Cheryl Holtzman Janice Hutchison Annette Kilpatrick

Bill LaDieu Donna Leaver Steve Miller Jack Moore Gary Myers

Kathy Woodbridge

Dave Holt Jay Kealey

Don Laughery John Moyer Lisa Pletz

Diane Robertson Kitti Taylor

Merideth Staudenmaier, (Clerk of Session)

WEEKLY CALENDAR Sun 15 8:00 Cabin Worship 9:00 Church School 9:30 Blood Pressure 10:00 Worship 10:45 Paxton Angels 11:00 Sunday Snacks Paxton Singers Mon 16 6:30 Stephen Ministry Tues 17 10:00 Staff Meeting 6:00 Food Bank Wed 18 6:45 Men’s Fellowship Breakfast 9:30 Sewing 6:30 Lenten Dinner 7:30 Lenten Worship 8:00 Session Thurs 19 6:15 Bells 7:30 Adult Choir Sat 21 8:00 SPRING CLEAN-UP Sun 22 9:00 Church School 10:00 Worship 10:45 Paxton Angels 11:00 Paxton Singers Sunday Snacks

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

MARK YOUR CALENDARS... The Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Palm Sunday, March 29 at 9:00 a.m., followed by refreshments and arts and crafts. We will meet in the Great Room at 9:00, proceed outside for a picture on the steps and start hunting. Children will be divided by age groups and directed to a designated area. After the hunt the children will be asked to go to the Jr. Assembly Room for activities. The Easter Bunny has asked that we not purchase anymore plastic eggs, he has enough. We still have eggs available to fill in the Gathering Room and should be returned no later than March 22. Help will be needed to hide eggs at 8:30 on Palm Sunday. Thanks, Jo Jacoby NO Children’s Church School on March 29 & April 5. We will have M&M’s both Sundays.

Paxton Women's Mother's Day Card Project Pick up your Take-Home kits today! Simple gluing will make Mothers Day cards for US soldiers to send home to Mom, Grandma and Wife. Kits can be found in the Gathering Room today! Beautiful Paxton Easter Cards go on sale today in the Great Room. Paxton Women's Assn. is selling blank notes showing the church in traditional Easter splendor. If you loved our Christmas note cards, you'll love these too! The glossy, full-color cards are $2.50 each. Thanks to Cindy Mory for her photographic skills.

CHURCH SCHOOL

KIRKERS - Today - Carol Himmelright Next Week - Jo Cain SEEKERS - Today - Norm Daniels Next Week - Warren & Helen Heidelbaugh

SCHOLARSHIP

The Hazel K. Peiffer Scholarship is awarded to a confirmed, active member of Paxton Presbyterian Church who is at any point in their higher education plan. The $500 scholarship is based on need and a firm educational plan. Merit is based on the degree to which a student is personally bearing the educa-tional costs. It is administered through the Paxton Women's Association, and funded by the Peiffer Estate. Apply: Ask for an application in the Church Office. Deadline: Return application to Church Office by April 1. Questions: Barb Greenwood bosakgreenwood@hotmail.com

Jonathan Alexander Baer Scott Scholarship

In 2004, David and Kris Scott created a scholar-ship in memory of their beloved son. Jonathan Alexander Baer Scott. The scholarship’s purpose is to assist recipient(s) pursuing a formal educa-tion beyond high school. The scholarship is awarded to graduating high school senior(s) con-tinuing their education at an institution of higher learning; the recipient(s) must be a member of Paxton Presbyterian Church. The scholarship fund welcomes contributions from any interested individuals. Please see Jo Jacoby for an applica-tion, or with any questions you may have.

GIANT GIFT CARDS

There will be NO gift cards sold on Easter Sun-day. Please plan ahead.

PRAYER SQUARE

As Christians we are called to pray for everyone in a difficult time of life. To protect the privacy of those for whom we are praying we ask that permission be received before a name is placed for prayer request. We will keep the names in the Prayer Square for two weeks. If you would like them to be included longer, please call the church office or submit another request card.

Please keep the following members of Paxton in your prayers: Jack Moore, Jake & Doris Downey, Dale Williams

Prayers of the congregation are offered to the Gifford family on the passing of Rev. Brayton Gifford, past Pastor of Visitation at Paxton.

March 15 - Bryan Marut, Tom Harsha, The Lancione & Murray families, Kenneth Jack-son, Michael Swistak, Keith Stoudt, Jeanne Nelson, Conchetta Rhodes

Each week we will be praying for our brothers and sisters in Christ within our Presbytery. This week we are praying for the Monaghan Presbyterian Church in Dillsburg.

EASTER FLOWERS ORDER DEADLINE ~ March 22nd

It is time once again to place your order for special flowers to decorate our chancel on Easter Sunday. Please make a note of which plants you have ordered so that you may pick up the correct plant after the 10:00 worship on Easter, April 5th.

Lilies - $11.00____ Tulips - $11.00 ____ Daffodils - $11.00 ____

Checks may be made payable to Paxton Presbyterian Church and must ac-company this slip.

Please use the exact wording you would like in the bulletin: In Memory of: ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ In Honor of: ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Placed by: ___________________________________________________________

You are encouraged to take your plant following the 10:00 worship on Easter Sunday, as our homebound members will already have received a flower from the Deacons.

Thank you!

Number of Plants _____ Amount Enclosed_______

Want to help the

Lancione/Murray families but

don’t know how?

Blood Replenishment Drive

On Saturday, March 28, 2015 Paxton will host a blood replenishment drive from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will be held in the Great Room. You will give blood the same way you would at other blood drives. The whole process will take approximately 45 minutes.

If you would like to schedule an appoint-ment, please call 1-800-771-0059. Ref-erence this number (R221) Lancione/Murray blood drive. Jana Murray wanted a way to give back for all of the blood used in her and Garrett’s surgeries. Please help Jana make this an exceptional blood drive. Any questions please contact Gail Bur-feind at 379-0926.

PRAYER NOTES SERMON THOUGHTS SERMON HELP

Paxton Presbyterian Church Incident Report Form The Safety and Security Committee has developed a form for anyone to report incidents resulting in injury or medical care. The purpose of the form is to have a record of the inci-dent on file for insurance records and also for back up information to see if whatever inci-dent occurred was the result of something that needs to be brought to the attention of the Property Management Ministry. The forms are located in the church office next to the AED unit. If you have any questions, please contact Dave Elder or Charles Mory. In the very near future, the Safety and Security Committee will be placing three hard line phones that were donated to the church in the Parlor, one next to the water fountain in the hallway near the Gathering Room and one on the lower level in the small hallway where the Ladies Room and Men's Room are located. The phones are strictly for anyone not having a means to make an emergency call.

During the Wednesday evening worship services ( March 18 and 25) we will hold up a mirror to our-selves and look closely at our lives and discover where those tradition deadly sins of greed, lust, sloth, gluttony and pride might be hiding in plain sight. During our Lenten Sunday worship we will embrace five

traditional spiritual practices which, if we engage in them, put us in a better position to recognize and par-ticipate in the work of God’s grace in our world. Those practices are prayer, fasting, study, suffering with and for each other and providing hospitality.

Lenten Dinners

March 29, 2015 Palm Sunday

Easter Egg Hunt ~ 9:00 AM Worship ~ 10:00 AM

April 2

Maundy Thursday Worship ~ 7:30 PM

April 3 Good Friday Worship ~ 7:30 PM

April 4 Easter Vigil ~ Saturday, 9-12

April 5 Easter Sunday Sunrise Worship ~ 6:30 AM Sanctuary Worship ~ 10:00 AM

Repurpose Your Craft Supplies!

Seasons of Service mission project for April will be a craft assembly night at Paxton for Caitlyn's Smiles. Please mark your calendars for Monday, April 13th from 6-8 pm. Crafters - we are looking for the following supplies. Could you check your stash and deliver donations to the collection box by cof-fee central? Supplies don't need to be full skeins of yarn or new packs of floss or ribbon. Whatever you have is appreciated. If you don't have craft supplies but would like to help, we also need snack and sandwich size zip bags. Many thanks. > embroidery floss > safety pins – Medium and large pins only > yarn > popsicle sticks (new ones only :) > ribbon (1/4" - 5/8" wide) > chenille stems (pipe cleaners)

2015 PAXTON SOFTBALL TEAM

The Congregational Life Ministry is looking forward to field-ing this year’s softball team! Anyone interested in finding out more about the team please stop by the table in the Great Room during Sunday Snacks, or speak with Tom Nichter, Rich Lengler or Diana Robertson for more informa-tion. A sign-up sheet is located on the bulletin board outside the church office.

Spring Clean-up March 21st

Our spring clean-up will be held on Saturday, March 21st starting at 8AM. We are asking you to bring your own rake and tarp and if possible, your mulcher or lawn mower to mulch some piles. We will remove any branches and sticks and have the piles to be mulched in a specified location. We will be concentrating on the flower beds, the Grove worship area and any large piles of leaves. If there is snow still remaining or if it rains, we will move the date to March 28th. A light lunch will be provided at the completion of the event. If you have any questions, please contact Dave Elder at 979-1234.