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Welcome to Wallingford Presbyterian ChurchMembers and friends gather here each Sunday morning (and lots of times during the week!) to celebrate and serve. We rejoice that you are here with us, and hope that you’ll feel right at home. Please join us after worship for fellowship and light refreshments in our Fellowship Hall.
Please ask an usher,Visitors are always welcomed and encouraged to participate in any of our programs, activities and ministry opportunities.A Nursery is available downstairs for preschool children. Large print bulletins are available on request. If you need a little help hearing, portable listening devices are available.Restrooms are located in the Narthex and throughout the church building.Infant changing station and Quiet Room for nursing mothers is located off the NarthexActivity books for children are available in the Narthex.
We are ready to assist you.
Sunday, May 14 Wednesday, May 17 (Continued)Fifth Sunday of Easter 4:00 pm-Daisy troop 504-RR10:00 am-Worship/Sunday School 6:30 pm-GS troop 5732-B1Pastor François preaching 6:00 pm-HS Youth Group Dr. Barry Dawson & Shelly Dawson 7:00 pm-Cubs Troop 228 – B1/B5 PC(USA) Mission Co-Workers at 7:30 pm-Taize & Labyrinth with Communion Worship Thursday, May 1810:00 am-Nursery Care 6:30 pm-Boy Scout 277 Dinner-FH11:00 am-Fellowship Time 6:30 pm-Bell Choir - CR11:30 am-Nominating Committee 7:30 pm-Chancel Choir-CRMonday, May 15 Friday, May 199:30 am-LTS (last one) Saturday, May 207:30 pm-Education Council Sunday May 217:30 pm-Worship Council Sixth Sunday of EasterTuesday, May 16 10:00 am-Worship/Sunday School6:00 pm-MS Youth Group Pastor Francois preaching7:30 pm-Deacons 10:00 am-Nursery CareWednesday, May 17 11:00 am-Fellowship Time8:45 am- Breakfast Group-Court Diner 11:30 am-Music & SS Teacher Appreciation10:00 am-Fellowship of Friends-Library 11:30 am-Complex Conversations (part 2)
A community where all who seek God are Welcome…
A STEPHEN SERIES CONGREGATION
The WOW Circle for Spring: We are asking individuals or groups to make monetary contributions to purchase items to assemble Health, School, and Emergency Clean-Up Bucket kits. Kits are valued as follows: Health Kits are $17; School Kits are $17; and Emergency Clean-Up Bucket Kits are $78. Checks should be made out to Wallingford Presbyterian Church and marked “WOW Mission Kits.” Contributions can be sent to the Church Office with the deadline of June 25th. Look at the display in Fellowship Hall of items that make up the kits.
BOOK LOOK: We will be discussing “The Wright Brothers” on Tues., May 23 at 7:30 pm. Join us for a lively discussion on a well written book. Any questions, call Walt Kaminski at 610-334-2025.
TAIZE SERVICE: Please join us Wed., May 17 at 7:30 p.m. for a Taize Prayer Service. We will sing, pray, have silent meditation and share Communion. All are welcome.
CHANCEL FLOWERS: There are some openings for flower offerings on the church calendar: May 28, July 2, November 19 and December 10th. If interested, please call Pat Kelly or stop in the office. Thank you.
STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL: is just 4 weeks away - Monday, June 5th from 5:00 to 8:00. Starting Mon., May 22, items for the Attic Treasures (toys, jewelry, house hold items, books, etc.) can be dropped in the Choir Room. If you have any questions, please call Gail Weaver ([email protected]), Rachel Lindeman ([email protected]), Nancy Curtis ([email protected]) and Frank Noyes ([email protected]). This years’ proceeds go to: 10% back into the Strawberry Festival future fund, 20% to WPC youth program, 35% Chester Eastside, and 35% to 4PawsForAbility
Save the Date: INTERGENERATIONAL MINI-RETREAT, June 11, 2017. 11:30 (lunch provided) We will play some games, have fun, and get to know one another better. So plan on retreating together… Take a few hours off & spend time with family and friends at church. More info to come.
Cares and Concerns
STAFF
Rev. François Lacroix, PastorRev. Robert Ross, Associate Pastor for Christian Nurture
Kate Callahan & Holly Harrison, Youth AdvisorsElizabeth Braden, Director of Music
Pat Kelly, Church AdministratorJudith Kenworthy, Clerk of Session
Andy Yost, TreasurerWALLINGFORD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
110 E. BROOKHAVEN RD, WALLINGFORD, PENNSYLVANIA 19086WEBSITE: www.wallingfordpres.org PHONE: 610/566-1644, FAX: 610/892-0558
If you wish to give electronically from your smartphone or tablet, please scan the box at the left to go to the website where you can give to WPC via credit card
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WALLINGFORD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH5th Sunday of Easter
May 14, 2017
This morning we welcome Rev. Dr. Barry Dawson and Shelly Dawson to our worship. Rev. Dawson, supported by his spouse Shelly, serves as the regional liaison for Southeast Asia. As such, he serves as a facilitator of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in support for partner programs, relationships and activities and as an implementer of the Presbyterian World Mission strategy. The region covers Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Southeast Asia is incredibly diverse ecologically, culturally, ethnically, linguistically and religiously, yet with surprising similarities and unity. Christianity constitutes a small percentage of the population, except in the Philippines, which is predominately Roman Catholic. Much of the region’s population is Buddhist, but Indonesia has more Muslims than any other country in the world. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) maintains partnerships with churches in every country in the region. The Dawsons are supported, in part, by WPC. More information is available on the display in the Fellowship Hall.
This Monday will be our last Adult Bible Class until September. Next Monday, May 22nd, the group will be traveling to Philadelphia to witness Alawa Gali taking the oath of citizenship for the United States of America. What a joyful occasion. Everyone at WPC wishes Alawa the very best in this endeavor to become a US citizen.
THE STAFF AT WALLINGFORD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WISHES ALL MOTHER’S A VERY HAPPY DAY!
Order of WorshipGATHERING BEFORE THE WORD
WORDS OF MEDITATIONHowever many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts. – John Calvin
WELCOME, RITUAL OF FRIENDSHIP, & ANNOUNCEMENTS Please sign the black friendship pad found at the end of your pew, and then learn the names of your “pew neighbors” by passing the completed register back down the pew. Thank you.
*CALL TO WORSHIP Christ is risen!He is risen indeed!This is the Good News we received on Easter morning.And why we gather together today.Let us worship God.
*OPENING HYMN 401 Here in This Place GATHER US IN
(verses 1, 2 and 4)
A Time with Young Disciples All children are invited to come forward at this time. Parents are encouraged to accompany their younger children and sit with them. After the message, Sunday school age children will be excused with their teachers. Visiting parents with children are welcome to escort their children along with the teachers to the Sunday school classes or the church nursery. On the first & third Sundays of the month, MS/HS Students are invited to sit together near the front of the sanctuary during the service.
MUSICAL MEDITATION Meditation on “Galilee” arr. James Mansfield
CALL TO CONFESSION Scripture assures us that whoever believes in Christ will not be put to shame. Confident in this promise, let us confess our sin before God and one another.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION Loving God, your Good News offers us freedom from sin, but we confess that we don’t always live the Good News. We don’t forgive our enemies, we sometimes don’t
even forgive our friends and loved ones; we are deceitful in relationships; insincere in commitments; we gossip and share half-truths. We’re a mess.(Silent Confession)
Forgive us, Lord and lead us to your truth.Help us to accept your Word for our lives and to really try to change into the people you want us to be, for the sake of Jesus Christ. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDONFriends, once we were not a people, but now, by grace, we are God’s people. Once we did not know mercy but now, by grace, we have received mercy and forgiveness. In the name of Jesus Christ we are forgiven.Thanks be to God!
*RESPONSE Gloria PatriGlory 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.
ENCOUNTERING GOD’S WORD
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATIONLord, as we listen to your Word, open our hearts and minds to the power of your Spirit. Lead us out of our darkness into your marvelous light. Amen.
SCRIPTURE READING Acts 7:55-60, 1 Peter 2:2-10
ANTHEM Come Adore This Wondrous Presence Paul RitchieCome adore this wondrous presence, bow to Christ the source of grace.Here is kept the ancient promise of God’s earthly dwelling place.Sight is blind before God’s glory, faith alone may see His face.
Glory be to God the Father, praise to His coequal son,Adoration to the Spirit, bond of love, in Godhead one.Blest be God by all creation joyously while ages run.
(Tantum Ergo, text by Thomas Aquinas)
GOSPEL READING John 14:1-14
SERMON Healing Troubled Hearts Pastor Francois
*HYMN 800 Sometimes a Light Surprises Sally Gardens
RESPONDING TO THE WORD
MOMENT FOR MISSION – Rev. Dr. Barry Dawson and Shelly Dawson, Mission Co-workers in South East Asia
CALL TO STEWARDSHIP
OFFERTORY The Lord’s My Shepherd arr. Todd Kendall
*DOXOLOGYPraise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God all creatures here below; Praise
God above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
PRAYER OF DEDICATIONGracious God, receive the gifts we bring in gratitude for your astounding goodness. Make our lives to be an acceptable offering we pray. Amen.
SHARING OUR JOYS AND CONCERNSPASTORAL PRAYER, SILENT PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYEROur 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.
*CLOSING HYMN 625 How Great Thou Art HOW GREAT THOU ART
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE Fantasy on “When Morning Gilds the Skies” arr. Dan Edwards
Please join us for friendship and refreshments in the Fellowship Hall, following this service of worship.
*Those who are able, please stand.“Words and music printed for the hymns, Reprinted under OneLicense.net #A71731.”
The chancel flowers are to the Glory of God, in memory of Florence & Nicholas J. Rizzio, Jr., parents of Lynne Morton.
Thank you Heather & Anna Warley for helping to lead worship and to all who assisted with the worship service this morning, those volunteering to usher, and to those assisting with
fellowship time today.