THE GATHERING

The service of worship begins with the prelude; quiet is requested as you enter the sanctuary and prepare for worship. 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 Partita on “What God Ordains is Always Right” Pachelbel

* HYMN 489 Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty Unser Herrscher

* CALL TO WORSHIP (based on Psalm 67):

Leader: May God be gracious to us

People: May God’s face shine upon us

Leader: Let people of all nationalities be glad and sing for joy

People: Let the peoples of the world praise You

Leader: May God continue to bless us

People: Let all people worship You, O God!

INTROIT J.S. Bach

Christ Jesus lay in death’s strong bands for our offenses given; But now at God’s right hand Christ stands and brings us life from heaven. Therefore let us joyful be and sing to God right thankfully loud songs of Alleluia!

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH OF ENGLEWOOD

May 1, 2016 Eleven o’clock

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

MINUTE FOR MISSION FOR THE YOUTH TRIENNIUM

MISSION UPDATE: JAN HUS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. Beverly Dempsey CALL TO CONFESSION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

Lord Jesus, you promised the wonderful gift of your peace. Yet so often we prefer to hold on to our insecurities and fears rather than take hold of peace. You promise us so much, yet we put our faith in what we can possess and control. When we seek our identity in anything other than you, forgive us. When our anxieties and fears are stronger than our belief in your promises, forgive us. Through the transforming power of the Holy Spirit, help us to let go of all that hinders our acceptance of your peace and your love and your very life. This we pray in your name.

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 Hymnal No. 579 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.

* 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.”)

TIME WITH CHILDREN

* HYMN 261 God of Compassion, in Mercy Befriend Us O Quanta Qualia 

+ Children leave for Church School. Youth remain for worship.+

THE WORD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

FIRST LESSON Revelation 22:1-5

ANTHEM If Ye Love Me Thomas Tallis

If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father and he will give you another comforter that he my bide with you forever. Even the Spirit of Truth.

SECOND LESSON Acts 16:9-15

SERMON “TBD” Rev. Richard S. Hong

THE OFFERING

OFFERTORY Peace I Leave With You Pelz

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. – JOHN 14:27

* THE DOXOLOGY WITH ALLELUIAS Lasst uns erfreuen

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

PASTORAL PRAYER & 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.

THE SENDING OUT

* HYMN 539 Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name We Raise Ellers

* BENEDICTION

* CHORAL AMEN

POSTLUDE Invention in F Bach

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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TODAYS MUSIC

Johann Pachelbel ((1653-1706) was the last important Middle Baroque composer. His career centered around Nurnberg, and he is credited with bringing Italian influences to organ chorales and preludes. His students included J.S. Bach’s older brother. Thomas Tallis (1505-85) is considered one of England’s greatest composers. Together with fellow Roman Catholic William Byrd, he held an exclusive patent on composing church music for the reformed Anglican Church for 21 years. He composed both Latin and English works, but his setting of the English language was notable for its naturalness. Walter L. Pelz (b. 1926) was Professor of Music at Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas, and is a composer, choral director, organist, and educator. He composed over 200 published works, including verses and offertories, anthems, solos, cantatas, hymns, choral symphonies, and organ works—many with instruments. He is a member of the AGO and a charter member of the ALCM, where he received the "Faithful Servant" award in 2015. When J.S. Bach was preparing to apply for the position at the Church of St. Thomas, he knew that he would have to prove his ability as a teacher. He had been a very successful teacher of a number of private pupils (including his own children), and he had produced valuable teaching materials for them. There is evidence that around this time he choose to assemble some of these materials into published collections as a way of strengthening his application. Thus in 1722 he produced the Well-Tempered Clavier (which we now know as Volume I, another set came along later), and the collection of two-part Inventions and three-part Sinfonias (also referred to as “three-part inventions”). Since virtually all piano students for the next two centuries have played at least some of these works, we might assume that their principal purpose was as finger exercises—teaching young keyboardists to play two (and later three) lines with an independence and flair that would bring the music to life. However, Bach’s preface to the entire series indicates that his goal begins with performance and moves on to provide models for composition.

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TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS

Revelation 22:1-5 (NRSV) Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him; 4they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever. Acts 16:9-15 (NRSV) During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10When he had seen the vision, we immediately tried to cross over to Macedonia, being convinced that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them. 11We set sail from Troas and took a straight course to Samothrace, the following day to Neapolis, 12and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city for some days. 13On the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had gathered there. 14A certain woman named Lydia, a worshiper of God, was listening to us; she was from the city of Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth. The Lord opened her heart to listen eagerly to what was said by Paul. 15When she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my home.” And she prevailed upon us.

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WELCOME TO OUR WORSHIP

Ushers for this Sunday’s service are: Beneranda Baez, Captain Nelson Baez Patience Okorie Beverly Rhinehart Candy Urena Our Lay Assistant this morning is Kristen Fender. Kristen works at Movado in the Finance Department as a logistics analyst, she is in charge of Point of Sale display inventory worldwide. She enjoys watching tennis, dancing, and getting together with friends. She and her husband, Jonathan, were married at FPC on May 25, 2014. Both are graduates of FPU. The couple are about to celebrate their 2nd wedding anniversary, and are looking forward to traveling on a couple mini vacations they have planned throughout the summer. They currently reside in Dumont, NJ.

The Elders: Richard Bennett, Peter Bigler, David Bishop, Diane Christian, Linda Farrell, Ulah Fields, T.K. Lau, Kyung Lee, Carolyn Milne, Paul Platek, Jill Strawbridge Bello, Robert Ryder, Carol Schulzrinne, 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, Bruce Forshee, Rosetta Forshee, John Fraser, Akira Fujitsuka, Audrey Harrison, Linda Heitner, Emily Kahn, Joshua Kahn, Nicole Kim, Kate Matsuda, Sara Lee, Charlene Niland, Beverly Rhinehart, Jeff Spady. Co-Moderators: Paul Kang & Caridad Schweizer Staff: Reverend Richard Hong & Dorothy VanderWerf

CHILD CARE AVAILABLE: NURSERY and TODDLERS AGES 0-4 in Room 207.

CHURCH SCHOOL 5 YEAR OLDS THROUGH 5TH GRADE in Room 206. Both rooms are across from the Auditorium.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Today at Coffee & Conversation at the Manse is the TRIENNIUM FUNDRAISER to send our 3 FPC teenagers to a summer Presbyterian Leadership Conference in Indiana where more than 3,500 Presbyterian teenagers will gather. Join us for a fun and delicious time of hot dogs and ice cream sundaes with a free will offering to help them meet their immediate $1,000 April fundraising goal. Deacons sponsor a BLOOD DRIVE today at the church, next to the Manse. Community Blood Services will have the Bloodmobile there from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Deacons Charlene Niland and John Fraser will be hosting so stop by and give blood to save lives. We had 9 CROP Walkers for Hunger from our church last Sunday who enjoyed walking on such a beautiful day. Eight churches participated with about 40 Walkers in all. We also had 7 from our church who helped make it happen! Thank you for serving and sharing! FPC FUNDRAISER: SATURDAY MAY 7TH AT MANHATTAN BAGEL in Englewood - Let's get hungry! On May 7th from 6:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Manhattan Bagel is donating ALL profits at the store to FPC. The owners, Kareem, Perry and Akram, are awesome community supporters and we hope you'll stop in to share a warm hello with them. Plan to be VERY hungry on Saturday May 7th and help us spread the word to your networks and communities! Pastor Rich and Pastor Kellie plan to be there all day (and eat as many bagels as their bodies allow them.) MISSION TALKBACK Sunday May 15th 12:30 p.m.: Join us as we hear from FPC’s Andy Bello, David Johnson and Connie Taylor about their March trip to Cuba. During their 7-day trip they visited and worked with the Seminary and two sister Churches in Cardenas in the Province of Mantanzas. *We are currently confirming the location at either Dwight Englewood or FPC Manse.

MOBILIZE FOR MISSION: “Stuff the Closet” May Clothing Collection - On Sunday May 1st, FPC we will hear from one of our mission partners, Jan Hus Presbyterian Church. Their pastor, Rev. Beverly Dempsey, will share a Minute for Mission about the congregation's Urban Outreach Center (UOC) and their church plant, Neighborhood Esperanza. THEN: Let’s Stuff Their Closets! One of the UOC’s programs provides free clothing for hundreds of men, women and children each week. As we move through spring, their closets are becoming bare. So, let’s help the homeless get a fresh start! Look for the RED BIN in the Church Manse at Sunday Coffee & Conversation. There you can drop off your donations of gently used men’s, women’s and children's clothes. Key items for both men and women include:

Socks Clean undergarments Pants and shirts Children always look for princesses and superheroes :-).

*Save the Date Tuesday June 14 at 5:30 p.m.: FPC heads to Jan Hus in NYC to deliver these items and feed the homeless. Upcoming Mission Save the Dates May 15: Mission Talkback: Cuba, 12:30 p.m. June 13: Information Meeting for Habitat Summer Build at FPC, 6:30 p.m. June 14: Feed the Homeless at NYC’s Jan Hus Presbyterian Church July 23: FPC Habitat for Humanity Summer Build CAN YOU VOLUNTEER: Coffee & Conversation Coordinators - Able to assist picking up bagels and prepping food for after worship? Its easy! We are seeking help for May 22, June 5, 19 and 26. Please email Pastor Kellie to sign up at Kellie@englewood.pres  FPC FIRE RECOVERY THANK YOU UPDATE: FPC is blessed to have received well wishes, financial contributions and food donations from many organizations. This week our FPC staff will finalize a system and database to keep these relationships strong and thank every person and organization who reached out to us. Also, look for an update next week about the launch of our 3-year FPC Fire Recovery campaign. FPC WORSHIP SCHEDULE FOR MAY: 11 a.m.: Dwight Englewood High School, 315 East Palisade Avenue, Englewood. Worship is in Hajjar Auditorium (look for the Bulldog statue.) Enter off of Woodland Avenue and you can drop off or park near the Bulldog Statue. 12:30 p.m. Coffee & Conversation at FPC Church Manse.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 150 EAST PALISADE AVENUE, ENGLEWOOD, NJ 07631

(201) 568-7373 www.englewoodpres.org

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

THE REVEREND KELLIE ANDERSON-PICALLO - DIRECTOR OF MISSION STRATEGY DR. DAVID MACFARLANE - ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER DOROTHY VANDERWERF - DIRECTOR OF CARE MINISTRIES

DANIELLE DE LAURENTIS - OFFICE MANAGER LIZ GIRVIN-MARCUS - OFFICE ASSISTANT

MARY STEVENS - BOOKKEEPER JOHN REYNOLDS - CUSTODIAN

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