Collingswood Presbyterian Church

October 26, 2014

30 Fern Avenue , Collingswood, New Jersey 08108

Telephone: 856-854-4523 ♦ Fax: 856-854-4460

Website: www.collingswoodpres.com

E-mail: collspres@verizon.net

The Rev. Dr. Katherine G. Killebrew, Pastor

William Powell, Director of Music

Gretchen Kolecki, Director of Christian Education

Janis Danielewicz, Secretary

Chris Keeley, Custodian

COLLINGSWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY

October 26, 2014 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ASSEMBLE IN GOD’S NAME

Silent Prayer

Every generation has found its home in you, God our provider,

and discovered that every moment spent in your holy presence

lasts beyond all imaginable time. Lord make us more holy. Amen

Welcome and Announcements

We welcome you in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ! Please sign the

guest book in the narthex so we can send you a welcome packet.

Gathering of Prayer Concerns and Joys

Please raise your hand to share your joys or concerns to be included in

the prayers of the people this day. You may also write your concern on

the pink sheets and hand to the Pastor. Please mail a prayer card from

the narthex to your loved one.

Minute For Stewardship Keith and Peggy Haines

Centering Music

(*Please stand for items marked with an asterisk. GTG is the purple “Glory to

God” hymnal. STF is the “Sing the Faith” smaller blue hymnal)

Call to Worship

L: We are invited to share in Christ's ministry of compassion.

P: We will widen our hearts so we might cradle the lost.

L: We are challenged to learn more about God each day.

P: We will open our minds so we might discern God's dreams for us.

L: We are summoned to let the Spirit be planted within us.

P: We will deepen our souls so we might grow in love.

*Hymn - “A Mighty Fortress is Our God” GTG # 275

*Prayer of Confession Leader: We have been entrusted with the message of the gospel, but

all too often act as if the memos from sin and death have more influence in our lives. Let us confess our sins, so we might know God's great love for us. ALL : O God our healer, we stand on the edge of your promises and hopes, yet cannot seem to let ourselves cross over into the life you intend for us. We seek praise from our families, yet are unable to tell them how much we love them; we care more about our needs and desires, than for the struggles of our neighbors; we think more about the trash we read and see than focusing on the Spirit of wisdom.

Forgive us, Everlasting God. Renew our lives with your grace; restore our hopes with your vision of tomorrow; refresh our spirits with your joy which comes to us new in each moment in the gift of your Child, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

*Words of Assurance L: This moment, this morning, this day, and in all the days to come,

God's compassion and hope fill our lives. What joyous good news!

P: Our hope is not in vain. God forgives our sins, and is the dwelling

place for all people. Thanks be to God. Amen.

*Response “You are Holy” GTG #705

(choir sings once then congregation joins)

You are holy… You are mighty... You are worthy…Worthy of praise.

I will follow… I will listen… I will love you… All of my days.

*Sharing of the Peace

Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.

People: And also with you.

PROCLAIM GOD’S WORD

Children’s Sermon

(Children in Pre-K-5th grade will follow Mrs. Kolecki out

and can be picked up in the dining room after service.

Anthem -

Old Testament Lesson: Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18

Psalm 1:1-6 (responsive)

L: Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the

P: but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they

meditate day and night.

L: They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in

its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper.

P: The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

L: Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgement,

nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;

P: or the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,

but the way of the wicked will perish.

*Hymn - “ “Come and Fill our Hearts” GTG # 466 (sing 3 times)

Come and fill our hearts with your peace.

You alone, O Lord, are holy.

Come and fill our hearts with your peace. Alleluia!

Gospel Lesson: Matthew 22:34-46

Sermon: “Everything Now is Holy” the Rev. Dr. Katherine G. Killebrew

*Affirmation of Faith - Brief Statement of Faith of the PCUSA

Leader: We trust in God the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life. People: The Spirit justifies us by grace through faith, sets us free to accept ourselves and to love God and neighbor, and binds us together with all believers in the one body of Christ, the Church. Leader: The same Spirit who inspired the prophets and apostles rules our faith and life in Christ through Scripture, engages us through the Word proclaimed, claims us in the waters of baptism, feeds us with the bread of life and the cup of salvation, and calls women and men to all ministries of the Church. People: In a broken and fearful world the Spirit gives us courage to pray without ceasing, to witness among all peoples to Christ as Lord and Savior, to unmask idolatries in Church and culture, to hear the voices of peoples long silenced, and to work with others for justice, freedom, and peace. Leader: In gratitude to God, empowered by the Spirit, we strive to serve Christ in our daily tasks and to live holy and joyful lives, People : even as we watch for God's new heaven and new earth, praying, Come, Lord Jesus!

GO IN GOD’S NAME

*Hymn: “ Take Time to be Holy” GTG #

*Benediction

Organ Response

*Postlude

Offering

“Let us come to this time of giving not out of guilt, but in anticipation

of the good we can do and of the joy to be experienced both by us

and by those whom we help. May our offerings and our lives bear

testimony to the purpose of God revealed in Jesus Christ. “ -Lavon Baylor

Offertory

*Song of Dedication - “Give Thanks With a Grateful Heart” STF #2036 Give thanks with a grateful heart, give thanks to the Holy One, give thanks because he’s given Jesus Christ his Son. And now let the weak say, “I am strong”; let the poor say, “I am rich because of what the Lord has done for us.” Give thanks!

*Prayer of Dedication

Prayers of the People Leader: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you.

Leader: Let us pray. Prayers of Praise, Thanksgiving, and Intercession. All: 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, for ever. Amen.

GO IN GOD’S NAME

*Hymn: “Lord Make us More Holy” GTG #313

*Benediction

* Organ Response

* Postlude “Holy Now” by Peter Mayer

When I was a boy, each Sunday we would go to church

Pay attention to the priest and he would read the holy word

Consecrate the holy bread -everyone would kneel and bow

Today the only difference is that Everything is holy now

Everything - everything- everything is holy now

When I was in Sunday School, we would learn about the time

Moses split the sea in two, Jesus made the water wine

I remember feeling sad miracles don’t happen still

Now I can’t keep track because everything’s a miracle

Everything -everything –everything is holy now

Wine from water is not so small

An even better magic trick is that anything is here at all.

So the challenging thing becomes not to look for a miracle-

but finding where there isn’t one.

When holy was rare at best , I barely wet my fingertips

Now I have to hold my breath like I’m swimming in a sea of it

Used to be a world half there,

Heaven’s second rate hand me down

But I walk it with a reverent air because everything is holy now

Everything -everything -everything is holy now.

Sunday, October 26, 2014 Large print bulletins and hymnals are available for your convenience.

If you have difficulty hearing, personal amplifiers are available in the narthex.

Parents, please pick up a worship activity bag for your children. Please return the bags to the narthex after the service.

PLEASE BRING THE HEARING AIDES BACK TO THE DEACON OF THE DAY.

If you are a visitor, please sign the Fellow-ship book in the narthex so we know you are here! Please join us for coffee fellowship in

the lounge. Welcome!

Sunday School: Children should follow Mrs. Kolecki out after the Children’s Sermon. You may pick your children up in dining room after the service.

Nursery is down the hallway past the lounge and is for children aged birth to 3 years old. Our nursery workers are Madeline Almand, Brie Lynch, and Natalie Sperlunto. Parents are invited to sign-up in the nursery to come in and do an activity such as a song, read a book, or other activity with the older nursery children.

for your service!

Reader: Noha Khoury, seminary intern

Deacon of the Day: Lorrie Heuser

Greeters: Martha Jane Caldwell Bates

Flowers: Given in memory of Carmen Striewski by his wife,

Dottie and family.

Sunday School:

Last week in Sunday School we learned about the Pony Express and

the Heifer fund. Today in Sunday School we will be learning about toler-

ance and differences with Spookley the Square Pumpkin. We will also be

decorating pumpkin cookies for our Halloween Party. We will also discuss

Trick or Treat for Unicef. You may pick your children up in the Dining

Room after service.

Please see Gretchen Kolecki, Director of Christian Education to

sign up to teach/help with the Sunday School Program.

There is also a sign-up sheet outside the Director of

Christian Ed.’s door. Dates available are: 11/2, 11/9,

11/16, 11/23.

Youth:

There IS Youth Group tonight! Tonight is our

Halloween Party. Come on, and be fun and wear

an appropriate costume to Youth Group. There

will be frighteningly good snacks and fun!!

Also, go on to the Collingswood Presbyterian Youth Group Facebook

page to see the pictures of our individual reasons why we are here. This

week we will decide why we are here as a youth group and what our mis-

sion is. Please sign up to bring snack and as a parent helper through the

link for SignUp Genius that was emailed to all parents.

If you Middle School aged Youth Group member is attending

the 12/5-12/7 Johnsonburg Retreat, please have your deposit of

$50 in by October 26, 2014

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT CPC THIS WEEK?

Sun., 10/26 10:30 am - Worship

11:00 am - Breakfast Club (gr. 6-8)- Bell Room

11:30 Fellowship Time- lounge

12:00 - WMA Committee Meeting - Pastor’s Office

6:30 - 8:00 - Youth Group

Wed., 10/29 10:30 - 11:30 am - Grow Group at CPC - Lounge

11:00 am - Staff Meeting

5:30 pm - Intermediate Bell Choir practice

6:15 pm - Advanced Youth Bell Choir

7:30 pm - Adult Bell Choir Practice

Thurs., 10/23 7:00 pm - Choir practice

Sat. 11/1 6:00-8:00 pm Boot Scootin’ Dance

Sun., 11/2 Pony Express bags return to CPC!

10:30 am - Worship

6:30 - 8:00 pm - Youth Group

WEEKLY COMMUNITY USE

Spring of Life Church:

Sunday - 1:00 - 2:30 pm - Sanctuary (& nursery)

2:30- 5:00 pm Dining room

Wed. & Fri. - 8:00 - 9:30 pm - Jr. Rm.

Toddler Play Group

Tue. & Wed. - 9:30 -11:30 am. - Nursery

Girl Scouts #30514 - Wed. 10/29 - 6:00 - 7:45 pm - Jr. Dept.

Session Highlights

The finance committee reported that members are paying up their pledges and giving is running about the same as it was last year at this time. Our investments continue to be used to support our ministry.

The Pony Express Program has been organized and begins on Sunday October 19.

Christian Education Committee reported that a group of seven members are exploring the possibilities of expanding our chil-dren's educational programs to reach out to children and youth in our community. The session voted to move forward with these programs. The congregation will hear of these plans in more detail at a meeting to be scheduled for later this fall. We are very excited about this new opportunity to involve our younger members and reach out to serve our community.

The Property committee reported that they are continuing to assess the heating, AC, and electric needs of our building. We have qualified for a new electric service and have already saved $128.00 last month in electricity bills. A state program is paying for Concord Engineering Company to review our building needs.

We approved fundraisers for the youth group to raise money for their summer mission trip. The middle school youth will travel to Johnsonburg December 5th to 7th for a retreat.

Confirmation class taught by Pastor Kate begins in October. Adult Grow Groups taught by local Presbyterian pastors began

this month. The Session voted to make available the unused pews for

church members and the community for a donation to the church. See Barry Longmire if you are interested in one (or two!). You must transport.

Host lunch with Noha!

Please offer to have Noha Khoury be your guest for lunch on Sun-days!

Available dates: Dec. 7, 14, Jan. 11

There is a sign up sheet in the back of the church.

Please check the flower book in the Narthex and sign

up to dedicate the flowers in the church to honor, or

in memory of, a loved one.

Flowers are needed for 11/2, 11/30, Dec. 7, 14, 28

The Children’s Choir will be meeting again this

Sunday at 10 am in the bell choir room on the

2nd floor. Children ages 5+ are welcome.

Please join us. We need more voices!!!

The Pony Express Riders are moving their saddle bags

from house to house ! Thanks to all who are

working on making our Stewardship Campaign a suc-

cess!. Special thanks to all who helped with our chili and mac and

cheese cookoff last Sunday. Special thanks to Cowgirl Corso

for bringing the ponies!

DON’T MISS THE BOOT SCOOTIN’ DANCE on Saturday

November 1, in the gym. Fun for the whole family! 6-8pm

KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS

Birthdays:

Anniversaries:

Seminarians: Chris McNabb, Richard Aylor, and Noha Khoury

Those who serve in government, our military personnel, & those who

work in other countries.

Our country, our president, and our leaders

Our troops in Afghanistan and around the world

Military personnel - Jennifer Riippa

Jessica Lowden - working in Ghana

Those at home or in a care facilities

Elizabeth Baggett Harry Binder Robert Johnson

Dorothy Varnum Jean Waitz

Pray for Health and Wellness

Ray Burns Frank Griffin Sam Jang Do-Soon

Bob Lowden Carol Rowand Jay Sills

Darla Hartman Rich Smith Colleen Ellis

Jeffrey Patterson Bob Whenna Rachel Minnick

Steven Salmon Marion Mills Art Moffett

Kristin Schell Jean Fink Muriel Haines

Please pick up a prayer card in the narthex and mail it to these loved ones

for whom we pray.

Rev. Debby Brincivalli & Staff of West Jersey Presbytery

The Victory First Presbyterian Church of Atlantic City

Our PCUSA mission in Oslo

Juan G. Hall Presbyterian Church, Cardenas, Cuba

Njikob Presbyterian Church, Cameroon

If you are going into the hospital or would like a pastoral visit, please call or

have a family member call the church office or one of the deacons or elders.

If you don’t call, we are going to assume you don’t want a visit!

Please remember to fill out a new pink form. with each update for the prayer list.

CHURCH STAFF AND OFFICERS - 2014 The Rev. Dr. Katherine G. Killebrew, Pastor

William Powell, Director of Music Gretchen Kolecki, Director of Christian Ed Janis Danielewicz, Church Secretary Chris Keeley, Custodian

Maryann Kelly, Bookkeeper

THE SESSION

(Meets second Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m.) Melissa Corso, Clerk of Session

Candace Lowden, President, Board of Trustees Barbara Bockmann, Financial Secretary & Treasurer

BOARD OF DEACONS

(Meets first Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.) Lorrie Heuser, Moderator Tom Wolfe, Vice-Moderator Karen Mazak, Secretary Martha Jane Caldwell Bates, Treasurer

[Terms begin Feb 1 of each year or upon Ordination/Installation] Rev. 7/1/14

Class of 2014 Class of 2015 Class of 2016

Keith Haines Mike Amato Jennifer Giordano

Melissa Corso Jeff Hirt

Candace Lowden Karen Schuehler

Committees of Session Chair

Christian Growth Keith Haines & Karen Schuehler

Finance and Stewardship Jeff Hirt

Mission and Outreach Moderator

Congregational Life Jennifer Giordano

Memorial Candace Lowden

Personnel Melissa Corso

Nominating Candace Lowden

Property Mike Amato

Worship and Arts Moderator

Class of 2014 Class of 2015 Class of 2016

Lorrie Heuser Louanna Sills Tom Wolfe

Jane Trent Martha Caldwell-Bates Jean Harle

Erica Werner Karen Mazak Richard Herzog

Our Vision Statement (What we want to be)

We seek to become:

A church that witnesses to the community

and the world by sharing and demonstrating our relationship

with Christ.

A church that encourages all people to know God’s great love

revealed in Jesus Christ.

A church that faithfully listens for God’s will for our lives and

our community

A community of God that is an open, inviting, caring family of

faith where all are embraced, accepted and loved.

Our Mission Statement

(How we will accomplish this vision)

The Collingswood Presbyterian Church Congregation, as part of the

Christian Church, Presbyterian Church USA, is called to Worship and

Serve the Lord by:

Constantly seeking renewal through God’s Grace and Wisdom.

Welcoming and reaching out to all of God’s community.

Providing for education in Christian and Presbyterian principles

Ministering to everyone through community and worldwide

mission.

Sharing the Christian message as expressed in the Gospel.