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 Voluntary S.S. Wesley

* HYMN 473 For the Beauty of the Earth Dix

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALL TO CONFESSION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

Almighty God, we are called to be people shaped by the selfless life of Jesus. We have entertained hateful thoughts and actions, we have excluded others and added to their hurt and shame. Forgive us and show us the way of humility and reconciliation. Renew us with your Spirit and make our lives true reflections of the life of Jesus. Through your Spirit, unite us to be one in Christ, in whose name we pray.

PRAYERS OF SILENT AND INDIVIDUAL CONFESSION

  LIVE  boldly 

  SHARE  boundlessly 

  GROW  community 

  BUILD  God’s world 

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH OF ENGLEWOOD

August 12, 2018 Eleven o’clock

NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

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.

TIME WITH CHILDREN

+ 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.”)

* HYMN 357 O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee Maryton

THE WORD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

FIRST LESSON 1 Kings 19:1-8

ANTHEM He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands Bonds RAVON MIDDLEBROOKS, TENOR

SECOND LESSON Ephesians 4:25-5:2

SERMON “Provoked” Rev. Richard S. Hong

THE OFFERING

OFFERTORY Thou Shalt Break Them (from Messiah) Handel RAVON MIDDLEBROOKS, TENOR

* 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 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 376 Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Hyfrydol

* BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Soloman) Handel

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

Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) was the greandson of Charles Wesley and the son of musician Samuel Wesley. He served as organist for Exeter and Winchester cathedrals and composed exclusively for the Anglican service. The pipe organ in English churches at that time did not have pedals, so his organ music is for manuals only. Margaret Bonds (1913-1972) was one of the first African-American composers and performers to gain recognition in the United States. Born in Chicago, she was one of the few black students at Northwestern University. She went on to further studies at the Juilliard School in New York City. Living in Harlem, she frequently collaborated with Langston Hughes, and her career was dedicated to advancing the music of black composers. Georg Frederic Handel’s oratorio “Messiah” is full of colorful solos and choruses. Handel could rely on his audience knowing the Biblical passages compiled by his librettist Charles Jennens (1700-1773) and so he combines more obvious text painting with words emphasized musically to complement the text. In an aria from Part 2, “Thou shalt break them,” Handel uses an accented, descending, and jagged line in the strings, which is echoed in the voice, to underscore the image of shattering something “to pieces like a potter’s vessel.” “Messiah” wasn’t Handel’s only popular oratorio. “Solomon”, written in the spring of 1748, was premiered in London on March 17, 1749. Its three acts tell of various incidents in Solomon’s life, the third being a depiction of the visit of the Queen of Sheba to his court. He shows her his temple and palace and puts on a series of entertainments, while she in turn gives him gifts and pays tribute to his accomplishments as the oratorio ends triumphantly. The three-minute Sinfonia that introduces the third act has become famous under the title Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, a title that did not originate with Handel.

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TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS

1 Kings 19:1-8 (NRSV)

Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.” 3Then he was afraid; he got up and fled for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah; he left his servant there. 4But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.” 5Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, “Get up and eat.” 6He looked, and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again. 7The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you.” 8He got up, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

Ephesians 4:25-5:2 (NRSV) So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. 26Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27and do not make room for the devil. 28Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy. 29Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear. 30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. 31Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, 32and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.

5Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, 2and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

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WELCOME TO OUR WORSHIP

Our Lay Assistant this morning is Marcy Steele. Marcy joined First Presbyterian Church in 1984, when she and her family moved to Englewood. Marcy is currently serving as President of the Council of the Presbytery of the Palisades. Marcy participates in a Connect Group that meets monthly, enjoys singing in the chancel choir and has been active in the congregation’s work with Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County. Marcy is retired from a career in higher education administration. She has two children, Kimberly and Ian, and two granddaughters, Brynn and Kyla Sanner.

The Elders: Peter Bigler, David Bishop, Diane Christian, Eunice Dartey, Bruce Forshee, Akira Fujitsuka, Moon Han, Paul Kang, Kyung Lee, Carolyn Milne, Paul Platek, Robert Ryder, Caridad Schweizer, Hung-En Sung, 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: Muriel Brantley, Cielo Camacho, Sheila Chen, John Fraser, Miguelina Happle, J.B. Holderness, Nicole Kim, Sara Lee, Kate Matsuda, Arlene Mattis, Jean Rohloff, Lois Strauss, Philip Tamis. Co-Moderators: Sheila Chen & Rosetta Forshee Staff: Reverend Richard Hong

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

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

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

DANIELLE DE LAURENTIS - OFFICE MANAGER BETH MORRISON - OFFICE ASSOCIATE

ANALIA BROWN - BOOKKEEPER GARIN KASSIS - CUSTODIAN

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