July 28, 2013

10th Sunday after Pentecost

10:00am

The people came to the porch of the Lord God!

--2 Chronicles 29: 17

Preparing for Gods Word

Hearing Gods Word

A WELCOME and ANNOUNCEMENTS SPECIAL MUSIC: Your Grace Still Amazes Me Craig-Harrington Trio: Lisa Headley, Nick Mercado & Margaret Powers PRAYER for ILLUMINATION OUR SCRIPTURE THIS WEEK: Acts 15 --excerpts SERMON: Those Thank-You Notes! --Rev. Paul Tuttle The congregation read the letter together!

ORGAN PRELUDE: Higher Ground Gabriel *CALL TO WORSHIP: Gods love is so great that even the worst sinner can become a saint in the church. We praise God for love and forgiveness which transforms sinners into saints! That transformation is Gods gift to all who will let Jesus intervene in their lives with salvation. Thanks be to God whose Son Jesus Christ breaks into our lives with forgiveness! Come, let us sing and follow after our Lord, Jesus! *HYMN #2G O Worship the King *CALL TO and PRAYER of CONFESSION: By faith we come to You, O Lord God, believing You can transform our sinful ways into loyal service in Your kingdom, just like you did for St. Paul from Tarsus. We pray for Your forgiveness to destroy our indifference and disobedience to Your will. Enable us to bear witness with our lives to a similar resurrection experience with our Lord Jesus. In His name, we continue to confess ... (silent, personal confession) *ASSURANCE of PARDON & GLORIA PATRI *AFFIRMATION of FAITH: Apostles Creed (back)

Responding to Gods Word

*HYMN #670G O Word of God Incarnate SHARING Our Joys & Concerns PASTORAL PRAYER & Our Lords Prayer (debts) PRESENTATION of TITHES and OFFERINGS OFFERTORY: Arioso Bach *DOXOLOGY (#544) *PRAYER of DEDICATION *HYMN #667G God Has Spoken by the Prophets *BENEDICTION SEATED for SILENT REFLECTION ORGAN POSTLUDE: Triumphant Finale * indicates when to stand
G- refers to our Green hymnal Worship & Rejoice

Bliss

The Mission of the Month for July is Cornerstone Womens Resource Centers. Please keep this ministry in your prayers. Cornerstone Womens Resource Centers is a thriving Crisis pregnancy center in various locations in Salem and Cumberland Counties. Sue Smith is the executive director and is the daughter in law of our own Fay Smith. Here is a note Sue sent us: An ultrasound picture is worth a thousand words-and a few tears-as a young mother sees her unborn baby for the first time and decides she will give him life; school students learn about healthy relationships; many clients are hearing the Gospel message some for the first time; and a healing journey for pregnancy loss begins. For more information go to info@cornerstonewrc.org. There are 12 assisted listening devices available for people to better hear the worship service. They are located in a basket in the narthex. CD copies of our worship service are also available every Sunday in the narthex. Check out our website for the weekly Bulletin and Insert. Our Facebook page can be found at: Pittsgrove Presbyterian Church Thanks to everyone who came forward to volunteer for Disciples Pantry. Your contact information has been passed on to the scheduling coordinator who will be contacting you as needed in the near future. If anyone else is interested in volunteering please see Stephanie Ale.

This months Officer Leaders: elder, Jeff String; deacon, Joyce Guiliano; trustee, Patrick Sheehan; Our liturgist is Lisa Headley. The greeters are Margie Hetzer & Evie Williams. Nursery Coordinator, Victoria Neill Mission Statement: In the Name of Christ: Sowing, GROWing, and Serving. Vision Statement: We are GROWing, Growing in Faith, Reaching others for Christ, Offering opportunities for mission, Worshipping the Lord with our whole, burning hearts. If you are visiting with us today we warmly welcome you! Please feel free to contact Rev. Paul Tuttle with any questions or pastoral needs. Rev. Tuttle can be reached at the Pastor cell (856) 305-4421, or revtutt@gmail.com. You can contact Jill Stout, our secretary/treasurer at (856) 358-1104 or jstout312@comcast.net. Please note: During the summer months, the churchs office hours will be only 3 days per week Tuesday thru Thursday from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. Communion via intinction will be celebrated Sunday, August 11th.

We welcome with pleasure all who have come to worship. Let us joyfully open our hearts to God and to one another.

"On Paul's Porch" -- a summer 2013 Bible Study on home-made video. To view weekly lessons, go to either: www.facebook.com and go to "Pittsgrove Presbyterian Church" page; or go to www.vimeo.com and go to: "RevPaul Tuttle" page, to choose which video lesson you want to view. If trouble, let Pastor Paul know. Salem County Fair: We are looking for volunteers to run the booth on Aug. 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th. Two hour time slots would be appreciated. To volunteer you can contact Ed Forsman (856-7694741, cell 609-202-4803), Stephanie Ale (609-217-4964), or you can use the sign up sheet in the narthex. Thank you in advance! We want to reach out to our community with Jesus love, please help us in this outreach effort. Please note: Margie Ware has permanently moved to HCR Manor Care. If you would like to send her a card or stop by for a visit her address is: HCR Manor Care c/o Margaret Ware, Room 204 550 Jessup Road West Deptford, NJ 08066 It is never too early to start writing for the next newsletter any articles can be submitted to Jill at any time. We are hoping for an early September issue.

Prayer Requests: Debbie Covey (Oak Gandys daughter), Brenda (Hackett) Halls daughter, Jill (friend of Jane String), Tom Buckingham, David Sickler, Georgia Williams, Charlie Hitchner, Sara Williams (Lee Williams Jr.s wife), Thomas & Paula Hackett (Dick Hacketts brother and sister-in-law), Doris Miller, Stanley Prickitt, Margie Ware, Zoni Robinson (friend of Kitty Lamb), and Diane Reichert. Please note: There is a notebook in the narthex to write down prayer requests. Rev. Tuttle will utilize this information during the time of our prayers. Please include the individuals name and address if possible. Local food banks such as Disciples Pantry in Woodstown and Peters Pantry in Elmer continue to be in need of items. This need will greatly increase in the summer when children are out of school and no longer have access to school lunches. Items in need include canned potatoes, instant potatoes, rice, cereal, canned meats, canned fruit, peanut butter, jelly (strawberry), spaghetti sauce, pasta, soup, tea, etc. Please leave your contribution in the box marked in the narthex and we will make sure it gets there. If you would like to make a monetary donation you can use the white envelopes in the pews. Thank you in advance! What a blessing!! We are pleased to announce that to date, we have collected $14,930 to repair the sanctuary windows. The work should begin by the end of July. Thank you to all of those who donated!!

If one member rejoices or suffers, all members rejoice or suffer together! --1 Corinthians 12:26

The flowers this morning are presented in honor of Joe & Peg Laymans 67th wedding anniversary by their family. Congratulations Joe & Peg!!!

THE APOSTLES CREED I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

Pittsgrove Presbyterian Church Daretown, New Jersey

Rev. Paul Tuttle, Interim Pastor Dominic Mercado, Director of Music Margaret A. Powers, Organist Jill Stout, Secretary Randy Beebe, Sexton website: www.daretownpres.org

(856) 358-1104

And Jesus was walking and teaching in the Porch of Solomon!

--John 10: 23