PARKWAY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

“The friendly church with a place for you”

505 S. Tyndall Parkway
Panama City, Florida 32404
850-785-7081
OUR DAY OF WORSHIP

THEME FOR THE DAY: The third covenant in this year’s Lenten readings is the central
one of Israel’s history: the gift of the law to those God freed from slavery. The Ten
Commandments are one of the chief parts of the catechism, a core piece of baptismal
instruction. They begin with the statement that because God alone has freed us from
the powers that oppressed us, we are to let nothing else claim first place in our lives.
When Jesus throws the merchants out of the temple, he is defending the worship of
God alone and rejecting the ways commerce and profit-making can become our gods.

WE WELCOME ALL who are in worship this morning, especially those who might be
our guests. If you are looking for a Church Home, we ask that you consider Parkway
and speak with the Pastor. We are in the Epiphany Season leading us toward the
Season of Lent.

CALL TO WORSHIP

L / Heaven is declaring God’s glory; the sky is proclaiming God’s handiwork.

C / One day gushes the news to the next,
L / and one night informs another what needs to be known.
C / There is no speech; there are no words;
L / their voices cannot be heard by us.
C / Yet their sound extends throughout the world;

All / their words reach the ends of the earth!

PRAYER OF THE DAY

L / Holy God, through your Son you have called us to live faithfully and act
courageously. Keep us steadfast in your covenant of grace, and teach us the wisdom
that comes only through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with
you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C / Amen.
 Mission Statement
We are a nurturing church family, believing and witnessing
to the Gospel of God’s love by sharing our faith in Jesus Christ
and ministering to the needs of the community and world.
March 5, 2018 –
Third Sunday in Lent
www.parkwaypcfl.org
Our Saints Serving This Sunday
Elder of the Month: Mary Lou Edwards
Lay Assistant: Joe Brown
Children’s Church Leader: Sherl Morden

All hymns & liturgy in this bulletin are used by permission from copyrights
purchased by Parkway Presbyterian Church
Daily Devotionals are available on the Welcome Table.
+HYMN
“ Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty ”
THIS WEEK’S MINISTRY CALENDAR

Today - Second Sunday In Lent

9:00 AM – Sunday School For Adults
10:00 AM – Worship
11:00 AM – Time of Fellowship

Monday - 10:00 AM – Pastor Ric at Presbytery

Office for the morning
7:00 PM – AA in Skipper’s Nest

Tuesday –

Wednesday - 9:00 AM – Pack Bags for

Food Pantry
11:30 AM – Wednesday Workers
5:30 PM – Youth
5:30 PM – Bell Choir Rehearsal
6:30 PM – Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal
7:00 PM – AA in Skipper’s Nest

Thursday -
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Food Pantry
10:00 AM – Pastor Ric at Presbytery
Office all day
 Saturday -
7:00 PM – AA in Skipper’s Nest

Next Sunday – Third Sunday in Lent

9:00 AM –Sunday School For Adults
10:00 AM – Worship
11:00 AM – Time of Fellowship

If you don’t see your birthday or anniversary please call the office @ (850)
785-7081, so McKenzie can update correct information.
Attendance last Week:
82
AS WE CONFESS OUR SINS AND HEAR THE PARDON
(Please remain standing for the confession)
+ CALL TO CONFESSION
L/ During the season of Lent we are called to return to the Lord with all our
heart. Let us confess our sin and seek reconciliation with God and neighbor.

SILENCE FOR REFLECTION AND SELF-EXAMINATION

+ PRAYER OF CONFESSION

L / Merciful God,

C / you sent Jesus Christ to save the lost. We confess that we have strayed
from you and turned aside from your way. We fail in love, neglect justice, and
ignore your truth. Have mercy on us and wash away our sin. Create in us
clean hearts for the sake of Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

+ DECLARATION OF FORGIVENESS

P / Almighty God, in His mercy………..

+ RESPONSIVE HYMN: “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.

+ SHARING THE PEACE

P / The peace of the Lord be with you.

C / And also with you.

CHILDREN’S SERMON AND CHURCH

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

Pastor: Holy Spirit of God, let the words of my mouth and the mediations of our
hearts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our rock and our redeemer. Amen.
PSALMODY Psalm 19
L / Let us begin together.
All: The commandment of theLORDlight to the eyes.
1
L / The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky proclaims its’s handiwork.
2
C / One day tells its taleanother, and one night imparts knowledgeanother.
L /3Although they have noor language, and their voicesnot heard,
C /4their sound has gone out into all lands, and their message to the endsthe
world, where God has pitched a tentthe sun.
L /5It comes forth like a bridegroom outhis chamber; it rejoices like a champion
toits course.
C /6It goes forth from the uttermost edge of the heavens and runs about to the end
ofagain; nothing is hidden from itsheat.
L /7The teaching of theLORDis perfect and revives the soul; the testimony of
theLORDsure and gives wisdom tosimple.
C /8The statutes of theLORDjust and rejoice the heart; the commandment of
theLORDis clear and gives lightthe eyes.
L /9The fear of theLORDis clean and endures forever; the judgments of
theLORDtrue and righteousaltogether.
C /10More to be desired are they than gold, more thanfine gold, sweeter far than
honey, than honeythe comb.
L /11By them also is your servant enlightened, and in keeping them there
isreward.
C /12Who can detect one’sown offenses? Cleanse me from myfaults.
L /13Above all, keep your servant from presumptuous sins; let them not get
dominion over me; then shall I be whole and sound, and innocent of aoffense.
C /14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptableyour
sight, OLORD, my strength andredeemer.

All: The commandment of theLORDlight to the eyes.

THE FIRST READING: The commandments are given at Sinai Exodus 20:1-17
1
God spoke all these words: 2I am theLORDyour God, who brought you out of the land of
Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3you shall have no other gods before me. 4You shall
not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or
that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5You shall not bow
down to them or worship them; for I theLORDyour God am a jealous God, punishing
children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who
reject me,6but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love
me and keep my commandments.7You shall not make wrongful use of the name of
theLORDyour God, for theLORDnot acquit anyone who misuses his name. 8Remember
the sabbath day, and keep it holy. 9Six days you shall labor and do all your work. 10But the
seventh day is a sabbath to theLORDyour God; you shall not do any work—you, your
son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in
your towns.11For in six days theLORDheaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them,
but rested the seventh day; therefore theLORDblessed the sabbath day and consecrated
it. 12Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that
theLORDyour God is giving you. 13You shall not murder. 14You shall not commit adultery.
15
You shall not steal.16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 17You shall
not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or
female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Here ends our reading

Scripture Thoughts
In the season of Lent, God’s people are invited to adopt a spirit of sacrifice in
preparation for a new kind of freedom. This is not a season of coercion. Rather, it is a
time of hearing the holy beckon from quiet corners—a time when we are called, gently,
to brush aside our worldly preoccupations so that we might make room for what is to
come. This week’s readings help us consider some of the things we might clear away.
The story of Jesus in the temple at Passover goes right to the heart of these disciplines.
Just as Jesus clears away practices that obscure the real purposes of the temple, so
does Lenten discipline seek to remove destructive forces from us. The “Father’s house”
is a place for prayer and praise, gathering and learning, scripture reading and
preaching, not for coercion and bargains. Angry temple authorities demand Jesus’
credentials. His response comes in metaphor, of course, because the truth cannot be
said outright. The truth is God’s power to make life even from death. The conditions for
that resurrected power, like clearing out money-changers, set boundaries between what
is life-giving and what destroys.

Call Us ...
Office #:(850)785-7081
Office Fax #: 763-5101
Pastor’s #: 960-7222
PLEASE HELP PROVIDE SUPPERS for our youth on Wednesday nights.
Simple is enough – pizza, hot dogs, spaghetti, any other kind of pasta dish.
We have between 10 and 15 each week. You may sign on the sheet in the
Cameron Hall or speak with Angie or Stuart for more information. Monetary
donations will also be appreciated.
THE FOOD PANTRY is collecting peanut butter for the month of March.
Please bring your jars of peanut butter and place them on the wooden
cross in the narthex.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
THE SECOND READING: Christ crucified, the wisdom
of God

1 Corinthians 1:18-25
18
The message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who
are being saved it is the power of God.19For it is written,“I will destroy the wisdom of the
wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” 20Where is the one who is
wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish
the wisdom of the world?21For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God
through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of our proclamation, to save
those who believe.22For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, 23but we
proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24but to
those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the
wisdom of God.25For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s
weakness is stronger than human strength.

Here ends our reading

THE ANTHEM Sanctuary Choir

THE HOLY GOSPEL: The cleansing of the temple John

2:13-22
13
The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14In the temple
he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at
their tables.15Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the
sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and
overturned their tables.16He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things
out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” 17His disciples remembered
that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” 18The Jews then said to him,
“What sign can you show us for doing this?” 19Jesus answered them, “Destroy this
temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20The Jews then said, “This temple has been
under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?” 21But he
was speaking of the temple of his body. 22After he was raised from the dead, his
disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the
word that Jesus had spoken.

L / This is the Word of the Lord!

C / Thanks be to God!

SERMON PASTOR RIC

APOSTLES’ CREED

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in
Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and
was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he
ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will
come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy
catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the
resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

INVITATION TO THE OFFERING

L / The house of God is not a marketplace for buying and selling. It is a house of
prayer, a place of healing and restoration, a place where we bring before God our
provisions to be used for present needs. Let us bring our tithes and offerings to
God.

C / Blessed be God forever.

THE OFFERING OFFERTORY ANTHEM THE DOXOLOGY

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

L / O Lord our God, we want to follow all your commandments – to love only you, not
worshiping the things of the world; to love our neighbor freely, not desiring for ourselves
something they possess. Accept these offerings, we pray, and teach us to be generous,
giving fully of ourselves that we may truly be the Body of Christ in this world.

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

CURRENT: Carol Forehand, Faye Jackson, Marge Lily, Marilyn Sandell, IdaMae
Fleming, Myrt Shoemaker, Richard Cook, Marianne Bacen, Millie Miller, Pastor Reid,
Bill Lawson, Alan Stone, Jean Olson, Parkland Community.
CONTINUING: Tony Abbott, Ed Brown, Pastor Reid, Doris Dixon, Ida Mae Fleming,
Anne Freeland, Mary Gordon, Anna Jones, Lee Masters, Chris Meek, Marty Reed, Joan
Scherer, Marilyn Schubert, Marge Smith, Rhema Drayton.

HOMEBOUND: Darol Keefer, Gordon Merkel, Model Richardson, Bertie Shuster, Alan
Stone, Barbara VonNyvenheim, Jackie Hogan

USHERS NEEDED. If you would like to serve as an usher, please see and
speak to Joe Brown, who is our head usher. We are always looking for a
few good men, women and children to serve in this
capacity.

McKenzie’s Office Hours:

Monday – 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Tuesday – 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Wednesday – 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Thursday – Off
Friday – 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Fellowship Time is important to the life of the congregation. We always want to

provide wonderful treats during this time. If your last name begins with S-Z would
you please bring goodies for next Sunday’s fellowship.
“ Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me ”
+HYMN

Happy Birthday
Linda Alford 3/06
Salvatore Bonacasa 3/06
Ed Brown 3/07
Eli Connor 3/11

THE LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be
done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as
we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us
from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever.
Amen.
Benediction/Blessing

The God of steadfastness and encouragement

grant you to live in harmony with one another,

in accordance with Christ Jesus.

The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,

so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The God of all grace☩ bless you now and forever.

Amen.

OUR STAFF AT PARKWAY

Pastor – The Rev. Dr. Richard M. Connor, Sr.

Pastor Emeritus – The Rev. Reid Cameron

Administrative Asst – Miss McKensie Creamer

Director of Music – Mrs. Cathy Connor

Organist – Mrs. Lanelle Alford

Youth Directors – Mrs. Angie Worcester and Mr. Stuart Guilford

OUR SESSION
President - Mrs. Jean Olson

Secretary/Clerk - Mrs. Angie Worcester

Treasurer - Mr. Ed Brown

Remaining Session Members:

Mrs. Linda Bonacasa

Mr. Al Borovich

Mr. Mitch Connor

Mr. Bruce Davis

Mrs. Mary Lou Edwards

Mrs. Mandy Kuchta

Mrs. Jamette Minchew

Mr. Robert Worcester

“ For the Beauty of the Earth ”

+HYMN
Household Prayer: Morning

God of heaven and earth, I listen this morning for the sound of your glory: in the songs
of birds, in quiet conversations that begin the day, in easy laughter among friends, in
sunlight’s warmth, pattering rain, or silent snowfall. Give me ears to hear your glory in its
many forms. Give me eyes to see your glory in its many guises.
Throughout this day, I, too, will proclaim your glory, your grace, and your love so that I
may be a part of the chorus of praise that stretches to the ends of the earth. In Christ’s
name I pray. Amen.

Household Prayer: Evening

God of freedom, I thank you for claiming me as your own and for setting me in the midst
of the community of faith. Today the news was filled with stories of people who do not
live according to your commandments, with grievous results. Lives are shattered as
your ancient tablets of stone are broken again and again. And I struggle, too, in my own
ways, to live before you and my neighbors in faithfulness, generosity, and love. As the
day comes to an end, I pray for forgiveness for myself and for this weary world,
confident of your grace and mercy. Send your gift of Sabbath rest, and let me sleep in
peace as, over and around me, night declares to night your power and glory. In Jesus’
name I pray. Amen

LOOKING FOR MORE HELP!

We are in need of four more

Children’s Church leaders.

It requires you to do Children’s

Church

once every other month.

Please speak with Angie Worcester

or

Pastor Ric

We hope you are interested

CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE
LUNCHEON

SUNDAY – MARCH 18TH

11:00 AM

EVERYTHING PROVIDED

WEAR GREEN

EXPECT A LOT OF FUN

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME

 begins next Sunday

so before you go to bed

on Saturday night,

set your clocks AHEAD

one hour.