10:30 AM Worship
Service to others within our church
10:30 AM Bulletin
Gleanings (Monthly Newsletter)
St. Stephen United Church of Christ
249 E Main St, New Holland, PA 17557
February 12, 2012 – 10:30 AM
*Indicates those able may stand
PRELUDE
“Andantino
Espressivo” Baronchelli
SHARING JOYS, CONCERNS,
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
(Passing the friendship
pad)
*GREETING ONE ANOTHER
(Passing the Peace)
*SONG OF WORSHIP AND
PRAISE
“Holy
is the Lord” (see insert)
*PRAYER
*SONG OF WORSHIP AND
PRAISE
“I
Want To Know You” #39 (Praise
Book)
PRAYER OF THE DAY
SCRIPTURE READINGS:
Old
Testament :
2 Kings 5:1-14 page #336
Psalm 30 page #505
New
Testament: Mark 1:40-45 page #
35
*SERMON HYMN
“Breathe on Me, Breath
of God” #191 (The Hymnal)
SERMON
“It’s the Simple Things” Rev. Christian B. Creyer
THE
APOSTLES’ CREED Page 6 (The Hymnal)
I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth:
And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten 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.
*Pastoral
Prayer and lord’s prayer (Debts and
Debtors)
PRAYER RESPONSE
“Hear
Our Prayer, O Lord” #501 (The
Hymnal)
Invitation
to the Offertory
OFFERTORY
“Love Divine, All Love Excelling” Klotz
*offertory
response
“Doxology” #551 (The Hymnal)
*Prayer of Dedication1 (unison)
We bring our gifts, our
tithes and our offerings to you, God, because we have received them from you.
We bring to you our lives, as well, because we have received them from your
generous hand. Bless all that we bring
so
that our gifts and our lives may be of service to you. Amen.
*Closing praise song
“Living Stones” (see insert)
*Commission and benediction
Leader:
May God bless you with discomfort at
easy answers, half- truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live
deep within your heart. May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression,
and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom, and peace. May God bless you with tears to shed for those who
suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, and war, so that you may reach out
your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain into joy.
And may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a
difference in this world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.
–
Benediction of St. Francis
*three fold amen
*SILENT MEDITATION / EXTINGUISHING
OF THE ALTAR CANDLES
*POSTLUDE
“Aurella” Wesley
WORSHIP
PARTICIPANTS
Ministers: The Congregation
Pastor: Rev. David Goode
*contact number: (717) 823-1735
Guest Speaker:
Rev. Christian B. Creyer
Praise Team Director: Suzanne
Kopp
Organist: A.J. Young
Ushers: *Mike Jacobs, Mary Ann Linde,
Rich Braine, Earl Kenepp
Liturgist: Mary Ann Linde
Altar
Guild: Mary
Ann Linde
Children’s
Story Tellers: Jean
Martin
Counting
Team: Betty Ludwig and Bebe (Mary) Buch
Nursery
Volunteers: Tom
and Cheryl Weaver
Sexton: Penny Klopp
ANNOUNCEMENTS
02/12/12
ALL
WORSHIPERS – Please sign the Friendship Pad.
WELCOME GUESTS!! We are happy that you are
with us.
Our purpose is to share Christ through all our
ministries. Please sign the guest register in the Narthex.
Nursery is offered during our 10:30 worship
service for children of Kindergarten age or younger.
REMEMBER IN YOUR
PRAYERS:
All of our homebound members
and also prayers of healing for:
H.
Scott Poole Brenda Sollenberger Craig Cahill Galina Kozhevnik Pat
Carpenter
Lee Curley Annabelle Weaver Jack Frost Sophie Stauffer Steve Witmer
ALTAR FLOWERS are in loving memory of Donald Martin by
Sylvia Martin and family
Information
PLEASE WELCOME REV. CHRISTIAN B. CREYER, who has been serving St. Paul’s UCC, in
Bowmansville since May of 2010. Pastor Christian resides in Allentown with his
wife, Stephanie and daughter, Courtney. Pastor Christian was a CPA and worked for
several public as well as private companies. He also owned his own practice
near State College for several years. Most recently, Pastor Christian graduated
from Lancaster Theological Seminary in May of 2011 and was ordained in July,
2011 at St. Paul’s UCC. Pastor
Christian, in his spare time, loves to spend time with his family, friends, and
work on cross-stitch projects.
BECKY SNYDER is working on her Silver Award for Girl
Scouts. The project will consist of
leading in the collection of items to be donated to the Ronald McDonald
House. Items like magazines printed on shiny
paper, sample size toiletries, single serve food items and soda can tabs. Any donation would be greatly
appreciated. Collection boxes and a
complete list of what items may be donated are in the Narthex and the Breezeway
between Zwingli and Bachman Halls.
Collection will be during the months of February and March. Thanks!
Thank You
THANK YOU ST. STEPHEN CONFIRMATION CLASS for your 2012 “Souper
Bowl” collection. You raised $211 and
135 food items. Thanks to your efforts
this year, more dollars have been raised, more lives have been changed and the
nation has seen the impact of people working together to help those in need. Thank you for working to transform the time
around the Super Bowl into the nation's largest celebration of giving and
serving. Tracy Bender, President /CEO
Education
CONSISTORY MEMBERS please have your
consistory reports into the office by Thurs, Feb16th.
DR. KEN MILLER FROM
EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY will present a two-evening seminar entitled
“Finding Truth in the Postmodern Era” on Feb 13 & 20 at 7pm. in the Garden
Spot Village Chapel. Dr. Miller teaches in the theology department at ETS and
has presented this seminar at various locations. Event is free and open to the
public. More info at 355-6203.
CONFIRMATION WILL BE MEETING during the Sunday School
hour for March 4, 11, 18 and 25 due to Mid-week Lenten services during March.
9:15 SUNDAY
SCHOOL CLASS SPEAKERS: Our
speaker today is Haydn McLean. February
19 – Gary Carter is
our guest speaker. He is a convicted felon, a drug dealer, alcoholic,
adulterer, ex Pagan with a bad reputation justly deserved. Through all this,
God saw fit to redeem him, justify and sanctify his position into the Kingdom
of God. February 26 – Ron Bensinger.
Mission / Outreach
CONFIRMATION CLASS made 15 dozen
cookies to give to veterans on Valentine’s Day. The cookies will be delivered
to veterans at the VA hospitals in Coatesville and Lebanon. They will go along
with the Valentine cards from the Special Class, church members and other
sources.
CROSS CONNECTION MINISTRIES invites you to our 2012 Annual Fundraising Banquet on Tues, March 27,
at Shady Maple Banquet Center! Join us in celebrating God’s faithfulness with
student and family testimonies, our guest speaker Shawn Harper and updates from
the Director. For more details call 355-2454 or visit www.newhollandcross.org.
RSVP by March 20!
THINK SPRING! The Garden Spot Village Woodshop volunteers and Piecemakers invite you to attend the 4th annual
Bird House Show and Silent Auction from Feb 1st - Feb 29th
at 5pm. The event being held in the
Village Square Indoor Park features more than 40 unique bird houses, feeders
and quilted wall hangings/pillows with a bird theme. You are invited to come
enjoy the display and bid on an item for yourself or to give as a gift. Since events are periodically held in the
Indoor Park, call 355-6000 to inquire if the Park is open before visiting. Funds raised through this event will be given
to the Garden Spot Village Benevolent Fund.
OUTREACH FOR FEBRUARY-Auxiliary of UCC Homes-please use the
pink envelope for your contribution. Your continued support for our Homes is
much appreciated.
DON’T FORGET TO LEAVE YOUR COOKIES AND CARDS for the Lebanon and Coatesville VA Hospitals
today. Contact Betty McKelvey
at 431-6994 with any questions. Thank
you!
Fellowship
COME JOIN IN AN EVENING OF COMPASSION with Point of Grace and Bebo Norman on Sunday, February 26 at Lancaster
Bible College in Lancaster. For tickets
or info call 459-3701.
CALENDAR
OF UPCOMING EVENTS
THIS
WEEK’S EVENTS…
Today
***Pulpit
Exchange***
8:15 am Traditional Worship Service
9:15 am Sunday School
10:30 am Blended Worship Service
Tuesday
Happy Valentine’s Day J
Wednesday 6:30 pm Confirmation Class
7:00 pm Finance Committee Meeting
Thursday Consistory Reports Due!
Friday 6:00 pm heART of
Friendship Benefit Auction
FUTURE
EVENTS…
Monday 02/20 Office Closed!
Tuesday
02/21 6:00 pm Spiritual Council Meeting
7:00 pm Consistory Meeting
Wednesday
02/22 7:00 pm Ash Wednesday Service @ Trinity
Friday 02/24 Gleanings
Reports Due
NEXT
SUNDAY – February 19, 2012
Last
Sunday after Epiphany / Transfiguration
SERMON:
“On a Mountaintop with Jesus”
SCRIPTURE:
2 Kings 2:1-12; Mark 9:2-9
GENERAL
FUND OFFERING FOR FEBRUARY 5, 2012:
Attendance:
8:15 - 48 Offering $ 1,198.25
10:30 - 56 $ 1,381.00
Amount received
for General Fund only: $ 2,579.25
Church Office Hours:
Monday – Friday 9 A.M. – 1 P.M.
Telephone (717) 354-7871
Fax (717) 355-2565
Church Office Email: ststephenucc@frontiernet.net
Website address: http://www.frontiernet.net/~ststephenucc
Pastor Goode’s cell phone
number: 823-1735