BUSH HILL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

4916 Franconia Road | Alexandria, VA 22310 Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Barbara Heck

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SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST JULY 1, 2018

Welcome

We are delighted that God has brought you to worship with us, and we are glad to count you among us!

Nursery – for infants through age 2 Room 10 (downstairs)

Enrichment – for ages 3 through Kindergarten Christian Education Building

The service is audible in the Friendship Room (outside the Sanctuary, to the right). Ushers will assist you.

Christian Education

September through May

Adults 9:00 AM, Dickson Room (downstairs)

Children – Elementary School Students 10:45 AM, Christian Ed Building

Youth – Middle & High School Students 4:30 PM & 6:00 PM, Christian Ed Building

Special Needs Large Print Bulletins, Bibles, and Hymnals are available. Also available are

Wireless Assistive Hearing Devices. Please ask the Ushers.

Scripture References

The first page number listed refers to the NRSV Pew Bible. References in parentheses (ex: CB–2) are for the Children’s Bibles.

More information about Bush Hill Church

is available at www.bushhill.org.

A Key to Some of Our Conventions

The Symbol = Please stand in body or spirit

Text, not Bold = Spoken by worship leader

Text, Bold = Spoken by the congregation

Bold Italics = Sung by all

GTG = Glory to God (Purple Hymnal)

STF = Sing the Faith (Blue Hymnal)

OUR MISSION STATEMENT As we grow in the knowledge of God’s Word and

share in the Christian Community, God changes lives through us.

OUR CORE VALUES Caring People Serve Gladly, Inclusive People Welcome Warmly,

Compassionate People Love Deeply, Merciful People Forgive Graciously, Believing People Ask Questions, Praying People Discern Wisely.

ORDER OF WORSHIP

JULY 1, 2018 10:30 AM

GATHERING AROUND THE WORD

WELCOME

PRELUDE Elegy Flor Peeters

CALL TO WORSHIP Give thanks to the Lord, for God is good.

God’s steadfast love endures forever. The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;

the mercies of God never come to an end.

HYMN GTG #339 Lift Every Voice and Sing

CALL TO CONFESSION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION Holy God, we confess that we have not lived for your glory. We follow the crowds around you, but fail to grasp the good news you offer. We weep at the power of death, but laugh at your promise of new life. Forgive us, God of grace. Let not doubt and despair overpower faith. Give us the gift of faith by which you make us whole; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON Now stand firm in your faith,

covered by the saving grace of God. and ready to proclaim the gospel of peace.

Friends, believe the good news of the Gospel.

In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven.

PASSING THE PEACE …The peace of Christ be with you.

And also with you.

GLORIA O Saints, in Splendour Sing WORDS: Sylvia Dunstan; Tune: ST.THOMAS [from In Search of Hope and Grace, Sylvia G. Dunstan]

O worthy is the Lamb! The Lamb that once was slain!

Of honor, glory, thanks and praise, Lift up the glad refrain!

PROCLAIMING THE WORD

A PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO GOVERN

ALL SINGING: America the Beautiful from Glory to God Hymnal #338, verse 1

O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain,

For purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain!

America! America! God shed His grace on thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea!

…Every resource, freedom, and opportunity we have is a good gift from you. Without you, we are lost.

In humility, we seek your face. In repentance, we turn from our ungrateful, destructive and selfish ways. In faith, we call on your power to forgive our sin and heal our land.

ALL SINGING: America the Beautiful from Glory to God Hymnal #338, verse 2

O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife,

Who more than self their country loved, and mercy more than life.

America! America! God mend thine every flaw;

confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law.

… Shower down your Spirit of collaboration for the common good that there may be lasting peace and plenty for all.

ALL SINGING: America the Beautiful from Glory to God Hymnal #338, verse 3

O beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the years

Thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears!

America! America! May God thy gold refine

Till all success be nobleness, and every gain divine.

A Prayer for Those Who Govern © 2012 Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia

PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION

FIRST SCRIPTURE LESSON 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27

OT p.275 (CB p.355)

Keep these words in your heart. The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. Deuteronomy 6:6

Thanks be to God.

TIME WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Children under the age of two are welcome to go to the nursery downstairs in the sanctuary building

and Children from Age 3 to 5 may go to Enrichment in Room 101 in the CE Building. Children of Elementary School Age are invited to go to Children’s Sunday School in Room 202 in the CE Building.

HYMN GTG#178 The Woman Hiding in the Crowd

SECOND SCRIPTURE LESSON Mark 5:21-43

NT p.39 (CB p.1159)

Keep these words in your heart. The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. Deuteronomy 6:6

Thanks be to God.

SERMON Rev. Dr. Barbara Heck

RESPONDING TO THE WORD

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Adapted from the Confession of 1967, 9.32-33]

The life, death, resurrection, and promised coming of Jesus Christ has set the pattern for the church’s mission. His human life involves the community of faith in the common life of all people. His service to men and women commits the church to work for every form of human well-being. His suffering makes the church sensitive to all human suffering so that it sees the face of Christ in the faces of persons in every kind of need. His crucifixion discloses to the church God’s judgment on the inhumanity that marks human relations, and the awful consequences of the church’s own complicity in injustice. In the power of the risen Christ and the hope of his coming, the church sees the promise of God’s renewal of human life in society and of God’s victory over all wrong. The church follows this pattern in the form of its life and in the method of its action. So to live and serve is to confess Christ as Lord.

TWO MINUTES FOR MINISTRY AND MISSION

OFFERTORY When We Must Bear Persistent Pain Ruth Duck Sanctuary Choir arr. D. Armstrong

DOXOLOGY GTG#606

Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow OLD HUNDREDTH

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise God above ye heavenly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

PRAYER OF DEDICATION Merciful God, from whose open hand we have all received so much, accept our offering this day. In your love, remember those who have brought it. Remember also those persons and purposes from which it is given. Follow this sacrifice with your blessing that it may promote peace and good will, and advance the kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray; Amen.

SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

Christ seeks a relationship with everyone. All are invited to share in this communion. Please hold the elements until everyone has been served, so we may partake together.

Gluten/allergen free elements are available in the center of the plate.

THE INVITATION GREAT PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

The Lord be with you.

And also with you. Open your hearts to God.

We open our hearts to the God of healing and joy. Lift your songs to God.

We offer glad songs to the One who brings us wholeness. Hear our voices as we sing our joy to you, God of the listening Heart.

You reached out and touched chaos with your imaginative Spirit, proclaiming goodness and wholeness as Creation burst forth. …But grasping the hem of sin, we chose to be dragged through the mud of despair and death.

Your steadfast love would not forsake us, singing to us in the prophets' voices. …So we lift our voices in praise, joining with those in heaven and earth, who forever praise your name:

Holy, holy, holy are you, God who hears our voices. More than those who watch for morning, all creation waits for you. Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is the One who comes with healing grace. Hosanna in the highest! Holy are you, Listener to our deepest longings, and blessed is Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. He emptied himself of Glory's riches,

so we could be filled with grace and hope; he endured our suffering,

so we could be healed; he was broken,

so we could be made whole; he died,

so we would live with you forever.

As we remember his life for us as we seek to grasp the hem of your grace, we tell of that mystery we call faith:

Christ died, so we might be made well and live; Christ was raised, death overcome with amazement by the resurrection; Christ will return, calling to us, ‘children, get up!’ …Mend our broken hearts,

so we may love all your children; touch our wounded souls,

so we may embrace all those cast out by the world; fill us with your gracious gifts,

so we may overflow in generosity to those in need.

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE and THE LORD’S PRAYER

…Lord, in your mercy,

Hear our prayer.

THE LORD’S PRAYER …God in Community, Holy in One, hear us as we pray together, saying,

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.

WORDS OF INSTITUTION

DISTRIBUTION OF THE ELEMENTS

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

FOLLOWING THE WORD INTO THE WORLD

HYMN GTG# 762 When the Poor Ones

CHARGE AND BLESSING

POSTLUDE Biblical Sonata No. 4, mvt. 3 Johann Kuhnau The Mortally Ill

Our lay leader for worship today is Elder Kelly Andrews.

Our communion servers are Mark Collins, Linda Frommeyer, Dean Smith, Doris Shannon, Meg Williams, and David Wilson

Lectionary for Next Week – 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10; Psalm 48; 2 Corinthians 12:2-10; Mark 6:1-13;

The Rev. Dr. Barbara Heck, Pastor 609-273-1349 RevHeck.bushhill@gmail.com

The Sanctuary Flowers today are given by

BILL SCHUMACHER

in Memory of Sandy.

No arrangement is available for donation.

Bush Hill Presbyterian Church

Of Faith and Fellowship

1958 – 2018

Do you have memories to share? Are you called to make new memories?

Join the 60th Anniversary Planning Committee!

Sign up in the Narthex, or contact Kathy Greenlaw

Please consider volunteering for the nursery during the service and

welcoming our friends and family to BHPC! Sign up via

https://tinyurl.com/BHPCNursery!

TODAY, July 1

Come join us for this FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY! The Wine Tasting Group will meet following worship (approximately 1pm) for a potluck picnic & wine tasting at Paradise Springs Winery, Clifton VA.

A tasting at in the Tasting Room is $15 If interested, please talk to Linda Frommeyer or Julia Schickel

so we know you're coming and save you a seat at the picnic table.

Calling all walkers and runners seeking community and goals!

Are you looking for motivation to start exercising? Having a group can motivate and encourage you in your goals, especially if you have a purpose.

Starting Saturday, August 4, 2018 we will have a Couch to 5 K (c25k) group and Bible Study using curriculum from Run for God. The 12-week study and exercise program will culminate in a c25k charity run Hope for Help sponsored by New Hope Church in Lorton on Saturday, October 20, 2018 and benefiting Feed My Starving Children. The Bible Study, c25k training and charity run all encourage children, families and those who want to walk rather than run to participate.

We’ll meet as a group at church on Saturday’s at 8:30am to do a group run and then have a Bible study.

Please RSVP to Julia Schickel

Join us for lunch and share your ideas

on Sunday, August 5 after worship in the Dickson Room from 11:45 a.m. – 2 p.m.

We will plan for our worship services in the fall. More information soon available in July/August Tempo, our monthly newsletter.

Worship Collaboration Team

WEEKLY CALENDAR TODAY, JULY 1 10:00 AM Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal, Sanctuary 10:30 AM Worship, Sanctuary 11:30 AM Fellowship Time, Narthex 1:00 PM The Wine Tasting Group

MONDAY, JULY 2 5:30 AM Miriam’s Kitchen, Front Parking Lot

TUESDAY, JULY 3 1:30 PM Staff Meeting, Office

WEDNESDAY, JULY 4 INDEPENDENCE DAY OFFICE CLOSED SUNDAY, JULY 8 10:00 AM Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal, Sanctuary 10:30 AM Worship, Sanctuary 11:30 AM Fellowship Time, Narthex BUSH HILL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 4916 FRANCONIA ROAD, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22310

BARBARA HECK Pastor RevHeck.bushhill@gmail.com H. RICHARD NEFF Interim Pastor Emeritus

DON ARMSTRONG Music Director Music.bushhill@gmail.com NICK HANSON Handbell Director handbells@bushhill.org EUN WILSON Office Administrator office@bushhill.org

JOSEPH FIELDS Youth Ministry Director youth@bushhill.org MAUREEN OSLER Day School Director dayschool@bushhill.org

WILLIE MARTIN Chief Custodian DAN CURRY Security WADE TAYLOR Clerk of Session

Phone: 703-971-1171 Web: www.bushhill.org Fax: 703-971-9007 Summer Office Hours: MONDAY – FRIDAY, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM