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3031 Monticello Blvd, Cleveland Hts OH 44118216-321-2660 Fax: 216-320-1214
Email: [email protected] Website: www.fhcpresb.org
Dr. John C. Lentz, Jr., Pastor Anne Wilson, Ministry of Music
Rev. Tricia Dykers-Koenig, Parish Assoc. Kate Burleigh, Dir. of Children’s Ministries
Forest Hill Church: diverse, inclusive, welcoming
Rev. Lois Annich, Interim Associate Pastor Shannon Headen, Dir. of Youth MinistriesRachel McDonald, Interim Associate Pastor
Service of WorshipJuly 17, 2016 at 10:00 am
Welcome! Thank you for joining us today for worship. Welcome! Thank you for joining us today for worship.
If you are visiting, please join us in wearing a name tag so that we might greet you.Our ushers have hearing devices, large print editions of the bulletin, activity bags for
children staying in worship, and directions to our nursery for babies and young children.
Prayer of PreparationWe will give thanks to you, O LORD, with our whole heart; we will tell of all your wonderful deeds. We will be glad and exult in you; we will sing praise to your name, O Most High. Psalm 119: 103-105
Welcome
Prelude “Sicilienne” J. S. BachRachel Wilson, cello
Choral Introit “Psalm 63” Daniel Richardson
Greeting Our God with JoyCall to Worship Leslie Clement
Leader: All people that on earth do dwell, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice!
People: God serve with mirth, God’s praise forth tellLeader: Come ye before God and rejoicePeople: For why? The Lord our God is goodLeader: God’s mercy is forever surePeople: God’s truth at all times firmly stoodAll: And shall from age to age endure!
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* Opening Hymn No. 26 “Earth and All Stars!”* Please stand if you are able
Prayer of ConfessionCreate in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance.
Time of Silent Confession
Kyrie eleison (Lord, have mercy) J.S. BachAssurance of Pardon
* Response Paul Vasile “Glory to God”
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Youth Minute for Mission
Anthem “Jubilate Deo (Psalm 100)” Stephen Kennedy
Opening Our Hearts to God’s WordScripture Lesson Psalm 100
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing.Know that the Lord is God. It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise.Give thanks to him, bless his name.For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures for ever,
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and his faithfulness to all generations.
After the readingLeader: Hear what the Holy Spirit is telling God’s people.People: Thanks be to God.
* Hymn No. 805 “Come Sing to God”Prayer requests may be passed to the ushers during this hymn
Sermon Rachel McDonald“Songs for the Journey”
Prayers of the People
Lord’s PrayerOur 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.
Ritual of Friendship
Offering
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Offertory Tom Witt and John Horman)
“As Pants the Deer for Living Streams (from Psalms 42 and 43)”
* Response South African song
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* Prayer of Dedication
* Closing Hymn No. 35 “Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty”
* Commission and Blessing
* Choral Benediction Peace Be With You Benin
* Passing of the Peace
Postlude Henry Purcell“March in C”
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Welcome Visitors!We look forward to greeting you and answering any questions you may have. Visitor welcome bags are available in the foyers and the narthex. Take one home with you! Our website, www.fhcpresb.org, lists upcoming events, education programs for all ages, and texts and audio of past sermons.
AnnouncementsGuest Musician: Today we welcome Rachel Wilson, cellist, who grew up in this church. Rachel is a 2nd-grade teacher in Fort Collins, Colorado and is the daughter of Anne Wilson.
Summer Choir: Summer Choir continues through July. There’s a 25-minute rehearsal in the choir room (underneath Fellowship Hall) at 9:30 am. Come enjoy participating in worship from “the other side”!
Congregational CareChancel Flowers: Today’s flowers are given by Tom & Beth Zych in honor of their sons Tom and Ian and their grandson Elliot; and by the Leslie, Richards and Strachan families in memory of Hugh Leslie.
Prayers are requested this week for: Gracie Glaros, Max Harmon, Carol Hopkins-Lutz, Alex Jamieson, Marge Kaercher, Mary Lewis, Connie Reynolds, Robin Richards, Robert Ruggeri, Baldwin Sawyer, Walter Schultz, George Sentell, Carolyn Smith, Joy Stang and Debbie Ungemach.
Please remember these homebound members in your prayers: Ruth Brickel, Bill Currie, Marge Drollinger, Emma Jane Gibbs, Iris Gilbert, Ron Klein, Emelia 8
McGuire, Joyce Peters, Jack Quinn, Margie Stauffer, Elaine Tapié, Lorian Thomas.
Care Groups: The Corinth Care Group is assisting the pastors to meet your needs during July. Is anyone in your family ill or hospitalized? Has a family member died? Is there an emergency? Is there any way we can help? Please call the church office; information will be passed on to the pastors and Care Group leaders.
TodayCircle the City with Love takes place today on the Hope Memorial Bridge from 1:00 - 3:30 pm. This non-partisan, no-labels, no-issue event is designed to embody the power of love that brings peace and justice to our city, our country and our world, through holding hands and standing together as one in intentional silence at an important moment in our history. For more info, see https://www.eventbrite.com/e/circle-the-city-with-love-cleveland-2016-tickets-26232890281?aff=efbnreg
Softball: Today we play Church of the Saviour, 3:15 on Forest Hill Park Field #6.
Next Week
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The Deacons encourage you to stop by the Greeting Card Table in Fellowship Hall before or after worship to sign a card for any member who is ill or homebound. We will address and mail the card for you.
Guest Preacher: Jared Birks will be in our pulpit next week. Jared worshiped at Forest Hill while attending Cleve. Hts High School, was an active member of the choir, and served on the Justice and Mission Ministry. He recently graduated from Ohio Northern University with a Bachelor of Music and will enter seminary in 2017 to become a pastor in the United Methodist Church.
Bible Study: Hosea 1: 2-10; Psalm 85; Colossians 2: 6-15; Luke 11: 1-13 Bible and Bagels discusses the psalm and gospel lessons on Wednesday
mornings from 7:30 to 8:30. All are welcome! Mid-Week Bible Study, Thursday, 7:30 pm in South Hall: Rachel
McDonald is leading a mid-week summer bible study about taking the Gospel outside the walls of our church. It meets Thursdays @7:30 pm in South Hall through Aug 4. Drop-ins welcome; no advance prep needed.
Adult Education Bible study, Sundays, 9:00 am: Tom Zych is leading an adult bible study on what the bible teaches about political power?
Family Promise Move-Out Bag donations are due tomorrow, July 18. Drop off a check or any of these items by the end of the day: toilet paper, paper towels, dish and/or laundry soap, sponges, toilet bowl cleaner and brush, all-purpose cleaner, shower curtain and rings–things needed the first day in a new home.
Habitat for Humanity Apostles Build: Forest Hill Church is again helping to rehab houses on Cleveland’s east side through Habitat for Humanity's Apostles Build. Remaining volunteer dates are Sept. 24 and Oct. 8 See the bulletin board for more info or contact Nathan Baldwin ([email protected] or 216-392-1313) to volunteer.
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Social Groups: The Group invites everyone to join them for a picnic followed by a play at the Rabbit Run Theater on Aug. 14. Contact Marcia Grant by Aug. 10 for tickets ([email protected] or 216-536-5710). And save Sept. 17 for an Indians game! More info at www.fhcpresb.org
Calendar: July 10 - 17, 2016Sunday, July 179:00 am Summer Adult Education9:30 am Child care begins Continental Breakfast Summer Choir10:00 am WORSHIP Summer Pathways11:15 am Coffee and conversation Blood Pressure Checks1:00 pm Circle the City with Love3:15 pm Softball vs Ch of the Saviour4:00 pm Labre Summer Picnic
Monday, July 186:00 pm Progress not Perfection (AA)7:00 pm Al Anon7:00 pm Stewardship meeting7:30 pm Borton Group (AA) Tuesday, July 191:00 pm Abundance Pantry distribution5:00 pm Fitness Fusion7:00 pm GCC Housing Comm. mtg.
Wednesday, July 207:30 am Bible and Bagels12:00 pm Bullsheviks luncheon12:30 pm Wed. Women’s AA3:00 pm Stewardship meeting6:00 pm Girl Scout Troop activity6:30 pm Discernment Task Force7:00 pm TransFamily East meeting
Thursday, July 215:00 pm Fitness Fusion7:30 pm Mid-Week Bible Study
Friday, July 229:30 am Al Anon
Sunday, July 249:00 am Summer Adult Education9:30 am Child care begins Continental Breakfast Summer Choir10:00 am WORSHIP11:15 am Coffee and Conversation3:15 pm Softball
Staff EmailsRev. Lois Annich Interim Assoc. Pastor [email protected] Austin Finance [email protected]
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Lynda Bernays Administration office@fhcpresbKate Burleigh Children [email protected] Gazis Custodial office@fhcpresbShannon Headen Youth [email protected] Rev. Dr. John C. Lentz, Jr. Pastor [email protected] McDonald Interim Assoc. Pastor [email protected] Weissbrod Publicity [email protected] Wilson Music [email protected]
Cover image: We Choose Love © The SALT Project
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