Shelter Island Presbyterian Church Est. 1743

15th Sunday after Pentecost (Year B) 9:00 A.M. | Sunday, September 6th, 2015

Today’s Texts: Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 Psalm 125 James 2:1-17 Mark 7:24-37

(The worship service begins with the prelude. Let us silently prepare our hearts and allow others the same opportunity.)

*We invite you to rise in body or in spirit Chimes

Prelude: “Soliloquy” Gordon Young

Words of Welcome and Announcements *Call to Worship For the stranger and the guest the Lord prepares a table. Every child of God is welcome to share this feast of grace. Let us worship God.

*Hymn No. 20 “All Things Bright and Beautiful” ROYAL OAK *Invitation to Confession Let us confess our sins to the Lord who surrounds us with favor forevermore. Ps. 125:2; Prov. 22:1

*Prayer of Confession God of favor, we have not been true to you. Prov. 22:1; Jas. 2:1 You have chosen the poor in the world, but we have dishonored them. Jas. 2:5-6 You plead the case of the afflicted, but we crush them. Prov. 22:22-23 We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. Jas. 2:8 We have favored the rich and despised the poor. Jas. 2:1,9 We have dismissed the needy with empty words. Jas. 2:15-17 Soften our hearts and make straight our ways. Ps. 125:5 Heal our unbelief and turn us back to you. Amen.

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*Kyrie

*Assurance of Forgiveness The mercy of our God triumphs over judgment Jas. 2:12 through our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, Jas. 2:1 who has pleaded our cause, forgiven our sin, Prov. 22:23 healed our sickness, and delivered us from evil. Mark 7:24-37 Alleluia! Amen!

*Gloria Patri Glory to God, No. 581

*The Peace Since God has forgiven us in Christ, we also ought to forgive one another. The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. And also with you.

— Please greet those around you —

Prayer for Illumination Healing God, you do all things well. Mark 7:34-35, 37 Illumine our hearts by your Holy Spirit, that we may receive your words and demonstrate your grace. Amen.

First Reading Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 pew Bible pg. 670 This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Solo: “Psalm 42” (As the Deer Longs) trad. Eng. melody arr. D. Harkin, R. DeBruyn Frank Milano, baritone

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Second Reading James 2:1-17 pew Bible pg. 247 This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God

Sermon “Hearers or Doers?” Rev. Stephen M. Fearing

*Hymn No. 203 “Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love” CHERIPONI

*Affirmation of Faith 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.

Call to Offering

The Offertory “The King of Love My Shepherd Is” arr. Gerhard Krapf *****Please take a moment to fill out the friendship pads*****

*The Doxology Glory to God, No. 606

Invitation to the Table (Unison) Jesus calls all people to sit at table with him: the sick and the uncertain, the weak and the poor, the Pharisees and tax collectors. From north and south and east and west he calls us to come and sit at this table, the foretaste of the kingdom of God.

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On a night long ago, when Jesus sat at table with his disciples, they thought they were the hosts and he the guest. But then he broke the bread, and their eyes were opened and they recognized him. The guest became the host; the foolish one was revealed as Wisdom.

To this table, to this banquet of Wisdom, he calls us again.

Great Prayer of Thanksgiving The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise. It is right and our great delight to praise you, O God. In the beginning of time, your wisdom danced through creation, calling forth light and life. Through wisdom, you formed us in your image, calling us to love and serve you. Foolishly we turned from you and abandoned your ways of justice and mercy. Yet you did not reject us, but continued to call us and claim us as your own. We were slaves in Egypt, and you freed us. We were hungry and thirsty in the wilderness, and you nourished us with manna and water from the rock. We had no home, and you led us into the land of your promise. We worshiped idols of our own making, and you called to us through the prophets to turn back to you. At last you emptied yourself of power and came to us as the child of Mary, holy God in frail and human flesh.

Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with choirs of angels and with all the faithful of every time and place, who forever sing to the glory of your name:

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You are holy, O God of power and might, and blessed is Jesus Christ, the one who comes in your name. In his life, he called unlikely people to follow him: fisherfolk, tax collectors, children, sinners, deniers, betrayers. On the cross he gave himself up to the powers of this world, showing in his body your great foolishness, O God, for loving such a wayward world. Yet by this very cross, O Wisdom from on high, you have undone and remade the wisdom of this world, drawing light from darkness, power from humiliation, life from death itself.

Remembering your gracious acts in Jesus Christ, we proclaim together the mystery of faith:

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Come, then, life-giving Spirit, brood over these bodily things and make us into one body with Christ, that we, who are baptized into his death, may walk in newness of life; that what is sown in dishonor may be raised in glory and what is sown in weakness may be raised in power. With thanksgiving, we remember how Jesus took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: This is my body, given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.

We remember how he took the cup, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this in remembrance of me.

Friends, as often as we share this bread and cup, we proclaim the saving death of the living Lord, until he comes in glory to reign.

We praise you, O God, and lift up our thanks to you in the name of your son, who taught us to pray 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.

Communion of the People All are invited to this feast. You are invited to approach the Table via the center aisle, take a piece of bread, dip it in the juice, partake of the elements, and then return to your seat by way of the outside aisle. Please let our servers know if

you require gluten-free bread and it will be provided for you.

Prayer after Communion

*Hymn No. 765 “May the God of Hope Go with Us” ARGENTINA

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*Responsive Charge & Benediction The Iona Community The cross, we will take it. The bread, we will break it. The pain, we will bear it. The joy, we will share it. The Gospel, we will live it. The love, we will give it. The light, we will cherish it. The darkness, God shall perish it!

Choral Benediction

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****Please note that we will resume our 10:30 A.M. worship schedule next Sunday, September 13th.****

Information About Today’s Worship Service

Today’s liturgy is reprinted by permission of Westminster John Knox Press from Feasting on the Word Worship Companion. Copyright 2015.

Thank you to our worship and fellowship leaders this morning! Assisting : Lynn Franklin Greeter: Terry Brockbank Usher: Kathy Brockbank Coffee Hour Host: Deacons

A very special welcome to our guests! Worship bags with activities for children are available in the narthex. Please ask an usher and we’ll be happy to help you. Please join us for light refreshments and fellowship after worship today in Fellowship Hall.

This week at Shelter Island Presbyterian Church: Sunday, Sept 6 Worship 9:00 a.m. Friends of Music 8:00 p.m. Monday, Sept 7 Engaging the Text None Friday, Sept 11 AA 7:30 p.m.

Looking Ahead: Sunday, Sept 13 Worship 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept 15 UPW Meeting 10:30 a.m.

SIPC Vision Statement

We envision the Shelter Island Presbyterian Church as a spiritual heart of our small community — a congregation that keeps its door open to all and offers service and support to friends, neighbors and visitors from beyond our shores. We will encourage the spiritual growth of our church’s people in Jesus Christ through worship, service to others, stewardship, study and fellowship with one another. We will work to increase our spiritual engagement with youth, young families and our growing senior population. Inspired by God’s Word, we look forward to our future with faith and confidence in God’s purpose for us.

The People of The Shelter Island Presbyterian Church . . .

As we believe, so we do.

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Shelter Island Presbyterian Church 32 N. Ferry Rd. (P.O. 612)

Shelter Island, New York, 11964 Website: www.sipchurch.org Twitter: @ShelterIslandPC

Phone: (631)749-0805 Pastor Cell: (404)823-5926 info.sipchurch@gmail.com

Office hours are on Monday-Tuesday and Thursday-Friday; Administrative Assistant Karen Tudor works on

Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Leadership Team of SIPC Rev. Stephen M. Fearing, Pastor

Linda Betjeman, Minister of Music Karen Tudor, Administrative Assistant & Clerk of Session

Karin Bennett, Sexton Session Class of 2015 Class of 2016 Class of 2017 Lynn Franklin Clarissa Tybaert Hap Bowditch Dan Binder Ellen Gove Lee Anne Bastible Chris Lewis Laura Dickerson Laura Nelsen Deacons Class of 2015 Class of 2016 Class of 2017 Lynn Thomson Doreen McNemar Rachel Brigham Alison Binder Colleen Smith Dana Hallman Peter Vielbig Charlotte Hannabury Mark Switzer

Congregational Nominating Committee Lee Anne Bastible, Carol Gray, Heather Reylek, Peter Vielbig

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SIPC Prayer List

The nations in the Middle East, our planet, the men and women in the Armed Forces and our leaders. For Ashley Sanderson, Lindsay Ehrlich, Frank Catoe, Lisa Armour, Melissa Insinga, Audrey Trotman, Jim Gienko, Ruth Mattson, Tara Chituk, Jill Tuttle Albiani, Sue Speeches-Caddle and Tara Connolly.

We will gladly list the names of any individuals in need of our prayers. You may share names with us by turning in a note from the pew or by calling the church office prior to Friday a.m. We will continue to list these names for 4 weeks and then they will be removed unless a specific request is made.

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$475Amount of dollars loaned by SIPC KIVA Team members

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19Number of loans made by

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KenyaUnited States

JordanPalestine

CongoColombia

KyrgyzstanPakistan

14Number of people who

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