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Worship Ministry

Choir Chime Ringer, Today: Isabella Rockel Next Week: Nathan Spickard

Worship Assistant Today: Candice Shepard Next Week: Gigi Hunnicutt

Ushers, Today: Ted Dickason, Eric Linker, Dave Mowery, Thomas Linker, Bob Windell

Next Week: Chip Wells, Steve Jewett, Joey Dulin, Joe Novobilski,

A Time for Children, Today: JD McNutt Next Week: Jerry Clark

Nursery Volunteers, Today: Theresa and Abi Watson; Niki Schneider

Next Week: Janet Little; Krista Eason

Bread Ministry Baker, This Week: Linda Clark Next Week: Laura Carriker

Godly Play: Julia Alexander/Magan Bechtol; Sharon Vanpelt/Janet Little

Next Week: Ashley/Rex Carriker; Robin Hartsell/Niki Schneider

Our Session

CLASS of 2018 CLASS OF 2019 CLASS OF 2020

Steve Jewett Finance & Administration

Shawnee Wakeman Finance & Administration

Glenn Jones Finance & Administration

Nancy Thomas Worship

Marie Morrison Worship

Scott Jones Worship

Candice Shepard Congregational Connections

Ben Schneider Congregational Connections

Reggie Hunnicutt Congregational Connections

Jim Rockel Building & Grounds

Billy Carriker Building & Grounds

Jim Pharr Building and Grounds

Dave Mowery Christian Education

Thomas Heavey Christian Education

Kathy Dulin Christian Education

Rocky River Presbyterian Church ● 7940 Rocky River Road ● Concord NC 28025

www.rockyriver.org ● 704-455-2479 ● fax: 704-455-2489

Pastor: Rev. Dr. Neal Carter ● 704-455-2479 or 910-280-9688 ● nealcarter64@gmail.com

Church Administrator: Cyndi Conway ● 704-455-2479 ● churchadmin@rockyriver.org

Director of Christian Education: Sharon Vanpelt ● 704-455-2479 ● dce@rockyriver.org

Youth Director: JD McNutt ● 704-455-2479 ● youthrrpc@gmail.com

Office Hours: Mon. thru Thurs. 9:00 to 4:00 and Friday 9:00 to 12:00

Worship Team meets the 4th Thursday of each month at 7:00pm

Congregational Connections meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7:00pm

Building and Grounds meets the 1st Monday of each month at 6:30pm

Contact any church elder listed above if you want to join their committee or have questions about

meeting times.

Morning Worship

Sunday, January 14, 2018 2nd Sunday after Epiphany

11:00 a.m.

PRELUDE (Let us prepare our hearts for worship ● Please silence your cell phones)

CHIMING OF THE HOUR Isabella Rockel

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALL TO WORSHIP (from Psalm 139) Kaitlyn Linker

One: O Lord, you have searched me and known me.

All: You discern my thoughts from far away.

One: You are acquainted with all my ways.

All: You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.

One: Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain it.

All: I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well.

One: How weighty to me are your thoughts,

All: O God! How vast is the sum of them!

One: I try to count them—they are more than the sand;

All: I come to the end—I am still with you.

Gathering

† HYMN #482 Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty

† CALL TO CONFESSION

† PRAYER OF CONFESSION (from Psalm 139)

O Lord, God, you know everything about me. Every word I speak, every thought

I think, every deed I do—you know them all, even before I do. So take a good

look at me now. Look deep into my heart and soul. Point out the things that

displease you, the thoughts and actions I need to change. Show me how to live

as you would want me to live. Amen.

Time of Silent Confession

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One: Friends believe the good news of the gospel.

All: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven.

One: Since God has forgiven us in Christ, let us forgive one another.

The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

All: And also with you.

Let us exchange a word of peace with our neighbors and remain standing for our Response to Forgiveness

† ASSURANCE OF PARDON & PASSING THE PEACE

† RESPONSE TO FORGIVENESS Gloria Patri #579

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.

The Word

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION (unison)

How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! I try to count them — they are more than the sand. In your book were written all the days that were formed for me, when none of them at yet existed. Lead me by your Holy Spirit in your way and in your word that when I come to the end — I am still with you. Amen.

Responding to the Word † AFFIRMATION OF FAITH

A TIME FOR CHILDREN JD McNutt

ANTHEM

THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (page 247)

One: The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

SERMON Listen to Your Life Neal Carter

We are not alone; we live in God’s world. We believe in God: who has created and is creating, who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh, to reconcile and make new, who works in us and others by the Spirit. We trust in God. We are called to be the Church: to celebrate God’s presence, to live with respect in Creation, to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil, to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope. In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us. We are not alone. Amen.

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Rocky River Presbyterian Church

Sunday, January 14, 2018

Welcome, guests and friends!

What a blessing that God led you to worship with us today! Visitors—please sign our friendship pad, and let us know if there is anything we can do for you.

We invite you to join us for Wednesday Night Fellowship. Dinner is served at 6:00pm in the

Fellowship Hall. Cost $5 per person/ Maximum $15 for family Menu: Honey Glazed Pork Chops.

You can RSVP by indicating the number of guests coming when you sign the Friendship Pad.

Worship Packets for elementary children are available in the vestibule in red activity bags. These

packets are designed to help children participate in worship. Please return the bags to the vestibule as

you leave the service.

Nursery and childcare services are always available during service for infants through Kindergarten.

Interested in membership? Contact our Church Administrator, Cyndi Conway, to arrange a

meeting with our Pastor, Neal Carter. 704-455-2479 or churchadmin@rockyriver.org

Please Keep in Your Prayers:

Jeff Barbee; Harley and Teresa Vea, friends of Janet Little; Margaret Hale; Bob D’Ameilo, friend of

Laura Milliken; Anna Melvin; The David Luther Family, friends of Vance and Brenda Horton; Shorty

McCachren; Mandy Ide; Clai McNutt; Lavada Freeman; Mary Litteral; Priscilla Clough, friend of Alice

Williams; Trina Hadfield Jones; Pat McDonald; Marie Hildreth; Bob Boswell, father of Dori Swaringen;

Wes and Ree Abernathy; Benita Schirtzinger, mother of Darren Bird; Sam Peterson, friend of Priscilla

Giuliano; Alan Cochran, brother of Neal Cochran; Ann Jones, daughter of Ray and Priscilla Clawson;

Karen DeCarlo, co-worker of Alice Williams; Sonya Moorehead, friend of Jerry Clark; Lindy and Helene

Linenberger; Kristine Way, co-worker of Alice Williams; Ouida Harman; Jim Busse, friend of Stephanie

Campbell; Amy Hicks; Brendan Milliken; Seville Funk; Marlene Howard; Kay Nalbone; Jimmy

McDonald; Linda Modzelesky; Bob Brombacher; Teresa Williams; Zackie Moore.

Healing Touch Clinic

The Healing Touch Clinic will resume TODAY Sunday, January 14. A Sign up sheet will be in the

vestibule today for 30 minute sessions beginning @ 3pm. Additional appointments will be available with

Julia Alexander on Wednesday afternoons by calling to schedule individually. There is no charge for

this service. Donations to the building fund will be accepted. Please spread the word to your family

and friends—members of the community are welcome to the clinic.

The clinic is held the second Sunday of each month and is open to the public.

Questions? Please contact Julia Alexander, 704-455-9753/2jralex@ctc.net

GriefShare

The Spring session will begin on February 8 and run thru May 10. The meetings are held on Thursday

evenings from 6:30 to 8:00pm. The only cost is $15 for the workbook. Each week a new topic is

addressed. Please invite anyone you know that has experienced the loss of a loved one to join us.

Questions: Contact Julia Alexander at 704-455-9753 or 2jralex@ctc.net

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Stewardship Report

2018 Budget $379,548 Total given YTD $ 7,276 Amt. needed per month: $ 31,629 Total for January $ 7,276 Amount needed Weekly $ 7,299 Total for January 7 $ 7,276

Thank you for your faithful giving.

Loan Status

Education Building Loan as of:

12/30/2017 $450,731

Minimum Monthly Payment $5,110

Contributions to the Capital Campaign are still

being accepted. Please prayerfully consider

giving to help reduce this debt.

THE LORD’S PRAYER

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.

Sending

† HYMN# 354 Guide My Feet

† CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

† CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE

May the Lord, Mighty God, bless and keep us forever; Grant us peace, perfect peace, strength in every endeavor; Lift up your eyes and see His face, love will leave you never; May the Lord, Mighty God, bless and keep us forever.

POSTLUDE

† Please stand if you are able

One: We are invited to bring our gifts “as to the Lord,” making each gift holy unto You as a worthy offering for a worthy cause. Our guiding principle is, “Not equal gifts, but equal generosity.”

All: Lord, revive us again as we bring all that we have and all that we are before you.

One: So today we commission our Leadership Team and ask You to bless their every effort, to the praise of Your Glory.

All: Thanks be to God!

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SERVICE OF ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION

STATEMENT ON ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION

Neal: We are all called into the church of Jesus Christ by baptism, and marked

as Christ’s own by the Holy Spirit. This is our common calling, to be

disciples and servants of our servant Lord. Within the community of the

church, some are called to particular service as elders, and as ministers

of the Word and Sacrament. Ordination is Christ’s gift to the church,

assuring that his ministry continues among us, providing for ministries of

caring and compassion in the world, ordering the governance of the

church, and preaching the Word and administering the sacraments.

Marie: Representing the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church, the session of

Rocky River Presbyterian Church now installs to active service Reggie

Hunnicutt, who has been previously ordained.

CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS

Neal: Do you trust in Jesus Christ your Savior, acknowledge him Lord of all and

Head of the Church, and through him believe in one God, Father, Son,

and Holy Spirit?

Elder: I do.

Neal: Do you accept the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be, by

the Holy Spirit, the unique and authoritative witness to Jesus Christ in the

Church universal, and God’s Word to you?

Elder: I do.

Neal: Do you sincerely receive and adopt the essential tenets of the Reformed

faith as expressed in the confessions of our church as authentic and

reliable expositions of what Scripture leads us to believe and do, and will

you be instructed and led by those confessions as you lead the people

of God?

Elder: I do and I will.

Neal: Will you fulfill your office in obedience to Jesus Christ, under the authority

of Scripture, and be continually guided by our confessions?

Elder: I will.

Neal: Will you be governed by our church’s polity, and will you abide by its

discipline? Will you be a friend among your colleagues in ministry,

working with them, subject to the ordering of God’s Word and Spirit?

Elder: I will.

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Neal: Will you in your own life seek to follow the Lord Jesus Christ, love your

neighbors, and work for the reconciliation of the world?

Elder: I will.

Neal: Do you promise to further the peace, unity, and purity of the church?

Elder: I do.

Neal: Will you seek to serve the people with energy, intelligence, imagination,

and love?

Elder: I will.

Neal: Will you be a faithful elder, watching over the people, providing for their

worship, nurture, and service? Will you share in government and

discipline, serving in governing bodies of the church, and in your ministry

will you try to show the love and justice of Jesus Christ?

Elder: I will.

Marie: Do we, the members of the church, accept Reggie as an elder, chosen

by God through the voice of this congregation to lead us in the way of

Jesus Christ?

Congregation: We do.

Joe: Do we agree to encourage him, to respect his decisions, and to follow as

he guides us, serving Jesus Christ who alone is Head of the Church?

Congregation: We do.

PRAYER OF INSTALLATION - We welcome all ordained elders to join us at this time.

Those gathered around candidate for the office of elder lay hands on them.

Neal: God of grace, pour out your Holy Spirit on Reggie, that he may be your faithful

elder in the church. Give him prudence and sound judgment, wisdom and courage to

order the life of the church in obedience to your Word. Nourish him in the life of the

Holy Spirit, that he may exercise the ministry of discipline with humility and

compassion. Guide him in governance, on this session and in every court of the

church, that he may be a servant leader following Christ who came not to be served

but to serve, and to give his life to set others free. Give him joy in his walk of faith and

a sure sense of your abiding presence for his work of ministry.

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PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY

† DOXOLOGY “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” #592

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.

† PRAYER OF DEDICATION (unison)

DECLARATION OF INSTALLATION

Neal: Reggie you are now an elder in the church of Jesus Christ and for this

congregation. Be faithful and true in your ministry so that your whole life will bear

witness to the crucified and risen Christ.

WELCOME

CHARGE

O God, you know the condition of our bank accounts as well as you know the condition of our minds and hearts. We can’t hide anything from you. Receive our gifts and use them for your good purposes in the world. Guide us to be your servants; may we listen when you speak! Amen.

LITANY OF COMMISSION OF CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TEAM

One: Lord, we come today to set apart for service these men and women who will lead us in a stewardship program to retire our debt on our beautiful new building. We ask for your blessing on their leadership and our inspired fellowship in the weeks to come.

ALL: Lord, help us respond in faith believing.

One: We are asked to go on a spiritual journey of prayer, faith and generosity. So we commit ourselves today to earnest prayer, that God will guide us to examine our own hearts and finances in support of this ministry initiative.

ALL: Lord, we seek your face and ask your blessing upon our beloved church.

One: We are encouraged not to make this all about money, so we want to leave room for faith as we consider our own circumstances and Your call to live with glad and generous hearts.

All: Lord, as we walk through these months together, show us what you would have us do.

Members of the Capital Campaign Leadership Team please come forward