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Welcome!
W e proclaim that ALL people are created in
the image of God and affirm that each per-
son is a beloved child of God, worthy of God’s love
and grace. We welcome all, celebrating our differ-
ences while finding unity in Christ. No matter who
you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are
welcome here.
Join us in the Narthex following worship so that
we can get acquainted.
If you wish to join St. Andrew today, please speak
to one of the ministers.
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church 300 W. Oak Street Denton, TX 76201
Phone (940) 387-3897 Fax (940) 381-2404
www.saint-andrew.com
Richard B. Culp, Senior Pastor
Lisa Patterson, Associate Pastor
Jeff Snider, Director of Music
Parker Hinnenkamp, Organist
Stephanie Raesz, Youth Director
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church is a congregation of the
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Children’s Chapel
Children are invited to remain in the sanctuary with
their parents following the Time with Young Disciples.
Sunday School
Children, 9:30-10:15am
Nursery Room 102
Preschool Room 100
K-5th Grade Art Room
Youth, 9:30-10:15am
Middle School Room 200
High School The Den
Adults, 9:30-10:15am
Pastor’s Class Lisa Patterson and Room 207/209
Richard Culp
Pathfinders Richard Sale Room 205
NYAP Alison McStravick and Karen Jones Library
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church Denton, Texas
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
February 23, 2020, 10:30 a.m.
Prayer Concerns this Week
Twila Kimbrough
Zamari Lawson
Steve Pickett
Ray Speir
BL Jordan
Betty Sue Grandey
Suzanne Baroody
Jane Dearman
Andrea Godwin Stremler
Carol Hill
Peter Mondelli
Sandy Speigel
Ronnie Wright, son of Sandy Speigel
Mae Berlau, grandmother of Natalie Green
and mother of Christine Edera
Sylvie Wright, friend of the Edera and Green
families
Andrea and Matthew, grandchildren of Jane
Jaegerman
Bobby Rusk, father of Stephanie Raesz
Mike Demers, brother in law of Chuck and
Judy Stoughton
Linda Karoki, mother of Juli Carradine
Patsy and Bud Ables, cousins of Barbara Sims
Ray Hundley, brother of Barbara Sims
Christina Mainard, friend of Natalie and
Keith Green
Kathy Torneo Whatley, cousin of Barbara
Sims
John Murphy, faculty member at UNT
Sandy & Woody Franks, friends of Stephen
Carey
J. B. and Olga Fincher, friends of Barbara Sims
Nancy Morris, friend of Barbara Sims
Super Wednesday
Wednesday, February 26
Menu: Baked Potato Bar with Toppings
China in a Nutshell
Fellowship Hall, 6:30pm
Dr. Jim Goodnow
College Ministry
Room 205, 6:30pm
Women’s Book Study
Room 200, 6:30pm
Amy Cole and Amy Fair
Hearing devices and large print Bibles and hymnals are available. Ask an usher.
Gathering around God’s Word
Organ Prelude Improvisation
Prelude This Is My Father’s World arr. Timothy Johnson
Wills Blosser, Jackson Cook, Gianna Haddad, Fletcher Hays,
Christian Luevano, Eta Tako, String Ensemble
Welcome and Announcements Jacob Fritz, Jonathan Luevano
Please sign the Ritual of Friendship pad in the pews.
Ringing of the Bell
Introit Prayer of St. Francis arr. Helen Litz
Westminster Choir
Call to Worship Andersen Trachsel
God, give us love:
for the love that you give is eternal.
God, give us love:
when all we see is hate.
God, give us love:
when the world seems cold.
God, give us love:
when we see others in need.
God, give us love:
for each other so that we can make a difference.
God, give us love:
love that cares for the stranger.
God, give us love:
love that restores hope in Christ.
Aging with a Plan
11:45am, Room 207/209
Please join us for a light lunch and discussion this Sunday, February 23, for the final session of
our Aging with a Plan series. 11:45am to 1:45pm in Rooms 207/209. You are welcome even if
you couldn't attend prior sessions.) This week, we will discuss dying (the physical aspects),
the difficult choices individuals and families must often make for end-of-life care and, lastly,
funeral planning. This session won’t be nearly as bad as it sounds; it is a chance to ask all
those death-related questions which seem inappropriate in other settings. For more info,
contact DeLila Bergan at [email protected].
Ash Wednesday Worship Service
Wednesday, February 26
7:30pm, Sanctuary
Outreach Committee - Denton Christian Preschool Supply Drive
We are still collecting for the Denton Christian Preschool! Their greatest needs are colored
construction paper, hand soap, green and blue-pronged folders, and journals. Items can be
placed in the bin outside the fellowship hall and in the basket in the Narthex. Monetary
donations can also be placed in the pew envelopes. Please write "Preschool Supply Drive" on
the outside of the envelope. For any questions, please contact Natalie Green at
Books now Available for Lenten Women’s Book Study
Wednesdays of Lent at Noon in Room 207/209
Book Cost: $10, available in the narthex or outside Lisa’s office
Searching for Sunday, Rachel Held Evans
By the Numbers: As of 1/31/20
Income (pledges + other income) $65,935
Expenses $65,871
Difference $64
Souper Bowl of Caring
Financial Contributions $510.75
Food Items Donated 138
Attendance 2/16/20 279
Give online at: www.saint-andrew.com/give
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church is a
Stephen Ministry Congregation.
The Week at a Glance
Thank you to Parker Hinnenkamp and Stephen Carey for accompanying the youth this morn-
ing.
The following publications were sources for our liturgies this morning: Everything I Need to
Know I Learned from Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood by Melissa Wagner, and Love Your Neighbor...A 100
Day Journey to Promote a World of Change by Christopher M. Schrader, PhD. Our reader' s theatre
was adapted from Hearts Unbound by David R. Weiss.
Opening Prayer Andersen Trachsel
*Hymn 300 We Are One in the Spirit THEY’LL KNOW WE ARE CHRISTIANS
Prayer of Confession (unison) Wills Blosser Dear God, “Love your neighbor as yourself” is easy to understand, yet daily we
struggle. Forgive us for the many times we have rejected our neighbors. We have not
prayed to see your image in them. Grant us the ability to see your image in all we meet.
Do not allow us to just keep walking by in an effort to alleviate our own discomfort.
Open our eyes to see those neighbors who the world has cast off as being of no value.
Grant us compassionate hearts and transform our minds so that we seek to understand
the needs of our neighbors and gladly desire to share what we have with them. Guide
us with your Holy Spirit so that we might look carefully at our neighbors in need, feel
compassion and empathy for them, and move into action. Amen (time of silent
confession).
Declaration of Pardon Fletcher Hays Friends, believe the good news of the Gospel.
In Jesus Christ we are forgiven. Thanks be to God!
*Sung Response #203 Loving puts us on our knees, willing to wash others’ feet, this is the way we should live like you.
Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love, show us how to serve the neighbors we have in you.
Proclaiming God’s Word
Time with Young Disciples Macy Garcia & Rylie Glasschroeder Children are invited to remain in the sanctuary with their parents following the Time with Young
Disciples.
Prayer for Illumination Nsoh-Nya Tako
First Scripture Reading Leviticus 19:18 Old Testament, page 102
Deuteronomy 10: 17-18 Old Testament, page 161
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God!
Anthem Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore Gabarain,
Katie Brindle, Macy Garcia, Charlie Guerrero, mallet percussion arr. Trachsel
Second Scripture Reading Elijah Padia Luke 10: 1-9, 17 New Testament, page 66
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God!
Reader’s Theatre Saying the S-Word: The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Katie Brindle, Mason Cole, Audrey Cook, Jackson Cook, James Fite, Gunnison Hays, Abby Lewis
Responding to God’s Word
*Affirmation of Faith (unison, from the Confession of Belhar) Hunter Lewis
We believe that God has revealed God’s self as the one who wishes to bring about
justice and true peace among people; that God, in a world full of injustice and enmity,
is in a special way the God of the destitute, the poor and the wronged; that God calls
the church to follow God in this; for God brings justice to the oppressed and gives
bread to the hungry; that God frees the prisoner and restores sight to the blind; that
God supports the downtrodden, protects the stranger, helps orphans and widows and
blocks the path of the ungodly; that for God pure and undefiled religion is to visit the
orphans and the widows in their suffering; that God wishes to teach the church to do
what is good and to seek the right; that the church must therefore stand by the people
in any form of suffering and need.
*Hymn 754 Help Us Accept Each Other BARONITA
Prayers of the People and The Lord’s Prayer (unison) Libby Personius
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.
Presentation of Tithes & Offerings Eta Tako Offertory Jesus, Name Above All Names Hearn, arr. Pethei
(with Oh, How I Love Jesus)
Andersen Trachsel, alto saxophone
*Doxology Hymn 606
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 Eta Tako
Taking God’s Word into the World
*Hymn 693 Though I May Speak GIFT OF LOVE
*Benediction Josh Chavira, Hanna Haddad, Caroline Konkle,
Ross Konkle, Griffon Rentz, Obenson Tako
*Benediction Response Won’t You Be My Neighbor Fred Rogers
Bold Text indicates congregational participation.
*Those who are able are asked to stand.
TODAY
9:15 a.m. Presbyterian 101
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
10:30 a.m. Worship Service, Sanctuary
11:30 a.m. Aging with a Plan, Room 207/209
1:30 p.m. Stephen Ministry Training, Room 206/208
1:30 p.m. St. Andrew Scenes Spectacular, Adult Choir
Room
Monday, February 24
6:30 p.m. Theology on Tap, Denton County Brewing Co.
Tuesday, February 25 1:30 p.m. Women’s Tuesday Afternoon Bible Study,
Room 206
Wednesday, February 26
8:00 a.m. Men’s Book Study, The Great Egg
12:00 p.m. Ladies’ Lenton Book Study, Rm 207/209
5:30 p.m. Super Wed. Meal, Fellowship Hall
6:00 p.m. Noel Choir, Children’s Choir Room
Youth Group, Rec Center
6:20 p.m. Covenant Choir, Children’s Choir Room
Children’s Recreation
Handbells, Adult Choir Room
6:30 p.m. Adult Tracks
7:30 p.m. Ash Wednesday Worship Service, Sanctuary
The rosebuds in the chancel announce two births: Leif
Solytnjes, born to proud parents Emily Hagen and Phil
Solyntjes on February 13, and Emmilene Joy Lewis, born to
proud parents Hillary and Brandon Lewis on February 16.
Congratulations!
By the Numbers: As of 1/31/20
Income (pledges + other income) $65,935
Expenses $65,871
Difference $64
Souper Bowl of Caring
Financial Contributions $510.75
Food Items Donated 138
Attendance 2/16/20 279
Give online at: www.saint-andrew.com/give
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church is a
Stephen Ministry Congregation.
The Week at a Glance
Thank you to Parker Hinnenkamp and Stephen Carey for accompanying the youth this morn-
ing.
The following publications were sources for our liturgies this morning: Everything I Need to
Know I Learned from Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood by Melissa Wagner, and Love Your Neighbor...A 100
Day Journey to Promote a World of Change by Christopher M. Schrader, PhD. Our reader' s theatre
was adapted from Hearts Unbound by David R. Weiss.
Opening Prayer Andersen Trachsel
*Hymn 300 We Are One in the Spirit THEY’LL KNOW WE ARE CHRISTIANS
Prayer of Confession (unison) Wills Blosser Dear God, “Love your neighbor as yourself” is easy to understand, yet daily we
struggle. Forgive us for the many times we have rejected our neighbors. We have not
prayed to see your image in them. Grant us the ability to see your image in all we meet.
Do not allow us to just keep walking by in an effort to alleviate our own discomfort.
Open our eyes to see those neighbors who the world has cast off as being of no value.
Grant us compassionate hearts and transform our minds so that we seek to understand
the needs of our neighbors and gladly desire to share what we have with them. Guide
us with your Holy Spirit so that we might look carefully at our neighbors in need, feel
compassion and empathy for them, and move into action. Amen (time of silent
confession).
Declaration of Pardon Fletcher Hays Friends, believe the good news of the Gospel.
In Jesus Christ we are forgiven. Thanks be to God!
*Sung Response #203 Loving puts us on our knees, willing to wash others’ feet, this is the way we should live like you.
Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love, show us how to serve the neighbors we have in you.
Proclaiming God’s Word
Time with Young Disciples Macy Garcia & Rylie Glasschroeder Children are invited to remain in the sanctuary with their parents following the Time with Young
Disciples.
Prayer for Illumination Nsoh-Nya Tako
First Scripture Reading Leviticus 19:18 Old Testament, page 102
Deuteronomy 10: 17-18 Old Testament, page 161
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God!
Anthem Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore Gabarain,
Katie Brindle, Macy Garcia, Charlie Guerrero, mallet percussion arr. Trachsel
Second Scripture Reading Elijah Padia Luke 10: 1-9, 17 New Testament, page 66
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God!
Reader’s Theatre Saying the S-Word: The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Katie Brindle, Mason Cole, Audrey Cook, Jackson Cook, James Fite, Gunnison Hays, Abby Lewis
Responding to God’s Word
*Affirmation of Faith (unison, from the Confession of Belhar) Hunter Lewis
We believe that God has revealed God’s self as the one who wishes to bring about
justice and true peace among people; that God, in a world full of injustice and enmity,
is in a special way the God of the destitute, the poor and the wronged; that God calls
the church to follow God in this; for God brings justice to the oppressed and gives
bread to the hungry; that God frees the prisoner and restores sight to the blind; that
God supports the downtrodden, protects the stranger, helps orphans and widows and
blocks the path of the ungodly; that for God pure and undefiled religion is to visit the
orphans and the widows in their suffering; that God wishes to teach the church to do
what is good and to seek the right; that the church must therefore stand by the people
in any form of suffering and need.
*Hymn 754 Help Us Accept Each Other BARONITA
Prayers of the People and The Lord’s Prayer (unison) Libby Personius
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.
Presentation of Tithes & Offerings Eta Tako Offertory Jesus, Name Above All Names Hearn, arr. Pethei
(with Oh, How I Love Jesus)
Andersen Trachsel, alto saxophone
*Doxology Hymn 606
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 Eta Tako
Taking God’s Word into the World
*Hymn 693 Though I May Speak GIFT OF LOVE
*Benediction Josh Chavira, Hanna Haddad, Caroline Konkle,
Ross Konkle, Griffon Rentz, Obenson Tako
*Benediction Response Won’t You Be My Neighbor Fred Rogers
Bold Text indicates congregational participation.
*Those who are able are asked to stand.
TODAY
9:15 a.m. Presbyterian 101
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
10:30 a.m. Worship Service, Sanctuary
11:30 a.m. Aging with a Plan, Room 207/209
1:30 p.m. Stephen Ministry Training, Room 206/208
1:30 p.m. St. Andrew Scenes Spectacular, Adult Choir
Room
Monday, February 24
6:30 p.m. Theology on Tap, Denton County Brewing Co.
Tuesday, February 25 1:30 p.m. Women’s Tuesday Afternoon Bible Study,
Room 206
Wednesday, February 26
8:00 a.m. Men’s Book Study, The Great Egg
12:00 p.m. Ladies’ Lenton Book Study, Rm 207/209
5:30 p.m. Super Wed. Meal, Fellowship Hall
6:00 p.m. Noel Choir, Children’s Choir Room
Youth Group, Rec Center
6:20 p.m. Covenant Choir, Children’s Choir Room
Children’s Recreation
Handbells, Adult Choir Room
6:30 p.m. Adult Tracks
7:30 p.m. Ash Wednesday Worship Service, Sanctuary
The rosebuds in the chancel announce two births: Leif
Solytnjes, born to proud parents Emily Hagen and Phil
Solyntjes on February 13, and Emmilene Joy Lewis, born to
proud parents Hillary and Brandon Lewis on February 16.
Congratulations!
Prayer Stations for Lent 2020
Prayer Room at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
Where Have You Seen God? . . .
Make the Lenten journey this year using the ancient Christian practices reformed
for a new day. Spiritual disciplines are a way of living out the faith in an intentional
way in order to be open to seeing God’s movement and claim on our lives in the
every day. We believe this movement flows in and out of Sunday worship.
On Sunday, February 23, 2020 (Transfiguration Sunday), Ash Wednesday, and the
first Sunday in Lent, we will distribute Lenten journals, pens, and a devotional
guide. The guide will lead each one of us through the Scripture reading(s) for the
day and the question to wonder and ponder about and then note in your journal.
When the journals are distributed, supplies will be available for you to decorate
your journal.
Experiential stations will be set up in the Prayer Room beginning on Ash Wednes-
day and continuing through Holy Week. The stations will be simple and you can
take as much time as you wish to linger in the practice or be done quickly without
much time required.
Stations will include but not be limited to:
Baptism and water – exploring the gifts of God. What are we ready to receive from
God?
Ashes and new life – dependence on God’s grace, love, and mercy. What is Jesus
renewing in our lives in the reality of our own mortality and frailty?
Cross and commitment – exploring Jesus’ commitment to us and the world. How
are we willing to bind ourselves to Jesus?
Words of life – God speaks. In the chaos o f our lives, what word is God saying to
us today?
Compass and direction – pulling towards God or away from our true North? What
pulls us from God? What pulls us toward God?
Highlight Poster in the Narthex
Tell your church family how you have seen God and how you see God at work in the life and
work of St. Andrew through sharing on the foamcore poster each week. Share your journal
thoughts on the Highlight Wall.
Lent & Easter 2020
Ash Wednesday Service
Wednesday, February 26
7:30pm
Passion/Palm Sunday
Sunday, April 5
10:30am, Sanctuary
Service for Wholeness
Wednesday, April 8
7:30pm, Sanctuary
Maundy Thursday
April 9
6:00pm, Fellowship Hall
Good Friday
April 10
Service of Tenebrae, 7:30pm
Prelude, 7:00pm
Great Vigil of Easter
Saturday, April 11
5:00pm, Front Lawn
Easter Sunday
April 12
8:30am and 10:50am, Sanctuary
One Great Hour of Sharing Offering Received
Welcome!
W e proclaim that ALL people are created in
the image of God and affirm that each per-
son is a beloved child of God, worthy of God’s love
and grace. We welcome all, celebrating our differ-
ences while finding unity in Christ. No matter who
you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are
welcome here.
Join us in the Narthex following worship so that
we can get acquainted.
If you wish to join St. Andrew today, please speak
to one of the ministers.
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church 300 W. Oak Street Denton, TX 76201
Phone (940) 387-3897 Fax (940) 381-2404
www.saint-andrew.com
Richard B. Culp, Senior Pastor
Lisa Patterson, Associate Pastor
Jeff Snider, Director of Music
Parker Hinnenkamp, Organist
Stephanie Raesz, Youth Director
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church is a congregation of the
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Children’s Chapel
Children are invited to remain in the sanctuary with
their parents following the Time with Young Disciples.
Sunday School
Children, 9:30-10:15am
Nursery Room 102
Preschool Room 100
K-5th Grade Art Room
Youth, 9:30-10:15am
Middle School Room 200
High School The Den
Adults, 9:30-10:15am
Pastor’s Class Lisa Patterson and Room 207/209
Richard Culp
Pathfinders Richard Sale Room 205
NYAP Alison McStravick and Karen Jones Library
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church Denton, Texas
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
February 23, 2020, 10:30 a.m.
Prayer Concerns this Week
Twila Kimbrough
Zamari Lawson
Steve Pickett
Ray Speir
BL Jordan
Betty Sue Grandey
Suzanne Baroody
Jane Dearman
Andrea Godwin Stremler
Carol Hill
Peter Mondelli
Sandy Speigel
Ronnie Wright, son of Sandy Speigel
Mae Berlau, grandmother of Natalie Green
and mother of Christine Edera
Sylvie Wright, friend of the Edera and Green
families
Andrea and Matthew, grandchildren of Jane
Jaegerman
Bobby Rusk, father of Stephanie Raesz
Mike Demers, brother in law of Chuck and
Judy Stoughton
Linda Karoki, mother of Juli Carradine
Patsy and Bud Ables, cousins of Barbara Sims
Ray Hundley, brother of Barbara Sims
Christina Mainard, friend of Natalie and
Keith Green
Kathy Torneo Whatley, cousin of Barbara
Sims
John Murphy, faculty member at UNT
Sandy & Woody Franks, friends of Stephen
Carey
J. B. and Olga Fincher, friends of Barbara Sims
Nancy Morris, friend of Barbara Sims
Super Wednesday
Wednesday, February 26
Menu: Baked Potato Bar with Toppings
China in a Nutshell
Fellowship Hall, 6:30pm
Dr. Jim Goodnow
College Ministry
Room 205, 6:30pm
Women’s Book Study
Room 200, 6:30pm
Amy Cole and Amy Fair
Hearing devices and large print Bibles and hymnals are available. Ask an usher.
Gathering around God’s Word
Organ Prelude Improvisation
Prelude This Is My Father’s World arr. Timothy Johnson
Wills Blosser, Jackson Cook, Gianna Haddad, Fletcher Hays,
Christian Luevano, Eta Tako, String Ensemble
Welcome and Announcements Jacob Fritz, Jonathan Luevano
Please sign the Ritual of Friendship pad in the pews.
Ringing of the Bell
Introit Prayer of St. Francis arr. Helen Litz
Westminster Choir
Call to Worship Andersen Trachsel
God, give us love:
for the love that you give is eternal.
God, give us love:
when all we see is hate.
God, give us love:
when the world seems cold.
God, give us love:
when we see others in need.
God, give us love:
for each other so that we can make a difference.
God, give us love:
love that cares for the stranger.
God, give us love:
love that restores hope in Christ.
Aging with a Plan
11:45am, Room 207/209
Please join us for a light lunch and discussion this Sunday, February 23, for the final session of
our Aging with a Plan series. 11:45am to 1:45pm in Rooms 207/209. You are welcome even if
you couldn't attend prior sessions.) This week, we will discuss dying (the physical aspects),
the difficult choices individuals and families must often make for end-of-life care and, lastly,
funeral planning. This session won’t be nearly as bad as it sounds; it is a chance to ask all
those death-related questions which seem inappropriate in other settings. For more info,
contact DeLila Bergan at [email protected].
Ash Wednesday Worship Service
Wednesday, February 26
7:30pm, Sanctuary
Outreach Committee - Denton Christian Preschool Supply Drive
We are still collecting for the Denton Christian Preschool! Their greatest needs are colored
construction paper, hand soap, green and blue-pronged folders, and journals. Items can be
placed in the bin outside the fellowship hall and in the basket in the Narthex. Monetary
donations can also be placed in the pew envelopes. Please write "Preschool Supply Drive" on
the outside of the envelope. For any questions, please contact Natalie Green at
Books now Available for Lenten Women’s Book Study
Wednesdays of Lent at Noon in Room 207/209
Book Cost: $10, available in the narthex or outside Lisa’s office
Searching for Sunday, Rachel Held Evans
By the Numbers: As of 1/31/20
Income (pledges + other income) $65,935
Expenses $65,871
Difference $64
Souper Bowl of Caring
Financial Contributions $510.75
Food Items Donated 138
Attendance 2/16/20 279
Give online at: www.saint-andrew.com/give
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church is a
Stephen Ministry Congregation.
The Week at a Glance
Thank you to Parker Hinnenkamp and Stephen Carey for accompanying the youth this morn-
ing.
The following publications were sources for our liturgies this morning: Everything I Need to
Know I Learned from Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood by Melissa Wagner, and Love Your Neighbor...A 100
Day Journey to Promote a World of Change by Christopher M. Schrader, PhD. Our reader' s theatre
was adapted from Hearts Unbound by David R. Weiss.
Opening Prayer Andersen Trachsel
*Hymn 300 We Are One in the Spirit THEY’LL KNOW WE ARE CHRISTIANS
Prayer of Confession (unison) Wills Blosser Dear God, “Love your neighbor as yourself” is easy to understand, yet daily we
struggle. Forgive us for the many times we have rejected our neighbors. We have not
prayed to see your image in them. Grant us the ability to see your image in all we meet.
Do not allow us to just keep walking by in an effort to alleviate our own discomfort.
Open our eyes to see those neighbors who the world has cast off as being of no value.
Grant us compassionate hearts and transform our minds so that we seek to understand
the needs of our neighbors and gladly desire to share what we have with them. Guide
us with your Holy Spirit so that we might look carefully at our neighbors in need, feel
compassion and empathy for them, and move into action. Amen (time of silent
confession).
Declaration of Pardon Fletcher Hays Friends, believe the good news of the Gospel.
In Jesus Christ we are forgiven. Thanks be to God!
*Sung Response #203 Loving puts us on our knees, willing to wash others’ feet, this is the way we should live like you.
Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love, show us how to serve the neighbors we have in you.
Proclaiming God’s Word
Time with Young Disciples Macy Garcia & Rylie Glasschroeder Children are invited to remain in the sanctuary with their parents following the Time with Young
Disciples.
Prayer for Illumination Nsoh-Nya Tako
First Scripture Reading Leviticus 19:18 Old Testament, page 102
Deuteronomy 10: 17-18 Old Testament, page 161
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God!
Anthem Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore Gabarain,
Katie Brindle, Macy Garcia, Charlie Guerrero, mallet percussion arr. Trachsel
Second Scripture Reading Elijah Padia Luke 10: 1-9, 17 New Testament, page 66
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God!
Reader’s Theatre Saying the S-Word: The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Katie Brindle, Mason Cole, Audrey Cook, Jackson Cook, James Fite, Gunnison Hays, Abby Lewis
Responding to God’s Word
*Affirmation of Faith (unison, from the Confession of Belhar) Hunter Lewis
We believe that God has revealed God’s self as the one who wishes to bring about
justice and true peace among people; that God, in a world full of injustice and enmity,
is in a special way the God of the destitute, the poor and the wronged; that God calls
the church to follow God in this; for God brings justice to the oppressed and gives
bread to the hungry; that God frees the prisoner and restores sight to the blind; that
God supports the downtrodden, protects the stranger, helps orphans and widows and
blocks the path of the ungodly; that for God pure and undefiled religion is to visit the
orphans and the widows in their suffering; that God wishes to teach the church to do
what is good and to seek the right; that the church must therefore stand by the people
in any form of suffering and need.
*Hymn 754 Help Us Accept Each Other BARONITA
Prayers of the People and The Lord’s Prayer (unison) Libby Personius
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.
Presentation of Tithes & Offerings Eta Tako Offertory Jesus, Name Above All Names Hearn, arr. Pethei
(with Oh, How I Love Jesus)
Andersen Trachsel, alto saxophone
*Doxology Hymn 606
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 Eta Tako
Taking God’s Word into the World
*Hymn 693 Though I May Speak GIFT OF LOVE
*Benediction Josh Chavira, Hanna Haddad, Caroline Konkle,
Ross Konkle, Griffon Rentz, Obenson Tako
*Benediction Response Won’t You Be My Neighbor Fred Rogers
Bold Text indicates congregational participation.
*Those who are able are asked to stand.
TODAY
9:15 a.m. Presbyterian 101
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
10:30 a.m. Worship Service, Sanctuary
11:30 a.m. Aging with a Plan, Room 207/209
1:30 p.m. Stephen Ministry Training, Room 206/208
1:30 p.m. St. Andrew Scenes Spectacular, Adult Choir
Room
Monday, February 24
6:30 p.m. Theology on Tap, Denton County Brewing Co.
Tuesday, February 25 1:30 p.m. Women’s Tuesday Afternoon Bible Study,
Room 206
Wednesday, February 26
8:00 a.m. Men’s Book Study, The Great Egg
12:00 p.m. Ladies’ Lenton Book Study, Rm 207/209
5:30 p.m. Super Wed. Meal, Fellowship Hall
6:00 p.m. Noel Choir, Children’s Choir Room
Youth Group, Rec Center
6:20 p.m. Covenant Choir, Children’s Choir Room
Children’s Recreation
Handbells, Adult Choir Room
6:30 p.m. Adult Tracks
7:30 p.m. Ash Wednesday Worship Service, Sanctuary
The rosebuds in the chancel announce two births: Leif
Solytnjes, born to proud parents Emily Hagen and Phil
Solyntjes on February 13, and Emmilene Joy Lewis, born to
proud parents Hillary and Brandon Lewis on February 16.
Congratulations!
Welcome!
W e proclaim that ALL people are created in
the image of God and affirm that each per-
son is a beloved child of God, worthy of God’s love
and grace. We welcome all, celebrating our differ-
ences while finding unity in Christ. No matter who
you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are
welcome here.
Join us in the Narthex following worship so that
we can get acquainted.
If you wish to join St. Andrew today, please speak
to one of the ministers.
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church 300 W. Oak Street Denton, TX 76201
Phone (940) 387-3897 Fax (940) 381-2404
www.saint-andrew.com
Richard B. Culp, Senior Pastor
Lisa Patterson, Associate Pastor
Jeff Snider, Director of Music
Parker Hinnenkamp, Organist
Stephanie Raesz, Youth Director
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church is a congregation of the
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Children’s Chapel
Children are invited to remain in the sanctuary with
their parents following the Time with Young Disciples.
Sunday School
Children, 9:30-10:15am
Nursery Room 102
Preschool Room 100
K-5th Grade Art Room
Youth, 9:30-10:15am
Middle School Room 200
High School The Den
Adults, 9:30-10:15am
Pastor’s Class Lisa Patterson and Room 207/209
Richard Culp
Pathfinders Richard Sale Room 205
NYAP Alison McStravick and Karen Jones Library
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church Denton, Texas
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
February 23, 2020, 10:30 a.m.
Prayer Concerns this Week
Twila Kimbrough
Zamari Lawson
Steve Pickett
Ray Speir
BL Jordan
Betty Sue Grandey
Suzanne Baroody
Jane Dearman
Andrea Godwin Stremler
Carol Hill
Peter Mondelli
Sandy Speigel
Ronnie Wright, son of Sandy Speigel
Mae Berlau, grandmother of Natalie Green
and mother of Christine Edera
Sylvie Wright, friend of the Edera and Green
families
Andrea and Matthew, grandchildren of Jane
Jaegerman
Bobby Rusk, father of Stephanie Raesz
Mike Demers, brother in law of Chuck and
Judy Stoughton
Linda Karoki, mother of Juli Carradine
Patsy and Bud Ables, cousins of Barbara Sims
Ray Hundley, brother of Barbara Sims
Christina Mainard, friend of Natalie and
Keith Green
Kathy Torneo Whatley, cousin of Barbara
Sims
John Murphy, faculty member at UNT
Sandy & Woody Franks, friends of Stephen
Carey
J. B. and Olga Fincher, friends of Barbara Sims
Nancy Morris, friend of Barbara Sims
Super Wednesday
Wednesday, February 26
Menu: Baked Potato Bar with Toppings
China in a Nutshell
Fellowship Hall, 6:30pm
Dr. Jim Goodnow
College Ministry
Room 205, 6:30pm
Women’s Book Study
Room 200, 6:30pm
Amy Cole and Amy Fair
Hearing devices and large print Bibles and hymnals are available. Ask an usher.
Gathering around God’s Word
Organ Prelude Improvisation
Prelude This Is My Father’s World arr. Timothy Johnson
Wills Blosser, Jackson Cook, Gianna Haddad, Fletcher Hays,
Christian Luevano, Eta Tako, String Ensemble
Welcome and Announcements Jacob Fritz, Jonathan Luevano
Please sign the Ritual of Friendship pad in the pews.
Ringing of the Bell
Introit Prayer of St. Francis arr. Helen Litz
Westminster Choir
Call to Worship Andersen Trachsel
God, give us love:
for the love that you give is eternal.
God, give us love:
when all we see is hate.
God, give us love:
when the world seems cold.
God, give us love:
when we see others in need.
God, give us love:
for each other so that we can make a difference.
God, give us love:
love that cares for the stranger.
God, give us love:
love that restores hope in Christ.
Aging with a Plan
11:45am, Room 207/209
Please join us for a light lunch and discussion this Sunday, February 23, for the final session of
our Aging with a Plan series. 11:45am to 1:45pm in Rooms 207/209. You are welcome even if
you couldn't attend prior sessions.) This week, we will discuss dying (the physical aspects),
the difficult choices individuals and families must often make for end-of-life care and, lastly,
funeral planning. This session won’t be nearly as bad as it sounds; it is a chance to ask all
those death-related questions which seem inappropriate in other settings. For more info,
contact DeLila Bergan at [email protected].
Ash Wednesday Worship Service
Wednesday, February 26
7:30pm, Sanctuary
Outreach Committee - Denton Christian Preschool Supply Drive
We are still collecting for the Denton Christian Preschool! Their greatest needs are colored
construction paper, hand soap, green and blue-pronged folders, and journals. Items can be
placed in the bin outside the fellowship hall and in the basket in the Narthex. Monetary
donations can also be placed in the pew envelopes. Please write "Preschool Supply Drive" on
the outside of the envelope. For any questions, please contact Natalie Green at
Books now Available for Lenten Women’s Book Study
Wednesdays of Lent at Noon in Room 207/209
Book Cost: $10, available in the narthex or outside Lisa’s office
Searching for Sunday, Rachel Held Evans