Bulletin for Sunday, December 2
“Making a Difference in Jesus Name!”
Otisville – Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church
December 2, 2018
8:30 AM, 9:30 AM, & 11:00 AM
Church Office 386-3851, Email: OtisvillePres@hvc.rr.com
Cell Phones and Tablets Welcome
Don’t forget to silence your phones during worship. Thank You
Text-To-Give message “give” to (347) 830-7281!
Church app is at https://tithely.app.link/Otisville-Mt-Hope-Presbyterian-Church
Prelude
Advent Candle lighting
L: "The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;
those who lived in a land of deep darkness -- on them light has shined... For a
child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his
shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9:2, 6)
L: Today we remember the
prophets of old, who demanded to be heard, who dared to speak of a child to
come, unexpected liberator of the people, vulnerable incarnation of the Holiest
of Holies, a new name for God.
P: Today we give thanks for the
prophets among us, who bring to us surprising new visions of hope, who
challenge us to think outside the box, who show us a future we never
anticipated.
L: On this first Sunday of
Advent, we light this candle as a symbol of the prophets who renew our faith
and remind us of what may be.
Silent Prayer of Confession
Sung Response & Assurance
of Pardon
“Lord have
mercy upon us. Christ have mercy upon us. Lord have mercy upon us.”
Glory to the Father
“Glory be to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost; as it was
in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.”
An Affirmation of Faith
(unison)
This is the good news which we received, in which we stand and by
which we are saved; that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day; and that he appeared
to Mary, then to the twelve, and to many faithful witnesses. We believe he is
the Christ, the Son of the Living God. He is the first and the last, the beginning
and the end, he is our Lord and our God. Amen.
Sharing of Joys and Concerns
& Prayers of the People
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.”
Anthem
Scripture Luke 21:25-36
Sermon Messiah Is Coming
Congregational Information
The Offering – Text to Give at 347- 830-7281 | Online Giving
Offertory Prayer
Offertory
Sung Response
“We give Thee
but Thine own, whate’er the gift may be. All that we have is Thine alone, a
trust O Lord from Thee.”
Communion
“Come to the table of mercy, prepared
with the wine and the bread; all who are hungry and thirsty, come and your
souls will be fed. Come at the Lord’s invitation; receive from his nail-scarred
hand. Eat of the bread of salvation, drink of the blood of the Lamb.”
The Peace
L God sent the world his only Son. Since God
loved us so much,
we too should love one another.
we too should love one another.
P: Let us love one another, since love comes
from God.
L: The Peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with
you all.
P: (to each other) The Peace of Christ be with
you.
Benediction
Sung Response
May the Lord,
Mighty God, bless and keep you forever; Grant you peace, perfect peace, courage
in every endeavor. Lift your eyes and see his face, and his love forever. May
the Lord, risen Lord, bless and keep you forever.
Postlude
Luke 3:1-6
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Second Sunday in Advent
Elijah before Messiah
Remembrance Sunday
Annual Meeting - no 9:30 AM worship
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12/16
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Luke 3:7-18
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Third Sunday in Advent
Messiah Values
EMPOWERkids Christmas Pageant
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12/23
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Luke 1:39-45
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Fourth Sunday in Advent
Elizabeth & Mary
Rachel Pierson & Namibia at 9:30 AM
No Empowerkids
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12/24
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5:00pm
7:00pm
9:00pm
11:00pm
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Christmas Eve
Children’s Christmas Eve
Candlelight 1 Christmas Eve
Candlelight 2 Christmas Eve
Communion Christmas Eve
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12/30
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11:00am
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First Sunday after Christmas
The Service of Carols and Readings
No Empowerkids
No 8:30 AM or 9:30 AM worship
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Today's Worship Details
·
Communion: Jane & Roy
Brighton, Bill Byrne, Joan Addy, John Dineen
·
Greeters: Tammy Bosco, Alan
Zogsby
·
Readers: Elizabeth Orengo, Eda
Sanchez
·
Flower dates: all of December. Flowers
cost $25 per vase or $45 for 2!
Envelopes can be found in the back of the church or you can call the
office to order.
Office Hours
·
Office hours are Tuesday-Thursday 8:00am-12:00pm.
Nursery Care
CHURCH EVENTS THIS WEEK
Giving
Through the App
·
Giving by using a credit or debit card, or
electronic bank transfer, giving through the church app and tithe.ly makes it
easy. Once set up, you can give to any number of church funds. It can be set to
automate your giving once a week/month, etc. Though there is a cost of 3%, you
can choose to cover that cost!
Planned
Giving
·
Ever
thought of giving to the church through your will? You do have one, yes?! If
you have a will, you can leave a gift to the church. Talk to your attorney.
Your gift will enable the church to be the church and do what the church needs
to do for years to come!
Reminder from Our
Treasurer
·
Feel
free to hand in your pledges if forgotten to date, and remember reminder that
pledges aren't needed to be on the envelope system.
·
If
someone would like envelopes so they can get a year-end tax receipt please just
put a note in the offering plate the next couple weeks. Envelopes will ready
for distribution the Sunday of our annual meeting, December 9.
Thank
you to all!
- Because
of the generosity of all our people we have been able to pay all of our
bills, dream about and start new mission, and even fix some things that
needed fixing.
- We are
dreaming about some additional new mission and are open to new ideas about
how to reach out to new people, or to reach some of our own more effectively.
- If you
see a field ready to harvest, or a place were some planting could be done
in order to grow God’s kingdom, please speak to Jeff or any elder: Chuck,
John, Robbie, Neil, Elizabeth, Jim, Kelly, Ann or Kevin, or Clerk of
Session, Candy Burnett!
Decorating
for Advent and Christmas
· Many thanks to Marilyn, Bob, and the crew for the wonderful decorations!
We are ready!
EMPOWERkids
· Our advent party will be on December 2nd in the fellowship hall during
the 9:30AM service.
· On December 9th we will have pageant practice in the sanctuary during the
annual meeting. There are only THREE Sundays left until our pageant date, and
we are rehearsing a little every week. Please be sure the children attend each
week to practice.
· Our Christmas Pageant will be on Sunday, December 16th at 9:30. We will
take a little break from our regular curriculum in December to focus on the coming
savior during our class times. After all, Jesus entering the world is the
reason for the ENTIRE season, and we don't intend to focus too much attention
on anything else but HIM!!
· NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO EMPOWERkids ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 23RD AND 30TH.
· Children's Christmas Eve Service will be December 24th at 5PM.
Live
Streaming Worship (Facebook live)
·
We
have been live streaming our 11:00am worship and have had 2000 visits! If you
might be willing to help at 11am worship with the Power Point slides (moving
from slide to slide) as this will be an input into the Live Stream so folks
away have the words to hymns and announcement screens.
·
To
help at 11:00am, see Jeff, John, Elizabeth or Wendy.
·
The
service is recorded, and can be found at https://www.facebook.com/otisville.presbyterian/
·
The
cost upgrade will cost about $3500-$5000. Donations are welcome. You can go to
Tithe.ly – Facebook Live
· FFF will be cooking for
the warming station in Port Jervis and then eating. Be at the church by 4-4:30
to work, 6:30pm to eat! RSVP Allison (845-386-4077, 914-850-6134 or emlee@hvc.rr.com)!
Remembrance Sunday – December 9
· On Sunday, December 9, we will end our service
with the lighting of candles at the 8:30 and 11:00 services. All are invited to
come forth during the final hymn to light a candle for a loved one. It is a
beautiful sight to see the lit candles and to know they represent so much love
and hopefully offer some peace.
The Annual Meeting – December 9
· The Annual Meeting of
the Congregation and Corporation will be at 9:30am on Sunday, December 9th.
In addition to voting on officers and the terms of call of the Pastor, we will
also be voting on an amendment to the By Laws in order to allow meeting by
electronics like Zoom or Go to Meeting.
· It reads: 15. Meetings of the Session, committees,
teams, task forces and working groups shall ordinarily meet
face-to-face but may meet as needed by means of remote communication such
as teleconference or videoconference (or by a combination of videoconference
and face-to-face gatherings), as long as proper notice of the meeting has been
given, full opportunity for simultaneous communication is available to all
members, and minutes are duly kept and approved. Participation in a
meeting by that means constitutes presence at the meeting.
· In Addition, the 2018
Nominating Committee nominates:
o
Elders
(Trustees) for Class of 2021
§ Kelly Dolson, Ann
Raider, and Dave Smith.
o
Deacons
Class of 2022
§ Maureen Dineen, Roy
Brighton, Carolyn Smith, and Jodi DeYoung
o
Youth
Deacon Class of 2020
§ Patrick Frank
o
Memorial
Committee 2022
§ Rita Rozboril, Terri
Maurizzio
o
Clerk
of Session: Elizabeth “Candy” Burnett
o
General/Mission
Treasurer: Chuck Krogslund, Building Treasurer: Phil Saler
The Jesse Tree Gifts – December 9
· The lists are available
now! The gifts will need to be back by December 9th. Again, it will be: 1
hat, 1 pair of gloves, Scarf optional, 1 pair of pants, 1 shirt, 1 toy of
$19.99 value.
· There are 17 children
this year
·
Our
first annual Christmas Light Scavenger Hunt will be on Saturday, December 15 at
7:00pm. Car will have four people in them, a driver, navigator, recorder and
photographer, and the car will be given a list of Christmas displays they need
to find and photograph within a prescribed time limit. Examples are: Nativity
scene, but without baby Jesus yet (who doesn’t arrive until December 25, duh!)
If you have a car full or If you are on your own, or don’t have a car full, see
Allison.
·
Cookies
and Hot Cocoa back at the church after.
EMPOWERkids Christmas Pageant – December 16
· Our Annual Christmas
Pageant will be at 9:30am.
OBQ at St. John’s – December 16
· The Otisville Brass
Quintet will be at St. John’s Lutheran Church on CR 11 (Mount hope Road) on
Sunday, December 16 at 3:00pm to raise money for the Middletown Interfaith Councils’
Warming Station at St. Paul’s Methodist Church.
Live Nativity – December 16
· “Mary and Joseph and a
sweet baby dear, Wiseman and Shepherds with animals near! Angeles nearby to
tell of God's Glory, share with us all this Wonderful Story!” Come experience from
5-7pm what it might have been like to be in Bethlehem on that night so long
ago! Refreshments will be served!
Annual Joint Session and Deacons Meeting – December 18
· The annual Joint
Meeting and Christmas celebration will be at the church because of manse
renovations.
Rachel Pierson &
the Peace Corps. – December 23
· Rachel will be here to
tell us about the Peace Corps and her work in Namibia at 9:30am.
Deacons
Christmas Fruit Baskets – December 23
·
The
Deacons give fruit baskets to who are widows, widowers, in a nursing home or
homebound who wish to receive one.
Baskets are obtained from Price Chopper. The Final list will be made by
December 1st; Orders will be made by December 14th; and
distribution will be Sunday, December 23rd in the Fellowship Hall.
Christmas
Eve Services – December 24
· 5:00pm - Children’s Christmas Eve
· 7:00pm - Candlelight 1 Christmas Eve
·
9:00pm - Candlelight 2 Christmas Eve
·
11:00pm - Communion Christmas eve
·
If
you would like to help with one of the services, see Jeff, Candy, Elizabeth, or
one of the other Directors.
·
We
will need help with power point slides, Facebook Live, greeters, candle lighters,
emergency medical, fire, and even traffic safety.
Get the Church
app - TODAY
·
to
your attorney. Your gift will enable the church to be the church and do what
the church needs to do for years to come!
Need to
make a year-end gift? Go to https://tithe.ly/give_new/www/#/tithely/give-one-time/52802
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