THE GATHERING

The service of worship begins with the prelude; quiet is requested as you enter the sanctuary and prepare for worship. In the spirit of Christian fellowship, we invite you to wear a name tag which is available from the greeters. As a community that prays with and for one another, we invite you to share your joys and concerns by using the prayer cards available from the ushers. Those parts of the Service of Worship in which the congregation participates in word or song are noted in bold type. Please stand as you are able.

PRELUDE Selections from “Preludes, op. 28” Chopin

* CALL TO WORSHIP (based on Psalm 52):

Leader: I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.

People: Those who rely upon God are like the green olive trees that grow in God's garden.

Leader: I will thank God forever because of what God has done.

People: In the presence of the faithful I will proclaim God's name.

Leader: We wait upon God because God is good.

People: God does not disappoint those who wait upon the LORD.

* HYMN 487 When Morning Gilds the Skies Laudes Domini

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALL TO CONFESSION

  LIVE  boldly 

  SHARE  boundlessly 

  GROW  community 

  BUILD  God’s world 

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH OF ENGLEWOOD

July 17, 2016 Eleven o’clock

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

Loving God, we confess that the distractions and busyness of our lives make it difficult to listen deeply to your voice. We confess to becoming so shaped by the values of this age that your call on our lives is increasingly hard to hear. Transform our values so that they are shaped by your concern for the unloved and unlovely, and for the weak and powerless in our society. May our lives be shaped by listening to you. This we pray in your name.

PRAYERS OF SILENT AND INDIVIDUAL CONFESSION

WORDS OF ASSURANCE

Leader: Friends, believe and proclaim the Good News: in Jesus Christ, love breaks through hatred, hope breaks

through despair, life breaks through death.

People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven, loved, and set free. Thanks be to God! Amen.

* CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Gloria Patri

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.

* EXCHANGE OF PEACE

Leader: Let us open our hearts to one another as Christ has opened his heart to us, and God will be glorified.

People: The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

(Exchange Signs of Reconciliation and the Peace of Christ with your neighbor - e.g., “The Peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.”

Response - “And also with you.”)

TIME WITH CHILDREN

* HYMN 339 Be Thou My Vision Slane

+ Children leave for Church School. Youth remain in Worship. +

THE WORD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

FIRST LESSON Amos 8:1-12

ANTHEM Closer, Still, With Thee Walter Rolfe IRIS KARLIN, SOPRANO

SECOND LESSON Luke 10:38-42

SERMON “Destinations” Rev. Richard S. Hong

THE OFFERING

OFFERTORY Light John Prindle Scott IRIS KARLIN, SOPRANO

* THE DOXOLOGY Old Hundredth

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

PASTORAL PRAYER & 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.

THE SENDING OUT

* HYMN 263 Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise St. Denio

* BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE Solfeggietto C. P. E. Bach  

Our worship ends with the conclusion of the Postlude. (It is the custom of our church to remain seated. Those who wish to leave may do so.)

* * * * *

The Elders: Richard Bennett, Peter Bigler, David Bishop, Diane Christian, Linda Farrell, Ulah Fields, T.K. Lau, Kyung Lee, Carolyn Milne, Paul Platek, Jill Strawbridge Bello, Robert Ryder, Carol Schulzrinne, Phil Tamis, Candida Urena. Clerk of Session: Sandy Bishop Moderator: Reverend Richard Hong. The Session consists of the Moderator, the Elders, and the Clerk of Session. The Deacons: Alan Aluska, Bruce Forshee, Rosetta Forshee, John Fraser, Akira Fujitsuka, Audrey Harrison, Linda Heitner, Emily Kahn, Joshua Kahn, Nicole Kim, Kate Matsuda, Sara Lee, Charlene Niland, Beverly Rhinehart, Jeff Spady. Co-Moderators: Paul Kang & Caridad Schweizer Staff: Reverend Richard Hong & Dorothy VanderWerf

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS

Amos 8:1-12 (NRSV) This is what the Lord GOD showed me—a basket of summer fruit. 2He said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the LORD said to me, The end has come upon my people Israel; I will never again pass them by. 3The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day,” says the Lord GOD; “the dead bodies shall be many, cast out in every place. Be silent!” 4Hear this, you that trample on the needy, and bring to ruin the poor of the land, 5saying, “When will the new moon be over so that we may sell grain; and the sabbath, so that we may offer wheat for sale? We will make the ephah small and the shekel great, and practice deceit with false balances, 6buying the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, and selling the sweepings of the wheat.” 7The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their deeds. 8Shall not the land tremble on this account, and everyone mourn who lives in it, and all of it rise like the Nile, and be tossed about and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt? 9On that day, says the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and darken the earth in broad daylight. 10I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head; I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day. 11The time is surely coming, says the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land; not a famine of bread, or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD. 12They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the LORD, but they shall not find it. Luke 10:38-42 (NRSV) Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. 39She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was saying. 40But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and asked, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me.” 41But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; 42there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.”

* * * * *

WELCOME TO OUR WORSHIP

Ushers for this Sunday’s service are: Eddie Farrell, Captain

Avery DiMaria and Andrew Platek

Our Lay Assistant this morning is Jeff J. Spady. Jeff has been a member of First Presbyterian Church since 2008 and his son, Nicholas, now age 10, was baptized here. Jeff currently volunteers as a Sunday School Teacher. He worked for many years as a freelance television producer at PBS and other networks, and on the side, as a photographer, specializing in weddings. Jeff holds a B.A in Film and Drama from Vassar College. The candle on the worship table celebrates the birth of William Stuart Farrell on July 8, son of Tim and Brittany Farrell, grandson of Linda and Bill Farrell.

CHILD CARE AVAILABLE: NURSERY and TODDLERS Ages: Babies-3 in Room 207.

CHURCH SCHOOL 4 YEAR OLDS THROUGH 5TH GRADE in Room 206. Bathrooms are across from the Auditorium.

---------------------------

ANNOUNCEMENTS

This week’s COFFEE & CONVERSATION is coordinated by Ulah Fields and Linda Farrell. Thanks Ulah and Linda! FPC SUMMER BUILD HABITAT TEAM: FPC is excited to share the names of the "Summer Builders" for the July 23 Habitat Build in Bergen County: Diane Christian, Mary Cushman, Marty DiMaria, Rosetta Forshee, Rich Hong, Paula Hyn, Linda Moats, Albert Picallo, Marcy Steele, and Marie Sullivan. Interested in helping us make lunch and bring to the team? Email or call Pastor Kellie at Kellie@englewoodpres.org CONGRATULATIONS FPC YOUTH TRIENNIUM CONFERENCE ATTENDEES: FPC invites everyone to pray for Emily Kahn, Paloma and Cielo Camacho who will soon head to Indiana for the July 19-23 PC (USA) Triennium Youth Conference. They will travel with fellow teens from Palisades Presbytery and join more than 5,000 other teenagers from around the country for Triennium's leadership training, faith activities, concerts and sports. THE ORIGAMI AND PAPER ARTS GROUP is looking for volunteers to help with our upcoming Christmas Project. If you like creating and making fun things this is the group for you. We are going to start with our Christmas decorations and Christmas Cards. Proceeds of this project will go toward the church rebuilding fund and to our usual charities. If you are interested in this fun project, please sign up during Coffee and Conversation. We look forward to having you in our group. No experience is required. Contact Information: Yvonne Crichton at yvonne.crichton.denbow@gmail.com / 201 567 6258 (Home) or Beneranda Rivera-Baez at Bennie4@optonline.net / 201-618-1348 (Cell). FPC WORSHIP SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, JULY 24: 11 a.m.: Dwight Englewood High School, 315 East Palisade Avenue, Englewood. Worship is in Hajjar Auditorium. 12:30 p.m. Coffee & Conversation at FPC Church Manse.

THE FPC SPARK HOPE CAMPAIGN: Spark Hope is FPC’s 3-year campaign to raise money and grow community partnerships for FPC’s fire recovery. FPC is grateful for the generous contributions of businesses and individuals who have contributed toward FPC moving forward. From Manhattan Bagel to NYC Rugs to upcoming fundraising efforts, FPC excited to share the many ways businesses, civic organizations and individuals are contributing to help FPC Spark Hope! Upcoming Spark Hope Save the Dates: A.M.E. Children’s Concert | Saturday July 23, 7 p.m. Tickets are free and just come to the door that night. The children’s A.M.E. (Angelos Mission Ensemble) Summer Music program is donating all proceeds from this upcoming concert to FPC’s Spark Hope fundraising efforts for fire recovery. The benefit children’s concert will be held at the Joy Christian Fellowship Church in Englewood NJ (70 West Ivy Lane, Englewood, NJ) on July 23rd 7 p.m. Tickets are free. There will be a silent auction and other fun raffle items and 100% of all money raised will be used as an offering to FPC. For more information about this great concert please email Soo Bae AMEministry@gmail.com.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 150 EAST PALISADE AVENUE, ENGLEWOOD, NJ 07631

(201) 568-7373 www.englewoodpres.org

* * * * * * * * ALL MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH - MINISTERS THE REVEREND RICHARD S. HONG - PASTOR

THE REVEREND KELLIE ANDERSON-PICALLO - DIRECTOR OF MISSION STRATEGY DR. DAVID MACFARLANE - ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER DOROTHY VANDERWERF - DIRECTOR OF CARE MINISTRIES FELICIA ARRIGOITIA - FAMILY MINISTRIES COORDINATOR

DANIELLE DE LAURENTIS - OFFICE MANAGER MARY STEVENS - BOOKKEEPER JOHN REYNOLDS - CUSTODIAN

* * * * * * * *

Get the New FPC App

Watch the 90 Second Sermons, listen to past messages, check the church calendar, find out about Connect Groups – even give online! Parents receive notifications with suggestions for faith-based family discussions. For Android or iPhone – just search “Englewood Presbyterian” in your app store.