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October 16, 2011

GRACE COVENANT

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH


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WELCOME

TO GRACE COVENANT!

We are an historic Presbyterian congregation offering traditional worship and multipleministries for persons of all ages.

Please join us after worship for fellowship in the Social Room.

Thank you for turning off your cell phones, pagers, cameras, and other electronicdevices during worship, and for leaving food and beverages outside the sanctuary.

Interim Pastor: Brint Keyes

Director of Music: Christopher MartinAdministrative Assistant: Vanessa Strait

Bookkeeper: Martha RubinSexton: Willie Alford

Child Development Center: Nicole WilliamsInterim Director

1627 Monument Avenue Office Hours:Richmond, VA 23220 Monday-FridayPhone: 804.359.2463 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.Fax: 804.278.6298 Radio: WLES 590 AM www.grace-covenant.org [email protected]

Hearing Aids, Large Print Hymnals, and Bulletins

are available each week from the ushers.


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PREPARATIONFORWORSHIP

[Y]ou became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For theword of the Lord has sounded forth from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but

in every place your faith in God has become known, so that we have no need to speakabout it.

- 1 Thessalonians 1:7-8

Then [Jesus] said to them, Whose head is this, and whose title? They answered,The emperors. Then He said to them, Give therefore to the emperor the things

that are the emperors, and to God the things that are Gods.

- Matthew 22:20-21

I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all; but whatever I haveplaced in God's hands, that I still possess.

- Martin Luther (1483-1546)


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A SERVICEOF WORSHIP

October 16, 2011 10:55 a.

WE GATHERTO GLORIFYGOD

WELCOMEAND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Please fill out the communication card and place it in the offering plate during the offertory.

PRELUDE Soliloquy David Con(b. 19

Please stand for these parts of the service.

CALLTO WORSHIP from Psalm

Leader: The LORD is king; let the peoples tremble!People: He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quakeLeader: The LORD is great in Zion; He is exalted over all the peoples.People: Let them praise His great and awesome name. Holy is HeLeader: Moses and Aaron were among his priests,People: Samuel also was among those who called on His name.Leader: They cried to the Lord, and He answered them;People: He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud.Leader: Extol the LORD our God, and worship at His holy mountain,People: For the LORD our God is holy.

All: Praise the LORD!

HYMN 483 (Blue Hymnal) Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above Mit Freuden Z


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PRAYEROF CONFESSION

Almighty and heavenly Father,God of justice and peace, God of mercy and righteousness,You call us to a life of holiness, even as You are holy.Yet we confess that we have not heeded Your call.We have chosen self-interest over obedience,

preferred comfort over discipleship,followed culture rather than Your Word,and refused to believe in Your promise of new life.

Lord, have mercy upon us, and forgive us our sins.

You are the bread for which we hunger;Yours is the life for which we yearn;

Yours are the suffering to whom we are sent;feed us, inspire us, and guide us, we pray,emptying ourselves to be filled by You,

trusting in Your all-sufficient grace,and following Your Son, who emptied Himself,

and gave His life as a ransom for othersfor it is in His holy, precious, and humble Name that we pray. Amen.

ASSURANCEOF PARDON

CELTIC ALLELUIA Fintan OCarroll

(All sing the Alleluia after the organ introduction)

Celtic Alleluia,music by Fintan OCarroll and Christopher Walker 1985 by OCP Publications, Inc.All rights reserved. Used by permission. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #A-715262.


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WE GIVE THANKSTO GOD

OFFERING

ANTHEM Thy Perfect Love John RutChancel Choir (b. 19

Jesu, my love, my joy, my rest.Thy perfect love close in my breastThat I thee love and never rest;And make me love thee of all thinge best,And wounde my heart in thy love free,That I may reign in joy evermore with thee..

- 15th century, anonymous

DOXOLOGY592 (Blue Hymnal) Old Hundred

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.

PRAYEROF THANKSGIVING Dana McKnig

WE HEARTHE WORDOF GOD

PRAYERFORILLUMINATION Dana McKnig

EPISTLE READING 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Holy Bible, p. 193 N

Leader: This is the Word of the Lord.People: Thanks be to God.


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CHILDRENS SERMON Brian Ba

UNIORCHOIR Global Christian Songs Traditio

God is here today; as certain as the air I breathe,

as certain as the morning sun that rises,as certain when I sing youll hear my song. (Mexico)

Holy, holy, holy. My heart, my heart adores you!My heart is glad to say the words: You are holy, Lord! (Argentina)

Holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy is our God. You are Lord of all the nations, holy, holy is our God.

Holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy is our God. You are Lord of all of histry, holy, holy is our God. (El Salva

GOSPEL READING Matthew 22:15-22 Holy Bible, p. 28 N

Leader: This is the Word of the Lord.People: Thanks be to God.

ERMON Rendering Unto Caesar B. Brinton P. Key

HYMN 310 (Red Hymnal) Take My Life, and Let It Be Consecrated Hendo

AFFIRMATIONOF FAITH The 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 dayhe rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sittethon the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shallcome to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communionof saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the

life everlasting. Amen.


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GLORIA PATRI 579 (Blue Hymnal) Great

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.

PASTORAL PRAYERAND THE LORDS PRAYER

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdomcome, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this dayour 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 isthe kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.

WE GO FORTHIN GODS NAME

HYMN 422 (Blue Hymnal) God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending Beech Sp

BENEDICTION

CHORAL RESPONSE Twofold Amen John St

POSTLUDE Pageant (Four French Sketches) Raymond Weid(b. 1

Please join us in the Social Room following worship for refreshments and fellowship.

The flowers are given to the glory of God and in loving memory ofDr. Robert Edgar Mitchell, Jr., by the family.


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Give thanks to God for:

His hand of favor inJennifer Schooleys vocation.

Gloria Gregory,who has returned home from the hospital.

Continue to pray for:

Health, protection and support for Dan and Rebecca Floydspregnancy

Steve Satterfield andAinura Aitmurzaeva,as they negotiate her travel to the US

Patience Mboe and her sons, Bakoma and Bitaseme,whose apartment was de-stroyed by a recent storm

Those in need of healing: Beth Coltrain; Ben Gordon; Stella Schlieser; CynthiaHolmes; Diane Davis mother Pauline; Susan Farrells grandmother, Mary Lou(Uh-Oh) and father,Jim; Svetlana Chicusmother, Estera,with lymphoma; PeAlbertis; Rosie and George Turner; Nela Bostian and Eila Brooks

Those facing vocational challenges:Wayne Casey, Matt Hartman, and Logan Mooheads daughter-in-lawSharie

Leslie Hartmans community garden ministry, andJohn Lootens away on travel

Our Session, that they may faithfully lead this congregation by humbly following God

Word; and for the Mission Study Team, that they may discern, together with thecongregation, Gods purpose for GCPC

Our Child Development Center, as they seek a new Director

Beth Lloyd

Stuart Chapman,William Bridenstine, David Russell, Chris Pais, and Mike Chilserving in our nations Armed Forces

The victims of natural disastersin the US, Japan, New Zealand and Haiti; andfor those seeking democracy in North Africa and the Middle East

Missionaries we support: Elizabeth Gee back in US from Indonesia (fighting cancer)Valentin and Svetlana Chicu in Moldova;The Zobule family in the Solomon Islands; Beth Balekein Uganda

Public, Non-profit, and Religious Social Service Work and Ministries in Metro-politan Richmond: For all in need of mental health services, all mental health woers, counselors, and treatment facilities.

"Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving letyour requests be made known to God. - Phil 4:6


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David Conte (b. 1955) is currently Professor of Composition and Conductor of the Con-servatory Chorus at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In addition to numerous ogan and choral works, Conte has written orchestral works and five operas. His Soliloquy, lik

its literary namesake, employs the different voices of the organ to represent a series of unspoken reflections. A plaintive and introspective melody with a dotted rhythm is heard onvarious registrations over a pulsing chordal accompaniment, gradually building in intensityand then subsiding in a quiet ending.

John Rutter is a British composer whose music is performed in churches and cathedralthroughout the world. Rutters compositions are chiefly choral, and include Christmas carols, anthems, and extended works such as a Gloria, a Magnificat, and a Requiem. His mosrecent composition was a commissioned anthem entitled This Is the Day, performed at the

wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. The Chancel Choir will sing this samanthem at the opening worship service for the Presbytery of the James Meeting in Februa2012. Todays anthem, Thy Perfect Love, is a gentle lullaby set to a 15th century text.

Today our Junior Choir joins us for the first time this season, singing a medley of threeChristian songs from Mexico, Argentina, and El Salvador.

Raymond Weidner is Director of Music and Organist at First Presbyterian Church inLynchburg, VA. In 2007 Weidner composed a collection of four organ works entitled FrenSketches.These postludes are appropriate for liturgical or concert use and are inspired by th

French Romantic tradition of organ composition. The openingPageantwas composed inmemory of Weidners organ teacher, David Ulrich.

Junior, Carol, and Handbell Choirs Fall 2011 Schedule

Junior Choir

Sunday, October 16

Sunday, November 20

Sunday, December 18(Candlelight Carol Service)

Carol Choir

Sunday, November 13


Handbell Choir

Sunday, October 23

Sunday, November 20



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Sunday School Classes begin at 9:30 a.m.

Forum Class will be taught by Tom Miller on Revelation (continued)

Grace Bible Class leaders are Jack Corley, John Nevin, and Bill StuartVanguard Class is led by Matt Johnson and visiting teachers

Connections Class is led by Christof Meyer, Brian Baird, and visiting teachers

THE ANNUAL MENS OYSTER ROAST IS THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22!

All men of the church and their friends are invited by the Vanguard Class to this annual oysterroast get-together. Clams and oystersraw, steamed, and friedwill be featured. Dinner will served at 5:00 p.m. and will include fried oysters, barbecue, hamburgers, slaw, potato salad and athe fixings. To whet your appetite for all this good food there will be steamed clams and oystersthe yard starting at 4:00 p.m. Come enjoy an autumn day in the country, or relax by watchingfootball games on TV in the cabin.

Pints of raw oysters will be available as long as they last, for a cost. Everything else is free.

Carpools will leave from the church parking lot at 2:00 p.m. Directions are available forthose who prefer to travel on their own.

For more information, please phone Whit Whitley at 288-6133.

PEOPLE Group:

Everyone is welcome. Saturday, October 29, 2011, at 6:00 p.m., the PEOPLE Group will meeting at the home of Dottie-Ray Kochs, located at 476 Fords Road in Manakin-Sabot.You dont want to miss this fun event! Please bring one of the following to share: horsdoeuvres, main dish, side dish, salad, bread or dessert. If you have any questions pleasephone Suzanne or Pete Sizemore at 288-7757.


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WORSHIP SUPPORT FOR TODAY(October 16): Opener Cal Gray; Greeters Elizabeth Russell, Brian Baird; Nursery WorkerSusan Boze; Elementary Sunday SchoTeacherErika Tabor; Worship KitsLisa Cardwell ; Fellowship HourSallie Leys

WORSHIP SUPPORT FOR NEXT SUNDAY(October 23): OpenerWayne CasGreetersLeslie Hartman, Marcia Manning, Kent Cardwell, Brian Baird; Nursery Work Gay Moss; Elementary Sunday School Teachers Katherine Baird, Everett RevelWorship KitsLisa Cardwell; Fellowship HourSudie Wood

The Power of A Simple Gift

Operation Christmas Child brings joy and hope to children in desperatesituations worldwide through simple, gift-filled shoe boxes and evangelis-tic materials that tell the Good News of Gods love. This is a way youcan make a difference.

Next week at Wednesday Night Live we will be sharing a short videohow Grace Covenant can get involved.

Congregational Survey

The Mission Study Team (MST) will be conducting a congregational survey on Sunday, Otober 23, immediately following our morning worship service. As mentioned in thismonth's Grace Notes, your participation in this survey is critical to insuring that the MST ha baseline that is both broad-based and accurate. Please plan to remain at the church forabout thirty minutes after worship on the 23, and thank you for your contribution to GracCovenants Mission Study.


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With thanks to God for giving these candidates the gifts needed and the spirits to serve,he Congregational Nominating Committee announces its slate of officers for thelass of 2014.

For the Office of Ruling Elder:

ordan Ball, Beth Coltrain, Dana McKnight, Joy Nevin, and Rob Turner.

For the Office of Deacon:an Kessel, Erika Tabor, and Judy Waldron. (two vacancies remain)

For the Congregational Nominating Committee (Class of 2012):Wayne Casey, Diane Davis, Leslie Hartman, and Steve Satterfield.

The Session has approved a Congregational Meeting immediately following our morningworship service on Sunday, October 30, for the purpose of electing officers. Please plan tttend and exercise your privilege and responsibility as a member of voice and vote.

Thanks to all who submitted names to be considered for the leadership of our church andor your prayers for this committee.

Ruling Elder) Cheryl Jacobs,Moderator

CHRISTMAS CARDS:

It is again time to collect Christmas cards for the Greensville Correctional Center. Theseards make it possible for inmates to mail Christmas cards to family and friends. The

Chaplain reports that the cards are received with excitement, thanks and gratitude. Aollection box will be placed in the PW closet in the Social Room until November 10.

Thank you for your kindness and generosity.


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YOU C N HELP!

Grace Covenant has been giving non-perishable foods items to the William Byrd Community House for several years to assist in filling their food pantry. The William Byrd Comm

nity House maintains a food closet that serves Richmond City and the adjacent counties.When available, their food pantry also provides individuals with the basic household itemsand toiletries to maintain themselves and their families. These are everyday items that FooStamp dollars will not cover and may be very costly to a low-income family. We have partnered with this ministry by giving non-perishable food items. In the past Grace Covenanhas collected food one Sunday a month, but this is a collection we can support every weekItems can be placed in the grocery cart outside of the Social Room. YOU CAN HELP!

Join us thisWednesday, October 19, at 6:00 p.m.This weeksprogram will be special guest Robert Bolling, Executive Directoof William Byrd Community House. William Byrd has a broadexpanse of programs at the center for those in need of spiritua

comfort and achieving self-sufficiency. Our YOU CAN HELP food items go to the Wil-liam Byrd Community House.

PLEASE BRING A CAN OF FOOD WITH YOU TO DONATE THIS WEDNESDANIGHT SO WE CAN BLESS THE WILLIAM BYRD COMMUNITY HOUSE!

Dinner menu: roast pork with apricot sauce, macaroni and cheese, assorted vegetables,salad bar, rolls, and jello and cookies for dessert.

Wednesday Night programs are from 6:30-7:15 p.m. every week in the Fellowship Hall.Programs include special guest speakers from the community or people in our owncongregation, speaking on various topics.

Program for next Wednesday, October 26: Susan Boze, a noted antique appraiser, will joius to expand our appreciation of antiques and the mysteries of their value, beauty, and hitory.


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THIS WEEKAT GRACE COVENANTSunday, October 16

8:30 a.m. Handbell Choir rehearsal Handbell Room8:30 a.m. Mission Study Team Vanguard Room9:15 a.m. Prayer Social Room9:30 a.m. Confirmation Class Youth Room/The Lo

9:30 a.m. Sunday School Classes Various Room10:55 a.m. Worship Service Sanctuar

12:00 noon. Fellowship Hour Social Room12:30 p.m. Deacons Meeting Vanguard Room

Monday, October 1712:00 noon Mens Luncheon Vanguard Room

Tuesday, October 18

10:00 a.m. Staff Meeting Room 212:00 p.m. Care Team Meeting Room 21

Wednesday, October 19 GRACE NOTES DUE4:30 p.m. Carol Choir (ages 3-K) rehearsal Choir Room5:00 p.m. Junior Choir (grades 1-5) rehearsal Choir Room5:00 p.m. CDC Board Meeting Vanguard Room6:00 p.m. WNL Supper and Program Fellowship Ha7:15 p.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal Choir Room

Thursday, October 209:30 a.m. Mothers Together7:00 p.m. Session Meeting Vanguard Room

Friday, October 215:45 p.m. Community Group 2107 Maplewood Avenu

Saturday, October 22

4:00 p.m. Mens Oyster Roast Pearsons Cabin, Pamunkey Riv

Sunday, October 238:30 a.m. Handbell Choir rehearsal Sanctuar8:30 a.m. Mission Study Team Vanguard Room9:15 a.m. Prayer Social Room9:30 a.m. Confirmation Class Youth Room/The Lo9:30 a.m. Sunday School Classes Various Room

10:55 a.m. Worship Service Sanctuar12:00 noon. Fellowship Hour Social Room


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SERMONNOTESRendering Unto Caesar

B. BRINTON P. KEYES

2011 OfficersOur Elders serve the church as leaders.Our Deacons lead the church in service.

Please feel free to approach them with any questions

or feedback about Grace Covenants ministries.

CLERK OF SESSION: Everett Reveley

ELDERS:

Jean Appich (11) - Christian Education

Brian Baird (11) - Evangelism (M)

Maurice Bell (13) - Finance/Stewardship

Kent Cardwell (12) - Missions (M)

Cal Gray (11) - Property (M)

Matt Hartman (13) - Worship; Evangelism

Cheryl Jacobs (12) - Worship (M); Administration

Catherine Kerns (13) - Christian Education; EvangelismCaroline Leith (11) - Worship

Katie McCullough (13) - Administration (Co-M); Mission

Dana McKnight (11) - Finance/Stewardship (M)

Christof Meyer (12) - Discipleship

Tom Miller (12) - Christian Education (M)

Everett Reveley (12) - Finance/Stewardship

Robert Rosebro (13) - Property

DEACONS:

Pat Aldridge (11) - Cards and Prayer MinistryBetty Appich (11) - Deacon Support

Pat Ball (12) - Flower Deliveries

Cherry Corley (12)

Susan Farrell (12) - Visitation, Transportation

Nikki Hazlegrove (13) - Meal Deliveries

Jim McCullough (13) - Deacons Fund

Julia Poppell (11) - (Secretary) Visitation

Dawson Watkins (11) - (Moderator) Visitor follow-up

Carol Wood (13) - Visitation and Prayer Ministry

Sid Yates (12) - Ushers(M=Moderator)

MISSION STUDY TEAM:

John Nevin (Moderator) Matt Johnson (Co-Moderator) Brian Baird Matt Hartman Catherine Kerns Christof Meyer

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