Monthly Ministry Team Meetings

Mission and Service Team 1st Sunday of the month 4:00pm

Outreach and Evangelism Team 4th Wednesday of the month 5:00pm

Congregational Connections 1st Sunday of the month 4:00pm

Buildings and Grounds 1st Monday of the month at 6:30pm

Congregational Care 1st Sunday of the month after worship

Worship 2nd Thursday of the month 10:00am Christian Education 4th Wednesday of the month 6:30pm

If you are interested in serving on any of these ministries/committees please contact the church elder listed below.

CLASS of 2016

CLASS of 2017 CLASS OF 2018

Jerry Clark Evangelism

Darren Bird Finance & Administration

Steve Jewett Congregational Connections

Lindy Linenberger Finance & Administration

Ben Burr Stewardship

David Mowery Youth

Carol Lyerly Congregational Care

Eric Linker Mission & Service

Candice Shepard Christian Education

Nicole Schneider Mission & Service

David Murray Building & Grounds

Nancy Thomas Worship

Joe Novobilski Clerk of Session

Jim Rockel Buildings & Grounds

Daily Scripture Readings:

Sunday, October 9 Hosea 11:1-11 and Matthew 15:21-28 Monday, October 10 Hosea 11:12-12:1 and Luke 8:26-39 Tuesday, October 11 Hosea 12:2-14 and Luke 8:40-56 Wednesday, October 12 Hosea 13:1-3 and Luke 9:1-17 Thursday, October 13 Hosea 13:4-8 and Luke 9:18-27 Friday, October 14 Hosea 13:9-16 and Luke 9:28-36 Saturday, October 15 Hosea 14:1-9 and Luke 9:37-50 Sunday, October 16 Micah 1:1-9 and Matthew 16:13-20

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

www.rockyriver.org

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

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

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

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

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Rocky River Presbyterian Church 7940 Rocky River Road

Concord, NC 28025

704-455-2479

October 9, 2016

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

11:00am

PRELUDE (Let us prepare our hearts for worship)

CHIMING OF THE HOUR

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALL TO WORSHIP

One: Come, Lord God, to receive our worship. Come, Lord Jesus, to receive our

praise. Come, Holy Spirit, to receive our thanks. Come, eternal three-in-one

God, come where we are gathered to celebrate our unity as your body, the

church.

All: We share one faith and are of one soul and one mind, which belong

solely and wholly to you.

One: We are baptized with one baptism, eat of one bread and drink of one cup.

All: We confess one name above all other names; we are obedient to one

Lord, who frees us from the tyranny and hatefulness of the world.

One: We share one hope, one comfort, one goal.

All: We are one people, united--despite any noticeable differences--by our

faith in you, Lord Jesus.

One: We are one people, united by your love and mercy to stand against any

power that would try to tear us apart.

All: We are one people, united in blessing and in suffering, united in joy

and in sorrow, united in strength and in weakness. Receive our praise!

Gathering

† HYMN #356 “Come, Thou Font of Every Blessing”

† CALL TO CONFESSION

† PRAYER OF CONFESSION (unison)

God, forgive us. Our communion is not always visible to the world. Sometimes we

allow threats to unity to enter the church, making it hard to see that we are your

community. We act as though we do not need each other. We do not always love one

another. We do not know and bear one another’s burdens. We fail to build each

other up. We do not always give ourselves willingly and joyfully to one another.

Forgive us, and strengthen us so that we may live in the unity that you grant us.

Amen.

(Time of Silent Confession)

† ASSURANCE OF PARDON & PASSING THE PEACE

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.

Children: Sharon Vanpelt—Director of Christian Education

Confirmation class for current grades 10-12 will be held on Wednesdays, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., Sept. 21 through Nov. 16. For questions or more information contact Sharon Vanpelt at dce@rockyriver.org.

Chimes Rehearsals—Wednesdays at 6:15 in the choir room. All children K thru 5th grades are invited to learn to play the chimes! We would love to see more participation from the children. Rehearsals begin at 6:15 and end at 6:45. We will let the children eat at 5:45 so they have time to get to rehearsal.

October 2—Middle School Youth 5pm; High School Youth 6pm October 5—Confirmation Class; Bible Study October 8—help with Fall Festival October 9— MS Youth 5:00pm—HS Youth 6:00pm October 16—Lunch and visit to Carillon October 22—Dinner and Corn Maze (at night) October 23—Cropwalk 1:00pm October 30—Halloween Party 6:00pm Bible Study every Wednesday at 6:45 following the fellowship meal.

Youth: JD McNutt—Youth Director

Choir—the choir practices on Wednesday evenings from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. We are

looking for more voices to join the choir and encourage you to sing with us! We

especially need female voices to learn the new cantata this year. Young voices are

welcome too!!

The Farmers Market is still going strong on Wednesday afternoons! We

actually have some new vendors setting up and have increased traffic each week.

We are seeing beautiful heirloom tomatoes, zucchini, squash, apples, eggplant, salad

greens, baked goods, homemade jams, flowers, and our regular vendors from Mullis

Farms with their meats and Mallory with her goat milk’s soap. Please spread the

word to your friends and let’s help our local farmers. We will keep the market open

thru the fall as long as the vendors have products to sell. If anyone is looking for

fresh greens and wreaths for Christmas, Cindy Spickard is taking orders.

The family of Emmy Lou Pharr would like to thank everyone for their prayers, cards,

words of encouragement and support during this difficult time. We love our Rocky

River Family.

CROP Hunger Walk Sunday, October 23 rd at Kimball Memorial Lutheran Church,

101 Vance St. Kannapolis NC. Registration: 1:00 p.m. CROP Walk starts at 2:00 p.m.

See Linda Clark for donation forms and let ’s get some folks from RRPC to join in

the fight to ending hunger.

Church Workday—Saturday, October 15th at 8:00am to seed, fertilize and aerate.

We are asking for as many people as are available to help us for as little as one hour,

or as much as four. Please join us anytime Saturday morning and bring a spreader if

you have one!

WOMEN’S RETREAT AT MONTREAT: November 11-13. A $50.00 deposit is due by September 25th with the balance due October 16th. Registration forms are in the vestibule. We do a service project each year at the retreat and this year will be making cards for Breast Cancer Patients. We are looking for two or three Cricut card machines to use at the retreat. I f you have one we can borrow please contact Priscilla Giuliano.

Announcements:

Thank you to everyone who helped with the Women’s Annual Yard Sale!! We raised over $2000 for the building fund and made a sizeable donation of merchandise to the Kidney Foundation. It was inspiring to see so many people come together to help with this event.

The Harrisburg Food Pantry served 21 families (76 individuals) this week. We are in desperate need of pasta sauce, soups (large and small), canned potatoes, canned tomatoes, and small bags of sugar. Thank you for your continued support of the food pantry. Items can be placed in the large basket in the vestibule.

GriefShare—The Fall Session of Griefshare is going really well. We meet on Thursday evenings at 6:30pm and welcome anyone in the community who has experienced the loss of a loved one. The only cost is $15 for the workbook. Please share this opportunity with your friends and neighbors who may be suffering.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT FELLOWSHIP—Wednesday, October 12th at 6:00pm. We

will be serving Chicken Salad Croissants. The cost is $5 per person and no more

than $15 per family. Wednesdays are a busy night at the church—let us feed you

before all of our activities!! Please RSVP by filling out the yellow card in the pew.

We are participating in Operation Christmas Child again this year.

We will have a packing party after the WNF meal on Wednesday to kick

off this ministry. If you would like to donate items to put in the boxes

for the packing party please visit our sign up genius at

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0a45afaa2eabfe3-shoebox

Or call Cyndi in the office and she can sign up for you.

Healing Touch Clinic— will be held TODAY - Sunday, October 9th from 3:00pm

to 5:00pm. There is a sign up sheet in the vestibule. For more information call

Julie Alexander at 704-455-9753.

Harrisburg Crisis Assistance Ministry Personal Care Items Drive

Another way to give this month is to donate personal care items for the Harrisburg

Crisis Assistance Ministry. Food stamps do not pay for personal items, and often

times our friends in need cannot afford these items for their family. Please

prayerfully consider donating to this worthwhile ministry. Suggested items are:

Laundry detergent, shaving cream, dish washing liquid, bar Soap,

shampoo, liquid soap, deodorant, tissues, toothpaste, feminine hygiene

and toothbrushes.

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

† 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) Gracious God, since we do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes

from your mouth, make us hunger for this heavenly food, that it may nourish us

today in the ways of eternal life; through Jesus Christ, the bread of heaven. Amen

THE GOSPEL LESSON Luke 17:11-19 (page 80)

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

TIME FOR CHILDREN Vance Horton

ANTHEM

THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Jeremiah 29:1, 4-14 (page 731)

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

SERMON “Moving In” Neal Carter

Responding to the Word

† AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (The Confession of 1967) To be reconciled to God is to be sent into the world as God’s reconciling community. This community, the church universal, is entrusted with God’s message of reconciliation and shares God’s labor of healing the enmities which separate people from God and from each other. Christ has called the church to this mission and given it the gift of the Holy Spirit. The church maintains continuity with the apostles and with Israel by faithful obedience to his call. Amen.

† HYMN #298 “There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy”

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND 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.

MINUTE FOR MISSION—CROP HUNGER WALK Linda Clark

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)

We offer our gifts to you, Lord, with grateful, cheerful hearts. Thank you that you meet our needs on the journey, providing what we need when we need it. Trusting you, we can share what we have with others, and we do this joyfully, together, today, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Sending

† HYMN #142 “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name!”

CONGREGATIONAL MEETING

† 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.

† Please stand if you are able

Choir Chime Ringer for Today: James Ide Next Week: Isabella Rockel

Worship Assistant for Today: Gigi Hunnicutt Next Week: Emma Wakeman

Ushers for Today: Jon Dickason, Ted Dickason, Eric Linker, Thomas Linker, Dave

Mowery

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

A Time for Children - Today: Vance Horton Next Week: J erry Clark

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

Next Week: Janet Little and Spencer Thompson; Krista Eason and Sarah Bird

Bread Ministry This Week - Baker: Ann Glosson Next Week: Priscilla Giuliano

Rocky River Presbyterian Church- Insert Sunday, October 9, 2016

Commitment Report for Last Sunday… Worship Attendance October 2, 2016 ……………175 Sunday School……………….77

Education Building—We are truly blessed here at Rocky River to have the new education building. We would ask everyone to pray we will get the additional funds needed to pay down what we still owe. If you have not had a chance to make the pledge like we did three years ago it is not too late for you to join the others in this adventure. Write “ Building Fund” on your check and it will go towards paying off our debt. Bless you all, The Follow-up Team

Please Keep in Your Prayers: J im Rockel; Thad Efird, injured at work; Debbie Tausz, sister of Teresa Barnhardt; Karen DeCarlo, co-worker of Alice Williams; Linda Long, friend of Dee Davis; Sonya Moorehead, friend of Jerry Clark; Richard Hoover, brother of Harlan Hoover; Don, friend of Harlan and Kathy Hoover; Ellie Wagoner; Helene Linenberger; Johnston Howie; Anita Whitley, neighbor of Pat McDonald; Betty Sue Stancil; Jim & Louise Murray; Wilson Byrum; Kristine Way, co-worker of Alice Williams; Elizabeth Thomas; Ouida Harman; Dana Drye and her son Benjamin Nixon; Jim Busse, friend of Stephanie Campbell; Amy Hicks; Kimmie Shano, coworker of Dale Ritchie; Maxine Phillips, friend of Dale Ritchie; Tommy Flowe, brother of Ann Glosson; Brendan Milliken; Cheryl Brooks, friend of Janet Little; John Byrum, brother of Elaine Tankersley; Seville Funk; Marlene Howard; Ruth McCachren; Kay Nalbone; Jimmy McDonald; Linda Modzelesky; Bob Brombacher; Teresa Williams; Zackie Moore.

Please call the church office to have your requests updated on Monday of each week.

Please lift up the following members of Rocky River Church Family in your prayers

this week: Sadie Hefner; Marie Hildreth; Bruce and Joan Hoff; Ben Holmes, Liz and Madison

Allard; Harlan and Kathy Hoover; Gina Horner; Chris and Amy Horton; Melissa Horton;

Vance and Brenda Horton.

Stewardship Report:

2016 Budget $315,000.00 Total given YTD $221,315.70 Amt. needed per month: $ 26,250.00 Total for October $ 5,768.00 Amount needed Weekly $ 6,057.69 Total for October 2 $ 5,768.00

Thank you for your faithful giving.

Loan Status

Education Building Loan as of:

9/30/2016 $504,608.17

Minimum Monthly Payment $5,110

Contributions to the Capital Campaign are still

being accepted. Please prayerfully consider

giving to help reduce this debt.

The Session has called a congregational meeting for the purpose of electing officers to

the class of 2019 to be held following worship service today, Sunday, October 9th.