Bulletin: July 1, 2012

Don’t forget to take Jonah with you on your adventures this summer - near or far!

Go to www.thejonahproject.blogspot.com to see all of the neat places he’s already been and to meet his mom!

Contact Hunter Johnston at 757- 625-1697 ext. 324 or email photos with descriptions to [email protected]

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHwww.fpcnorfolk.org

JULY 1, 2012

SPECIAL PRAYERS THIS WEEK:

Kenya Joy Home Creation Care Tip Persecuted Churches

Michael, 11 yrs. old Choose local, organic produce. Egypt

FPC Missionaries: Kenya Summer Mission Team (June 23 - July 8)and Drew Czioks serving in Pune, India

FPC Local Missions: Ghent Area Churches Red Cross Blood Drive

Pastors at First Presbyterian Church:Jim Wood, Senior Pastor - [email protected]

Valena Hoy, Executive Associate Pastor - [email protected] Jim Gates, Associate Pastor of Evangelism - [email protected]

Come get your FREE WATERMELONin The Common after each service

today!(Permission to not wear a bib

while enjoying this summertime treat!)

SEEKING CHRIST

Morning Aside Retreat - Plan to be with us July 14th from 9:00 am to noon for this special time. Our July theme is Abiding in the Spirit with Facilitator Frank Drake. Join a group of fellow travelers for a morning of peace and quiet at The Center. It is a grand way to break the cycle of busyness and recharge your soul...just what our Summer Sermon Series prescribed — PERMISSION TO REST!

Session Summary Report - Summary Minutes from our May Session meeting are available on our website at http://www.fpcnorfolk.org/resources/session-updates.html.

We Want to Know! As we are together seeking Christ and sharing His love, please share any praise reports, concerns or urgent needs with us so our deacons can stand with you. Confidential communications can be sent to Grace Weedman, FPC’s Parish Visitor, via email to [email protected] or by phone at 757-625-1697 ext. 308.

SHARING HIS LOVEGo 2 Blocks! -1 Block Sunday school +1 Block Worship; please park 2 blocks away to make room for visitors.

Nicaraguan Coffee Time - It's time to order your signature, premium coffee from Vida Joven in Nicaragua! For $15.00 you can send a Nicaraguan young person to Young Life camp in Matagalpa, Nicaragua AND enjoy a delicious one pound bag of home grown robust coffee. Please place your order by Sunday, July 15th. Contact Susan Rawls at [email protected] or mark the box on the Connection Card.

Vacation Bible School needs your help - Non-perishable and fresh snacks are needed as well as decoration supplies. Please visit www.fpcnorfolk.org for a complete list of suggested items or contact Shannon Benda, [email protected]. Supplies can be dropped off at the Welcome Desk or in Room 204 in the RADICOL hallway.

Ghent Area Churches Red Cross Blood Drive - July 11th any time between 1:30 pm to 7:30 pm at First Presbyterian Church in First Hall. To schedule an appointment go to www.redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code GHENT or just walk in! Can’t donate blood? You can still help by volunteering at the sign-in table. Email Sue Russell at [email protected] to let her know when you’re available – whether it’s 30 minutes or 3 hours, your time would be greatly appreciated!

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHwww.fpcnorfolk.org

JULY 1, 2012

First Time Guests - Stop by the Common for a free copy of Donald Miller’s Searching for God Knows What

Free NIV Bibles - are available in the Loft for anyone who would like one.

Cross in The Common - A handmade cross will be added to the cross in The Common each time the Lord blesses us with a first-time guest. We celebrate that 463 first-time visitors have been with us in worship since 9.11.2011. Please remember to invite your friends to church.

“...and day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.” Acts 2:47

Pra•x•is

SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY JULY 1, 201213th Sunday of Ordinary Time 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary

Welcome

Call to Worship: Psalm 67:1-3

*Hymn: To God Be the Glory #485

Prayer of Confession: Merciful God, in Your gracious Presence we confess our sin and the sin of this world. Although Christ is among us as our peace, we are a people divided against ourselves as we cling to the values of a broken world. The fears and jealousies that we harbor set neighbor against neighbor and nation against nation. Lord, have mercy upon us; heal and forgive us. Help us to be strong and courageous and remind us that You are with us wherever we go. Set us free to share Your love with one another and bear much fruit as we abide in Your precious Son, Jesus.

Silent Confession

Confessional Response: Kyrie Kyrie eleison; Christe eleison; Kyrie eleison.

Translation: Lord have mercy; Christ have mercy; Lord have mercy.

Assurance of Pardon: 1 Corinthians 15: 3-4

*Congregational Response to God’s Grace: 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.

Greeting and Connecting Children through grade 5 are invited to come forward

to receive a Children’s Worship Packets designed especially to involve them in worship.

Old Testament Reading: Joshua 1: 1-9, Page 194, O.T., NRSV

New Testament Reading: John 15: 1-17, Page 109, N.T., NRSV

The Preached Word: Permission to Rest Jim Gates

Presentation of our Gifts

Offertory Anthem: Abide With Me by Robert J. Powell

Text: #543 Hymnal

*Doxology and Prayer of Dedication 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.

The Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ The table of our Lord is at the center of life as a Christian community and stands as an invitation to the fullness of life that God intends for each of us. At the table we celebrate the promises of our baptism, that Christ can be alive in us and we in Him. Our Lord invites all of God’s baptized to His table regardless of age, denominational connection or social status. The choice to commune at this particular table is yours; however, please do not feel obligated.

Invitation to The Lord’s Table

Words of Institution

Prayer of Consecration

The Lord’s Prayer (sung in unison)

Sharing the Elements (partake of the elements when you are served)

Communion Music: Adoramus Te Christe by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Prayer of Thanksgiving

*Hymn: The Old Rugged Cross

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,The emblem of suff’ring and shame;

And I love that old cross where the dearest and best, For a world of lost sinners was slain.

Refrain: So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross, Till my trophies at last I lay down;I will cling to the old rugged cross,

And exchange it some day for a crown.

Oh, that old rugged cross, so despised by the world, Has a wondrous attraction for me;

For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above To bear it to dark Calvary.

In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine, A wondrous beauty I see,

For ’twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died, To pardon and sanctify me.

To the old rugged cross I will ever be true; Its shame and reproach gladly bear;

Then He’ll call me some day to my home far away, Where His glory forever I’ll share.

*An Invitation to Christian Discipleship

*Benediction and Congregational ResponseCeltic Alleluia: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia

The flowers in the sanctuary are given by Ron and Lucy Gates, and Jim and Krista Gates, to the glory of God and in loving memory of Ron’s mother, Mrs. Goldie V. Gates.

(Please silence your digital devices)

ENTERING INTO THE WORD

Songs of Praise and Prayer: We Are the Generation

Ancient of Days

Greeting & Prayers Children through grade 5 are invited to come forward

to receive a Children’s Worship Packets designed especially to involve them in worship.

Songs: I Let Go

ENCOUNTERING THE WORD

Old Testament Reading: Joshua 1: 1-9, Page 194, O.T., NRSV

New Testament Reading: John 15: 1-17, Page 109, N.T., NRSV

The Preached Word: Permission to Rest Jim Gates

ENGAGING THE WORD AND THE WORLD

The Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ The table of our Lord is at the center of life as a Christian community and stands as an invitation to the fullness of life that God intends for each of us. At the table we celebrate the promises of our baptism, that Christ can be alive in us and we in Him. Our Lord invites all of God’s baptized to His table regardless of age, denominational connection or social status. The choice to commune at this particular table is yours; however, please do not feel obligated.

Words of Institution Prayer of Consecration The Lord’s Prayer (sung in unison)

Musical Offering: Humble King / This House Is Full of Healing (Medley)

Sharing the Elements Prayer of Thanksgiving

Offering Our Gifts & Prayers

Benediction and Song of Response: I Let Go - Reprise

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP JULY 1, 201213th Sunday of Ordinary Time 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary

SUNDAY MORNING CLASSES JULY 1, 2012

For help finding a class for yourself or your child, please stop by the Welcome Center.

Children and Youth Sunday SchoolBethlehem Babies Nursery Infant-23 months ~ 8:20am - 12:10pm Check your child in at the Nursery Area.

Little Lambs Sunday School 2-4 years old ~ 9:30 & 11:00am Check your child in at computers outside the children’s wing.

R.A.D.I.C.O.L Sunday School (Raising Awesome Disciples in Christ Our Lord) K-5th grade ~ 9:30am (In July and August there will be no 11:00 Sunday School classes) Check in at computers outside the children’s wing and then drop your child(ren) off in the Old Fellowship Hall for Praise Kids.

Jr. High Sunday School Grades 6-8 ~ 9:30am in the Catacombs

Sr. High Sunday School Grades 9-12 ~ 9:30am in Youth Director’s Office on Staff Square

Adult Sunday School 9:35 classesCast of Characters: Common People in the Hands of an Uncommon God by Max Lucado (Rabbi Room)James: Be inspired to put your faith into action in practical ways (Northminster House)

11:05 classesThe Reason for God - Video Study of Tim Keller’s book (The Center)Journeyers Sunday School - 2nd & 4th Sundays - Lessons from the Holy Land. (The Center)

In The Common Bibles & Sermon DVDs in The Loft, free for visitors.

A Special Gift for Visitors: First-time visitors receive a copy of Donald Miller’s book, Searching for God Knows What, found on the table in The Common.

Program Staff:Annie Blakey, Director of Youth Ministries - [email protected] Andrew Callan, Minister of Administration - [email protected]

Lucy Gates, Director of Family & Children’s Ministries - [email protected] Mackey Johnston, Children’s Ministry Coordinator - [email protected] Kristine Rand, Director of Prayer & Spiritual Growth - [email protected] Wood, Mission Outreach Coordinator - [email protected]