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9:45am SERVICE

March 29, 2020

MORE PEOPLE, MORE LIKE CHRIST

Address: 34605 N. Tom Darlington Rd. Scottsdale, AZ 85266 Office 480.488.3384 / Fax 480.488.0850

Website: www.deserthills.org Facebook Desert Hills Presbyterian Church (Scottsdale, AZ)

He called out, “Jesus, Son of David,

have mercy on me!” -Luke 18:38

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SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY

FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT

9:45am, March 29, 2020

PRELUDE Build My Life Younker, Martin, Kaple, Redman, Barrett

Yes I Will Hogland, Smith, Fieldes

*CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Lift up your voice and call out to God.

People: We cry out, believing that God hears us.

Leader: Come together and wait for God.

People: We come together, trusting that God is still speaking.

Leader: Surely God’s presence is here with us now.

People: We wait in hope, for God’s steadfast love lifts our hearts.

Leader: Come, worship the Lord.

People: We celebrate the power of God that restores us.

Verse 1

Worthy of every song we could ever sing

Worthy of all the praise we could ever bring

Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe

We live for You

Verse 2

Jesus the name above every other name

Jesus the only one who could ever save

Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe

We live for You

We live for You

Chorus

Holy there is no one like You

There is none beside You

Open up my eyes in wonder and show me who You are

And fill me with Your heart

And lead me in Your love to those around me

Bridge

I will build my life upon Your love

It is a firm foundation

I will put my trust in You alone

And I will not be shaken

Verse

I count on one thing

The same God that never fails

Will not fail me now

You won't fail me now

In the waiting

The same God who's never late

Is working all things out

You're working all things out

Chorus

Yes I will lift You high

In the lowest valley

Yes I will bless Your name

Yes I will sing for joy

When my heart is heavy

All my days yes I will

Bridge

I choose to praise

To glorify glorify

The name of all names

That nothing can stand against

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*HYMN #151 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God EIN’ FESTE BURG

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*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (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 day He rose

again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Fa-

ther Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the

Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the

resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

*GLORY BE TO THE FATHER #813 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.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION O Holy God, we acknowledge to You, to ourselves, and to one another that we are not what

You called us to be. We have not stood by our faith, shared our hope, or reached out with

love. Instead, we have allowed ourselves to become blind to the world around us. Open our

eyes that we may see the world as You see it, and know You as fully as we are known by You.

In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON (1 Peter 2:24)

Leader: Christ himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sin

and live for righteousness; by his wounds we have been healed. Therefore, let us assure one another of

God’s pardon.

All: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Amen.

ANTHEM Out of the Depths (Psalm 130) K. Lee Scott

Chancel Choir

PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION

Spirit of God, speak once again through the Words of Scripture that our listening ears may

hear Your voice. Help us to place Your Word in our minds, treasure it in our hearts,

choose it with our wills, and live it through our bodies. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.

Out of the depths I cry to thee,

Lord, my sins bewailing!

Bow down thy gracious ear to me,

make thou my prayer availing.

Mark not my misdeeds in thy book,

gracious Lord, most holy;

on my sins in mercy look;

who can stand before thee?

Hear my prayer, hear my cry,

hear my supplication.

Thou my hope, thou my light,

thou my soul’s deliverance.

With thee there is forgiveness, Lord,

love and grace abounding.

The greatest thought or deed or word

were else but empty sounding.

All who in thy sight appear

come in sinful measure;

all before thee bow in fear

seeking thy good pleasure.

Hear my prayer, hear my cry,

hear my supplication.

Thou my hope, thou my light,

thou my soul’s deliverance.

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SCRIPTURE READING Psalm 130 Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord; Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. If

you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with

reverence, serve you. I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. I wait for the Lord

more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. Israel, put your hope in

the Lord, for with the Lord is unfailing love and with him is full redemption. He himself will redeem Israel from all

their sins.

Leader: This is the word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God!

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.

*HYMN #633 (sing twice) Open Our Eyes, Lord OPEN OUR EYES

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OFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE

OFFERTORY Our God Tomlin, Reeves, Myrin, Redman

*DOXOLOGY #815 OLD HUNDREDTH Praise God from whom all blessings flow.

Praise Him, all creatures here below.

Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host.

Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION

SCRIPTURE READING Luke 18:31-43 31 And taking the twelve, he said to them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about

the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished. 32 For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will

be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon. 33 And after flogging him, they will kill him, and on the third day

he will rise.” 34 But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not

grasp what was said. 35 As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. 36 And hearing a crowd going by, he

inquired what this meant. 37 They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” 38 And he cried out, “Jesus, Son of

David, have mercy on me!” 39 And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out

all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 40 And Jesus stopped and commanded him to be brought to him. And when he came near, he asked him, 41 “What do you want me to do for you?” He said, “Lord, let me recover

my sight.” 42 And Jesus said to him, “Recover your sight; your faith has made you well.” 43 And immediately he re-

covered his sight and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

SERMON “SEE NOW!” Rev. Brett Everett

Verse 1

Water You turned into wine

Opened the eyes of the blind

There's no one like You

None like You

Verse 2

Into the darkness You shine

Out of the ashes we rise

There's no one like You

None like You

Chorus

Our God is greater

Our God is stronger

God You are higher than any other

Our God is healer

Awesome in power our God our God

Bridge

And if our God is for us

Then who could ever stop us

And if our God is with us

Then what could stand against

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*HYMN #562 Be Thou My Vision SLANE

*BENEDICTION & RESPONSE Now unto Him #234 Now unto Him who is able to keep you from falling

And to make you stand in His presence blameless and with great joy.

To the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ, our Lord,

Be the glory and the majesty, dominion and authority, Both now and forever. Amen!

*POSTLUDE Canonic Variations J.S. Bach

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Plant a tree for your great-grandchildren

to climb.

Remember the

DHPC Foundation

in your estate plans.

Scripture for April 5th

Kings 9:13, Zechariah 9:9, Psalm 118:25-26,

and Matthew 21:1-17

Today’s flowers

have been

provided by…

Michele Sivets

in memory of

Rich Sivets.

PRAYER REQUESTS

BEREAVEMENT:

Family of John Richards. Family of Mark Nelson. Skip & Nancy Swearingen for the passing of their son.

Family of Barbara Shaw.

ASSISTED LIVING & HOMEBOUND: Anne Wellington(9), Jeanne Frank(10), Ed Jensen(7), Don Paisley(10), Ruth John-

ston(12), Lloyd Ferguson(6)

HEALING: Richard Cook (8), Barbara Purnell (13), Will Broxterman, Jim Shaw (9), Marge Sutton(1), Doug McFetters(9),

Len Gilchrist (10), Bill Allen(3), Jackie Badger(18), Ruth Blakeslee(8), John Dinsdale(9), Nathan Harber, Geni Miller(4), Mark

Nelson(9) (#) Indicates Parish Shepherd number.

MILITARY: Isaac Skinner, Isaac Corbett, Hunter Helvie, David Leibold, John Beach, Mike Efird, Chanteal Williams, Ethan

Groce, Clark Benham, Conrad McDermott, Graham Benham, Joshua Billard, Christopher Bingham, Cade Brennan, Joshua

Fielder, Elizabeth Fricker, Gregory Fricker, Joseph Galaviz, Jonathan Gilleland, Cherise (nee Harry) Smallcanyon, Timothy

Harry, Aaron Heinricks, Ryan Leavitt, Kate Miller, Jonathan Mulder, Jacob Rath, Jason Rath, Ryan Toomey, Chris Skinner, and

Tyrus Smedes.

ARE YOU IN NEED OF PRAYER? DO YOU HAVE A JOY TO SHARE?

Prayer cards are located in each pew pocket and around the campus

or you may submit your prayer request online at deserthills.org.

For those who have suffered a loss or who are going through a difficult time, Easter can be a time of

painful loneliness and emptiness. If you are smiling on the outside but full of pain on the inside, and

the joy of Easter seems far away, help is available. Our Walking Beside Ministry team is ready to

provide confidential Christian care. We listen, care, encourage, and pray with and for you. To learn

more, call one of our team members or Pastors.

WALKING BESIDE - A Visitation Ministry Barb Conti home: 480-419-8232 Sue Palmer cell: 602-909-7964

Joe Gilleland home: 480-575-8406 Sara Ray cell: 480-888-6192

Moon Kahn cell: 480-391-2034 Julie Wild cell: 480-440-9022

How long has it been since you updated your will?

Does it carry out your wishes?

Does it leave any gift to the church

to carry on its ministry after your death?

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Message from The Session...

Dear DHPC Family,

The Session of DHPC has made the decision to maintain the existing church life

schedule and practices in the following manner:

• Live worship on March 29 and April 5 will be suspended. The church will

stream one worship service at 9:45 am. You can access live streaming by sub-

scribing to the DHPC YouTube Channel at

www.youtube.com/channel/UC4esVFuHv_gtrIE82cR0WrQ

or by following DHCP on Facebook.

• Live services for Maundy Thursday (April 9) and Good Friday (April 10) will be

suspended. These services will be streamed at 7:00pm each day. Our leaders

are working to create meaningful Holy Week services.

• An email will be sent in advance of each service with the links for live stream-

ing and the Order of Service.

• All Bible studies, book studies and home groups are encouraged to meet via

Facetime, Skype or other electronic means. Leaders may still, for example, provide lessons, questions, devotionals, etc. to keep their groups engaged.

• A Zoom Meeting account is being created for any group to access should they

desire to meet online. Stay tuned for details!

• The church office and campus will remain closed to the public. Staff will still be

onsite during nor mal office hours and will be answering the phone.

• Other resources are available at www.deserthills.org.

• The session will continue to re-evaluate the situation based upon recommend

dations by the CDC and from our federal, state and community leaders.

The Session and staff will continue to seek new and creative ways to keep you con-

nected to the church through email, social media and the church website. Please

join us in praying for our church, community, country and the world during these

trying times.

May the hope and peace of Jesus Christ be with us all,

The Session of DHPC

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STAY CONNECTED WITH DHPC!

We provide several ways for our congregation to stay connected with the church:

• The sermons are put on the DHPC website by Monday of each week so you can listen to the sermon on your computer,

tablet or smart phone. Our website is www.deserthills.org

• Sermon links are posted on the DHPC Facebook page and we will be streaming the service live on Facebook.

• A link to the audio version of the sermon will be emailed each Monday.

• A live version of the worship service can be accessed through the DHPC YouTube channel. Click on the link below to view

and subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4esVFuHv_gtrIE82cR0WrQ. You may view the worship service on any

day, any time.

• We will provide a PDF version of the Order of Service including words to the hymns and scriptures.

SHOPPING ASSISTANCE

We are here to assist you with your shopping needs!

Please call the church office if you need assistance with groceries or supplies.

MESSAGE FROM FINANCE TEAM

DHPC members are encouraged to

mail their pledges to the church.

The Finance team will be meeting each week.

DHPC does not offer an electronic offering option. This decision was made for two

reasons. First, the monthly and per transaction fee to the church would reduce the

offering amount.

Second, parishioners can elect on-line bill pay through their banking institution at no fee to them or the church. If you would

like to set up automatic donations contact your bank. You will need to provide them DHPC's address (P.O. Box 874 Care-

free, AZ 85377) your account number and your first and last name.

Questions? Please contact…Bobi Tomlon, DHPC Controller at (480) 488-3384

THE CLAN OF CHRIST

38 YEARS & STILL COUNTING

What about the coronavirus and our annual Spring visit to Leupp?

The trip for April is cancelled.

What is next then? Stay tuned for updates. We are working on it and are deter-

mined to keep our bond in Christ strong through these trying times.

Questions? Contact Chuck Starnes at (623) 261-8969 / [email protected]

- - -

Please pray for our Leupp friends.

The first coronavirus cases has been reported

on the Navajo Reservation.

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HYGIENE KITS - DONATIONS NEEDED

DHPC continues to donate 120-130 kits each month to Phoenix homeless

through our mission with Chaplaincy for the Homeless.

The following NEW, UNOPENED ITEMS in TRAVEL SIZE are needed:

You may also make a monetary donation to help us purchase these items in bulk.

Checks may be written to DHPC

(please specify in the check memo box: “Hygiene Kit Collection, ID #84010”)

* 2 oz. can shaving cream * shampoo

* packaged/boxed toothbrushes * socks

* 1oz. tubes of toothpaste * washcloths

•That God would calm fears and that His people

would be reminded we have a different identity—

one of boldness, not of fear (2 Timothy 1:7).

•That the Church (and specifically DHPC) would

be a calming presence and radiant light in the face

of so much confusion and darkness – a people of

compassion who intentionally reach out and love

their neighbors.

•For world leaders as they would be united for

the common good and work with healthcare or-

ganizations and the medical community to devel-

op next steps.

•For wisdom and insight for researchers and biol-

ogists as they work to develop a coronavirus vac-

cine.

•For patience, wisdom, and a gentle spirit for first-

responders, physicians and hospital staff around

the world who are tasked with triaging, testing,

and treating increasing numbers of people.

•For church leaders that they might be the voice

of reason, clarity, grace, and truth as they offer

insight and wisdom to their congregations and

communities.

•For comfort, strength and support for the fami-

lies of those who have died and for those under-going treatment.

•For those whose jobs or hours have been cut

due to economic downturn.

•For parents who are struggling to work and care

for their children.

•For churches to create ways to reach out to

families in their communities to provide for them

and show them the love of Christ.

•For God’s people worldwide to be unified as one

Church as we minister to the world around us

who are living in fear of the unknown and are in

desperate need of guidance and lasting hope.

•That we as God’s people would be certain in

mind and heart of our hope in Christ and the

truth that our Savior who died and rose for us

has already overcome the world (John 16:33).

A CALL TO DAILY PRAYER

One of the ways we can remain connected through the

next few weeks is through prayer. DHPC is inviting you to

pause in the midst of your day in the comfort of your own

home to join us daily from 7:00-7:30pm in a spirit of pray-

er for our church, state, nation and world during these

trying times. Please pray through these specific requests

(adapted from Lindsay Lowry’s article “Praying Through a

Pandemic”) as well as add your own.

Please pray...

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CALENDAR

Sunday, March 29

9:45 am Worship Service (Streaming on YouTube)

Monday, March 30

9:00 am-5:00 pm Office Open for STAFF ONLY

9:00 am Bulletin Announcement Deadline

Tuesday, March 31

9:00 am-5:00 pm Office Open for STAFF ONLY

Wednesday, April 1

9:00 am-5:00 pm Office Open for STAFF ONLY

Thursday, April 2

9:00 am-5:00 pm Office Open for STAFF ONLY

Friday, March 27

9:00 am-5:00 pm Office Open for STAFF ONLY

Saturday, March 28

Office Closed

Sunday, March 29

9:45 am Worship Service (Streaming on YouTube)

UPCOMING

LENTEN

SERVICES

PALM

SUNDAY

Sun., Apr. 5th

9:45am LIVE STREAM

MAUNDY

THURSDAY

Thur., Apr. 9th,

7:00pm LIVE STREAM

GOOD FRIDAY

Fri., Apr. 10th,

7:00pm LIVE STREAM

EASTER*

Sun., Apr. 12th

6:30am Sunrise

8:15/9:45/11:10am

* Easter events are

subject to change.

APRIL WISH LIST

Hi All,

Attached please find a copy of our

April Wish List. In light of the cur-

rent situation you will see many

new urgent items needed at this

time at the food bank. Thank you

all for your ongoing support. We

appreciate your generosity in helping

us to serve our community.

Thank you,

Michelle Reyes

Administrative/

Warehouse Operations

URGENT ITEMS NEEDED

AT THIS TIME…

PASTA SAUCE

CREAM SOUP

LYSOL WIPES

TOILET PAPER

PAPER TOWELS

GLOVES

HAND SANITIZER

Chili, Juice, Jelly,

Canned Meats: Chicken, Tuna

Chunky Soups, Rice,

Peanut Butter & Jelly

Pasta Sides (Rice A Roni, etc.)

Bottled Juice