Faith Reformed Presbyterian ChurchSeptember 9, 2018

Reflections:

“If you want to judge how well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he makes of the thought of being God’s child and having God as his Father.  If this is not the thought that prompts and controls his worship and prayers and whole outlook on life, it means that he does not understand Christianity very well at all.”  - J.I. Packer

“The truth of God the Father’s adoption of me causes me to be overwhelmed with his love.  The fact that the Father would choose me as a part of his family is beyond my comprehension.  My earthly family has no choice.  I am a part of them; they must accept the good and bad in me simply because I was born into their family.  God, however, who knows all the good and bad in me, has chosen me to be a part of his family and has offered me the great riches that are his.  Simply the thought of adoption overwhelms me and brings me to my knees in thanksgiving.”  Robert Peterson, relating a testimonial from a friend

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September 9, 2018 – Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Welcome to Faith Reformed Presbyterian Church. We are glad you are here this morning. If you are visiting us, please sign and indicate that in the attendance booklet during the offering so that we can properly thank you for coming. Our service liturgy is inspired by the story of God’s Word and is designed to introduce you to, or renew you in, the good news of Jesus Christ. During the service. Indicates when the congregation stands, and when we are seated. Ushers will be happy to provide hearing-assisted headsets or large-print editions of the bulletin for those who need it. Please silence your cellular phone/mobile device.

His Creation

Prelude Sam Broomell

Greeting

Call to Worship 1 John 3:1 (NIV)

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!

Profession of Faith: Westminster Larger Catechism #74

Q. What is adoption?

A. Adoption is an act of the free grace of God, in and for his only Son Jesus Christ, whereby all those that are justified are received into the number of his children, have his name put upon them, the Spirit of his Son given to them, are under his fatherly care and dispensations, admitted to all the liberties and privileges of the sons of God, made heirs of all the promises, and fellow-heirs with Christ in glory.

Invocation

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Songs of Praise: He Has Made Me Glad (I Will Enter His Gates) (Brethorst)

I will enter His gatesWith thanksgiving in my heartI will enter His courts with praiseI will say this is the dayThat the Lord has madeI will rejoiceFor He has made me glad

Chorus He has made me gladHe has made me gladI will rejoice forHe has made me gladHe has made me gladHe has made me gladI will rejoice forHe has made me glad

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Father, Long Before Creation (Johnson, Osenga)Verse 1Father, long before creationThou hadst chosen us in love,And that love so deep, so moving,Draws us close to Christ above.Still it keeps us, still it keeps us.Firmly fixed in Christ alone.

Verse 2Though the world may change its fashionYet our God is e’er the same;His compassion and His covenantThrough all ages will remain.God’s own children, God’s own childrenMust forever praise His name.

Verse 3God’s compassion is my story,Is my boasting all the day;Mercy free and never failingMoves my will, directs my way.God so loved us, God so loved usThat His only Son He gave.

Verse 4Loving Father now before TheeWe will ever praise Thy love,And our songs will sound unceasingTil we reach our home above,Giving glory, giving gloryTo our God and to the Lamb;Giving glory, giving gloryTo our God and to the Lamb.

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Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go (Matheson)

Verse 1O Love that will not let me go,I rest my weary soul in thee;I give thee back the life I owe,That in thine ocean depths its flowMay richer, fuller be.

Verse 2O light that followest all my way,I yield my flickering torch to thee;My heart restores its borrowed ray,That in thy sunshine’s blaze its dayMay brighter, fairer be.

Verse 3O Joy that sleekest me through pain,I cannot close my heart to thee;I trace the rainbow through the rain,And feel the promise is not vain,That morn shall tearless be.

Verse 4O Cross that liftest up my head,I dare not ask to fly from thee;I lay in dust life’s glory dead,And from the ground there blossoms redLife that shall endless be.

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Our FallConfession of Sin 1 John 3:2-9 (ESV)

2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. 4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.

7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.

Corporate Prayer of ConfessionAlmighty God, we confess we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed; we have not loved you with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength; we have not loved our neighbor as ourselves. Restore to us the joy of your salvation, that we might practice your ways and demonstrate your righteousness to the world. In Jesus name, Amen.

Assurance of Pardon: 1 John 4:9-10 (NIV) 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Hymn of Response: Redeemed, How I Love to Proclaim It! Trinity Hymnal #701

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His Redemption

Address to Children Mr. Tim MindemannChildren up to 11 years of age are welcome to come to the front to join the Pastor. Afterwards, children ages 3 – 6 years of age are dismissed to Room 204 for worship.

Pastoral Prayer for Our Needs Rob McCullough Please pray silently as the Leader leads in prayer.

Offering of Our Gifts 1 John 3:17-18 (NIV)17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? 18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.

Scott Bauermaster

Online giving is available on our website. If you have not yet passed the pew attendance pad, please pass it to the outside aisle, filling in your family’s information and listing all family members attending the service today. Also, please provide us with your current email address. Then pass it back to the center aisle noting the names of your neighbors.

He Makes Me His Child Rev. Andy Pickens8

Word of God – Ephesians 1:1-14 (ESV)

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight 9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ 10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

This sermon will be available in audio and video platform on our website – faithrpc.org/sermons.

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Sermon Outline: He Makes Me His Child

 

I. By His choice

II. Why He does it

III. What He gives us

IV. How He does it

V. Living as His child

Other Scriptures: Romans 9:10-13; Ephesians 2:1-3; Genesis 6:5, 8:3; Psalm 14:2-3, 115:3, 135:6; John 1:12; Galatians 4:6, Ephesians 2:19; Matthew 7:11; Matthew 2:17; Hosea 11:1; Matthew 2:13-15; Romans 8:16; Psalm 2:7; Hebrews 1:3-

5, 2:11-14; Galatians 4:4-5; 1 John 3:1, Ephesians 5:1; 1 John 3:16-18.

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Goodness of God’s Creation

Congregational Song: Jesus, I Am Resting, Resting, Trinity Hymnal #188 (v. 1, 3, 4)

Benediction

Passing the Peace to One Another We welcome you to greet one another with a sign of Christ’s peace.

Postlude Sam Broomell

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Prayer Concerns (as of September 5th)

- Foreign Missionary: Jeff and Candy Campbell working with Cadence International with American service families in Germany.

- Home Mission: New Hope Community Life Ministries with Director Neil Uniacke, providing counseling and other services.

- SVP Church: Trinity in east Harrisburg, Bob Eickelberg and Michael Wolcott.- Neighbor Church: Timberline Church, Strasburg.- Church Prayer: Our youth – pray they would grow solid in the faith and

engage the culture.- Ken DeLong dealing with cancer. - Pray for Sam and Mary K as they seek God’s direction for their next steps.- Emmalee Lehman’s permanent visa would get granted quickly.- Pray for our Session as they shepherd and care for Faith Church.

(Prayer Concerns will rotate off after being posted one month. Please call Eleanor DeLong at the church office, Mon. –Thurs. at 717.786.7559, to request a listing).

Tim Mindemann is our worship leader, Scott Bauermaster is our Praise Team Leader. Sam Broomell is our pianist.

Hymns reprinted from The Trinity Hymnal (revised edition) (© 1906, Great Commission Publications, Inc.) and The Hymnal for Worship & Celebration @1986 Word Music Hymns and Praise Songs printed in bulletin are used by

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permission through our Church Copyright License (CCLI) #432495. Scripture taken from THE HOLY BIBLE, English Standard Version (ESV), Copyright @2001 by Crossway.

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This Week’s CalendarSunday, September 9, 2018

9:00 a.m. Worship Service10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Sunday school

2 & 3 yr. olds, Room 201 4 – 6 yr. olds, Room 203 1st & 2nd Grade, Room 207 3rd – 4th Grade, Room 2065th- 6th Grade, Room 208/2097th – 12th Grade Discipleship Groups, Youth Room

Adult Instructions: Genesis, Room 214 (Pastor Andy)Coffee/other beverages in Fellowship Hall (Cindy Criswell)

4:00 p.m. Mixed Life Group, Bart Area (Rob McCullugh, 717.529.3023)5:00 p.m. Mixed Life Group, Quarryville area (Jason McCrory, 717.669.7810)5:00 p.m. Mixed Life Group, E. Quarryville area (Leonard Brown, 717.806.0216)5:00 p.m. Mixed Life Group, Quarryville area (Leon Stauffer, 717.786.8422)5:30 p.m. Mixed Life Group, Kirkwood area (Mark Broomell, 717.529.0889)

**Start date September 23rd**6:00 p.m. Mixed Life Group, New Providence area (Bob Rush, 717.786.2901)5:00 p.m. Mixed Life Group, Willow Street area (David Denning, 717.431.7430)

Monday, September 10, 20186:30 p.m. Ladies Bible Study-Gladys Thompson’s (321 Watt Ave, Quarryville)7:00 p.m. Finance Committee Meeting

Tuesday, September 11, 20187:00 p.m. Deacons Meeting

Wednesday, September 12, 20186:45 p.m. Jr. & Sr. High Youth Group, Youth Room (Tim Mindemann –

717.786.7559)7:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting, Library (Henry DeLong – 717.786.9718)

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Thursday, September 13, 20187:30 a.m. Men’s Bible Study Group at Lapps4:00 p.m. Oak Bottom After School Club, Oak Bottom Village (Linda Irwin –

717.529.3203)7:00 p.m. Session Meeting8:00 p.m. Choir Practice

Saturday, September 15, 20188:00am Usher Appreciation Breakfast – Fellowship Hall

Life Groups begin this Sunday - The new year for Life Groups will begin today. Life Groups are a great way to begin to live in the grace of Christ –developing true Christian fellowship, encouraging and challenging each other to apply the truths of God’s word in our lives, praying with and for each other.  Most groups meet every other Sunday evening – if you don’t have a group, please see either of Pastors Andy or Tim, or call the church office and we’ll connect you!

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Help for moving the Perrins - The last of their belongings will show up at their house (10 W. Fifth St) at 6:30 p.m. on Sept 13 and 14, and 8:00 a.m. Sept 15 – again, please lend a hand on any of those days that you are free!

Nominations for Ruling Elders, Deacons, and Women’s Council – Nominations are now open for men to serve in the offices of Ruling Elder and Deacon, and also for women to serve on the Women’s Council (our advisory committee that reports to the Session). Forms are available in the lobby. They must be filled out, signed by the person nominating and the nominee, and turned into the church office or any member of Session no later than midnight, September 30. Please pray about whom you believe God is calling to serve in these roles.

For our current Ruling Elders, Jay Scott is ending his second term (and thus is not eligible for re-election this year – thanks to Jay for faithfully serving!). For the Deacons, Chris Sharp is ending his first term and can be re-nominated for a second. For the Women’s Council, which is now on a 3-year rotation cycle also, Lisa Lehman, Joann Rineer, and Kandi Sharp are ending their first terms and can be re-nominated.

Volunteer for the Missions Conference: The Missions Committee is preparing a Missions Weekend from Oct 5-7! Several of our missionaries are planning to come. We need some volunteers to host a missionary for dinner on Saturday, 10/6 and then invite friends afterwards to spend learning about their work. Please contact Bob Holt (717.806.7348 or bobbevholt@msn.com.) Promotion Sunday – Is today - we invite all of our children and parents to stay in the Sanctuary after Sunday morning worship so that they can meet their new Sunday school teachers for the coming year. Parents will be welcome to join their kids in visiting their classrooms after meeting in the Sanctuary for a brief introduction.

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Huffnagle Park Worship Service-September 23rd – Mark your calendar for our annual outdoor service with communion and picnic starting at 10:30am! Please bring a nice size covered dish to share and your own place settings. Drinks will be provided. The church kitchen will be opened at the back kitchen door at 10:00am if you would like your hot dish to be kept warm and transported over at lunch time.  After the picnic there will be games for the children. Please invite your friends and neighbors.

QPRC Residents – We will have a shuttle bus ready to take you over the park. Please let our office know you are interested or you can sign up at the Welcome Center.

Inclement weather: If there is bad weather that morning we will gather at the church at 10:30am instead for the service, luncheon, and games.

Family Night and Awana Starting September 26th! – Plans are underway to kick off our Awana program and Family night meal on September 26th. Please mark your calendars to join us at 6:00 PM for the meal, and Awana will start afterward at 6:30. After September 26th, we plan to continue doing the Wednesday Family Night Meal two times a month, every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month.  Awana will continue every week, generally following the Solanco School District Schedule - if there is no school for holidays or snow days, there will be no Awana.

If you’ve volunteered to help with either Awana or the Family Night meal, please don’t forget to attend the planning meeting today after Sunday School. This important meeting will help us put together our schedules and have a reasonable idea of how the night will flow, and who is responsible for what. If you have any questions, Please contact Tim Mindemann or Kathy Pickens.

MOPS – Our MOPS team is looking forward to starting a new year and we are looking for help for childcare! If you are willing to give up a Friday morning once or twice a month so that Moms in our community can enjoy fellowship and time in God’s Word together, please talk to Tim Mindemann or call our MOPS childcare coordinator, Susan Young 717-715-3216.

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Women’s Bible Study – Starts Monday evenings September 10th. This will be a DVD study by Jennifer Rothschild - Lessons of Faith Learned in the Darkness. Please contact Joanne Rineer at 717-917-2297 if you are interested so a book can be ordered for you.

Breakfast for our Ushers - Our ushers do a LOT each week to help us in worship, and we certainly don’t take their service for granted.  So we’re having a special breakfast for them (and spouses are invited also) on Saturday, September 15 at 8 AM in the Fellowship Hall.  And, if you’d like to help out just one Sunday each month, you’re invited also – it’s a great way to serve others, and you’re already here anyway!  Please let Elisha Bomberger know, sign up in the Welcome Center, or call the church office by Wednesday, September 12th.

Solanco Food Bank Requests for September - Thank you for your support in helping with this important ministry.

Toilet paper – 4 roll pack Chicken or Tuna HelperCanned chicken Pasta sidesDiapers size 6 Baby wipes

Lapp's Restaurant is hosting Give Back Tuesdays!!  - Every Tuesday in September (4-8PM), Lapp's will donate 10% of proceeds to Solanco Neighborhood Ministries.  Come support our ministry while enjoying great food!

Walk for Cornerstone Pregnancy Center – The 4th annual pregnancy walk will take place at Gap Park on September 29th from 8:30am-noon. For more details call 717-442-8694 or email: events@pregnancyresources.org

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1Church StaffSenior Administrative Assistant, Eleanor DeLong: edelong@faithrpc.orgAdministrative Assistant, Christine Genovese: cgenovese@faithrpc.org

Director of Youth and Families, Tim Mindemann: tmindemann@faithrpc.orgAssociate Pastor, Andy Pickens: apickens@faithrpc.org

Head of the Church, Jesus Christ

Ruling Elders DeaconsMark Broomell Matt Huber

Lynn Coomes Chris Sharp Dan Lehman Gary Shirk

Rob McCullough Bob Rohr Bob Rush

Jay Scott Leon Stauffer

Our Supported MissionsForeign Missions: Local/US Missions & Organizations:Richard & Robyn Crane - Latin America Brenda Brazee – Joy-El MinistriesJeff & Candy Campbell - Germany Trip & Joy Beans – RUF MillersvilleSardar Din - Pakistan Lin & Janet Crowe - NavigatorsKarl & Debbie Dortzbach - International Joe & Melissa Dentici – RUF Penn StateEmmalee Lehman - Germany Ken & Tammie Matlack - MTWVerne & Alina Marshall - Chile Bruce & Susan Young - MTWDave & Esther Miller - Latin America Anees & Fareda Zaka – Church Without WallsMark & Marti Mylin - France Harvest USARichard & Angelica Ramsay – Latin America Mission to North AmericaStephen & Berenice Rarig - Australia Mission to the WorldGary & Phyllis Waldecker - Latin America New Hope Community Life MinistryHugh & Martine Wessel – France Oak Bottom Ministry

Solanco Neighborhood MinistryWe also have missionaries serving in Susquehanna Valley Presbyterysensitive fields that cannot be listed. WOF Needle Workers

Faith Reformed Presbyterian Church611 Robert Fulton Highway

Quarryville, PA 17566Phone: (717)786.7559 email: frpc@faithrpc.org

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Where is Faith Church Going?

What is God making us? What are we becoming?

The Features of Faith Church Family’s Future:

Disciples Multiplied

Solid Children

No Secrets

Grateful Town

Engaged Neighbors

Equipped Members Everyone Mature

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Read more about these features at: http://faithrpc.org/our-future

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