The Worship Service Sunday, October 25, 2015

8:30 & 11:00 AM

GATHER IN GOD’S NAME___________________________ Prelude

“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”

Welcome Guests and Visitors - Please sign a blue Connection Card

Call to Worship Psalm 34:1-3

Prayer of Adoration

GIVE PRAISE AND THANKS TO GOD_________________ *Hymn of Praise #77 “I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art” Deacons will collect prayer requests

*Prayer of Confession

Jesus our healer, you give sight to the blind. We close our

eyes to those who are different from us: at school, at work, at the

store, at the playground. We close our eyes to those who worship

you differently from us: through music, through prayers,

through preaching. Open our eyes, Lord Christ. Heal and forgive

us. Empower us in your Spirit to reach out to those who are

different, and learn how they see you in the world. Amen.

*Assurance of God’s Forgiveness

*Congregational Response Hymn #734

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.

Time with the Children

Anthem

Joys and Concerns

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.

Offering our Gifts to God

Offertory *Doxology Hymn # 34

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

*Hymn #502 “Be Thou My Vision”

GOD’S WORD READ AND PROCLAIMED______________

Scripture Mark 10: 46-52 (p. 1014)

Sermon “Don’t Forget the Blind”

*Affirmation of Faith “The Apostles’ Creed”

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven

and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who

was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was

buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose

again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand

of the Father, and he will come again to judge the living and

the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the

communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection

of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

GO IN GOD’S NAME_________________________________ *Hymn #422 “Amazing Grace!”

*Benediction

*Postlude

*All are invited to stand

This Week at Ken Mawr Volume 15, No. 43 October 25, 2015 Welcome to Worship!__________________

Sermon Notes “Don’t Forget The Blind”

Mark 10: 46-52

“This Week at Ken Mawr”

is a weekly publication of Ken Mawr United

Presbyterian Church 1760 Pine Hollow Road

McKees Rocks PA 15136 Phone: 412-331-2863

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by noon on Wednesday

PLEASE NOTE:

We ask that all cell phones and electronic devices be turned off

and that food and drinks remain outside the sanctuary.

We want this time of worship to be meaningful for everyone.

Thanks.

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS: AT HOME

Hazel Rizzo - 201 Clever Rd, McKees Rocks, PA ...................................................................... 15136 Jean Lindner – 16 Utz Lane, Coraopolis, PA .............................................................................. 15108 Ken Parme – 31 Hodgson Ave, Pittsburgh, PA ........................................................................... 15205 Troy Shrader – 31 Porters Hollow Rd, Coraopolis, PA ............................................................... 15108 Shirley Ramsey – 41-A Green Oak Dr, Coraopolis, PA .............................................................. 15108 David McCormick – (Joe’s father), 280 Burch Dr, Coraopolis, PA ............................................. 15108 Pippa Downs – 314 Brookside Circle, Wheaton, IL .................................................................... 60187 Nadine Gadsby – 54 Kathleen Drive, McKees Rocks, PA .......................................................... 15136 Suzanne Murr – 1780 Pine Hollow Rd, McKees Rocks, PA ....................................................... 15136 Lynda Buzza – 22 Division St. Apt 3, Pittsburgh, PA .................................................................. 15205 Helen Carmichael – PO Box 868, Apt 704, Mars, PA ................................................................. 16046 Ruth Christopher – 13 DeVassie Rd, McKees Rocks, PA .......................................................... 15136 Jim Weber – 50 Castleview Dr, McKees Rocks, PA ................................................................... 15136 Carl Dorsey – 115 Starling Dr, McKees Rocks, PA .................................................................... 15136 Rose Ann Grannis - (Angela Schoppe’s mother) 249 Holt Road, Alliquippa, PA ....................... 15001 Mark Cannister – 17 Lois St, S Hamilton, MA ............................................................................. 01982 Milt & Bonnie Kappert – 40 Ellwood Court, Coraopolis, PA ........................................................ 15108 Ralph & Pat Chasey – Coraopolis Towers, #809, 951 1st Avenue, Coraopolis, PA .................. 15108 Betty McCurdy – (Russ’s sister-in-law) 208 Dixon Ave, Dubois, PA .......................................... 15801 Bill McCurdy – (Russ’s uncle) 9425 Magnum Dairy Rd, Wake Forest, NC ................................ 27587 Liz Kimbler -- 201 Coraopolis Rd., #3, Coraopolis, PA ............................................................... 15108 Mary Ann Lubas – 300 Gardner St., McKees Rocks, PA ........................................................... 15136 Joseph Dennis – 7315 Westwood Dr. Box 924 Harmony Hall Ellenton, FL ……………………..34222 Pat Joyce, 110 North Vireo Drive, McKees Rocks, PA ............................................................... 15136 Dave Young - (Barb Cannella’s father) 400 Adams Dr, Apt. 105, McKees Rocks, PA .............. 15136 Dolly Sehn – 22 Kenridge Dr, McKees Rocks, PA ...................................................................... 15136 Al Kuffner - 29 Williams Dr, Coraopolis, PA ................................................................................ 15108 Francis Harbaugh – 268 Forest Grove Rd, Coraopolis, PA ........................................................ 15108

IN CARE FACILITIES

Roger Lewis - Masonic Village, 2215 Masonic Drive, Sewickley, PA ........................................ 15143 Dorothy McConkey – 421 Willow Heights, 32 Heckel Rd., McKees Rocks ................................ 15136 Esther Black – Room 128 Residence at Willow Lane, 30 Heckel Rd., Mckees Rocks…………15136 Rose Laughlin – Room 6, Bldg 1 Country Meadows, 3560 Washington Pike, Bridgeville ......... 15017 Margie Pastor – Room 6, Bldg 1 Country Meadows, 3560 Washington Pike, Bridgeville .......... 15017 Dorothy Kratzenberg – Room 465, Country Meadows, Washington Pike, Bridgeville ............... 15017 Ann Klemanski – #5, Concordia of Cranberry, 10 Adams Ridge Blvd. Mars .............................. 16046 Justin Boose – 428 Landisburg Rd, Shermans Dale, PA ........................................................... 17090 Emma Evans – (Rose Stemplewski’s sister) 318, Caring Heights ............................................. 15108 Marge Hieber – Room 103-W, Caring Heights, Coraopolis ........................................................ 15108 Margaret Buchanan – 108 Willow Lane, 30 Heckel Rd., McKees Rocks, ................................. 15136

IN THE MILITARY Jim D’itri, 305 Blackheath Dr, Pittsburgh, 15205 (home address) Major Aaron Felter, CMR 450, Box 1319, APO AE, 09705 LCPL Kost, Matthew T., 8th ESB Supt Co HE PLT, Camp Lejeune, NC 28542 SPC Jonathan Ferguson, 501 ASMC, APOD, Unit 86002 Box 143, APOAE 09847-9997 Rct. Andrew Gregory 3rd RTBN PLT 3076 Co. K PO Box 16335 Parris Island, SC 29905-3073

Welcome! To a church where God is present, where you’ll be at home among friends, where you can rest and renew, where you’ll find ways to reach out and serve our neighbors near and far, where heart and soul matter, where you can laugh, cry, pray, and laugh again. Where you can be real, where you can grow, where you can believe, where you can love and be loved. Where you can meet Jesus. This is Ken Mawr United Presbyterian Church.

CHURCH STAFF PASTOR ......................................................................................................................................................... Karl E. McDonald PARISH ASSOCIATE ..................................................................................................................................... Robert T. Downs STUDENT ASSISTANT ...................................................................................................................................... Evan Wildhack DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN’S MINISTRY ............................................................................................................ Lari Skowron ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ............................................................................................................................. Vicki Halaja TREASURER ...................................................................................................................................................... Kelly McCurdy CUSTODIAN ................................................................................................................................................ Otto Sommerhalter

VOLUNTEERS IN MINISTRY MUSIC DIRECTOR .......................................................................................................................................... Jayne McDonald INSTRUMENTAL COORDINATOR ................................................................................................................... Kathy Masciola NURSERY COORDINATOR ..................................................................................................................................... Lori Ryan FLOWER COORDINATOR....................................................................................................................................... Barb Jaros CLERK OF SESSION ....................................................................................................................................... Louise Schoppe MODERATOR OF DEACONS ................................................................................................................................... Joe Lubas ELDER OF THE MONTH ..................................................................................................................................... Diane Kuffner DEACONS OF THE MONTH .................................................................................................... Rob Thomas/Tom McCullough

FLOWER DELIVERY – Rob Thomas/Dan Marcinko

BENEVOLENCE OFFERINGS unless otherwise designated, support: Today Salam Medical Center (Cairo, Egypt) Next Week: Northside Common Ministries

GREETERS: (Today) GREETERS: (Next Week) 8:30 Marty & Judy Novoselski 8:30 Claudia Tyler 11:00 The Lemasters Family 11:00 Dave Ewonce CHILDREN’S CHURCH (TODAY) CHILDREN’S CHURCH (NEXT WEEK) The Sixth Commandment The Seventh Commandment

PARENTS OF INFANTS AND PRESCHOOLERS Welcome! Your children are welcome to join us in worship today. For parents who wish to use it, childcare is provided for infants and preschoolers in the church nursery and staffed by loving volunteers. When they are ready, we gladly welcome your children to all worship services. We understand in doing so we are fulfilling part of our promise to nurture these little ones in the faith. Children learn best by observing and participating. Parents can explain and model worship for their children when they bring them to worship. Thanks again for joining us in worship today. We are glad that you are here. NURSERY (Today) 8:30 NURSERY (Today) 11:00 0-4 Barb & Chrissy Cannella 0-2 Michelle & Steve Putt 3-4 Abby & Matt Swain NURSERY (Next Week) 8:30 NURSERY (Next Week) 11:00 0-4 Linda & Colton Barth 0-2 Angela & David Schoppe 3-4 Tina Ernst & Deborah Bucek

“True faith

rests upon the

character of

God and asks

no further proof

than the moral

perfections of

the One who

cannot lie.

It is enough

that God has

said it.”

-A. W. Tozer

This Week at Ken Mawr Volume 15, No 43 October 25, 2015 ANNOUNCEMENTS Today at KMUPC

October 25, 2015 22nd Sunday after Pentecost

Choir Rehearsal ...................... 8:00 & 10:30 Worship .................................. 8:30 & 11:00 Sunday School (all ages) ..................... 9:45 TNT & HS Youth Group ....................... 6:00 Deacons Meeting ................................. 6:00 Session Meeting .................................. 7:00

Oct, 26-31 Oct. 26 Girl Scouts ................................... 6:30 AL anon ....................................... 7:30 Oct. 27 Kathy’s Bible Study ...................... 1:00 Oct. 28 Bob’s Bible Study ........... ……......6:30 JAM .............................................. 6:30 Lifetree Café ................................. 6:30 Choir……………………………….. 7:30 Oct. 29 Staff Meeting ................................ 1:00 Girl Scouts .................................... 6:30 West Branch Dinner/Meeting ........ 6:30 Oct. 31 Skowron/Cooper Wedding ........... 2:00

Looking ahead

Nov. 1 Caring Heights Visit ..................... 3:00 TNT & HS Youth group ................ 6:00 Nov. 2 Girl Scouts ................................... 6:30 AL anon ....................................... 7:30 Nov. 4 Bob’s Bible Study ........... ……......6:30 JAM .............................................. 6:30 Lifetree Café ................................. 6:30 Choir……………………………….. 7:30 Nov. 5 Staff Meeting ................................ 1:00 Christian Ed Mtg ........................... 7:00 Growth Group ............................... 7:30 Nov. 6-8 Pgh Project for HS .............................. Nov. 7 Men’s Breakfast ........................... 8:00 Baptism Class ............................. 10:00

SERMONS & SCRIPTURES

Oct. 25th “Don’t Forget the Blind” – Mark 10:46-52

Nov. 1st “Our Relationship with God in Worship” –

Hebrews 10:19-25

Nov. 8th “Honesty in Worship” – Hebrews 4:12-16

Nov. 15th “Hearing God in Worship” – 1 John 4:1-6

E-mail Addresses for the staff at KMUPC

Pastor Karl McDonald - pastorkarlmcd@comcast.net Rev. Bob Downs – rtddmin@aol.com Lari Skowron - Lskowron1@comcast.net Vicki Halaja - Kenmawrsecretary@comcast.net Student Asst. Evan Wildhack – ewildhack@pts.edu

Please Note: If you should call the church office on Thursdays between 1:00 & 2:00 during our Bible Study/Staff Meeting, you will be directed to leave a message, please do

so and we will get back to you. Thank you!

If you would like to receive the prayer requests via e-mail, please send your e-

mail address to kenmawrsecretary@comcast.net

THE FLOWERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN In memory of Sarah B. Moslener from

Sandra and Mike Moschak In memory of my parents, Yvonne and Earl Kunkle, from

Rozetta and Joe Turner

Life Tree Café This week’s topic of discussion

“An Encounter With God”

A prime minister’s supernatural experience

October 28th 6:30 – 7:30 PM

Congratulations to Tom and Jane Burkhard, who celebrated their 60th wedding

anniversary this past week.

TNT JR and TNT 5th /6th -7th /8th graders

will meet tonight from 6-7pm.

RSVP now for

Cosmic Bowling Friday, Nov. 20 9-Midnight

&

High School Youth will meet tonight at 6pm.

World Vision Service Project Sat. Oct 31 9-noon

Open to 12 year olds and up

RSVP to Jason Ditzenberger ASAP

Pittsburgh Project Weekend Plunge Friday, Nov-6 through Sunday, Nov. 8

Veterans Dinner Service Project Sunday, Nov. 15 at 4pm

Jam (4 years old- 4th graders)

Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30pm.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Veterans’ Dinner-Sunday, Nov. 15

5pm-Call the church office to RSVP

Lunch with Friends- Sunday, Nov. 29 You will be able to sign up on

Nov. 15 and 22

Advent Dinner- Sunday, Dec. 6 The covered dish dinner starts at 4:30pm.

Are you interested in helping with any of the above

events? Please contact Diane Kuffner or

Louise Schoppe

Baptism Preparation Class

Saturday November 7, 2015 at 10:00 am

If you are interested in attending the class, please

call the church office to RSVP

412-331-2863

WANTED!!!

Cookies and Desserts Our church will be hosting the Pittsburgh

Presbytery’s West Branch Fellowship Gathering

on the evening of October 29th. A donation of

any type of dessert by our wonderful bakers

would be much appreciated. Store bought

goodies are welcome too. Dessert items may be

placed in the Sharpe Hall kitchen prior to that

evening. (Anything needing cut or plated,

please have at the church earlier in the

afternoon on the 29th.) Kindly mark your item

indicating that it is for the 10/29 Presbytery

Fellowship Gathering.

ITEMS NEEDED FOR THE FOOD PANTRY Pasta, Pasta Sauce, Peanut Butter, Jelly, Juice, Canned Fruit, Canned Vegetables, Stuffing Mix, Knorr’s Side dishes, Instant

Potatoes, Soup, Chef Boyardee, and Hamburger Helper

Thank you in advance for your generous donations of food items for the food pantry.

HELP WANTED CARING HEIGHTS COMMUNITY

CARE & REHAB in Kennedy Township, is seeking candidates for

the housekeeping and dietary departments. Shifts include weekends. Interested parties

should apply in person at 234 Coraopolis Rd, Coraopolis PA 15108. (412)331-6060

EOE/DFW

MONTOUR CLASS OF ’76 40TH REUNION

April 16, 2016 at Rockefellers from 6-10 pm

RSVP to Debbie McDougall 1-303-988-1942

Several people have inquired about the “gofundme”

account that has been set up to help with Bonnie

Kappert’s medical expenses. If you wish to donate,

here is the website info:

https://www.gofundme.com/mommakfight

Children’s Church For children age 5-8

Children may leave immediately after “Time with the Children”

Children in 3rd grade and above are welcomed and encouraged to participate in worship with their

families