WEBSTER GROVESPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Service for the Lord’s DayOctober 6, 2019

10:30 a.m.

OUR MISSIONWe seek to live Christ’s love,

welcome all people and joyfully serve God.

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Service for the Lord’s DayWhen this symbol precedes an element of the service, please rise in body or spirit.

Prelude “All Are Welcome” arr. HayesShawn Portell, piano

WELCOME AND COMMUNITY LIFEAll are encouraged to sign and pass the Friendship Pads at the ends of the pews. As the music begins, let us use this time for quiet reflection and prayer, so that we, individually and as a great crowd of witnesses, may prepare ourselves to reaffirm our faith as the people of God.

~GATHERING FOR GOD’S WORD~

CALL TO WORSHIP Eric Morff, LiturgistLeader: The Spirit and the Church say, “Come.”People: The people of the Word say, “Come.”Leader: Let everyone who is thirsty come.People: Receive the gift of the water of life.

HYMN #32 “I Sing the Mighty Power of God” ELLACOMBE

CALL TO CONFESSION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

O Lord our God,you call us to proclaim the gospel,but we remain silent in the presence of evil.You call us to be reconciled to you and one another,but we are content to live in separation.You call us to seek the good of all,but we fail to resist the powers of oppression.You call us to fight pretensions and injustice,but we sit idly by,endangering the lives of people far and near.Forgive us, O Lord.Reconcile us to you by the power of your Spirit,and give us the courage and strengthto be reconciled to others;through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Savior. Amen

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RESPONSE “Lord Have Mercy” Morris Chancel Choir / Band

ASSURANCE OF PARDON

PASSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST Abbey Stokes, Liturgist

Leader: Since God has forgiven us in Christ, let us forgive one another.The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

All: And also with you.

RESPONSE TO GOD’S GRACE “Gloria” Grundy

~PROCLAIMING GOD’S WORD~

SCRIPTURE CONVERSATION Rev. Hannah Zyla

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION Eric Morff, Liturgist

OLD TESTAMENT READING Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 pg.871. 

NEW TESTAMENT READING Luke 17: 5-10 pg. 80

SERMON Rev. Hannah Zyla

SILENCE FOR REFLECTION

~RESPONDING TO GOD’S WORD~ OFFERING INVITATION

OFFERTORY “The “Heart of Worship” arr. McDonald Chancel Choir / Band

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~SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION~

INVITATION Abbey Stokes, Liturgist

Leader: O taste and see that the Lord is good!People: Happy are all who find refuge in God!

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVINGLeader: The Lord be with you.People: And also with you.Leader: Lift up your hearts. People: We lift them to the Lord.Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.

…the prayer continues…

…the prayer continues…

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…the prayer continues…

COMMUNION OF GOD’S PEOPLE

COMMUNION MUSIC “As We Gather at Your Table” Morris Chancel Choir / Band

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION Abbey Stokes, Liturgist

HYMN #756 “O God of Every Nation” LLANGLOFFAN

CHARGE

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE “As We Gather at your Table” Morris Worship Band

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Worship NotesSome prayers and liturgical texts for worship are provided by:

BIBLIOGRAPHY Book of Common Worship. (2016). Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press.Call to Worship. (2018). Louisville: Office of Theology and Worship of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

Feasting On The Word. (2012). Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press.

THOSE WHO SERVE TODAYCommunion: Laura Putnam, Dave Morris, Team B

Ushers: Freda Cook, Fred Perabo, Mary Anne & Ken Wallace, Ethan Weihl, Gina Smutz

Greeters: Crystal O’Loughlin, Linda & Bill Schwartz, Melinda & Issac La Salle

Office Volunteer: Jim Gloeckner

Liturgist: Eric Morff, Abbey Stokes

Flower Delivery: Suzie Booth, Kristy Anderson

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WORD OF WELCOMECHILDREN ARE ALWAYS WELCOME IN WORSHIP AT WGPC! Worship Activity Bags are located at each entrance to the Sanctuary.

NURSERY CARE While some children prefer to stay with their parents in worship, others enjoy the opportunity to meet new friends, play and learn stories from the Bible. Mrs. Robin is ready to greet your child with a happy smile and a generous spirit. The nursery is open from 8:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. If there are no children in the nursery by 11:00 a.m., the nursery room will remain open for parents and children to enjoy together. There will be no nursery attendants on duty.

LARGE-PRINT BULLETINS AND HYMNALS, hearing devices, and cushions are also available. One of our ushers would be happy to assist you.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SIGN THE FRIENDSHIP PADS located at the end of each pew.

WATER AND LOZENGES Got a tickle in your throat? Relax. Just head to the Narthex (back of the sanctuary) where the ushers have water and lozenges for your comfort.

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MINISTRY STAFF

Pastor: Rev. Edwin Zumwinkel IIIAssociate Pastor: Rev. Hannah ZylaPastoral Assistant for Congregational Care: John RawlingsDirector of Music Ministries/Organist: Shawn PortellMusic/Organist Assistant: Ted CronbaughDirector of Youth and Family Ministries: Brian KuhnInterim Director of Youth and Family Ministries: Summer KohringDirector of Early childhood Center/ Nursery Coordinator: Robin CannonMission Outreach Coordinator: Beth KazlauskasConnections Coordinator: Tracey RapisardoBusiness Administrator: Jan ScheurerSenior Staff Assistant: Valerie HamptonAssistant for Children, Youth, and Family Ministries: Cherstin ByersCustodial Supervisor: Pete Brennan

efz@wgpc.orghmd@wgpc.orgjdrtsn@gmail.comspp@wgpc.orgted.cronbaugh@gmail.comon sabbaticalslk@wgpc.orgrwc@wgpc.orgbok@wgpc.orgtar@wgpc.orgjls@wgpc.orgvph@wgpc.orgchb@wgpc.org(314)-962-9210 ext 3212

45 West Lockwood AvenueWebster Groves, MO 63119

www.wgpc.org(314)-962-9210

OUR UPCOMING COMMUNITY LIFE TOGETHERCHILDREN & YOUTH MINISTRIES meeting today

Infant – PreK:

Nursery 8:15 a.m. - noon 1st floor nursery

Pre-K – 8th Grade:

Evening ministries will not meet tonight. All are invited to the Mission Weekend church-wide dinner in Fellowship Hall at 7:00pm

9th – 12th Grade:

Agape 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Youth Lounge

Visit wgpc.org or contact Cherstin Byers (chb@wgpc.org) for more information and to receive newsletter emails about children’s and youth activities.

CHILDREN'S OFFERING: This fall, the children’s offering will be collected to purchase piglets through the Presbyterian Mission Agency.  Our goal is to gather $160--enough for four piglets to help provide families with an important safety net and emergency source of income.

Give-A-Meal-A-Month October MenuCanned Chicken and Dumplings

Canned Peas – no or low saltCanned Pears – lite or in fruit juice

Pancake Mix

Additional Needs Laundry Detergent

Share your belongings with your needy fellow Christians, and open your

homes to strangers. Romans 12:13

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The 2019 St. Louis CROP Hunger Walk and Concert

On Sunday, October 6, 2019, Eden Theological Seminary, located at 475 E Lockwood, Webster Groves, MO, will host the Hunger Walk and Concert. Check in for

the walk is at 4:30p.m. The concert begins at 7:00p.m. The Holy Crepe Food Truck will be onsite from 4:00p.m. through 7:00p.m. Register online at

www.crophungerwalk.org/saintlouismo where you can solicit donations, create a team, make donations, etc. The CROP Concert at 7:00p.m. is also the 7th Annual

Eden Festival of Psalms, featuring Richard Bruxvoort Colligan, Christopher Grundy, Paul Vasile and the Eden Seminary Choir, and more. For more information, contact

Clint McCann at cmccann@eden.edu or 314-619-0599.

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We Need Your Recommendations

For Church OfficersYou can help the Nominating Committee discern who those individuals are. Prayerfully consider the ministry and mission of WGPC and those gifted for positions of leadership. Please use the form below to recommend someone to serve as Deacon, Elder, or Trustee. (Please note you recommend more than one person and you can recommend yourself.) You may drop this form in the collection plate or take it to the ballot box in the church office. You may also go to our website to make a recommendation (click on the WGPConnect tab).

Qualifications for Roles of OfficersDeacons

The ministry of deacon as described in Scripture is one of compassion, witness, and service, sharing in the redeeming love of Jesus Christ for all. Persons of spiritual character, honest repute, exemplary lives, brotherly and sisterly love, sincere compassion, and sound judgment should be chosen for this ministry.

Elders

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Elders, in partnership with the ministers of the Word and Sacrament, exercise leadership, government, and discipline and have responsibilities for the life of the church, including ecumenical relationships. They strengthen and nurture the faith life of the congregation committed to their charge. They shall serve faithfully as members of the session. Their manner of life should be a demonstration of the Christian gospel, both in church and in the world.

Trustees

Trustees should exhibit the same qualities as elders, but with responsibilities more specific to the maintenance and growth of the financial and physical assets of the church. As such, the trustees have particular need for

those with experience in the areas of engineering, accounting, law, interior decorating/design, architecture, maintenance and banking.

I want to recommend_____________________________________________________

To be considered as (circle one)

Deacon Elder Trustee

I believe this person models the Christian faith and exhibits qualities of Christian leadership in the following ways.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

WE ARE ON A MISSION…THANK YOU FOR JOINING US! Thank you to all who served Friday and Saturday as we worked on five projects. At the WGPC

Early Childhood Center volunteers helped with the rummage sale and other projects. At Home Sweet Home the teams worked in the warehouse on Friday, and then loaded and delivered furniture to families to help turn their new spaces into comfortable homes. At Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition the group helped sort clothes for their ReFresh resale store to support the Coalition’s programs. Finally, many members gave blood at the Deacon’s Red Cross blood drive.

WGPC Environmental Project – Marking local storm drains with “Drains to Stream” - meet Deb Grossman in the conference room across from the main office at 9:15. This group will work with the Environmental Stewardship team to mark local storm drains with “Drains to Stream” tags. They will also hang information on neighbors’ doors to explain why this is important.

Webster–Rock Hill Ministries - please drive yourself over to the Ministries’ site by 9:30. This is easy to reach by taking Elm north until you come to Waymire, then turn right. The address is 111 East Waymire. This team will be doing a variety of projects primarily outdoors in the gardens and around the grounds.

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If you are helping Robin in the ECC this morning please meet her in the nursery across from the main hallway restrooms when the first service ends.

A variety of projects are available in Fellowship Hall. We will be making sandwiches for those who are homeless, dividing detergent for Webster Rock Hill Ministries, and working on advocacy issues between services. Throughout the morning all are welcome to write cards to friends and members (materials and addresses will be provided). Come join us!

If you are visiting a member in their home today you are welcome to visit at whatever time works best for you and those you are visiting.

If you have volunteered to make dessert for tonight’s dinner…thank you! Please deliver your items to the kitchen before noon, or after 4:00 today.

At 10:30 there will be a service in the sanctuary for anyone who is in the building and would like to join in prayers for the people who are serving, and those who we are supporting.

Remember that we hope you will all join us at 5:00 this evening in Fellowship Hall for a chicken dinner

and a celebration of our time serving together.

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Sunday, 06 October

All Day – World Communion Sunday8:00 a.m. –Mission Weekend8:30 a.m. - Informal Worship Communion10:30 a.m. – Traditional Worship Communion3:00 p.m. – Lorraine Glass-Harris Concert5:00 p.m. – Mission weekend Dinner7:00 p.m. - Agape

Monday, 07 October

10:30 a.m. – Ely Ringers4:00 p.m. – Prayer Ministry7:00 p.m. – Scouts Patrol Leaders Conference

Tuesday, 08 October

6:30 a.m. – Tuesday Prayer Meeting9:30 a.m. – Staff Meeting

Wednesday, 09 October

9:00 a.m. – Kids Day Out9:00 a.m. – Mom’s Group11:00 a. m. – WGHS Choral Program7:00 p.m. – Deacons

Thursday, 10 October

8:30 a.m. – Men’s Bridge Group10:00 a.m. –Disciples Bible Study12:00 p.m. – Noon Choir Practice7:00 p.m. – Chancel Choir

Friday, 11 October

12:00 p.m. – Rotary6:30 p.m. – Thimble and Thread

Saturday, 12 October

9:00 a.m. – Al Anon9:00 a.m. – Savers Fund Drive: Scouts

Sunday, 13 October

8:30 a.m. – Informal Worship 9:30 a.m. – Diving Deeper9:30 p.m. – Faith in Real Life10:30 a.m. – Traditional Worship 11:30 a.m. - Shower11:45 p.m. – Come and Consider12: 00 p.m. – Budget Meeting4:30 p.m. – Celebration4:30 p.m. – Celtics4:30 p.m. – Children’s Choir5:15 p.m. – Celebration Bell Ringers5:15 p.m. – Holy Moly5:15 p.m. - Whirl7:00 p.m. - Agape

Glass-Schene Trio Concert TODAY

You are invited to experience MYTH, MEANING, AND THE INFINITE

today at WGPC at 3pm. Come hear the wonderful music of Lorraine Glass-Harris on

violin, Fern Glass Boyd on cello, Daniel Schene on piano performing trio music by

Locatelli, Bruch, Chopin, Godard, Schubert, Piazzola/Jose and Ravel.

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