We Welcome You To ST. MARK’S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 2220 S. Sproul Road, Broomall, PA 19008-2253 (PHONE) 610-356-1199 (FAX) 610-356-6112 (E-MAIL) [email protected] (WEBSITE) www.stmarksumcbroomall.net
January 26, 2014 ...... Third Sunday after Epiphany Ministers ...... Each Church Member
GATHERING Good Morning and Welcome Extending the Church’s fellowship Ritual of Fellowship Please register your attendance Prayer Concerns, Thanksgiving, & Celebrations Remembering brothers and sisters in need Preparing for Worship Direction of our worship together
WE CELEBRATE WITH PRAISE PRELUDE Please prepare your hearts for worship in silence. LIGHTING OF THE ALTAR CANDLES CHORAL INTROIT *HYMN “Lift High the Cross” # 159 *CALL TO WORSHIP (Responsive) Lay Assistant L: Praise the Lord! P: How good it is to sing praises to our God, L: For God is gracious, P: And a song of praise is fitting. *AFFIRMATION OF FAITH # 881
WE CELEBRATE WITH OUR GIFTS PRESENTATION OF OUR REGULAR TITHES AND OFFERINGS All people everywhere are created in God’s image. They are our brothers and sisters. Their pain is our pain; their hunger is our hunger; and their poverty is our poverty. Let us be generous with our morning offering. OFFERTORY As the ushers receive your gifts, MEMBERS AND GUESTS, please sign and pass the red folder in the hymnal rack. Thank You.
*DOXOLOGY # 95 *OFFERTORY PRAYER (Unison) Affirming our unity with our brothers and sisters around the world and in this place, we share ourselves through this offering. Amen. TIME FOR THE CHILD IN ALL OF US (To 5th Grade) PRAYER TIME WITH CHILDREN Infants and toddlers may be taken to Child Care at this time. MINISTRY OF MUSIC Chancel Choir “Star-Led and Wonder Bound”
WE CELEBRATE WITH PRAYER MORNING PRAYER SILENT PRAYER & LORD’S PRAYER *HYMN “Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me” # 361
WE CELEBRATE THROUGH GOD’S WORD SCRIPTURE LESSONS Isaiah 9:1-4 Page 638 Matthew 4:12-23 Page 3 L: This is the Word of the Lord P: Thanks be to God! SERMON “When Fishermen Don’t Fish”” Pastor Ken
WE GO FORTH TO CELEBRATE *HYMN “Blest Be the Tie That Binds” # 557 *PASTORAL BENEDICTION *CHORAL BENEDICTION *POSTLUDE *EXTENDING THE HAND OF FELLOWSHIP (Please greet your neighbors in surrounding pews)
P R A Y E R P A G E
Pray for our Congregation: Bernice Akers Lisa Kirkland Barbara Moore Sarah Hatzel Don Leonard Unspoken Requests Gertrude Huet Helen Leopold
Pray for Continuing Concerns: Vera Gerken Marge Lang Le Kirk Pray for Concerns Beyond our Congregation: Amy Barber (Friend of June Evans) Erna Buehring (Friend of Jane Karatzas) Joanne Colgan (Relative of Jim & Carol Brett) Joyce Duyer (Friend of Carole & John McLeod) Glenn Elliott (Friend of Lois Ache) Laura Hunter Gilbert (Niece of Kathie & Vince Del Vacchio Mary Hickey (Sister of Rosemary Thomas) Vicki Hill (Friend of Gelzhisers) Connie Homola (Cousin of June Evans) Tara Klick (Friend of Karen Nash) Sandy Leonard (Wife of Don Leonard) Felice LoConte (Uncle of Sciulli Family) Ruth MacKay (Sister of Carol Blum) Mary Malen (Mother of Rosemary Thomas) Michael Markellos (Prayer request by Pastor Ken) Gail McGinley (Friend of Eileen McComb) Emily Noyes (Grand-niece of Carla Hasenritter) Martha Packer (Friend of Sadie Calvert & Theresa Smith) Chip & Donna Paradise (Brother and sister-in-law of Claire Slater) Holly & William Schelling (Cousins of Pastor Ken) Robert Schroedel (Son of Corinne Schroedel) Ena Shawhan (Former member of St. Mark's) Harry Smith (Son of Doris Brittingham) Ruth Thomas (Sister of Sarah Hatzel) Deanna Tropea (Friend of Eileen McComb) Josh Weatherberry (Friend of the Bagnato Family) Robert Wells & Family (Friends of Carole & John McLeod) Ellen Wilcox (Sister of Carla Hasenritter) Peg Wiler (Mother-in-law of Nancy Wiler) Doris Wills (Aunt of June Evans)
ALTAR FLOWERS Are presented to the Glory of God and given In Memory of my Husband, Walt, by Maria Kollar.
SPECIAL PERSON TO BE REMEMBERED : Greg Heinsen, 2947 Pennview Avenue, Broomall, PA 19008-1127. PLEASE send a card or write a note and pray for Greg. State that you’re from St. Mark’s.
SUNDAY MORNING VOLUNTEER MINISTERS LAY ASSISTANT: Sharon Molino USHERS: Janet MacIntyre, Kathie Del Vacchio, Hazel Slater, Judy McConaghy COUNTERS: Lisa & Tom Linahan, Dan Nesbitt
ATTENTION: PARENTS & CAREGIVERS As a family-friendly church, St. Mark’s provides the following: a changing table and chair in the women’s room on the Sanctuary level; Sunday morning Child Care for toddlers to age 4; Junior Church for school- aged children K to 12; a weekly bulletin for children and youth; new children and youth pages plus sermon page posted on church website weekly.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE WEEK 1/26/14 –2/2/14
Today 10:00 AM Worship Service – Child Care 11:00 AM Choir Rehearsal – B-3 Mon 12:30 PM Senior Citizens’ Center – B-6 7:30 PM Barbershoppers – Rigby, B-2 7:30 PM Trustees – B-4 Tue 9 - 11 AM Food Bank – Library 12:30 PM Senior Citizens’ Center – B-6 6:00 PM “We Care Tuesdays” Dinner - Rigby 6:45 PM “We Care Tuesdays” Project - Rigby 7:00 PM The Best Is Yet to Come – B-4 Wed 9 AM–3 PM AARP Tax Training - Rigby Thur 12:30 PM Senior Citizens’ Center – B-6 6:30 PM Share Your Blues – Kolva Chapel Sun 10:00 AM Worship Service – Child Care 11:00 AM Choir Rehearsal – B-3 11:00 AM Fellowship Time – Kolva Chapel SINCERE CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY IS EXTENDED TO
Janet MacIntyre and family upon the death of her son, Paul.
Kathy & Evan Klingsberg and family upon the death of Evan’s son, Marc.
“Death does not extinguish the light. It is putting out the for the Dawn has come.”
ST. MARK’S STAFF MINISTERS……………………….All Members of St. Mark’s BISHOP, EPC-UMC……………………Rev. Peggy Johnson DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT.………. Rev. H. Joe Tyson SENIOR PASTOR…..………………Rev. Kenneth Gelzhiser DEACON……………………..………… Rev. Ula Christopher DIRECTOR OF MUSIC…………….….Mr. Brendan Kirchner SECRETARY………………….…….. Mrs. Elizabeth Cimbala CHILD CARE WORKER…………… ..Ms. Caitlin McCaskey MISSIONARIES (Congo)…………………………Drs. Jeff & Ellen Hoover CENTER FOR PASTORAL COUNSELING…..….. Rev. George Bustard
For any questions, concerns and/or comments regarding the staff of St. Mark's UMC, please contact Ruth Kolva, Chair of the Staff-Parish Committee, at [email protected] or 484-422-8642.
REMEMBERING OUR ST. MARK’S FAMILY IN PRAYER
Please keep the following members and families of St. Mark’s in your personal prayers during the coming week:
Glenda Biddiscombe Len & Carol Blum John & Kay Bockius Jim & Carol Brett Doris Brittingham Shirley Brooke
NEXT SUNDAY: 2/2/14 - 4 th SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
SERMON: “The Foolishness of God” SCRIPTURES: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 & Matthew 5:1-12 SPECIAL DAY: Sacrament of Holy Communion, Souper Bowl Sunday, Drexel Hill Middle School Girls Ensemble SUPERBOWL (SOUPER BOWL) NEXT SUNDAY FEBRUARY 2, 2014
With thanks for all our blessings, let’s make it SOUPER SUNDAY next week! Please bring to church a can or two of soup (or a cash donation) for those in need.
P L A N A H E A D “ WE CARE TUESDAYS” Sandwiches for Homeless 6:00 PM Supper - 6:45 PM Project 4th Tuesday of each month
January 28, 2014 February 25, 2014 March 25, 2014
ST MARK’S FOOD CENTER: St. Mark's Food Bank is open to clients for food distribution on Tuesdays from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. and between 6:00 and 7:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month. (The food bank is closed on fifth Tuesdays.)
Specific items requested by the Food Bank are 2-ply toilet paper, bar soap, soup, rice, cereal, and oatmeal.
VISIT OUR ST. MARK’S WEB SITE! Check out St. Mark’s web page. Go to: www.stmarksumcbroomall.net Find us on Facebook!
THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF OUR ST. MARK’S FAMILY ARE CELEBRATING THEIR BIRTHDAYS DURING FEBRUARY:
01 Linahan, Tom 138 Wyndmoor Road Havertown, PA 19083-3233
01 Brittingham, Doris 597 Dickinson Court Exton, PA 19341-1118 04 Calvert, Sadie 115 N. New Ardmore Avenue Broomall, PA 19008-3020
04 Turkington, Marian 2733 Hillview Road Broomall, PA 19008-1722
04 Leonard, Donald 2507 Grant Road Broomall, PA 19008-1605
05 Voight, Brandon 3503 Tyson Road Newtown Square, PA 19073-2417
05 Ward, Dorothy Dunwoody – E 201 3500 West Chester Pike Newtown Square, PA 19073-4168
06 Akers , Bernice 809 St. Francis Drive Broomall, PA 19008-2717
08 Lynch, Nancy 2890 Gradyville Road Broomall, PA 19008-1027
08 Slater, Andrew 204 Second Avenue Broomall, PA 19008-2316
09 Magiso, Eva 176 Mansion Road Newtown Square, PA 19073-3407
07 Slater, Claire 204 Second Ave Broomall, PA 19008-2316
10 Mac Intyre, Janet 2735 Hillview Road Broomall, PA 19008-1722
13 Kolva, David 652 Kenney Lane Brookhaven, PA 19015-1423
13 Paulin, Louis 2508 Highland Avenue Broomall, PA 19008-1606
14 Vowler, Marge 3500 West Chester Pike – Apt. A 211 Newtown Sq., PA 19073-4168 17 Brett, James 1607 Bane Way West Chester, Pa 19380-6466
18 Hickey, Barbara 208 Cedar Road Wallingford, PA 19086-7121
18 Mc Fetridge, Eric 828 Putnam Boulevard - # B, Wallingford, PA 19086-6704
21 Ferry, Linda 414 Candlewood Road Broomall, PA 19008-1732
21 Jones, Shirley Granite Farms Estates – E 102, 1343 W. Baltimore Pike Media, PA 19063-5531
22 Smith, Edward 25 Summit Avenue Broomall, PA 19008-2518
24 Brubaker, Nancy Granite Farm Estates – P 238, 1343 W. Baltimore Pike, Media, PA 19063-5531
24 Slater, Jake 204 Second Avenue Broomall, PA 19008-2316
25 Nolan, Ruth 16 Mulberry Lane Newtown Square, PA 19073-4604
26 Danzi, Susan 428 Burns Drive Springfield, PA 19064-1707
28 Harakal, Cyndy 607 Spencer Drive Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547-2301
THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF OUR ST. MARK’S FAMILY ARE CELEBRATING THEIR ANNIVERSARIES DURING FEBRUARY:
09 Bockius, John & Kay 110 S. New Ardmore Avenue Broomall, PA 19008-2728
10 D'Ambrosia, Justin & Shirley 2205 Clover Drive Broomall, PA 19008-2820
10 Taylor, Roger & Lisa 111 S. Sproul Road, Broomall, PA 19008-2308
17 Robinson, Harry & Heather 1 Locust Road Newtown Square, PA 19073-2907
25 Burgwald, Gary & Becky 343 Marple Road Broomall, PA 19008-2618
29 Fichter, Calvin & Kay 811 St. Francis Drive Broomall, PA 19008-2717