ANNOUNCEMENTS ONGOING EVENTS September 1, 2019 MENS RETREAT: September 6-8, YOUNG MARRIED COUPLES FALL BIBLE STUDY HEALTHY LIVING Rancho Bernardo Inn. The retreat is full. DINNER: Friday, Sept. 27th, 6:30- Adult Sunday School: Sundays, starts Sept. 8th, Heart And Soul: Mondays, 10-11am, and To be added to the wait list, Erika Hill, 9:30pm. Erika Hill, [email protected]. 10am, LC4. Gospel of Mark. Instructor Roger Wednesdays 9:30-10:30am, Fellowship Hall. Brown. Alyssa Thomas, [email protected]. Exercise for seniors and almost seniors. Michelle [email protected]. GLEANINGS FOR THE HUNGRY Growing Together In Faith: Wednesdays, starts Whitney, [email protected]. BEACH BAPTISMS: Sunday, Sept. 15th, MISSION TRIP: Oct. 6-11. This is the 12th Sept. 11th, 11am -12pm, Fellowship Hall. Alyssa CHILDREN/YOUTH 4-5pm, LJ Beach South of the Children’s year LJPC will be sending a team of 10 to Thomas, [email protected]. H.U.G.S.: 3rd Tuesday of the month, starts Sept. Pool, we’ll walk down from church Sultana, California to feed those in need 17th 4–5pm, CE22, K & 1st Graders. Susie Dhus, fountain. We only do the beach baptisms both physically and spiritually in the USA MUSIC Childrens Choir: Sonshine Singers (Grades K-1) [email protected]. once a year. To be baptized, you need and around the globe. Sign-up TODAY in 10:45-11:15; Joyful Sound (Grades 2-5) 9:15-10:00 Elementary Mid-Week:Wednesdays, 5-7pm. to make an appointment with a pastor. the courtyard. Michelle Whitney, 858-729- am; Gloria Deo (grades 6-college) 11:15-noon. X-Change/X-Zone, 2nd-5th grades. Susie Dhus, Michelle Whitney, [email protected]. 5504, [email protected]. Kathy Fait, [email protected]. susied@ljpres. org. WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY: WOMEN’S ONE DAY CONFERENCE: Worship Team Band: Instrumentalists/singers Middle School Mid-Week: Wednesdays, 5-7pm, Wednesdays starting Sept 11th, 9:15- Saturday, Oct. 19th, 8am-5pm. Our welcome! Tim Wingert, [email protected]. SunHouse. Abraham Musto, [email protected]. 10:45am, LC 3. Join us as we study conference, “Seen, Heard, Loved” will Chancel Choir: Thursdays, 7-8:30pm, Slusser Hall. High School Mid-Week: Mondays, 6:30- 8:30pm. the birth of the church, building a feed your mind, body and soul. Tickets Keith Pedersen, [email protected]. Connor DeLap, [email protected]. timeline from when the church began are $45. Register at ljpres.events/women. Handbell Choir: Thursdays, 6-7pm, LC3. Jennifer WOMEN Sedgwick, [email protected]. and continuing through Paul’s 1st UPLIFT-KIDS AT HEART: Volunteer Young Women’s Prayer Night: 2nd Tuesday of each three missionary journeys. Childcare tutors needed for Monday, Wednesday La Jolla Brass: Thursdays, 7-9pm, Chancel. Colin month, 7:30-9:30pm, rotating homes in the La Jolla available. Cynthia Blase, cynthiab@ and Thursday evenings and after school, Wied, [email protected]. area. Cynthia Blase, [email protected]. ljpres.org. various locations. Give our students that MEN Women’s Community Bible Study (CBS): MOM’S NIGHT OUT: Wednesday, extra attention they need to succeed. Jan Monday Night Men’s Fellowship: Mondays, starts Registration now open. Contact Jennifer Sedgwick, Eight Parables Sept. 11th, 5-7pm, Jill Ostrom’s home. Magot, 619-972-9970 or jmagot2016@ Sept. 9th, 6–8pm, LC3. Alyssa Thomas, alyssat@ [email protected] for info. Come get to know the LJ Pres mom gmail.com. ljpres.org. Women’s Bible Study: Wednesdays, starts Sept 11th, 9:15-10:45am, LC 3. Cynthia Blase, Cynthiab@ told by Jesus community. Lite bites provided. Cynthia MALAWI ART GALLERY: Please visit Golf & Grow: Mondays, Mission Bay Golf Blase, [email protected]. Course, Lee Browning, 858-459-6839 ljpres.org our art gallery display outside Fellowship Wednesday, Sept. 4th, Admiral Baker Golf Course, #Momlife: Fridays, starts Sept. 13th, 9:15-10:45am. #MOMLIFE: Fridays, starting Sept. Hall telling the story of our recent Malawi Alyssa Thomas, [email protected]. Christian community for those in the “mom” stage. 13th, 9:15-10:45am. Hey mamas, Mission Trip. All prints are for sale for Breakfast & Bible Study: On break. Rob Langsdorf, Cynthiab@ ljpres.org. Childcare available. join us for Christian community and $100 a piece and profits go to the Mission [email protected]. encouragement! This year, stay for Committee. Jim Sedgwick, [email protected]. optional workout class from 11am-12pm! SUNDAY SCHOOL HEARING DEVICES: Please return any 8:45 and 10:00 AM, in the Children’s Ed Building Childcare available 9:15am-12:15pm. hearing assist devices belonging to our SunHouse Cynthia Blase, [email protected]. Nursery Elementary Sanctuary ASAP! Thank you! Age 0-2: CE6 K-5th Check -in: CE 2nd Floor Middle School: 8:45am SunHouse GOOD COMPANY GOES Age 2-3.5 CE2 K/1st - CE24 Middle School & High School: LJPC IS GOING GREEN WITH Sit together at 10am Worship HAWAIIAN: Saturday, Sept. 14th, SOLAR: Age 4-5: CE4 2nd/3rd - CE27 After years of looking at 4th - 5th CE26 (X-Zone) in the front left seats 5-9pm, at the McCoy’s. Come join us for the issue, the Session and Property a Hawaiian Hukilau including dinner, Pick Up: CE22 11:00 AM Check In and Pick Up Committee have determined that now is 0-2 years only: CE6 entertainment & dancing under the the time to go solar at La Jolla Pres. Your stars. GC is a fellowship group open help in paying for this project will make to people 50 and over. $30 per person. the buyback time shorter, and help the Tickets on sale in the courtyard TODAY. church avoid dipping into reserve funds. Grace Decker, [email protected]. There are brochures in the pews or at CHILDREN’S/YOUTH CHOIR: the table in the courtyard. Please join Who Goes to Heaven? Sundays starting Sept. 22nd. Choirs us as we save the church up to $40,000 are open K-college. Rehearsal times: annually and GO GREEN. Matthew 20:1-16 Sonshine Singers (Grades K-1) 10:45- MEN’S CLOTHING NEEDED: We are 11:15; Joyful Sound (Grades 2-5) 9:15- collecting gently used casual & interview 10:00 am; Gloria Deo (grades 6-college) worthy men’s clothing to take to Ladle 11:15-noon. Register now online at Fellowship downtown on Sept. 29th. www.ljpresorg/youthchoir. Kathy Fait, Collection bins are in the church office. Check in [email protected]. STAINED GLASS WINDOW TOUR: GROWTH GROUPS: Groups will be Third Sunday of each month, 10:15am, We See Jesus Transforming Lives in Three Stories: starting up next month as we launch Sanctuary Chancel. Join us for a short into a sermon series on 1st Peter. Growth tour of the stained glass windows in our As we Share God’s Story Groups are a great way to get connected, Sanctuary and see the scripture hidden build friendships, and grow spiritually. in these incredible pieces of art. All tour and hear your story You can find some open groups on the participants receive a free gift. website at ljpres.org/group. To see photos and video, like LJPC To receive our weekly electronic newsletter, we discover our story send an email to: [email protected] on: facebook.com/LaJollaPres 7715 DRAPER AVENUE, LA JOLLA, CA 92037 858-454-0713 WWW.LJPRES.ORG 8:45AM ORDER OF WORSHIP HYMNS 11:00AM ORDER OF WORSHIP Prelude Adagio Molto Guilmant †Opening Hymn #336 O Worship the King Prelude Adagio Molto Guilmant Donna Baker, organist O worship the King all glorious above, Donna Baker, organist Welcome and Greeting Rev. Scott Mitchell And gratefully sing His wonderful love; Responsive Call To Worship Elder Bobby Graham Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days, Psalm 84:1-5, 10-12 Responsive Call To Worship Elder Bobby Graham Pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise. Leader: How lovely is Your dwelling place, Lord Almighty! Psalm 84:1-5, 10-12 O tell of His might and sing of His grace, Leader: How lovely is Your dwelling place, Lord Almighty! Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space; People: My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. People: My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form, and my flesh cry out for the living God. And dark is His path on the wings of the storm. Leader: Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young— a place near Your altar, Lord Leader: Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite? Almighty, my King and my God. herself, where she may have her young— a place near Your altar, Lord It breathes in the air, it shines in the light, Almighty, my King and my God. It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain, People: Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; they are ever praising And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain. You. Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are People: Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; they are ever praising set on pilgrimage. You. Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail, set on pilgrimage. In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail; Leader: Better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end, rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents Leader: Better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer and Friend. Amen. of the wicked. rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. †Apostles Creed People: For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does He withhold from those whose walk is People: For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: and in Jesus blameless. Lord Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in You. honor; no good thing does He withhold from those whose walk is Christ His only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the blameless. Lord Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in You. Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He Invocation Elder Bobby Graham Invocation Elder Bobby Graham descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into †Opening Hymn #336 O Worship the King heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He †Opening Hymn #336 O Worship the King shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy Pastoral Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer Bernie Porter Pastoral Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer Bernie Porter catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection Welcome and Church Life of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. Church Life Call to Tithes and Offerings †Closing Hymn #370 O God, Our Help in Ages Past Call to Tithes and Offerings Offertory Let Us Break Bread Together Martin O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, Vincent Martin, bass-baritone Offertory Let Us Break Bread Together Martin Our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home! Donna Baker, piano Vincent Martin, bass-baritone Under the shadow of Thy throne still may we dwell secure; Donna Baker, piano †Our Thanks to God #382 Doxology Sufficient is Thine arm alone, and our defense is sure. †Our Thanks to God #382 Doxology Before the hills in order stood, or earth received her frame, †Offertory Prayer Bernie Porter †Offertory Prayer Bernie Porter From everlasting Thou art God, to endless years the same. Scripture Reading Matthew 20:1-16 Page 1529 Scripture Reading Matthew 20:1-16 Page 1529 A thousand ages in Thy sight are like an evening gone; The Word of God Proclaimed Rev. Scott Mitchell Short as the watch that ends the night, before the rising sun. The Word of God Proclaimed Rev. Scott Mitchell O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, Be Thou our guide while life shall last, and our eternal home! Who Goes to Heaven? Who Goes to Heaven? Sacrament Of Holy Communion *Gluten free wafers available in the Narthex Sacrament Of Holy Communion *Gluten free wafers available in the Narthex †Apostles Creed †Apostles Creed After the service, please join our LJPC Community and enjoy coffee and scones in the †Closing Hymn #370 O God, Our Help in Ages Past Upper Courtyard. †Closing Hymn #370 O God, Our Help in Ages Past †Benediction Rev. Scott Mitchell The Flowers Today are given by Owen and Pat Wickstrand in Gratitude to God for †Benediction Rev. Scott Mitchell their 61st Wedding Anniversary on September 6th. †Postlude Epilogue Rowley Donna Baker, organist †Postlude Epilogue Rowley Prayers and Praise: Healing and Comfort: Edith B-A., Geri C. & Joseph, Dechanna T, Donna Baker, organist Leajia, Lenny & Karen, Paul S., Ashley, Sarah H., Yineth and William. Strength, Protection, and Encouragement: Jaime A., , Justin M., and The Biller Family. Praise: Praise for encouraging, excellent ministry Guidance and Peace: Bel, Landry Family, Pam, Tommy Are You Visiting Today? Be sure to visit our Welcome Table at the west end of the and Erika. For prayers, praise, or to be included on the prayer list, email: prayerdeacon@ljpres. Lower Courtyard to pick up your gift and complete a Visitor Information Card. If you org by Sunday night to be included in the next week’s bulletin. Requests are held in confidence. need help navigating the campus, please ask us to help! And plan to join us again in † Please stand ­­if you are able. worship soon. 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