PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN Mark your calendars for Tuesday, April 8. Presbyte- rian Women will be sponsoring a fundraiser at the Friendly's Restaurant at the Target Shopping Plaza. The fundraiser runs from 4PM to 9PM and PW will receive 10% of the total sales that night, so we need lots of people to come out and support us. Tell your family and friends. We hope to see you that night. DONATE Blankets, flannel sheets, insulated drapes and mattress pads so THE SEWING CIRCLE can make warm street mats for the homeless! Ask your friends! CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Fish banks for One Great Hour of Sharing will be collected on Easter Sunday. Our Easter Egg Hunt will be held Palm Sunday morning April 13 at 9am. Bring your basket and meet in the Great Room. After the egg hunt the kids will be going to Fellowship Hall for crafts and snacks. Our Lenten Series started today in the Kirkers’ room at 9am; it will continue for the next three weeks. PAXTANG HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Paxtang Historical Society invites the public to a special presentation during their quarterly meeting on Monday, April 7th, beginning at 7:00 PM. Area resident, Norman Lacasse, will present “Ringing the City with Green”, a history of the Capital Area Greenbelt. Wednesday Evenings March 12—April 9 Dinner ~ 6:30 PM Worship ~ 7:30 PM Thursday Morning Bible Study Pastor John Green March 6th—April 10th 10:00 AM Room 201 “What Shall We Say?” Evil, Suffering and the Crisis of Faith Sundays in Lent Lenten Study~ “Hymnology & Theology” Rev. John Schmidt ~ 9:00 AM ~ Kirkers Room March 23, 30, April 6 & 13 Worship ~ 10:00 AM March 9, 16, 23, 30, April 6 Cabin Worship—March 30th ~ 8:00 AM Holy Week ~ April 13 ~ 20 Palm Sunday Worship ~ 10:00 AM Easter Egg Hunt ~ 9:00 AM Maundy Thursday Worship ~ 7:30 PM Good Friday Worship ~ 7:30 PM (Childcare provided) Easter Vigil ~ Saturday, 9-12 Easter Sunday Sunrise Worship ~ 6:30 AM Sanctuary Worship ~ 10:00 AM Watch Paxton's "Garden of Hope" Grow Our OGHS Garden of Hope is growing. As of 3/16, $808.66 has been given to One Great Hour of Sharing, and our garden has blossomed with several colorful "helping hands" blooms. Watch our garden continue to grow throughout Lent, and please give as generously as you are able to this spe- cial offering which provides hope - in the form of hunger relief, disaster re- lief, and economic opportunity - throughout the world. MOTHER’S DAY CARDS Mother's Day cards for the soldiers are due next Sunday, March 30.
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PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, April 8. Presbyte-rian Women will be sponsoring a fundraiser at the Friendly's Restaurant at the Target Shopping Plaza. The fundraiser runs from 4PM to 9PM and PW will receive 10% of the total sales that night, so we need lots of people to come out and support us. Tell your family and friends. We hope to see you that night.
DONATE Blankets, flannel sheets, insulated drapes and mattress pads so THE SEWING CIRCLE can make warm street mats for the homeless! Ask your friends!
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Fish banks for One Great Hour of Sharing will be collected on Easter
Sunday.
Our Easter Egg Hunt will be held Palm Sunday morning April 13 at 9am. Bring your basket and meet in the Great Room. After the egg hunt the kids will be going to Fellowship Hall for crafts and
snacks.
Our Lenten Series started today in the Kirkers’ room at 9am; it will continue for the next three
weeks.
PAXTANG HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The Paxtang Historical Society invites the public to a special presentation during their quarterly meeting on Monday, April 7th, beginning at 7:00 PM. Area resident, Norman Lacasse, will present “Ringing the City with Green”, a history of the Capital Area Greenbelt.
Wednesday Evenings March 12—April 9
Dinner ~ 6:30 PM
Worship ~ 7:30 PM
Thursday Morning
Bible Study Pastor John Green
March 6th—April 10th
10:00 AM
Room 201
“What Shall We Say?” Evil, Suffering and the
Crisis of Faith
Sundays in Lent Lenten Study~ “Hymnology & Theology”
Rev. John Schmidt ~ 9:00 AM ~ Kirkers Room
March 23, 30, April 6 & 13
Worship ~ 10:00 AM
March 9, 16, 23, 30, April 6
Cabin Worship—March 30th ~ 8:00 AM
Holy Week ~ April 13 ~ 20
Palm Sunday Worship ~ 10:00 AM
Easter Egg Hunt ~ 9:00 AM
Maundy Thursday Worship ~ 7:30 PM
Good Friday Worship ~ 7:30 PM
(Childcare provided)
Easter Vigil ~ Saturday, 9-12
Easter Sunday
Sunrise Worship ~ 6:30 AM
Sanctuary Worship ~ 10:00 AM
Watch Paxton's "Garden of Hope" Grow Our OGHS Garden of Hope is growing. As of 3/16, $808.66 has been given to One Great Hour of Sharing, and our garden has blossomed with several colorful "helping hands" blooms. Watch our garden continue to grow throughout Lent, and please give as generously as you are able to this spe-cial offering which provides hope - in the form of hunger relief, disaster re-lief, and economic opportunity - throughout the world.
MOTHER’S DAY CARDS
Mother's Day cards for the soldiers are due next Sunday, March 30.
Our Celebration of Worship March 23, 2014 ~ Worship Time: 10:00 a.m.
Paxton is a Stephen Ministry Church
WE GATHER IN GOD'S NAME
PRELUDE “Meditation on ‘Rathburn’” Hegarty “The Way of the Cross” Benedict, arr. Paxton
“Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross” Denton, arr. Doane OUR LIFE TOGETHER INTROIT “Over My Head” Paxton Chimers African American Spiritual
TO GIVE PRAISE TO GOD
CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 28 To you, O Lord, I call; my rock, do not refuse to hear me. Blessed be the Lord, for he has heard the sound of my pleadings. The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts. The Lord is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed. * HYMN 81 “Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken”
* PRAYER OF CONFESSION God of mercy, you are full of tenderness and compassion, slow to anger, rich in mercy, and always ready to forgive. Grant us grace to renounce all evil and to cling to Christ, that in every way we may prove to be your faithful people; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen. (Pause for a moment of silent confession)
* ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Friends, believe the Good News. In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven.
* GLORIA PATRI (Hymnal Page 581)
TO CELEBRATE THE FAMILY OF FAITH
CHILDREN’S MOMENT * PASSING OF THE PEACE The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. And also with you. MORNING PRAYER/THE LORD'S PRAYER
TO HEAR GOD'S WORD PROCLAIMED FIRST LESSON Exodus 17:1-7 (OT Page 64) This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. ANTHEM “The Lord Is My Strength and My Song” Adult Choir Lloyd Larson
SECOND LESSON John 4:1-42 (NT Page 94) SERMON “The Woman at the Well” Pastor Green HYMN 719 “Come, Labor On” * AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (The Apostles’ Creed, Holy Ghost, Hymnal, page 35)
TO OFFER OUR GIFTS AND DEDICATE OUR LIVES
PRESENTATION OF OFFERINGS OFFERTORY “Come Down, O Love Divine” Variation 2, Langlois * DOXOLOGY * PRAYER OF DEDICATION
TO GO REJOICING IN GOD'S NAME * RECESSIONAL HYMN 547 “Go, My Children, with My Blessing” * BENEDICTION CHORAL RESPONSE “Amen” Adult Choir American Folk Melody
POSTLUDE “All Glory to Jesus” Peterson, arr. Innes
THE LECTOR this morning is Elder Stephanie Roland. Stephanie is a member of the Pastoral Relations and Staff Ministry.
THANK YOU FOR VISITING WITH US TODAY! We are happy to share this Sunday with you and hope you come back soon! Please fill out the yellow card and be sure to include your name, address, and phone num-ber for our records. If you are interested in membership at Paxton Church, please indicate this when the friendship folder is passed or speak to the Pastor or Lector following worship.
THE USHERS joyfully serving for the month of March: James Kealey, Captain; Jeffrey Herrold, Ryan Horner, Richard Lengler, Craig Staudenmaier, Calvin Swayze, Jr., Dave Wion. THERE ARE TWO FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS this morning. One is placed in loving memory of our parents, Nevin and Ruth Rovenolt and Charles and Luella Newhouse, by Larry and Wanda Newhouse. The second arrangement is placed in celebration of June Derrick Grubb’s 90th birth-day by her son, Stuard.
TODAY Pastor Green will greet at the parlor door. The lector will greet at the south door. An usher will greet at the porch door. PLEASE SIGN the red “friendship folders” at the end of your row to mark your attendance with us! OUR NEXT COMMUNION WORSHIP will be on Maundy Thursday, April 17th.
LOOK AROUND THE CHURCH RIGHT NOW! Notice if you haven't seen some-one for the past two Sundays. Sometime this week call them and say, "We missed you at church." If you don't do it - who will?
UPON REQUEST, monthly financial reports may be obtained in the Church Office. Please feel free to contact Larry Kilpatrick if you have any questions concerning the reports.
Paxton Presbyterian Church 3500 Sharon St., Harrisburg, PA
Bill LaDieu Donna Leaver Steve Miller Jack Moore Gary Myers
Kathy Woodbridge
SESSION MEMBERS Merideth Staudenmaier
(Clerk of Session)
Christian Education
Happy Barber* Dave Holt
Congregational Life
Diana Robertson*
Evangelism & Membership
Norm Daniels*
Mission & Outreach
Erin Giambrone* Dan Behan
Pastoral Relations/Staff
Jay Kealey* Stephanie Roland
Property Management
Dave Elder* Bill Gough
Stewardship & Finance
Lisa Pletz* Kitti Taylor
Worship & Music
Rebecca Haner* John Moyer
PRAYER SQUARE
As Christians we are called to pray for everyone in a difficult time of life. To protect the privacy of those for whom we are praying we ask that permission be received before a name is placed for prayer request. We will keep the names in the Prayer Square for two weeks. If you would like them to be included longer, please call the church office or submit another request card.
Please keep the following members of Paxton in your prayers: Kris Scott, Dale Williams, Rick Flowers, Yvonne Rosenberger, Calvin Swayze, Annabel Case, Jerry Davies
March 23 - Greg Lyons, Bryan Marut, Krista Baer, the Leib family
Each week we will be praying for our brothers and sisters in Christ within our Presbytery. This week we are praying for the Monaghan Presbyterian Church in Dillsburg.
SERMON HELP
A MINOR BIRD By Robert Frost
I have wished a bird would fly away, And not sing by my house all day;
Have clapped my hands at him from the door When it seemed as if I could bear no more.
The fault must partly have been in me. The bird was not to blame for his key.
And of course there must be something wrong
In wanting to silence any song.
EASTER FLOWERS
ORDER DEADLINE ~ March 30TH
It is time once again to place your order for special flow-ers to decorate our chancel on Easter Sunday. Please make a note of which plants you have ordered so that you may pick up the correct plant after the 10:00 worship
Checks may be made payable to Paxton Presbyterian Church and must accom-pany this slip.
Please use the exact wording you would like in the bulletin: In Memory of: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ In Honor of: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Placed by: ________________________________________________________________
You are encouraged to take your plant following the 10:00 worship on Easter Sunday, as our homebound members will already have received a flower from the Deacons.
Thank you!
Number of Plants _____ Amount Enclosed_______
The music student asks a successful violinist, "What's the fast-est way to Carnegie Hall?" The violinist answers... "Practice. Practice. Practice."
OR
You can take a bus to New York City on April 22 to see our own, Annette and Larry Kilpatrick perform with the Hershey Symphony at Carnegie Hall.
If you are interested in attending the evening concert and/or need bus trans-portation, please go to the Hershey Symphony website for more information (www.hersheysymphony.org).
