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26165 Farmington Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 † 248-474-6170 † www.farmington-pres.org † Senior Pastor Eddie Jusino
Welcome to our Worship Service designed to address
the Public Gathering Restrictions due to COVID-19
Any time after 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, January 24, 2021, you may watch the video or listen to the podcast of our weekly worship service. Pastor Eddie Jusino and the
Creative Worship & Arts Team will lead the service, which can be accessed at:
https://farmington-pres.org/worship/sermons
To provide a prayer request for next Sunday’s service and to be added to our prayer chain, please contact the church office or use the church website’s
Submit a Prayer Request on our home page at: https://farmington-pres.org/
January 24, 2021
Third Sunday after Epiphany
Recorded on January 21, 2021
Prayer of Preparation
When God called him, Jonah at first ran away. God calls us to turn to him instead of running away. Lord, when we think we have turned as far and as often as we can, help
us turn again.
We Enter into God’s Presence
Prelude Crusaders Hymn A. D. Miller
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Sung Call to Worship 726 Will You Come and Follow Me (vv. 1,3,4) Mary Carson
Jesus has called us to leave our comfortable ways and venture forward with him.
Will you come and follow me if I but call your name? Will you go where you don’t know and never be the same? Will you let my love be shown; will you let my name be known; will you let my life be grown in you and you in me?
You will be led into fields of mission and service.
Will you let the blinded see if I but call your name? Will you set the prisoners free and never be the same? Will you kiss the leper clean, and do such as this unseen, and admit to what I mean in you and you in me?
Jesus, where you lead us, we will follow you faithfully.
Will you love the ‘you’ you hide if I but call your name? Will you quell the fear inside and never be the same? Will you use the faith you’ve found to re-shape the world around, through my sight and touch and sound in you and you in me?
We Hear God’s Word
Mindfulness Prayer Jerry Custer
Hebrew Scriptures Jonah 3:1-10 Randy Wright 3 The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time, saying, 2 “Get up, go to
Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah set
out and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an
exceedingly large city, a three days’ walk across. 4 Jonah began to go into the city,
going a day’s walk. And he cried out, “Forty days more, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” 5 And the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and
everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth.
6 When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, removed his
robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 Then he had a proclamation
made in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: No human being or animal, no herd or flock, shall taste anything. They shall not feed, nor shall they drink water. 8 Human beings and animals shall be covered with sackcloth, and they shall cry
mightily to God. All shall turn from their evil ways and from the violence that is in their hands. 9 Who knows? God may relent and change his mind; he may turn from his
fierce anger, so that we do not perish.”
10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed
his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do it.
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Anthem Come, Follow Me John Carter
Reflection Healing Takes Time Pastor Eddie
We Respond to God’s Word
Doxology All That We Have Jerry Custer
All that we have, All that we are, All that we hope to be: Work of our hands, fruit of our lives; All this, we offer to Thee.
Circle of Gratitude Sharon York
Prayer of Thanksgiving & The Lord’s Prayer Pam Jusino Generous God, we ask you to bless the gifts we give this morning. We ask that that you help grow the trust in us, that we might follow without looking back and that we might leave behind more of our old lives to experience more deeply new life in you. Help us to leave our nets on the shore, leave those things that seemed essential before we heard the call, so that we might travel the road you have put before us. For we ask in the name of the One who taught us how we are to live, and taught us to pray together saying...
“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.”
Congregational Life Pastor Eddie
We Follow God’s Word into the World
Musical Selection 346 For the healing of the Nations Fred Kaan
For the healing of the nations, Lord, we pray with one accord;
for a just and equal sharing of the things that earth affords.
To a life of love in action help us rise and pledge our word.
Lead us forward into freedom, from despair your world release, that, redeemed from war and hatred,
all may come and go in peace. Show us how, through care and goodness,
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All that kills abundant living, let it from the earth be banned: pride of status, race or schooling,
dogmas that obscure your plan. In our common quest for justice may we hallow life's brief span. You, Creator-God, have written your great name on humankind; for our growing in your likeness, bring the life of Christ to mind; that by our response and service
earth its destiny may find.
Benediction Pastor Eddie
Postlude Puer nobis nascitur Rebecca Groom TeVelde Annual Meeting Announcement
The Annual Meeting of the Congregation/Corporation of First Presbyterian Church of Farmington, The Church of the Open Hands, will be held via Zoom on Sunday, Feb. 7, at 11:00 a.m. following worship. The purpose of this meeting is to review the annual reports of the boards, committees and staff of the church, review the 2020 financial reports and the 2021 budget, vote on the terms of the pastor’s call, and conduct any other business which might come before the congregation.
The 2020 Annual Report will be emailed to members who have signed up through the church website to receive the FYI newsletter, the annual report and other important church information (to sign up for the newsletter and electronic communications, simply go to www.farmington-pres.org). A limited number of print copies of the 2020 Annual Report will be available on Sunday, Jan. 31 in the narthex or call the church office and we’ll arrange to get a copy to you.
Worship Services
Due to the increase in local COVID cases, we are no longer holding in-person worship service in the sanctuary and building usage is restricted until further notice. These restrictions to in-person worship and building usage are in effect until further notice. We are continuing to record a Sunday podcast weekly and also have added a video service recorded weekly. Both will be available along with the bulletin after 10:00 a.m. on Sundays on the church website at: www.farmington-pres.org.
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Adult Zoom Study meets 9:00 a.m. Sundays
Join us for The Wired Word, an adult curriculum based on current events that meets via Zoom on Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m. Contact Tom Neal, Craig Aue or the church office for information on how to join the group.
JOY! Study on Thursday evenings
JOY! Study group has resumed meeting on Zoom on Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. They’ve started reading and discussing Grateful: The Subversive Practice of Giving Thanks by Diana Butler Bass. They usually discuss about one chapter a week, so the pace is relaxed. To join in, contact Sharon Cressman for more information and to request the Zoom link.
Social Justice book study chooses new book
The Social Justice Book Discussion Group will meet bi-weekly on Thursday evenings from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m., beginning January 28 and thereafter meeting on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month. The book selection is How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi, a #1 New York Times Bestseller. If you’re interested, please contact the church office at [email protected] or 248-474-6170.
Warm Hearts = Warm Bodies
Winter goes on, which means the need to bundle-up remains. You can help keep the area’s less-fortunate warm by bringing your new or gently used cold weather attire to the church parking lot on Saturday, Feb. 20 between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. The Mission Ministry Team is seeking everything from coats to boots to mittens to thermal underwear — for children, women and men in need. The Mission Team will deliver the donations to local charitable groups. Questions? Contact Emily Davis at (248) 320-8861 or [email protected].
Creative Worship & Arts Team
Dr. Jerry Custer, Minister of Music Shari Fiore, Piano & Organ Mary Carson, Vocalist Pam Jusino, Vocalist Randy Wright, Vocalist Sharon York, Vocalist Bill Draper, Sound Board Chris Ely, Videography
Rev. Eddie Jusino, Pastor First Presbyterian Staff
Pastor The Rev. Eddie Jusino
Ministers Members of the Congregation
Pastoral Care Parish Associate The Rev. Craig Aue Family & Youth Ministry Coordinator Kim Kucharski
Minister of Music Dr. Jerry Custer
Organist & Pianist Shari Fiore
Office Manager Karen Spica
Sexton Vanya Georgieva
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Farmington First Presbyterian Church
26165 Farmington Road Farmington Hills, MI 48334
