Cross Roads Presbyterian Church November 22, 2020 – 10:00 a.m.
The Gathering of God’s People
PRELUDE The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns Setting Eartherton WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
EXPRESSION OF FRIENDSHIP
Please stand as you are able and wave to those in attendance WESTMINSTER CHIMES, THE CHIMING OF THE HOUR
CALL TO WORSHIP
One: The Lord God is our Shepherd.
All: We are the people of God’s pasture, the sheep of God’s hand. One: God will seek the lost, feed the hungry, and strengthen the weak. All: But the proud and power-hungry will be fed with justice.
OPENING HYMN All Hail the Power of Jesus Name Hymnal Pg. # 142 Please stand as you are able
CALL TO CONFESSION
UNISON PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Sovereign God, we confess that we are not ready for your holy realm. You guide us toward right paths, but we refuse to follow where you lead. You love and feed and care for us, but we fail to love and serve others. Forgive us, merciful God, so that we many return to your fold and rejoice in your presence, through Jesus Christ our Lord, the Lamb upon the throne. Amen.
SILENT CONFESSION ASSURANCE OF PARDON THE GLORIA PATRI No. 579
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
The Hearing of God’s Word
FIRST SCRIPTURE LESSON 1 Peter 3: 13-22 Pew Bible Pg. # 234
SPECIAL MUSIC We Gather Together - Adams
Cello Solo - Nathan Wintersgill
SERMON Matters of the Heart Caryn Doege
HYMN Jesus Shall Reign Hymnal Pg. # 514
Please stand as you are able
Calling on The Holy Spirit
JOYS AND CONCERNS OF GOD’S PEOPLEPASTORAL PRAYER
GIVING OF THANKS FOR OFFERING/PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE LORDS PRAYER 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.
CLOSING HYMN Come, Ye Thankful People, Come Hymnal Pg. # 551 BLESSING AND BENEDICTION
One: May the grace of Christ surround you, the love of God astound you, and the Holy Spirit keep you, this day and forever more.
All: Alleluia, Amen.
Postlude Praise and Thanksgiving Handel
PARTICIPANTS IN THIS MORNING’S SERVICE
Caryn Doege Guest Pastor; Debbie Broker, Music Director; Nathan Wintersgill, Special Music; Gail Doege, Liturgist; Greeters/Ushers, Kathy Fagan, Susan Glass, and Karen Kutz.
INFORMATION ON OUR SPEAKER
church family, where she was baptized and confirmed. Caryn is currently a member of Sewickley Presbyterian Church and under care of the Session at SPC. Ministry is a second career for Caryn. She studied Marketing and International Business at Saint Francis University and worked for U.S. Steel prior to starting seminary and discerning a call to ordained ministry. Most recently, Caryn completed her field education as a student pastor at Waverly Presbyterian Church. Caryn looks forward to visiting her Cross Roads church family and worshiping together this morning.
INFORMATION ON THANK OFFERING SUNDAY
In 1888, when Eliza Clokey of Springfield, Ohio, urged each woman to give one dollar over and above her usual contribution to the Women’s General Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian Church of North America as a “thank offering to her Lord”, women responded and the Thank Offering was born. Women gave sacrificially and were credited with saving the worldwide missionary movement of the church at that time. Since 1888, Presbyterian Women has granted more than $26 million to nearly 1,700 different projects worldwide through the Thank Offering.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS
Office News - Please keep in mind the deadlines for upcoming communications: Epistle Deadline: Wednesday at Noon
Bulletin Deadline: Wednesday at Noon
December Connections Newsletter Deadline: Wednesday, November 18.
Please send information to crossroadspresbyterian@verizon.net.or call 412-372-2226. The email account and telephone messages are checked several times a day.
Administrative Support - Cross Roads is in the process of modernizing its administrative systems (e.g., Office 365, Microsoft Teams, networked computers, telephones), which will allow staff and committee volunteers to collaborate on projects, share information and meeting minutes and access calendars. We recognize that these changes will take some getting used to, but when implemented, these new tools will provide secure cloud storage for documents, cut down on the amount of copies we make and aid us in sharing information. In the interim, all committee chairs and
volunteers should email documents directly to the people who need the information. If any committees need a Zoom meeting scheduled, please contact Dominic Zappa at zap0726@yahoo.com.
Pastoral Emergency – If you have a pastoral emergency please contact the Moderator of the Deacons, Betsy Hughes at 412-478-9617.
Stage Right is Back - Attention all children and children at heart. Stage Right is returning to Cross Roads! Please join us on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020 at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary to enjoy their Books Come Alive production of "The Night Before Christmas". Please respond to Sharon Kehlert at slkehlert@comcast.net if you plan on attending so we can accommodate for social distancing. All attending must wear masks.
Children’s Advent Bags - The Christian Education Committee will be making Advent bags with an advent calendar with scripture of the Christmas story, coloring and activity pages, daily activities to do for others, etc. We are gearing the bags to two age groups: Preschool thru 2nd grade and 3rd through 6th grade. If you would like your child/
children to receive one of these Advent bags, please e-mail Sharon Kehlert
at slkehlert@comcast.net by Sunday, Nov. 22 so we have time to prepare them. We will deliver them to your house on either Monday, Nov. 30 or Tuesday, Dec. 1.
Faith Works – This Sunday following worship in Fellowship Hall, at about 11:15 a.m., we will continue our discussion on how to deal with the effects of the corona virus and isolation on our outlooks for this winter. Our speaker is Eileen Colianni, a mental health counselor. She is going to incorporate scripture with helpful tips on how to help
ourselves and others. Come to Fellowship Hall after worship and socially distance or you can Zoom. E-mail wrjunker@verizon.net for the link.
College Care Package – The world today is very different; however, we still want to remember our college students working hard at their studies. Home or away, finals are stressful. Christian Education needs your help. If you have a college student please email Kelley Rupchak at preschoolcrossroads@verizon.net with their name and address. Thank you.
Worship and Music - Could use your help in decorating the Church for Christmas. Please join them on Saturday, November 28th at 10 a.m. Many hands make light work!
Thanksgiving Day Worship Service – Worship and Music is offering a Thanksgiving Day worship service at 10 a.m. at the Old Stone Church across from Eat-n-Park on Monroeville Boulevard. Parking is available at the lots next to GetGo and PetSmart. The reflection service will be led by Elder Patty Kyslinger. Please be advised that this is a small venue, but we will be doing our best to be socially distanced. Masks are a must. Please call or email the office to let us know you are coming.
Altar Flowers – Flowers will be placed in the Sanctuary beginning January 1, 2021. The 2021 Flower Chart can be found on the Current Happenings Board in the Office Hallway. Please sign up early so that you may get the date you want.
The Food Pantry – Will start accepting bags of food for the Christmas food distribution. Please donate your bags of food by December 6th. The Food Pantry staff request that
you drop off your food either Sunday or Friday mornings, if dropping off on Fridays please stay in your car and someone will come get it from you. The following is a list of food needed…
1 green and 1 yellow vegetable 1 can of fruit and 1 applesauce Instant mashed potatoes Stuffing
Gravy mix
Dinner roll or muffin mix 1 pudding or 1 Jell-O
Brownie or specialty dessert mix Juice
Coffee or tea or hot chocolate
Gift of the Fourth Wiseman – Gift tags for granting gift wishes for children of the Cross Roads Food Pantry are currently on the side entrance bulletin board ready for you to take and purchase. The Deacons are asking that you take a tag or two and return your wrapped gift back including the tag to the church on Gift of the 4th Wiseman Sunday,
December 6th. All the gifts will be dedicated during our Worship Service.
Cookie Walk – Our Mission & Outreach Committee is excited to announce our Annual Cookie Walk will be held on Saturday, December 12, starting at 9 a.m. With Covid guidelines in place, there are two ways to purchase cookies and support our mission projects. For those who prefer the convenience of staying in your vehicles, we will offer curbside service at the church's front doors to purchase prepacked boxes containing three dozen cookies for $15.00. Fellowship Hall will also be open for walk-in customers where you can fill a box with your choice of cookies for $15.00. We are looking for volunteers to bake cookies - please see the sign-up sheet on the Current Happenings Board if you would like to help. Cookies may be dropped off in Fellowship Hall any time between 4 - 7 p.m. on Friday, December 11. If you would like to bake and are unable to drop off your cookies, please contact a committee member and we will be happy to pick them up. Also, be sure to label your cookies and note if they contain nuts. Questions? Please call any of the members of our committee.
Blessings,
JOYS AND CONCERNS
Persons for whom we offer special prayers of concern
The Zappa Family – their friend Ms. Joan entered the Church Triumphant Neighbors Ivan and Pamela Schrank & family on the death of their son Nicky Cathy Brown (Our Shut-In), has Covid-19
Jane Fraelich -is having some skin cancer removed Judy Shipley- Emilia Grace a newborn with birth defects Nicole Zappa
Betsy Hughes – her father, surgery rescheduled to Nov. 28th
Laurene Rymer and son, Jay
Denise Graham, cousin fighting an infection Kelley Rupchak, cousin Kurt battling cancer
Also pray for:
Our new pastor, Rev. Lindsay White and her husband, Alex, as they prepare to move The global pandemic, health care workers fighting Covid-19, and response teams Clients of the Food Pantry
All US Service Men and Women
Dan and Kelly Weightman and the Caribbean Youth Network Our friends at the Thundu CCP in Malawi, Africa
Those whom we love:
At Home: In Care Facilities: In Retirement Homes: Pat Bass Madeline Brandon Patsy Boyer
Ron Koerner Cathy Brown Barbara Carr Gilli Loginow Peg Caine Betty Kuzenski Denise Patterson Rita Marrow
