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Icon of St. James, brother of Jesus

3031 Monticello Blvd, Cleveland Hts OH 44118

216-321-2660 Fax: 216-320-1214

Email: [email protected] Website: www.fhcpresb.org

Dr. John C. Lentz, Jr., Pastor Anne Wilson, Ministry of Music

Rev. Clover Reuter Beal, Assoc. Pastor Dacia Prins, Dir. of Children’s Ministries

Rev. Tricia Dykers-Koenig, Parish Assoc. Shannon Headen, Interim Dir. of Youth Education

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Service of Worship

January 25, 2015 at 11:00 am

Welcome! Thank you for joining us today for worship. If you are visiting, please join us in wearing a name tag so that we might greet you.

Our ushers have large print editions of the Bible and today’s bulletin,

hearing devices, activity bags with quiet activities for children staying in worship,

and directions to our Monticello Wing nursery for babies and young children.

Prayer of Preparation If I speak with the tongues of angels, but have not love, I am a clanging cymbal.

1 Cor. 13:1

Welcome

Choral Introit The Iona Community (Scotland)

“O Bless the Lord”

Greeting Our God with Joy Call to Worship Jeannine Gury

Leader: The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament

proclaims God’s handiwork.

People: Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares

knowledge.

Leader: There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not

heard;

yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to

the end of the world.

People: Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts

be acceptable to you, O Lord, our rock and our redeemer.

Leader: Let us worship God.

* Processional Hymn No. 610 “O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing”

*please stand if able

Renewing Our Relationship with GodPrayer of Confession

Holy and merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you

in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by

we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole

heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. In your

mercy forgive what we have been, help us amend what we are,

and direct what we shall be, that we may delight in your will, and

walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name. AMEN.

Time of Silent Confession

Kyrie eleison (Lord, have mercy)

Affirming the Good News in Our Lives Assurance of Pardon

* Response (John Bell)

Singing instructions

First: All sing

Second: Men start, women and

children start 1 measure later

Renewing Our Relationship with God Rev. Dr. John C. Lentz, Jr.


in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by





alk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name. AMEN.

(Lord, have mercy)

Affirming the Good News in Our

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Singing instructions

Second: Men start, women and

children start 1 measure later

Rev. Dr. John C. Lentz, Jr.


in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what





alk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name. AMEN.

Craig Phillips

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Anthem arr. Joy Webb

“Hand Me Down My Silver Trumpet”

Descant Choir; Colin Burleigh and Linnea Koops, soloists

Opening Our Hearts to God’s Word Family Meditation Dr. Lentz

* Hymn John Lennon, Paul McCartney

“Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da”

Words adapted by the University Circle United Methodist Church

Pan players: Mary Ball, Tish Klein, Elizabeth Shaw,

Chris Vandall, Anne Wilson; Patty Console, percussion

Music is on p. 5

Children in Pathways may leave during the hymn

Prayer requests may be passed to the ushers during this hymn

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

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Scripture Lesson James 3: 1-18

After the reading

Leader: Hear what the Holy Spirit is telling God’s people.

People: Thanks be to God.

Sermon Rev. Clover Reuter Beal

“If You Can’t Say Anything Nice…”

Prayers of the People

Lord’s 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.

Ritual of Friendship all are asked to sign

Offertory Karl Jenkins

“Healing Light: A Celtic Prayer”

* Doxology

Praise God from whom all blessings flow,

Praise God all creatures here below,

Praise God above ye heavenly host, Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost.

Going Forth to Live as God’s People * Closing Hymn No. 611 “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”

* Commission and Blessing

* Choral Benediction

* Passing of the Peace

Postlude

We look forward to greeting you and answering any questions you may

have. Visitor welcome bags are available in the foyers and the narthex.

Take one home with you! Be sure to visit our website,

www.fhcpresb.org, to find a complete list of upcoming events,

programs for all ages, and texts and audio of past sermons.

Congregational Notes Chancel Flowers

Today’s flowers are given by Marge Drollinger and her four sons in loving

memory of John Drollinger

loving memory of Tom Uhle.

Prayer Concerns this Week

Prayers are requested this week for the following:

Mary Lewis, Margaret and George Sentell, Debbie Ungemach, Ray and

Pat Weissbrod.

Please remember these homebound members in your prayers:

Bill and Kay Currie, Flora Dannemiller, Pat Drake, Marge Drollinger, Betty

Farnfield, Iris Gilbert, Ron and Florence Klein, Emelia McGuire, Joyce

Peters, Arlene and Jack Quinn, Margie and Dwight Stauffer,

“Prelude in F Minor”

Welcome Visitors!




, to find a complete list of upcoming events,


flowers are given by Marge Drollinger and her four sons in loving

memory of John Drollinger, husband and father; and by Grace Uhle

loving memory of Tom Uhle.

Prayer Concerns this Week

Prayers are requested this week for the following:

rgaret and George Sentell, Debbie Ungemach, Ray and




Arlene and Jack Quinn, Margie and Dwight Stauffer,

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J.S. Bach




, to find a complete list of upcoming events, education


flowers are given by Marge Drollinger and her four sons in loving

; and by Grace Uhle in

rgaret and George Sentell, Debbie Ungemach, Ray and




Arlene and Jack Quinn, Margie and Dwight Stauffer, Elaine Tapié.

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We invite you to write prayer requests on a slip of paper from the

envelope rack and pass it to an usher during the singing of the middle

hymn, to be included in the prayers later in the service. Lists of ongoing

prayer concerns are in each month’s TOWER.

This Month’s Ushers

Joe Andrews, Nick Baumgartner, Charles Ishler, Jane Ishler, Kate

Monaghan, Daryl Musick, Victoria Sampson. Roger Heineman, Head

Usher

Nursery care for babies and young children is available on the second

floor of the Monticello Wing.

Attendance last week (including Pathways children): 248

In Memoriam We Remember

Viirginia Francis Colville (Ginny)

Who died January 15, 2015

I am the resurrection and I am the life, says the Lord

There will be a memorial service for Ginny at FHC

on Tuesday, January 27 at 10 am

Should you wish to make a contribution in Ginny’s memory,

the family requests that donations be made to

Jinny’s Foundation for Strays and Animal Rescues

Mail to: Priscilla Colville, 1132 E. 169th

St, Cleveland OH 44110

(Checks only, please)

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Announcements TODAY

The Annual Meeting of the Congregation will begin at 12:30 in Fellowship

Hall. Lunch will be served immediately after worship. All are welcome –

members are strongly encouraged to attend. Child care is provided.

THIS WEEK

Bible and Bagels

Bible and Bagels meets Wednesdays from 7:30 to 8:30 am in the Jin

Room. All are welcome! The lesson this week is Psalm 111 and James 4.

NEXT SUNDAY

Adult Education, 9:30 in South Hall

Kerygma small groups studying the Letter of James will conclude next

Sunday.

Labre Project

Warm, gently-used clothing and accessories – coats, sweaters, hats,

gloves, blankets for men, women and children – are appreciated for the

Labre Project in East Cleveland. Please leave donations in the bin in

Fellowship Hall.

ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Social Groups and Circles

The Group (60s – 70s)

The Group (and all others who are interested) is invited to attend the

Suburban Symphony concert this afternoon at 3:30 pm at University

School - Upper School in Hunting Valley. An email with details about the

concert has been sent to members of The Group.

The Super Bowl Party will be at Hal and Pat Musick’s on Sunday, February

1 beginning at 6 pm (kick-off is at 6:30). Soup will be served; please

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bring an appetizer, salad or dessert. RSVP to Pat or Hal, 440-442-3592.

The Musicks live at 369 W. Glen Eagle Dr, Highland Hts.

Care Group

The Eden Care Group is responsible for meeting members’ needs during

January. Please call the church office to report an illness, hospitalization,

family emergency, birth or death. Information will then be passed on to

the Care Group leaders.

� Members of this month’s Care Group are:

Carol Leslie, Deacon leader

Doris Allen

Nathan & Lane Baldwin

Mary Ball

Clover & Tim Beal

Dave & Chris Bell

Jane & Derek Duncan & family

Jean & Scott Duncan

Jeff Dyck & Lara Troyer & family

Julie Lafferty Ely

Kris & Bill Fay, Elaine Tapié

Carrie Fister

Tim & Leigh Henderson

Bob & Pat Jeffreys

Sue & Scott Lafferty

Suzanne Marcy

Steve Marunowski & Peg Weissbrod

Clayton & Julie Minder

Ron Polderman & Carol Smith

Lorraine Ranchod

Elizabeth Shaw

Jeff & Anne Smith

Quentin Smith & Sylvia Herd

Tammy Steele

Elaine Turley

Paul & Katie Weissbrod

Youth News Every Sunday

• Mid and Sr High classes meet from 9:30 – 10:30

am.

Today

• Sine Nomine Choir will rehearse in the chapel

immediately after worship.

• Movie Night – all youth are invited to watch Noah

this evening from 5 – 7 pm in the Koinonia Room.

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FHC Staff Emails and Phone Extensions Program Staff

Rev. Dr. John Lentz Jr. / [email protected] ext. 200

Rev. Clover Beal / [email protected] ext 201

Dacia Prins / [email protected] ext. 206

Anne Wilson / [email protected] ext. 208

Shannon Headen / [email protected] ext. 207

Office Staff

Becky Austin / [email protected] ext 203

Lynda Bernays / [email protected] ext 202

Stavros Gazis / [email protected] ext 202

February TOWERS are ready –

please look for yours in the Courtyard Foyer.

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Calendar: January 25 – February 1, 2015 Sunday, January 25: 3 Epiphany

9:00 Child care begins

Table-setters needed

9:30 Adult and Youth Education

Confirmation class

Descant Choir

10:15 Descant Choir activity

10:30 Continental Breakfast

Chancel Choir

11:00 WORSHIP

Children in Worship

11:15 Pathways to the Promise Land

12:15 Lunch

Sine Nomine Choir

12:30 Annual Meeting of the

Congregation

4:40 Labre Project

5:00 Youth: Movie Night – “Noah”

Monday, January 26

8:45 am Tai Chi

5:00 pm PWR Meeting –

Parma South PC

6:00 pm Progress not Perfection (AA)

7:00 pm Al Anon

7:30 pm AA: Borton Group

Boy Scout Troop #403

Tuesday, January 27

10:00 am Memorial Service:

Virginia Francis Colville

12:00 pm Abundance Pantry Lunch

1:00 pm Abundance Pantry opens

5:00 pm Fitness Fusion exercise class

Wednesday, January 28

7:30 am Bible and Bagels

12:30 pm Wednesday Women’s AA

Thursday, January 29

5:00 pm Fitness Fusion exercise class

6:20 pm Voices in Bronze rehearsal

6:30 pm Cub Scouts

7:30 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal

Friday, January 30

10:00 am Al Anon meeting

5:30 pm Confirmation Retreat begins

Saturday, January 31

9:00 am CEIRS class

Sunday, February 1: 4 Epiphany

8:30 Nominating Committee mtg

9:00 Child care begins

9:30 Adult and Youth Education

Descant Choir

10:15 Descant Choir activity

10:30 Continental Breakfast

Chancel Choir

11:00 WORSHIP: Communion

Ordination and Installation of Officers

Children in Worship

12:15 Petitions for the People

Coffee Hour

12:30 Black History Month Program:

LaDon Headen – Hip Hop

5:00 Living in the Spirit class

6:00 The Group: Super Bowl party

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Please see the weekly

email for details

on all these programs

Black History Month

Black Innovation: Past, Present and

Future

February 1, 2015 – Hip Hop 2.0; 12:30 - 2 pm; led by LaDon Headon

February 8, 2015 – Cajun Treats and Jazz music – 12:30 pm to 2 pm

February 15, 2015 – Challenges of Becoming a Nurse and a Researcher:

Mentoring and Support Make all the Difference! – 12:30 - 2:00 pm

February 20, 2015 - Friday Movie Night - 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

February 22, 2015 – Soul Food Pot Luck and book discussion– 12:30 -

3:00 pm

Dr. Faye Gary discussing The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Evening Worship Service: A celebration of African Music, 7:30 – 9

pm

Poetry, Stories and Music, led by Caleb Wright

Featuring: Mother Willie Mae Wright, Peter Williams, and others.

Community Action Opportunities

Heights Coalition for Public Education Community Forum:

The Myth of Failing Teachers – Teacher Quality and Education Reform

Wed., January 28, 7:00 pm, Cleve. Hts. High School Social Room

This is the second public forum in a series that looks at how No Child Left

Behind and other testing requirements affect the quality of today’s

education.

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Greater Cleveland Congregations: February 3 at 7pm

Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, 8712 Quincy Ave

We will hold a General Assembly with the largest turnout possible. This

is an all-call GCC action, and an unprecedented opportunity for Greater

Cleveland Congregations to have an influence on the direction of the

criminal justice system in Cleveland for years to come. Non-GCC

community members are also welcome at this event.

Please contact Diana Woodbridge ([email protected]) to

carpool from FHC for this event. You may also sign up on February 1st

in

Fellowship Hall after church.

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Sharing Stories: The Spiritual Practice of Testimony

Lenten Dinner Groups Return

Building deep relationships is at the core of Christian community. Every aspect of

Christian mission begins with personal relationships. We have to practice telling

our faith stories, giving testimony to how God is working in our lives, and listening

to others.

Following the pattern set last year, this Lent will provide opportunities for all to

participate in a small dinner group hosted at the home of a FHC member. Each

participant will be in the same dinner group each of the two evenings:

Friday, Feb. 27 and Friday, March 13 or

Saturday, Feb. 28 and Saturday, March 14

All will be encouraged in a safe way to share a bit of their life journey.

Please let Clover or John know of your interest in either hosting a dinner group of

8-10 persons or being part of a dinner group. Last year over 80 people

participated. Our goal is 100 for this year!

Should be fun: good fun and drink, fellowship, sharing. You will meet new people,

feel more connected to our church family, and grow in your comfort in speaking

about matters of faith.

Yes! I/We would like to be part of the In-Home Small Group Dinners

Name (s)______________________________________________

Phone___________________ Email__________________________________

Mark which pair of evenings would be best for you.

If you can attend both, check both.

Friday, Feb. 27 and Friday, March 13

Saturday, Feb. 28 and Saturday, March 14

I am interested in hosting a group of 8-10 FHC members and friends

Contact the church office ([email protected]) to register OR

place this reservation in the collection tray.

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The Lessons James 3: 1-18

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for

you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For all

of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is

perfect, able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle. If we put bits

into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide their whole

bodies. Or look at ships: though they are so large that it takes strong

winds to drive them, yet they are guided by a very small rudder wherever

the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it

boasts of great exploits. How great a forest is set ablaze by a small

fire! And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members

as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of

nature, and is itself set on fire by hell. For every species of beast and bird,

of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the

human species, but no one can tame the tongue—a restless evil, full of

deadly poison. With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse

those who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come

blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be

so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and

brackish water? Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters, yield olives, or a

grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that

your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. But if you have

bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be boastful and

false to the truth. Such wisdom does not come down from above, but is

earthly, unspiritual, devilish. For where there is envy and selfish ambition,

there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind. But the wisdom

from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of

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mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy. And a

harvest of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace.

Next Sunday: The Revise Common Lectionary lessons are Deuteronomy

18: 15-20; Psalm 111; 1 Corinthians 8: 1-13; Mark 1: 21-28. The

Kerygma lesson is James 4: 1-17. As part of your daily devotions, read

the lessons. What image or word catches your attention? How do they

settle or challenge you? Keep notes of your observations in a journal.

Set aside part of each day for prayer and study.

February TOWERS are ready –

please look for yours in the Courtyard Foyer.

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