Service of Worship

3031 Monticello Blvd, Cleveland Hts OH 44118

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

Email: office@fhcpresb.org Website: www.fhcpresb.org

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

Rev. Tricia Dykers-Koenig, Parish Assoc. Kate Burleigh, Dir. of Childrens Ministries

Rev. Lois Annich, Interim Associate PastorShannon Headen, Dir. of Youth Ministries

Rachel McDonald, Interim Associate Pastor

Service of Worship

July 17, 2016 at 10:00 am

Welcome! Thank you for joining us today for worship.

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 hearing devices, large print editions of the bulletin, activity bags for children staying in worship, and directions to our nursery for babies and young children.

Prayer of Preparation

We will give thanks to you, O LORD, with our whole heart; we will tell of all your wonderful deeds. We will be glad and exult in you; we will sing praise to your name, O Most High. Psalm 119: 103-105

Welcome

PreludeSicilienne J. S. Bach

Rachel Wilson, cello

Choral IntroitPsalm 63Daniel Richardson

Greeting Our God with Joy

Call to Worship Leslie Clement

Leader: All people that on earth do dwell,

sing to the Lord with cheerful voice!

People: God serve with mirth, Gods praise forth tell

Leader: Come ye before God and rejoice

People: For why? The Lord our God is good

Leader: Gods mercy is forever sure

People: Gods truth at all times firmly stood

All: And shall from age to age endure!

* Opening Hymn No. 26Earth and All Stars!

* Please stand if you are able

Prayer of Confession

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance.

Time of Silent Confession

Kyrie eleison (Lord, have mercy)J.S. Bach

Assurance of Pardon

* ResponsePaul Vasile

Glory to God

Youth Minute for Mission

Anthem Jubilate Deo (Psalm 100)Stephen Kennedy

Opening Our Hearts to Gods Word

Scripture LessonPsalm 100

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.

Worship the Lord with gladness;

come into his presence with singing.

Know that the Lord is God.

It is he that made us, and we are his;

we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving,

and his courts with praise.

Give thanks to him, bless his name.

For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures for ever,

and his faithfulness to all generations.

After the reading

Leader:Hear what the Holy Spirit is telling Gods people.

People:Thanks be to God.

* Hymn No. 805Come Sing to God

Prayer requests may be passed to the ushers during this hymn

SermonRachel McDonald

Songs for the Journey

Prayers of the People

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.

Ritual of Friendship

Offering

OffertoryTom Witt and John Horman)

As Pants the Deer for Living Streams (from Psalms 42 and 43)

* ResponseSouth African song

* Prayer of Dedication

* Closing Hymn No. 35Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty

* Commission and Blessing

* Choral Benediction Peace Be With You Benin

* Passing of the Peace

PostludeHenry Purcell

March in C

Welcome Visitors!

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! Our website, www.fhcpresb.org, lists upcoming events, education programs for all ages, and texts and audio of past sermons.

Announcements

Guest Musician: Today we welcome Rachel Wilson, cellist, who grew up in this church. Rachel is a 2nd-grade teacher in Fort Collins, Colorado and is the daughter of Anne Wilson.

Summer Choir: Summer Choir continues through July. Theres a 25-minute rehearsal in the choir room (underneath Fellowship Hall) at 9:30 am. Come enjoy participating in worship from the other side!

Congregational Care

Chancel Flowers: Todays flowers are given by Tom & Beth Zych in honor of their sons Tom and Ian and their grandson Elliot; and by the Leslie, Richards and Strachan families in memory of Hugh Leslie.

Prayers are requested this week for: Gracie Glaros, Max Harmon, Carol Hopkins-Lutz, Alex Jamieson, Marge Kaercher, Mary Lewis, Connie Reynolds, Robin Richards, Robert Ruggeri, Baldwin Sawyer, Walter Schultz, George Sentell, Carolyn Smith, Joy Stang and Debbie Ungemach.

Please remember these homebound members in your prayers: Ruth Brickel, Bill Currie, Marge Drollinger, Emma Jane Gibbs, Iris Gilbert, Ron Klein, Emelia McGuire, Joyce Peters, Jack Quinn, Margie Stauffer, Elaine Tapi, Lorian Thomas.

(The Deacons encourage you to stop by the Greeting Card Table in Fellowship Hall before or after worship to sign a card for any member who is ill or homebound. We will address and mail the card for you.)

Care Groups: The Corinth Care Group is assisting the pastors to meet your needs during July. Is anyone in your family ill or hospitalized? Has a family member died? Is there an emergency? Is there any way we can help? Please call the church office; information will be passed on to the pastors and Care Group leaders.

Today

Circle the City with Love takes place today on the Hope Memorial Bridge from 1:00 - 3:30 pm. This non-partisan, no-labels, no-issue event is designed to embody the power of lovethat brings peace and justice to our city, our country and our world, through holding hands and standing together as onein intentional silence at an important moment in our history. For more info, see https://www.eventbrite.com/e/circle-the-city-with-love-cleveland-2016-tickets-26232890281?aff=efbnreg

Softball: Today we play Church of the Saviour, 3:15 on Forest Hill Park Field #6.

Next Week

Guest Preacher: Jared Birks will be in our pulpit next week. Jared worshiped at Forest Hill while attending Cleve. Hts High School, was an active member of the choir, and served on the Justice and Mission Ministry. He recently graduated from Ohio Northern University with a Bachelor of Music and will enter seminary in 2017 to become a pastor in the United Methodist Church.

Bible Study:

Hosea 1: 2-10; Psalm 85; Colossians 2: 6-15; Luke 11: 1-13

Bible and Bagels discusses the psalm and gospel lessons on Wednesday mornings from 7:30 to 8:30. All are welcome!

Mid-Week Bible Study, Thursday, 7:30 pm in South Hall: Rachel McDonald is leading a mid-week summer bible study about taking the Gospel outside the walls of our church. It meets Thursdays @7:30 pm in South Hall through Aug 4. Drop-ins welcome; no advance prep needed.

Adult Education Bible study, Sundays, 9:00 am: Tom Zych is leading an adult bible study on what the bible teaches about political power?

Family Promise Move-Out Bag donations are due tomorrow, July 18. Drop off a check or any of these items by the end of the day: toilet paper, paper towels, dish and/or laundry soap, sponges, toilet bowl cleaner and brush, all-purpose cleaner, shower curtain and ringsthings needed the first day in a new home.

Habitat for Humanity Apostles Build: Forest Hill Church is again helping to rehab houses on Clevelands east side through Habitat for Humanity's Apostles Build. Remaining volunteer dates are Sept. 24 and Oct. 8 See the bulletin board for more info or contact Nathan Baldwin (n.baldwin.usaf@gmail.com or 216-392-1313) to volunteer.

Social Groups: The Group invites everyone to join them for a picnic followed by a play at the Rabbit Run Theater on Aug. 14. Contact Marcia Grant by Aug. 10 for tickets (mgrant@us.edu or 216-536-5710). And save Sept. 17 for an Indians game! More info at www.fhcpresb.org

Calendar: July 10 - 17, 2016

Sunday, July 17

9:00 am Summer Adult Education

9:30 am Child care begins

Continental Breakfast

Summer Choir

10:00 am WORSHIP

Summer Pathways

11:15 am Coffee and conversation

Blood Pressure Checks

1:00 pm Circle the City with Love

3:15 pm Softball vs Ch of the Saviour

4:00 pm Labre Summer Picnic

Monday, July 18

6:00 pm Progress not Perfection (AA)

7:00 pm Al Anon

7:00 pm Stewardship meeting

7:30 pm Borton Group (AA)

Tuesday, July 19

1:00 pm Abundance Pantry distribution

5:00 pm Fitness Fusion

7:00 pm GCC Housing Comm. mtg.

Wednesday, July 20

7:30 am Bible and Bagels

12:00 pm Bullsheviks luncheon

12:30 pm Wed. Womens AA

3:00 pm Stewardship meeting

6:00 pm Girl Scout Troop activity

6:30 pm Discernment Task Force

7:00 pm TransFamily East meeting

Thursday, July 21

5:00 pm Fitness Fusion

7:30 pm Mid-Week Bible Study

Friday, July 22

9:30 am Al Anon

Sunday, July 24

9:00 am Summer Adult Education

9:30 am Child care begins

Continental Breakfast

Summer Choir

10:00 am WORSHIP

11:15 am Coffee and Conversation

3:15 pm Softball

Staff Emails

Rev. Lois Annich

Interim Assoc. Pastor

pastorannich@fhcpresb.org

Becky Austin

Finance

beckya@fhcpresb.org

Lynda Bernays

Administration

office@fhcpresb

Kate Burleigh

Children

kateb@fhcpresb.org

Stavros Gazis

Custodial

office@fhcpresb

Shannon Headen

Youth

shannon@fhcpresb.org

Rev. Dr. John C. Lentz, Jr.

Pastor

pastorlentz@fhcpresb.org

Rachel McDonald

Interim Assoc. Pastor

rachelm@fhcpresb.org

Peg Weissbrod

Publicity

pegweissbrod@gmail.com

Anne Wilson

Music

annew@fhcpresb.org

Cover image: We Choose Love The SALT Project

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