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Welcome to Roland Park Presbyterian Church. We’re glad you’re
here!
August 16, 2020
When God is going to do something wonderful, He or She always
starts with a hardship; when God is going to do something amazing,
He or She starts with an impossibility.
~Anne Lamott
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THE SERVICE OF THE LORD’S DAY August 16, 2020 10:30 AM
CENTERING OURSELVES FOR WORSHIP PRELUDE La Sylva - Très
Tendrement A. Forqueray Words of Welcome
Thank you for joining us today. We hope that today’s service
will be meaningful for you. You can always visit us at our website
for the latest happenings and information.
https://www.rolandparkchurch.org/
If this is your first time with us, you can email Pastor Mark to
introduce yourself and learn more about the congregation:
[email protected]
All today’s music is used by permission: CCLI - Christian
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Permission to podcast / stream the music in this service
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*CALL TO WORSHIP
As followers of Christ, we are called to bring a hopeful
understanding of our world declaring that God called the created
universe "good." We are called to bring this hope in God with us
wherever we go declaring that God makes all things new again. Jesus
taught that we should love God and love one another. So let's join
together in our love of God to worship and give thanks.
*HYMN #679 Let the Whole Creation Cry SALZBURG (Scroll down for
lyrics and music…)
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CALL TO CONFESSION
It is in our confession where we realize our desire for God and
our hope for God’s mercy. It is in admitting the truth of our lives
that we take the first step toward wholeness and healing. So let us
make our confession, first in silent prayer.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
God of all the saints, God of all the sinners, hear our prayer.
We would be saintlike – holy, good, patient, loving. But we end up
feeling more like sinners – full of failures of morality, selfish,
mean. Perhaps You see us simply as human – as beloved, and flawed,
and trying, and failing, and succeeding. In all of this, forgive
the wrong that we have done, and the bless the good we have
accomplished. Keep on loving us, and helping us, and molding us
more and more into the image of Christ, in whose name we pray.
Amen.
ASSURANCE OF GOD’S LOVE
Friends, hear this Good News: the love of God is beyond measure,
and you are included in that love. Know that you are forgiven and
thus freed to love and serve. Alleluia! Amen.
TIME FOR ALL GOD’S CHILDREN SOLO Stained Glass Heather
Sorensen
Emily Gradowski, Soloist PRAYER FOR UNDERSTANDING GOD’S STORY
Esther 1: 1-22
This happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the same Ahasuerus who
ruled over one hundred twenty-seven provinces from India to
Ethiopia. In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne
in the citadel of Susa, in the third year of his reign, he gave a
banquet for all his officials and ministers. The army of Persia and
Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were present,
while he displayed the great wealth of his kingdom and the splendor
and pomp of his majesty for many days, one hundred eighty days in
all. When these days were completed, the king gave for all the
people present in the citadel of Susa, both great and small, a
banquet lasting for seven days, in the court of the garden of the
king’s palace. There were white cotton curtains and blue hangings
tied with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble
pillars. There were couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement
of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and colored stones. Drinks
were served in golden goblets, goblets of different kinds, and the
royal wine was lavished according to the bounty of the king.
Drinking was by flagons, without restraint; for the king had given
orders to all the officials of his palace to do as each one
desired. Furthermore, Queen Vashti gave a banquet for the women in
the palace of King Ahasuerus.
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On the seventh day, when the king was merry with wine, he
commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and
Carkas, the seven eunuchs who attended him, to bring Queen Vashti
before the king, wearing the royal crown, in order to show the
peoples and the officials her beauty; for she was fair to behold.
But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command conveyed by
the eunuchs. At this the king was enraged, and his anger burned
within him. Then the king consulted the sages who knew the laws
(for this was the king’s procedure toward all who were versed in
law and custom, and those next to him were Carshena, Shethar,
Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven officials
of Persia and Media, who had access to the king, and sat first in
the kingdom): “According to the law, what is to be done to Queen
Vashti because she has not performed the command of King Ahasuerus
conveyed by the eunuchs?” Then Memucan said in the presence of the
king and the officials, “Not only has Queen Vashti done wrong to
the king, but also to all the officials and all the peoples who are
in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. For this deed of the queen
will be made known to all women, causing them to look with contempt
on their husbands, since they will say, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded
Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.’ This
very day the noble ladies of Persia and Media who have heard of the
queen’s behavior will rebel against the king’s officials, and there
will be no end of contempt and wrath! If it pleases the king, let a
royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws
of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be altered, that
Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus; and let the
king give her royal position to another who is better than she. So
when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his
kingdom, vast as it is, all women will give honor to their
husbands, high and low alike.” This advice pleased the king and the
officials, and the king did as Memucan proposed; he sent letters to
all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to
every people in its own language, declaring that every man should
be master in his own house.
MESSAGE Laughing at the Patriarchy Pastor Mark *HYMN INSERT In
Unity We Lift Our Song EIN FEST BURG Sing verses 1, 2 & 4
(Scroll down for lyrics and music…)
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PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
During the prayer there will be a time for you to give voice to
your own prayers, after which the leader will say, “Lord in your
mercy,” or “Lord, we give thanks,”
and the entire congregation responds, “Hear our prayer.” THE
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.
OFFERING
Everyone has something to offer. Just your joining with us today
is an offering of yourself to our communal worship. If this is your
first time with us, we want to hear from you. Please let us know
your
name and how best to contact you after today’s service. You can
do this in the Zoom chat room, by commenting on the Facebook Live
Stream or by emailing Pastor Mark directly:
[email protected]. Pastor Mark or one of our leaders
would love to be in touch with you in the coming days. Anyone is
able to offer prayers. You can offer prayer requests in the chat
room or on the Facebook Live Stream. Additionally, we invite you to
visit the prayer request page on our website
any day of the week:
https://www.rolandparkchurch.org/care/prayer-concern-request/.
mailto:[email protected]://www.rolandparkchurch.org/care/prayer-concern-request/
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Finally, you can offer your monetary gifts to support the
mission and ministry of our congregation. To give online, you can
visit the giving page on our website to make a one time or
recurring gift. If you prefer to give by check you can send it in
to 4801 Roland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21210. We thank you for
joining us today and offering your voice, prayers and presence to
our gathering.
Offertory The March of Women Ethel Smith Emily Gradowski,
soloist
This women’s suffrage hymn speaks to the long and ongoing
struggle for the rights and respect of women in God’s story.
*Doxology
*Prayer of Dedication
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*HYMN # 65 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah CWM RHONDA Sing verses
1 & 3
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*CHARGE
IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TODAY We look to our Lord for
strength and healing. We look to each other to see our Lord in
action. We remember all those in harm’s way, those recovering from
natural disasters, refugees and people in conflict, and facing new
challenges. Among our church family: the friends and loved ones of
Darryl Fritze (Wayne Fritze’s brother), Austin and Darlene George,
the sister and niece of Holden McAleer and their family, Joan
Buttner, Kent Moore, Claudia Neely Tiebout, Sharon Halm, Sandy Budd
(daughter-in-law of Margaret Budd), the friends and loved ones of
Sam Macfarlane, Jim McBride (father of Tonya Robles), Mark Moran
(friend of Mike Robles), the community of Roland Park and David
& Danny Guillaume along with the staff and children of Kay Papa
Nou & Unity House.
IN PREPARATION FOR NEXT SUNDAY
August 23, 2020 10:30 AM Worship
Scripture: Esther 3: 1-11 & 7: 1-10 Message: Doing Our
Part
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Pursuing Justice · Practicing Hospitality · Engaging Curious
Faith
CHURCH STAFF
Mark W. Hanna, Pastor [email protected] Phillip
Collister-Murray, Director of Music [email protected] Esther
Lee, Organist [email protected] Shayla Redfearn, Director of
Christian Education [email protected] Jennifer Ronald,
Director of Church Relations [email protected] Caroline
Mapp, Bookkeeper [email protected] Tony Mason,
Custodian [email protected]
BOARD OF ELDERS BOARD OF DEACONS
Jean Brune (2021*) Tiffany Abraham (2021**) Jackie Capecci
(2022**) David Bauer (2022**) Mary Carey (2023**) Carol Bishop
(2023**) Laura Cochran (2023**) Amy Hanna (2022*) Julie Evans
(2021*) Barbara Jarvis (2023*) Phoebe Evans Letocha (2021*) Richard
Letocha (2021*) Amy Lutzky (2022**) Daniel Martin-Minnich (2022**),
moderator Jim Lyall (2021**) Kathy Matava (2022**) Neil McAslan
(2022**) Holden McAleer (2021*) Neil McCabe (2022**) Bill Olsen
(2021**) Ginny Rutherford (2023**), Clerk David Patterson (2023*)
Richard Sigler (2023*) Mike Robles (2023*) Mark W. Hanna, Moderator
Nelson Murphy, Treasurer YOUTH DEACONS
* indicates 1st term, ** 2nd term Audrey Hanna, Nathan Letocha,
Zach Lutzky & Annelise Olsen
ROLAND PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ADDRESS OFFICE HOURS WEBSITE
4801 Roland Avenue Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
RolandParkChurch.org Baltimore, MD 21210 Friday 9 a.m.- Noon PHONE
EMAIL FOLLOW US 410.889.2001 [email protected]
@RolandParkPC
An inclusive and welcoming congregation of the Presbyterian
Church (USA) and the Presbytery of Baltimore.
