THE
PEOPLE OF GOD IN WORSHIP
SEVENTEENTH
SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
July
27, 2008 Eleven O’clock
* ASSURANCE
OF PARDON
PASTORAL PRAYER AND 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
* RECESSIONAL HYMN # 442 “The Church’s One
Foundation”
* CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
The
Mission Committee requests donations of dried beans or canned food for the First
Sunday Offering on July 27th. The offering this month is for H.O.P.E.
Grace Presbytery Night at the Texas Rangers is Monday, July 28th. Those of us
wanting to car pool will meet in the church parking lot at 5:00 PM.
The Friends of the Stephenville Public Library are having their Ice
Cream Social on Tuesday, July
29th, at 7:00 PM in the parking lot of the library.
Everyone is invited. The ice cream is Free!
Grace Presbytery is preparing a bulk order of 2009 Mission
Yearbooks in order to get a bulk discount on price.
If you would like a copy, please let the church office know and we will send
our church’s order in to Grace Presbytery. The Mission Yearbooks
offer a daily look at what the Presbyterian Church is doing around the world in
mission. There is also a Mission Yearbook for children. The adult version
is $5.25 and the children’s version is $6.50.
First Presbyterian Church Session
NRSV
Genesis 29:15-28
15 Then Laban
said to Jacob, "Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me
for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?"
16 Now Laban had two daughters; the name
of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
17 Leah's eyes were lovely, and Rachel was
graceful and beautiful.
18 Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, "I
will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel."
19 Laban said, "It is better that I
give her to you than that I should give her to any other man; stay with
me."
20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel,
and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
21 Then Jacob said to Laban, "Give me
my wife that I may go in to her, for my time is completed."
22 So Laban gathered together all the
people of the place, and made a feast.
23 But in the evening he took his daughter
Leah and brought her to Jacob; and he went in to her.
24 (Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his
daughter Leah to be her maid.)
25 When morning came, it was Leah! And
Jacob said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve
with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?"
26 Laban said, "This is not done in
our country-- giving the younger before the firstborn.
27 Complete the week of this one, and we
will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven
years."
28 Jacob did so, and completed her week;
then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as a wife.
NRSV
Matthew 13:31-35, 44-46
31 He put
before them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed
that someone took and sowed in his field;
32 it is the smallest of all the seeds,
but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that
the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches."
33 He told them another parable: "The
kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three
measures of flour until all of it was leavened."
34 Jesus told the crowds all these things
in parables; without a parable he told them nothing.
35 This was to fulfill what had been
spoken through the prophet: "I will open my mouth to speak in parables; I
will proclaim what has been hidden from the foundation of the world."
44
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone
found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that
field.
45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is
like a merchant in search of fine pearls;
46 on finding one pearl of great value, he
went and sold all that he had and bought it.
SCHEDULE OF WEEKLY EVENTS
TODAY’S SCHEDULE
July 27 9:30 - 12:30 Nursery for
Infants and Toddlers
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
for Grades 1 through 6-Younger Youth Rm.
9:45 a.m. Sunday
School for Grades 7 through 12-Older Youth Rm.
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
for Adults-Church Parlor
11:00 a.m. Sunday
Morning Worship
12:00 a.m. Property
Committee Meeting - Parlor
THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE
July 28 5:00 p.m. Meet
at Church for Ranger’s game.
5:30 p.m. Take
Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS)
6:00 p.m. Life
After Loss Bereavement Support Class (Parlor)
July 29 9:30 a.m. Morning Coffee
Fellowship – Fellowship Hall
6:00 p.m. Overeaters
Anonymous – Parlor
July 30 6:00 p.m. Youth Program
7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal
July 31 12:00 p.m. Share-A-Meal
1:00 p.m. Dorcas Circle
meets in the parlor
NEXT WEEK’S SCHEDULE
August 3 9:30
- 12:30 Nursery for Infants and
Toddlers
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
for Grades 1 through 6-Younger Youth Rm.
9:45 a.m. Sunday
School for Grades 7 through 12-Older Youth Rm.
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
for Adults-Church Parlor
11:00 a.m. Sunday
Morning Worship - Communion
12:00 a.m. Mission Committee
Meeting - Parlor
August 4 5:30 p.m. Take
Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS)
August 5 9:30 a.m. Morning
Coffee Fellowship – Fellowship Hall
6:00 p.m. Overeaters
Anonymous – Parlor
August 6
6:00 p.m. Youth Program – Pool
Party at the Taeuber’s home
7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal
August 7 12:00 p.m. Share-A-Meal
1:00 p.m. Dorcas Circle meets
in the parlor
August 9 10:30 a.m. Presbyterian Women’s Retreat
WELCOME TO WORSHIP!
Please
be sure to sign the Attendance Registration Form in your pew. We pray that God
fills YOU with grace, mercy and peace as well as the love of Christ and others. If you are new to the community, please let us know! If you want to
know more about the church; or wish to join our congregation, please speak to a
lector or greeter.
Contact information:
First
Presbyterian Church Rev. Sharon L. Bryant, Pastor
Monday-Friday,
8 a.m.- noon, 1-3 p.m. Available for counseling by appointment.
Fax:
(254) 965-5648 Phone: (254) 968-3770
Email
address: info@fpcstephenville.org pastor@fpcstephenville.org
PRAISES, PRAYER CONCERNS & THOSE OVERSEAS
John & Amy Kuhns Elsie
Bergesen (Sylma’s mother)
Brady Alford (Taeuber) Nancy
Langsford (Solley)
Sue Levisay (Glen’s mother) Pleun
“Duke” Schelling (vanden Berg)
Hudson Kahlden Wesley
Everidge (Levisay)
Pastor Dave Keith (Bowden) Hugh
& Marilyn Ellison
Susan Clark (Levisay) Richard
Mancuso (Sweeney)
Billye Jones Ed
Williams (Bryant)
Ed & Anita Cisler John
Darby (father of John Darby)
Dee & Fay Williams Nathan
Ayres (Iraq)
Effie Howell Trey
Warwick (Afghanistan)
Bob Netherland Shelton Woolever
(Iraq)
* Prayer concerns will remain
on the list for 3 weeks.
BIRTHDAYS
Diane Netherland July 7 Maia Moore July
26
Margaret Houtsma July 8 Helen Depwe July
27
Sandy Darby July 19 Hudson Kahlden July 28
Payne Kimple July 19 Russell
Smith July 28
Fay Williams July 19 John
Darby July 31
Christopher Smith
July 20 Eloise Horak July
31
ANNIVERSARIES
Don & Trish Schreiber July
1 Russell & Kathy Smith July 17