BELLEVUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Gap, Pennsylvania ANTHEM: “Our Father” ___________ June 7, 2015 8:00 & 10:45 a.m. Beethoven CHILDREN’S SERMON RECOGNITION OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES CONCERNS OF OUR FELLOWSHIP THE TOLLING OF THE BELL CHORAL INTROIT Sterling (10:45 a.m.) Children are dismissed for the Nursery and Children’s Church (10:45 a.m.) ORDER OF WORSHIP PRELUDE: Toccata on “Hymn to Joy” Sr. Choir PASTORAL PRAYER (10:45 a.m.) THE OFFERING OF GIFTS CALL TO WORSHIP: (Psalm 89:1-4) OFFERTORY: “I Shall Not Want” I will sing of the steadfast love of the LORD, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. *DOXOLOGY AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.” You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant: ‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.’” SCRIPTURE LESSON: 1 John 1:1-4 SERMON: “The Transforming Reality of the Incarnation” THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION *HYMN: #210 “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” vv. 3-4 *HYMN: #686 “O God, Our Help in Ages Past” *BENEDICTION *INVOCATION AND LORD’S PRAYER *POSTLUDE: “Sent Forth by God’s Blessing” (sins) COMMISSIONING OF BROOKLYN MISSION TEAM page 1898 *HYMN: #210 “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” vv. 1-2 My Friends in the Name of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ I invite you to come and worship the Eternal God. SCRIPTURE READING: John 20:19-29 Clarke page 1686 arr. Wagner **************** FLOWERS: The flowers are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of our parents by Andy & Linda Kinkaid. Sermon Notes “The Transforming Reality of the Incarnation” June 7, 2015 1 John 1:1-4 A New Sermon Series: 1 John—This Is Love 1 John 1:1-4 is background to the rest of the letter Written by the Apostle John to churches located in Asia Minor Main Point: The reality of the incarnation transforms everything 1) The Reality of Jesus’ Incarnation (vv. 1-3) “Seen, Heard, Touched” Defending the faith against Gnostic and Docetic heresies Eyewitness to the humanity and deity of Jesus If Jesus is not fully God and fully human then… 1) We do not have a God who can sympathize with us (Heb. 2:18) 2) God’s love for us is diminished (1 Jn. 3:16) 3) Salvation is not ours, the cross accomplished nothing (Rom. 5:18-19, 2 Cor. 5:21) 2) The Reality of Jesus’ Message (vv. 1-3) John’s main concern here is the message of the Gospel, the good news, and he says two things about it: 1) Eternal Life comes through union with Christ 2) Fellowship with the Father, Son, and fellow Christians Conclusion: The reality of the incarnation transforms everything 1 John 1:1-4 (English Standard Version) 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— 2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us— 3 that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete. SUNDAY JUNE 7, 2015 WELCOME – We welcome everyone to worship this morning. If you are visiting with us, we ask that you fill out one of the visitor cards found in the pew and place it in the offering plate. We encourage visitors to stop by the Welcome Center in Friendship Hall. The Welcome Center is a place not only for visitors to be welcomed and receive information about Bellevue Church, but serves as an informational hub for the entire church family. - 8:00 a.m. – Worship - 9:30 a.m. – Sunday School - 10:45 a.m. – Worship (Children’s Church) - 5:00 p.m. – Alleluia Praise Rehearsal - 6:30 p.m. – Jr/Sr High Youth Groups MONDAY - 6:00 p.m. – Bellevue Trotters - 9:00 p.m. – Softball Game: BPC v. Ridgeview TUESDAY - 7:00 p.m. – Board of Deacons - 7:00 p.m. – Pequea Valley Baccalaureate service WEDNESDAY - 10:00 a.m. – Covenant Community Group THURSDAY - 9:30 a.m. – MOPS Leader Retreat (6/11-6/13) - 6:00 p.m. – Resurrection Brooklyn Mission Trip begins - 6:00 p.m. – Bellevue Trotters - 6:30 p.m. – Safety Awareness SUNDAY ************ TODAY IN THE PULPIT – Ministering in the pulpit this morning are Pastor JT Holderman and Pastor Bud Davies. COMMUNION –We invite all believers in Jesus Christ to celebrate the sacrament of Holy Communion with us this morning. It is our practice to hold the bread (gluten free wafers are in the cup in the center of the bread plate) and grape juice until all are served. Our Elders serving at the 8:00 a.m. service are Mary Ann Berthoud, Roland Berthoud, Paul Burns and Hank Cochran and at the 10:45 a.m. service are John Perella, Elise Roelands, Rob Shaubach, and Gary Snyder. COFFEE TALK – You are invited to join your brothers and sisters in Friendship Hall for a time of coffee, tea, hot chocolate, cold drinks and light refreshments. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES – We are pleased this morning to honor our 2015 high school graduates. From Pequea Valley HS graduating this week are; Rob Bitts, Jason Brown, Lauren Girvin, Brandon Hall, Curtis Hall, Sean Hershey, Lucie Hollosi and Ethan Houck. Graduated from Lancaster Catholic HS is Tim Felker and graduating from Garden Spot HS are Mitchell Bair and Beka Brown. Best wishes to all of our High School graduates! BROOKLYN MISSION TRIP – This morning we are pleased to commission our team that will leave on Thursday evening, June 11th for Brooklyn, NY, to work alongside others from Resurrection Brooklyn EPC in their continued efforts to assist those who received damage in Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Members of the team include: Roland Berthoud, Denise Byler, David Doutrich, Tim Doutrich, Megan Homsher, Alyssa Maxwell and Cory Snyder. Please be in prayer for the team as they travel to and from Brooklyn, as they work and for a safe return next Sunday, June 14th. SUMMER ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL – The summer Adult Sunday School class begins this morning and meets in Fellowship Hall. The first three classes will be stand-alone subjects and then in July we will begin a video series on “Gospel Shaped Outreach”. We invite you to join us on Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. for this time of study and learning together. Adult Sunday School offers foundational teaching in Bible, theology, and Christian discernment, for the purpose of building up the body of Christ, and equipping one another for ministry all for the glory of God. HOTDOGS AND A SOFTBALL GAME – RESCHEDULED! June 22nd! You will want to get to the ball field by 6:00 p.m. to enjoy some hot dogs and fellowship prior to the 6:30 p.m. game against Calvary Monument. You are asked to bring a dessert to share. Maybe we could even arrange to get the team members to sign autographs or have pictures taken with you?! If the ballgame is rained out that night we will gather in Bellevue’s Fellowship Hall for an evening of food and fellowship! SUMMERFEST 2015 – All youth are invited to SummerFest 2015! Held on the Shaubach’s farm from June 18-21, this year’s SummerFest will include three nights and four days of speakers who will challenge and encourage you in your Christian faith, all while enjoying campfires, water fights, and a trip to Muddy Run. We will also spend a good portion of Saturday engaged in a local service project. The cost for SummerFest is $35/person. Sign up outside Kevin’s office. SUMMERFEST 2015 NEEDS YOUR HELP! – We are looking for volunteers – individuals, families, or community groups – to supply the youth with several meals during SummerFest. We are asking that the meals are delivered to the youth, and that you stay and eat with us! There is a sign-up sheet at the Welcome Center. Contact Toni Holton or Kim Mann with questions. LOOKING FOR ADULTS TO JOIN THE YOUTH! – Want to join the youth during SummerFest (June 18-21), or help with the mission trip to Philadelphia (July 1-5)? If you are willing and able to help with part or all of those events, please contact Kevin Sheahan. YOUTH MISSION TRIP – This summer, the youth are headed to Philadelphia for a mission and service trip. Northeast Community Church (PCA) of Philadelphia is located in a very ethnically diverse part of the city, with many 1st and 2nd generation families, many from Latin America, Albania, Iraq, and China. Our goal is to help meet some physical needs to homes and buildings, develop a relationship with their youth group, and host an outreach event in a park on July 4th. Sign up outside Kevin’s office. There will be an informational meeting for anyone interested in the trip on Sunday, June 14th, at 2:00 p.m. in the church library. BARNSTORMERS’ BALLGAME – We are going to a ballgame again! The Membership and Evangelism Committee has reserved some good seats at the Clipper Magazine Stadium in Lancaster for a night at the ballgame on August 15th at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $9.00 and can be reserved by signing up and paying for them at the Welcome Center or you may call the church office (717-442-4077). Checks should be payable to Bellevue Presbyterian Church. ANNUAL CHURCH PICNIC SUNDAY, JUNE 14TH 8:00 a.m. – Worship in sanctuary 10:45 a.m. – Worship at Gap Park 12 noon – Picnic at Gap Park Our annual Church Picnic will be held on Sunday, June 14th at 12:00 noon. The day will begin with our 8:00 a.m. worship in the sanctuary. THERE WILL BE NO SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES HELD THAT MORNING. The 10:45 a.m. service will be held at the Gap (Salisbury) Park. The worship theme for the morning is “Ponder a Parable.” For the picnic, families are asked to bring a main dish and either a salad or a dessert to share. Everyone is asked to bring a drink. Paper products and eating utensils will be provided, but please bring your serving utensils. You may want to bring lawn chairs as well. There will be a kiddie pool and waterslide for the children to enjoy and adults are encouraged to bring along some games they enjoy. We hope you will join us on Sunday, June 14th for a time of worship, fellowship and a picnic! STUDENT LOAN FUND – The Student Loan Committee is once again receiving applications for Student Loans for the 2015-2016 school year. Interest free loans are available for all members of Bellevue and their children. Application forms and guidelines are available from the church office. Please have your completed forms returned to the church office by June 30, 2015. FLOWER CALENDAR – The Flower Calendar for 2015 has been moved to the office bulletin board however the remaining dates for the year can be found on a smaller sheet over the coffee center. If you wish to place flowers in the church they are $50.00 for two arrangements and can be placed in honor of, in memory of or even in celebration of anyone you would like remembered. JOURNEY TO THE POTTER’S HOUSE –The potter, Michael Ferris, is coming back! If you missed this in October last year you will want to save the date of June 20, 2015, a Saturday evening, at 6:30 p.m. A Journey to the Potter’s House is a mesmerizing, hands-on demonstration of how a potter works with his clay to form it into a beautiful and useful vessel. But it’s also an illuminating look into God’s relationship with us. Yes, under God’s strong hand, and despite our past, God works to make us into a vessel of honor, useful for His purpose. A free will offering will be taken. And if all of that isn’t enough to bring you, your family, and friends out to see the program – we will be holding an Ice Cream Social afterwards. BACKGROUND CHECKS REQUIRED –Anyone volunteering with youth and children are required to have a new background check completed by July 1st. This includes all youth workers, VBS volunteers, Sunday school teachers, and so forth. You can find a background check packet with all the relevant information in the church office. Please attend to this matter by July 1st. For questions, please see John Perella or Kevin Sheahan. SAFETY and SIGNAGE – We strive to make Bellevue a safe place for everyone when they walk through the doors from Background checks on employees and volunteers to placing Evacuation Route signs in rooms. The signs have been mounted in the rooms to assist you in the event of any type of emergency which would require evacuating the building. Please take a moment to check out the signage so you will be familiar with the evacuation routes should they ever be needed. AED – You have probably noticed a new box hanging on the wall in Friendship Hall over the bulletin table with a nice AED sign above it. This emergency HeartStart Defibrillator was purchased to have on hand in the event of an emergency. It is our plan to educate different key people to know where it is and how to use it in the upcoming months. We know there are medical professionals in the congregation (nurses, medics, EMS personnel) and seek your assistance. If you would like to be listed as someone the Ushers could ask for help we ask you to provide your name to the church office. We plan to have a list of names available for the Ushers to choose from. encourage you to sign up soon. Early registration, until July 31st is $20 per person, and after that it will be $30. See you at the conference! AVAILABLE AT THE WELCOME CENTER TODAY * Assistive Hearing Devices * Bellevue Informational Booklets * CDs of our Worship Services * Sign-Up Sheet Notebook WELCOME CENTER HOSTS John & Linda Perella Steve & Cindy Hoopes NURSERIES – Ministering in the Nurseries this morning: Chris Manning, Nursery Coordinator 8:00 a.m. – Tim & Michelle Doutrich 10:45 a.m. – Duane & Tammy Groff NURSERIES – Ministering in the Nurseries next week: Chris Manning, Nursery Coordinator 8:00 a.m. – Denise Byler 10:45 a.m. – PICNIC USHERS – Our Usher Teams this morning: 8:00 a.m. – Rich Thompson, John Bratton Dwayne Houck, John Harsh 10:45 a.m. – Kevin Quillin, Ed Baylor Dan Beane, Weston Doutrich www.BellevueEPC.org Office e-mail Bud Davies e-mail JT Holderman e-mail Kevin Sheahan e-mail Falon Doutrich e-mail office@BellevueEPC.org PastorBud@BellevueEPC.org PastorJT@BellevueEPC.org Kevin.Sheahan@BellevueEPC.org fdoutrich@gmail.com Usher Ministry Vacation Bible School 2015 July 19th to July 23rd, 2015 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. In the church there are many opportunities to be involved. One area in need of volunteers is that of our Usher Team Ministry. Each Sunday morning when you walk into the sanctuary an usher is there to greet you, hand you a bulletin and assist you in finding a seat for you and your family. Your smiling face and willingness to be of assistance is a welcome sight to the weekly worshipping body as well as that new person that may walk through our doors. We are preparing our schedule for the June 2015 to May 2016 schedule and would like to invite anyone interested in joining this ministry. You only need commit for one year, one Sunday a month at one service. We ask that you prayerfully consider being part of this vital ministry. Please complete the form below and place it in the offering plate or leave it in the church mailbox. If you need more time to think and want to get back to us later this week you may either call the church office or email us at office@BellevueEPC.org. A Training/Retraining session will be scheduled in the near future. ******************************************************** NAME__________________________________________ 8:00 a.m. PHONE ________________________ E-Mail Bible Teachers Computer Help Science Projects Games Snacks Music Missions Special Events Photographer/Videographer Transporter Registration Nursery Prayer Leader Leader Leader Leader Leader Leader Leader Leader Leader Leader Leader Helper Helper Helper Helper Helper Helper Helper Helper Helper Helper Helper Helper Helper Name ___________________________________________________ I would like to be part of this ministry SERVICE PREFERENCE During the Week of VBS we need help with… (circle all that apply) 10:45 a.m. Phone __________________________________________________ Email ___________________________________________________ Age Group you would like to work with ________________________ Please place this form in the offering plate or turn in to the church office. Washington Daily” News The Dollar–A–Day Program The Nanded Tribals—An Unreached People Group Last week we launched our “Dollar-A-Day” program to serve and share the Gospel with an unreached people group in India, the Nanded Tribals. An unreached people group is a group of people who have never heard the name of Jesus. Acts 1:8 says we are to be Jesus’ witnesses to all people, to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. All of these were at one time unreached. The Missions Committee has spent months discerning and praying over this new opportunity. We hope you will join us in bringing the Gospel to the Nandeds by setting aside one Dollar-A-Day to this cause. The Nanded Tribals Province of Maharashtra The Nanded Tribals Province of Maharashtra Here’s how you can join us in sharing the Gospel: 1) Take a silk purse to put a Dollar-A-Day into. 2) Pray for the people of the Nanded group. 3) Monthly give that money during the offering with a check marked for “India” using one of our Dollar-ADay envelopes or mail it in to the office. 4) Watch the thermometer and bulletin board for updates in the months ahead.
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