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A Community of the PC(USA)
Celebrating 100 Years of 
Following Jesus Christ.

Kuhn Memorial Presbyterian Church 955 Main Street Barboursville, West Virginia 25504 September 27, 2020 Evangelism Sunday

9/27/2020

 
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Prelude
Welcome and Announcements
*Call to Worship                                                                 Psalm 34:8
O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Happy are those who take refuge in the Lord.
 
*Prayer of the Day
Almighty God, we pray for your blessing
on the church in this place.
Here may the faithful find salvation,
and the careless be awakened.
Here may the doubting find faith,
and the anxious be encouraged.
Here may the tempted find help,
and the sorrowful comfort.
Here may the weary find rest,
and the strong be renewed.
Here may the aged find consolation
and the young be inspired;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.   Amen.
 
Old Testament Reading                                                       Exodus 17:1-7
Time for Young Disciples
New Testament Reading                                                     Philippians 2:1-13
The Morning Message
 
In my very first week of seminary, in New Testament Survey, I was introduced to a new word and a new theological concept. Like any first week in any professional school, new words and concepts come at you so fast it’s like trying to drink from a fire hose. This was no exception.
 
Every class began with a time of worship- prayer and a hymn or chorus. On this particular morning, my new friend and classmate, I’ll call her Sue, walked to the front of the room, boom box in hand. She was leading worship, and it would begin with a contemporary Christian song, “Broken and Spilled Out.” This song had special meaning for Sue. It describes the gospel text in which Jesus and his disciples had gathered for a meal, and then, as an act of devotion, Mary broke a jar of sweet perfume and poured it over Jesus’ feet, drying it with her hair. Like the perfume, Mary’s own life had been broken and spilled out before Jesus, only to be filled with a new life following his example of humility, compassion, and love.
 
Likewise, Sue’s life was broken and spilled out through many years of ups and downs. Relying on her resources and desires alone, her life was wholly unsatisfying. She was headed toward disaster. It was in kneeling in humility before Jesus, confessing her sins and seeking his mind and heart, that she found life, and and it came rushing over her like water from the rock in our Exodus text.  Her life was “Broken and Spilled Out.”
 
Which left us all prepared to receive the word of the day:  “kenosis.”
 
Kenosis is a Greek word which describes the self-emptying of Jesus’ own will in order to be entirely receptive to God’s divine will.
 
Paul writes:
“Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death- even death on a cross.”
 
Paul is urging the good people at the Church of Philippi to adopt a kenotic way of life. Why? Because there had apparently been conflict and it was damaging the church. The members were not imitating Christ.
 
People bring baggage to church with them. Of course we do, because it is a safe place to lay down our burdens. Our church is often times our second home and family. Church folks may be the only family some people have. And have you ever known a perfect family? A family where everyone brushes AND flosses and never brings the car home on empty? Me neither.
 
So, at the First Church of Philippi, there’s conflict and it is so serious that it threatens to fracture the fellowship. Oh, my. I could tell you some stories. I was once dispatched to mediate a church conflict. The plan was to work with the session two nights and the next week work with the congregation. Well, the first thing that happened was the session got into an argument about the interpretation of  a Bible passage we were using for a devotion. This did not inspire confidence.
The second night, the pastor had a heart attack. We were doomed.
 
That situation could have been resolved satisfactorily, if everyone had taken Paul’s advice and emptied themselves of their tightly-held biases and taken on the mind of Christ. According to Paul, when Jesus emptied himself, he poured out his love. With an outpouring of love comes the other fruit of Spirit-joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
 
A new-born baby is a full time job. A friend of mine had a very difficult time with her new-born, to the point that she felt like a failure. Baby didn’t sleep, was not feeding well, and cried day and night. She didn’t know how she could go on. So, one really stressful night, she knelt by her baby’s crib and prayed for God to take over.
 
And God did. Out of her brokenness, poured love, and energy, and skill, and her maternal instinct was evident for all to see. She is a wonderful mother. Her children are grown now and on their own. Strong, resourceful, confident…like their mom.
 
The kenosis ethic invites us to imitate Christ, who took on a human body, growing and changing, feeling hunger and thirst, fatigue and pain, joy and love…and became for us the very bread of heaven and the cup of salvation.
 
One day a plain village woman
driven by love for her Lord,
recklessly poured out a valuable essence
disregarding the scorn.
And once it was broken and spilled out,
a fragrance filled all the room,
like a prisoner released from his shackles,
like a spirit set free from the tomb. 
                                        Steve Green
 
 
Pastoral Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer
 
*Affirmation of Faith       
    1 Corinthians 15:1-6; Matthew 16:16; Mark 16:9;  John 20:28;  Revelation 22:13
This is the good news which we have received,
in which we stand,
and by which we were saved,
if we hold it fast:
that Christ died for our sins
according to the scriptures,
that he was buried,
that he was raised on the third day,
and that he appeared
first to the women,
then to Peter, then to the Twelve,
and then to many witnesses.
We believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of the Living God.
Jesus Christ is the first and the last,
the beginning and the end;
He is our Lord and our God.  Amen.
 
*Blessing                                                                              2 Corinthians 13:14
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.  Amen.
 
*Postlude
Announcements
The session, both currently serving and newly-elected, will meet Oct. 1, 2020 at 7:00PM by Zoom. Directions will follow.
 
In observance of St. Francis Day, Christ the King Lutheran Church and Pea Ridge United Methodist Church will host a Pet Blessing October 4 at 4:00PM at the pavilion behind CTK. 
 St. Francis of Assisi is the Patron Saint of Animals.
 
As the pandemic has presented numerous challenges for all of us, it is especially hard for the needy among us. KMPC has supported the ministry of ECCHO for years and now is a good time to help this organization. ECCHO has a special need for personal hygiene items. You may bring these to church any week and we will see that they are delivered. Financial contributions may be sent to ECCHO, 1036 Smith St.  Milton, WV 25541.
 
Work is scheduled to begin October 19 on the HVAC project at KMPC. We anticipate work to be complete by month’s end.

Kuhn Memorial Presbyterian Church 955 Main St. Barboursville, West Virginia 25504 Service of Worship​September 20, 2020

9/20/2020

 
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​Prelude                                             
Welcome and Announcements
*Call to Worship                               Psalm 105
O give thanks to the Lord, call upon God’s name.
Make known God’s deeds among the peoples.
Sing to the Lord, sing praises to God.
Tell of all the Lord’s wonderful works.
Glory in God’s holy name.
Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
 
Prayer of the Day
God and Father of all, you have willed that the last shall be first,
and you have made a little child the measure of your kingdom.
Give us that wisdom that is from above, so that we may understand that, in your sight,
the one who serves is the greatest of all.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
 
Musical Interlude
 
Time for Young Disciples
Old Testament Reading                                 Exodus 16:2-15
Gospel Reading                                              Matthew 20:1-16
The Morning Message
 
According to the source of all wisdom, Google, we find these statistics:
 
The average pay for a garbage collector is @$16 an hour.
The average pay for a cardiologist is $454, 000 a year.
The average pay for a child care worker is less than $10 an hour.
The average pay for an NFL player is $1.9 a year.
 
These figures probably don’t surprise any of us. So, to bring things a little closer to home, chew on this one:
The average pay for a teacher in New York is $86, 000 a year. The average salary for a teacher in West Virginia is $45, 000 a year.
 
What constitutes fair and unfair when it comes to setting a salary? Pay discrepancy is a hot topic in many corners. Does a teacher in West Virginia work any less, prepare any less, face fewer challenges than a teacher in New York? I know we have to allow for cost of living, but, seriously, is it fair?
 
What constitutes fair and unfair in our text today?
 
Anyone who has worked an hourly wage at some time in their life can appreciate the inequity in this story. Should someone who has only worked one hour receive the same compensation as the one who has put in a full day’s work? I don’t even have to think about this. The answer is no. It’s just not right.
 
Rev. Dr. Greg De Loach says that just a block away from where he once served as pastor, was a meeting place for day laborers to gather. Mostly men, young and old, who would do nearly any kind of work- yard work, painting, carpentry, hauling away trash-in order to earn enough to put food on their table that day.
 
They were not lazy or loitering, they were willing to stand in a place of humility, and present themselves for work. They only wanted what all of us want- a way to provide for themselves and their loved ones. The circumstances we can debate, but the need and the desire are universal.
 
Remember last week when I talked a bit about “Jesus math”? Well, here’s another example of it. Jesus math and our math are calculated differently.
 
Many biblical scholars believe this parable describes justice in God’s economy. What was the concern? There was considerable controversy between Jewish Christians and Gentile Christians. Jewish Christians, like Saul, who became Paul at his conversion, wrote about this in his letters to the early churches. He tried to settle the debate when he said “there is no longer Jew or Gentile,” and so forth. Gentile Christians were often considered “Johnny-come-lately” believers. They were considered “lesser thans,” with little agency in the emerging church. Paul believed this was wrong-headed.
 
In the parable, when the workers begin to grumble, the owner asks, “Are you envious because I’m generous?” In Greek, this is translated as “Is your eye evil because I am good?”
 
Many of us have an eye for evil. That is, we see evil where God sees good. Jesus said so. But, in our defense, is it evil to believe that someone working one hour should be paid less than one who worked all day long?
 
Jesus calls us out on this. The landowner in the story says, “Oh, but it’s my vineyard, my money. We agreed to a wage and I’m not paying you one cent less. I keep my word. Your beef is that I see a way to do good here. I am seeing good.”
 
How can we see good when there is so much evil in the world? You name it: there are so many cruel injustices in life: racism and sexism, crime, religious persecution, ethnic cleansing. There are disasters that bring destruction and death. We are reminded of evil 24 hours a day.
 
And we care deeply about overcoming injustice. The General Assembly has designated today Christian and Society Sunday. We are called on to take our citizenship seriously. The Church calls on all people of faith to work toward a world of peace and equality. We lost a champion in that mission with the death of Ruth Bader Ginsberg Friday night. She understood fully the obstacles of injustice: she was a woman, a Jew, and a working mother. And my heroine.
 
When we say God is good, we have to be willing to admit that God’s goodness, God’s presence and power, is always held in tension with the cold hard facts: evil exists.
 
But, let’s return to an application of Jesus math. What good is God pointing us toward in this story?
 
The faithful, hard-working laborers believe they are more valuable than the late-coming workers. They deserve a larger expression of the landowner’s favor. In spiritual terms, Jesus says:
the newest convert has as much voice as the one who has been in the church since they were on the Cradle Roll. The newest members have agency same as the old-timers.
One of the things I’ve learned and love about Kuhn is that several people came to Kuhn when St. Andrews closed. And, you have embraced one another, included one another, value one another. Your faith and lives are richer because of your relationships. I might even go so far as to say that what was a traumatic event turned out to be a blessing. God used it for good. 
 
Rev. Suzanne Guthrie offers these remarks related to this passage:
A man named Peter died and his wife asked Suzanne to officiate his funeral service. The only problem was that Peter had no use for religion. He was vocal and profane about his lack of need for God or any of God’s associates.
 
Well, Peter became very sick. He was a drug addict, skilled at manipulation, mad at the world, and terminally ill with AIDS.
 
But, Suzanne says, Peter got to see heaven. One day, the space above the television, beyond the wall and the ceiling, opened into a billowing heaven. He saw dead relatives. He saw angels. Peter described in detail to his family what he was seeing. In the next death crisis, Peter allowed the priest he’d previously thrown out of his room, to hear his confession. And Peter died in peace, having seen heaven in the eleventh hour.
 
Some of us, who have worked in the vineyard of God all our lives, have never seen heaven. Not once. Mother Teresa is remembered as saying she never had a personal theophany-a vision-of God. But, what wonders God did through her. Others have seen God through her ministry.
 
Who did God love more? Mother Teresa of Calcutta, or Peter, the addict?
 
God loved them both more than we can even imagine. Because in Jesus math, you just can’t put a price on grace.
 
 
Pastoral Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer
 
*Affirmation of Faith    (from A Brief Statement of Faith)
We trust in God,
whom Jesus called Abba, Father.
In sovereign love God created the world good
and makes everyone equally in God’s image,
male and female, of every race and people,
to live as one community,
but we rebel against God, we hide from our Creator.
Ignoring God’s commandments,
we violate the image of God in others and ourselves,
accept lies as truth,
exploit neighbor and nature,
and threaten death to the planet entrusted to our care.
We deserve God’s condemnation.
Yet God acts with justice and mercy to redeem creation.
In everlasting love,
the God of Abraham and Sarah chose a covenant people
to bless all families of the earth.
Hearing their cry,
God delivered the children of Israel
from the house of bondage.
Loving us still,
God makes us heirs with Christ of the covenant.
Like a mother who will not forsake her nursing child,
like a father who runs to welcome the prodigal home,
God is faithful still.
 
Charge and Blessing
Go out into the world in peace. Have courage! Hold fast to what is good. Return no one evil for evil. Strengthen the faint-hearted, support the weak, help the suffering. Honor all people. Love and serve the Lord your God, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.
 
Announcements
It has been the tradition of the Barboursville community to come together annually for a Service of Thanksgiving. In observation of health and safety guidelines, the Barboursville area ministers will offer a virtual Thanksgiving service this year. Details will follow.
 
The Greater Barboursville Community Outreach dinners have been suspended due to the pandemic. Food insecurity is still a problem in our area. You are encouraged to support charitable organizations that focus on feeding the hungry among us.
 
Christ the King Lutheran Church and Pea Ridge United Methodist Church will host a pet blessing, in observance of St. Francis Day, on Sunday, October 4 at 4PM at the pavilion behind CTK. You are invited to bring your pets and join in this special occasion. Please remember to wear a mask.
 
Leading worship today: Mr. Mark Baker, Music; Rev. Cinda Harkless, Pastor

September 16th, 2020

9/16/2020

 

​​Kuhn Memorial Presbyterian Church
955 Main St. Barboursville, West Virginia 25504
Service of Worship
​September 13, 2020

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​Prelude
Welcome and Announcements
*Call to Worship                    Psalm 103:1-5
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless God’s holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget God’s benefits- who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good as long as you live so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
 
*Affirmation of Faith             The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried.
He descended into hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead,  he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God, the Father Almighty.
From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.  Amen.
 
Call to Confession                   Psalm 103:8-10
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
The Lord will not always accuse, nor will God be angered forever.
God does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. Trusting this promise, we boldly confess our sin to God and before one another:
 
Prayer of Confession
Lord Jesus, you have declared: Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. You instruct us to forgive not once, not twice, not seven times, but seventy times seven! Is that possible when we seem to thrive on quarrelling and division and pronounce others unworthy of our forgiveness? Instead of responding to your grace with gratitude, we attempt to limit the love you command us to share. Forgive our hard-heartedness. Increase our capacity to understand. Increase our community of faith by your boundless reconciling Spirit. Amen.
 
Assurance of Pardon
For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is the Lord’s steadfast love toward those who fear God; as far as the east is from the west, so far the Lord removes our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion for his children, so God has compassion for those who fear the Lord.  Friends, believe the good news: in Jesus Christ our sins are forgiven.  Be at peace. Amen.
 
Interlude
 
Time With Young Disciples
Old Testament Reading                      Genesis 50:15-21
Gospel Reading                                   Matthew 18:21-35
The Morning Message
 
I’m no math wiz. I was so good at Algebra that I took it twice. But, even with my limitations, I can figure out that seventy times seven is a lot. Jesus math says that when a brother or sister sins against us, we are to forgive the offense. Not once. Not twice, but seventy-seven times. Whoa.
Like I said, that’s a lot of times.
 
Jesus is asked how many times we should forgive and he launches into this parable about the ungrateful servant. Now, I confess to you that I had a hard time getting past the words “slave” and “servant.” I think we have all had our consciences raised in recent months about cultures that enslave and their implications today. And, I believe we should give that serious consideration going forward. Maybe it’s not a coincidence that those words appear in our text today. We are experiencing a turbulent time, a time which includes the turbulence of racial tension, if not crisis.
 
The point Jesus made was that God has witnessed our lives- the good, the bad, and the ugly. And God has lavished mercy upon us, so that we might experience true liberty-freedom from sin. But, he warns us, if we are forgiven, then turn around and exact revenge on the next person who wrongs us, we have evidently not turned from sin, and renounced its power over us, and turned toward God at all.
 
Have you ever thought about what the word “lavish” means? It comes from the verb, to lave, to wash. When I think of God lavishing love and grace on us, I imagine standing beneath a great waterfall with fresh, cool, sparkling water coursing over my head, my shoulders, flowing over me all the way down to my toes.
 
Picture yourself standing under that waterfall. After a run or after mowing the lawn. You’re hot and sweaty. Thirsty. You stand under the cascading water. How does that make you feel? Clean?
Light?  Joyful? Refreshed? Free of all baggage? Baggage we can call “sin.”
 
Good. That’s how we should feel. Thanks be to God.
 
And then disaster occurs. Or we are reminded of something catastrophic. The anniversary of 9/11 rolls around as it did Friday. And all those heavy emotions return, most notably grief and anger. What do we do with that? Those feelings are real. They are legitimate.
 
There are consequences to sin. And the consequences from that fateful day have changed all our lives. Remember the color-coded threat levels? The first time I heard that announced in an airport, while awaiting a flight, I was so filled with fear I was sick. And then when we did finally board, the passenger to my right was a dark-skinned man with a backpack. There we sat. Shoulder-to-shoulder from San Francisco to Columbus.
 
I’ve come to believe fear and anger are fraternal twins. Different… but they are born from the same womb. Sometimes, you can get them confused.
 
Do you think my seat assignment was an accident? I don’t. There have been many times since that I’ve looked back on that long night in the air, when my fears and anger confronted me. I tried to sleep, but sleep wouldn’t come. So, I prayed. I prayed that the man next to me wasn’t a terrorist planning to highjack the plane. I begged for God’s protection, for a sense of God’s presence and power and peace.
 
God did comfort me in those hours. We landed without incident and went our separate ways. All was well. But, was it?
 
If we applied this parable to the situation, might Jesus have said to me, “You prayed for my protection, my presence, my love. And, you have those things always. What were your prayers for your brother sitting next to you? Is he not worthy of my love and mercy, too?”
 
When Jesus spoke to the crowd about forgiveness, he wasn’t necessarily talking about those little things that may get under our skin but won’t ruin our lives. Like, when the garbage collectors don’t show up on their scheduled day, or when your Happy Meal comes without the toy. We can let those things go.
 
But, what about those things we can’t let go? We are all subject to things of consequence about which we may have little or no agency. But, we can decide how we will respond. I spoke some about this a few weeks ago. We are in the midst of a national crisis. That’s a fact. And this crisis comes with color-coded threat levels, too. This should be a sign to us.
 
We’ve faced national crises before. We’ve pulled together. Remember when the members of congress stood on the Capitol steps and sang “God Bless America?”
 
And each year, when that fateful day rolls around, we pause and remember. We light candles, sing patriotic songs, set up art installations like The Healing Fields at Spring Hill Cemetery. We remember lives lost and heroic acts.
 
Speaking for myself, while I still grieve, the sharp anger and paralyzing fear have diminished over the years. And that is important because the country has to move forward, addressing opportunities and challenges as they come. And they will.
Who here likes to travel? I like to travel and I don’t want to panic every time I board a plane. So, it’s important to resolve my fear about who is seated on the plane next to me, or behind me, or even piloting the plane. It’s also important because our kids attend school with, and we work beside, and live next door to neighbors of different races, cultures, and religions.
 
And Jesus says our blessings are their blessings, too.
 
I was watching a Morning Prayer service from the National Cathedral Friday. At the end of the service, there were photos of the beautiful stained glass windows that adorn that awesome place.
 
One of the windows featured that morning was the Space Window, which is really named the Science and Technology Window. I’ve stood beneath it a few times and it is breathtaking. Created by Rodney Winslow, the technique used to design and make that window is much different from the other gothic-styled windows in the cathedral. Winslow worked on it for twelve years, tearing up one design plan after another until he was satisfied.
 
NASA and a number of astronauts consulted on the project. The colors used in the window are especially intense. It is said that every astronaut reports that the colors they see from space are indescribable, otherworldly, like nothing they have ever seen. Crayola doesn’t make a shade or hue that captures the beauty seen from high above the earth.
 
At the center of the window, the focal point, is a white circle. It is very thin and translucent. It is a piece of the moon, over three billion years old, picked up by Neil Armstrong on the Apollo 11 flight in 1969, at the first moon landing.  It represents humankind’s greatest achievement to date.
 
Artists like their works to speak for themselves, allowing the viewer to interact with the piece and drawing his or her own meanings from it. When I see that window, I think of all the men and women whose lives have been dedicated to the space program, their sense of courage and adventure, how they inspired the next generation of exploration. It is set in this massive cathedral, the “house of prayer for all people,” and, to me, serves as a sign that God is eternally calling us into God’s creative plan as it unfolds from age to age.
 
And that is what I want to leave you with today. We are in difficult times. We are fixated on whether or not schools will be open and if activities can commence. We received lots of messages yesterday about what “color” Cabell County was designated for this coming week. It is yellow, as of 5pm Saturday. Schools will be in session virtually and in-person. I know that is a relief for all of us. It’s a sign that conditions are not degrading. Hang onto that. Do your part like you are today. Do not despair. We are the people who, with God’s help, applied our intelligence, imagination, ingenuity, and grit to land a man on the moon. 
And with God’s help, we will land 2020.  
 
Pastoral Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer Let us turn our hearts and minds to pray.
Let us lift our prayers for the great concerns of the world: for those in distress  or danger, for victims of violence, for the trauma of natural disaster, for those suffering the raging wildfires in California and Oregon, for communities struggling under racial conflict, for the nations of the earth, that all in positions of public trust will act wisely for the benefit of all. For those with bitter memories, that they may find consolation in your care, for the neglected and abused, for those who rescue, treat, and heal, for the brave and the strong, and the eternally optimistic. For celebrations, newborn babies, recreational events, for those who share their bread or their churches, for a meal prepared by someone else, a call or note from a loved one. For the needy, sick or troubled, for all caregivers.
And for ourselves, that we may be aware of the gifts of life, the gifts of salvation and grace, the gift of the Church of Jesus Christ, here and around the world.
In Jesus’ name we pray, saying, 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. 
 
 
*Blessing Go out in love, reconciled to one another in Christ. Lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Live honorably, fulfilling the law through love for all.
And may God mark you out for salvation; may Christ Jesus be present among you always; and may the Holy Spirit reconcile you to one another,   and fulfill the law of love among you.           Laughingbird.net
 
*Postlude
 
Leading worship today: Mr. Mark Baker
                                       Rev. Cinda Harkless
We offer our thanks to the pastor and congregation of Christ the King Lutheran Church for their gracious hospitality while we await the installation of a new heating and air conditioning system at Kuhn Memorial Presbyterian Church.
 
Your gifts to God’s service are important and appreciated. Tithes and offerings may be deposited in the basket at the sanctuary doors as you leave worship.

Kuhn Memorial Presbyterian Church 955 Main Street Barboursville, West Virginia 25504 September 6, 2020 Service for the Lord’s Day

9/3/2020

 
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Prelude
Announcements
*Call to Worship                                                                      Based on Psalm 149
Praise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord a new song, sing God’s praise in the assembly of the faithful!
Let the children of God rejoice!
For the Lord takes pleasure in God’s people.
Let the faithful exult in glory; let them praise God from their couches.
Let the high praises of God be in our throats.
We come today to give God all our thanks and praise.
Let us worship the Lord our God!
 
*Affirmation of Faith            The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried.
He descended into hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead,
he ascended into heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God, the Father Almighty.
From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
 
Interlude
 
 
 
Prayer of the Day
Loving God, on this weekend, when we rest from our usual labors, we pray for all who perform the tasks of human labor-in marketplace, factories, and offices, in the professions, and in family living. We thank you for the opportunity to work, to contribute to an orderly society, to provide for ourselves, and to share with others. May our efforts always be pure of heart, for the good of others and the glory of your name. We lift up to you all who long for just employment, for people of vision whose imaginations lead to opportunities for work, and those who protect the rights of the workforce. May those of us who are now retired find meaning in new service that uplifts our community and benefits the church. In our working and in our resting, we offer our prayers, through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
 
Time With the Young Disciples   
Old Testament Reading                Psalm 150
New Testament Reading               Colossians 3:17
  And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus,
  giving thanks to God the Father through him.
The Morning Message
 
Pastoral Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer
 
*Blessing                                                                                              1 Corinthians 15:58
Brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the LORD, because you know that in the LORD, your labor is not in vain. Amen.
 
*Postlude
 
The congregation of Kuhn Memorial Presbyterian Church expresses our sincere appreciation to the congregation of Christ the King Lutheran Church for their gracious hospitality.
 
Pledges and other contributions may be deposited in the offering plate at the sanctuary entrance.
 
Leading worship today: Mr. Mark Baker, Musician
                                       Rev. Cinda Harkless, Pastor

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    Cinda Harkless

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