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Magnolia Presbyterian Church


 

Welcome, visitors and guests!

You are invited to be part of our church’s ministry and mission.

May you experience the Spirit in worship today!

Please sign our attendance sheets.

 

Children are always welcome in the Sanctuary for worship. 

Childcare is available in the 2nd floor nursery for infants and small children.

Children ages 3 through 7 may leave after the children’s message for a learning time in the children’s worship center.  There are no classes or child care for children over seven.  Please keep them in the sanctuary with you.

 

Large print bulletins and hymnals are available from our ushers,

as are listening devices.  Please ask an usher for assistance!

 

 

 

 

Announcements for the Week of November 22, 2009

 

Christian Education:  Adult education class is at 9:15 am in the Mt. Rainier Room.  Our children’s worship program, “Godly Play,” for children ages 2½ to 7, is held during the 10:30 am worship service.  “Body Builders” are our 8-12 year olds, who, after children's time, are invited to pick up a binder from the front pew, complete one or more ministry assignments during the remainder of the service, and return the binder directly to Pastor Deb after the service. 

 

Last week’s offering:  $1,976.00           Last week’s attendance:  62         

 

Happy Birthday this week to Clark Bathum (11/26).

 

Items to be included in the bulletin should be in the office or emailed to amber@magpres.org by 9:00 a.m. Thursday.

 

2010 Pledges.  If you have not already turned in your 2010 pledge card and Time and Talent Survey form, please do so as soon as possible.  Session meets to plan the 2010 budget on December 1, and needs to know our approximate income for the coming year in order to finalize a realistic budget.  Your pledge matters!   And, while we’re on the subject … There are only five weeks left in 2009 – please plan to fulfill your 2009 MPC pledge by year end! 

 

 


Announcements for the Week of November 22, 2009

 

 

PLEASE NOTE that there will not be a Morning Circle meeting this month as that date falls on Thanksgiving Day.  Instead we will meet on the first Thursday of next month – December 3rd – so please mark your calendars.  Details will be forthcoming as the date approaches.

 

If you ordered Christmas greens from Magnolia Mission Youth this year, they will be ready for pickup at Magnolia Lutheran Church (enter from McGraw or alley behind the church) on Tuesday 11/24 between 4:30-7:00pm.  Questions may be directed to Randy Devitt at 206-282-8612.

 

Advent Party:  Plan to attend MPC's Advent Party on December 6th immediately after church.  Lunch will be served, followed by craft activities for all ages, including for the youngest members of our church family.  We will also decorate the sanctuary and the outside of the church, as well as make cards and put together gift baskets for our home bound members.  The afternoon will end with carol singing.  We need you to make this event truly special.  If you would like to help with the party, sign up on the clipboard in your pew.  If you have ideas for the party, contact Sharlene Bathum.

 

Monthly Playgroup: Our playgroup/parent coffee gathers monthly on second Thursdays from 9:30 to 11 am upstairs in the church nursery.  We meet next on Thursday, 12/10.  All are welcome.  Invite a friend!

 

CELEBRATE THE REASON! with the teens from Magnolia Mission Youth:

It’s easy to get caught up in the trappings of Christmas— the music, the lights, the decorations. Yet, this favorite holiday is really about so much more: God’s love and ultimate gift for us. This Christmas, join MAGNOLIA MISSION YOUTH for a celebration that includes drama and carols in a setting that will capture both the joy and festivities of the season along with the reason for it: Jesus’ birth.

Where: Magnolia UCC (just west of the Village on McGraw)

When: Sunday, Dec. 13th at 7pm

Cost: $5, teens and children are free

Questions?: Contact Buzz at buzz@missionyouth.org

 

Supper Club will gather for our annual Christmas party on Saturday 12/19 at 6:30 pm at the home of Cindy and Doug Bain, 2401 Rosemont Place West, telephone 206-282-2699.  Bring a potluck dish and join us for an evening of great fellowship, good food, carol singing, and Christmas joy.  All MPC adults are invited – if you have never attended a Supper Club event before, what better season to begin?

 

The Giving Tree has made its seasonal appearance in the Narthex. Please take a tag or two to help less fortunate women and children celebrate the joy of Christmas.  Return your present, with the tag attached, no later than December 6th.  The Deacons will deliver the gifts to the Church of Mary Magdelene.  Please, do not wrap the gifts. Thank you!


 

 

 

 


 

Prayer Requests

 

Please keep the following in your prayers:

 

The Deibert Family


Geoff Page

Mary Ann Strong

 

 

 

Please also pray for:

Our pastor

Our session and deacons

and

All of our homebound members, including:


Carol Boitano

Mildred Brown

Edna Carlson

Elsie Cole

Helen Dey

Wilma Egleston

Ray Fergusson

Charlotte Fletcher

Bridget Hopkins

Molly Langdale

Ada Nesbitt

Liz Panteleeff




November 22, 2009                                                    Christ the King Sunday

 

The Worship Service

Liturgy Leader:  Clark Bathum

Please stand if you are able when indicated by an asterisk (*).

Words in bold are spoken together.

 
Prelude

 

Coming into God’s Presence

 

Welcome and Ministry Messages                                        Pastor Deb

Members and guests:  please sign the registration pads.  Notice who is visiting near you and greet them!

 

*Gathering Song (Renew 6):

As we gather may your Spirit work within us;

As we gather may we glorify your name;

Knowing well that, as our hearts begin to worship,

We’ll be blessed because we came,

We’ll be blessed because we came.

 

*Call to Worship

Leader:      Christ the King, King of justice,

People:      We belong to you.

Leader:      Christ the King, King of glory,

People:      We belong to you.

Leader:      Christ the King, King of integrity,

People:      We belong to you.

Leader:      In our world, in our streets, in our homes and communities

People:      Your kingdom come.

Leader:      In our lives, in our loves, in our hopes and our traveling,

People:      Your kingdom come.

Leader:      Today and tomorrow, in time and eternity,

People:      Your kingdom come.

Leader:      Let us worship our glorious King!

 

*Hymn 151                                               Crown Him with Many Crowns

(Verses 1, 3 & 4)

 

Prayer of Confession (please be seated)

Leader:      Friends, God does not disappoint those who come in hope, nor does God turn away those who approach in faith.  Let us make our confession to God, in hope and in faith.

All:              Almighty God, you love us, but we do not love you fully.  You call, but we do not always listen. 

Leader:      We often walk away from neighbors in need, wrapped in our own concerns.  We often condone evil, hatred, warfare, and greed. 

All:              God of grace, help us to admit our sin, so that as you move toward us in mercy, we may repent, turn to you, and receive forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

(The prayer continues in silent confession.)

 

Leader:      Amen.

Assurance of Pardon

Leader:      See the greatness of God’s love for us all:

All:              God sent Jesus into the world that we might have abundant life.

Leader:      How much God wants us to know that we are loved, accepted and forgiven!

All:              Thanks be to God, forever and ever!  Amen.

 

Renew 73                                   Lift Up Your Heads to the Coming King

 

 

*Sharing the Peace of Christ:                                            Lily Whipple                                      

Leader:     The peace of Christ be with you.

All:            And also with you.

Leader:      Let us greet one another with signs of Christ’s peace.

 

Anthem                                                               Coronation (Courtney)

The Congregational Choir

with Ben Harris, French Horn

 

Listening for God’s Word

 

Time with the Children

Following Time with the Children, “Door Angels” will escort children

 ages 2½ to 7 to the children’s worship center downstairs.

Body Builders team remains in worship – don’t forget

to pick up your binder from the front pew for today’s activities.

There is always nursery care provided for children under age 3.

 

Scripture:         Psalm 24                                                        Page 476

                        Psalm 47                                                        Page 490

 

 

Sermon                                                                          “King of Kings”

Rev. Dr. Deborah Hannay Sunoo

 

Moment for Reflection

 

Responding to God’s Word

 

*Hymn 8                                        Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates

 


Prayers of the People and The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, which 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 of Gifts and Tithes
 
Offertory
 
*Offertory Response (Hymn 560, verse 3):

                    We thank you, then, Creator, for all things bright and good,

                    The seed-time and the harvest, our life, our health, our food.

                    Accept these gifts we offer, for all your love imparts,

                    And what you most would welcome:  our humble, thankful hearts.

 

*Prayer of Dedication                                        Deacon Robin Whipple

 

Discipleship Response

Leader:      To Christ our King we owe our allegiance and our worship. 

All:              We offer up our lives in grateful praise.

 

Going Into God’s World

 

*Parting Song:  Renew 20                                          Come and Rejoice

 

*Benediction and Response (Renew 268):

                King of kings and Lord of lords, glory, hallelujah!

                King of kings and Lord of lords, glory, hallelujah!

                Jesus, Prince of Peace, glory, hallelujah!

                Jesus, Prince of Peace, glory, hallelujah!

 

Postlude

 

Please join us for coffee hour downstairs in Fellowship Hall following the service.

Thank you to the Whipple family for hosting coffee hour today.

 

This Week at MPC

Today                     9:15 a.m.           Adult Education class

                                  9:30 a.m.           Congregational Choir Rehearsal

                                10:30 a.m.           Worship

Monday                   7:00 p.m.           Boy Scouts

                                  7:30 p.m.           Women’s Evening Bible Study

Tuesday                 9:30 a.m.           Men’s Coffee

                                  8:00 p.m.           AA, Mt. Rainier Room

Next Sunday         9:15 a.m.           Adult Education class

                                  9:30 a.m.           Congregational Choir Rehearsal

                                10:30 a.m.           Worship

 

 

 


Music Leadership

John Obourn, Music Director

Beth Jaureguy, Piano and Organ

Cindy Bain, Guitar and Organ

 


Session Elders

Don Bailey (2010)

Cindy Bain (2010)

Steve Bass (2011)

Sharlene Bathum (2011)

Randy Devitt (2009)

Pete Smith (2009)

Anné Wikstrom (2011)

Gene Wong (2009)

Cheri Yonich (2010)


Board of Deacons

Dave Bowman (2009)

Earl Collins (2011)

Leanne Devitt (2009)

Sarah Madill (2011)

Laura Mills (2010)

Catherine McCollister (2011)

Kay Ramsay (2010)

Suzanne Tyler (2010)

Robin Whipple (2009)



 

Magnolia Presbyterian Church

3051 28th Avenue West

Seattle, Washington 98199

Telephone 206.283.3322 w Fax 206.281.7652

www.orgsites.com/wa/magpres

 

Rev. Dr. Deborah Hannay Sunoo, Pastor w deb@magpres.org

Amber LaMond, Office Administrator w amber@magpres.org

Office Hours:  Tuesday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.