269 Years of Service

THE APOSTLES’ CREED

In the Name of Christ
I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth:
Sowing, GROWing, and Serving
And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord;
1741 - 2010
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.

GLORIA PATRI

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
Marion Williams 1966
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without
end. Amen. Amen.
Pittsgrove Presbyterian Church
DOXOLOGY
Daretown, New Jersey
(856) 358-1104
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. Rev. Dr. Julia Pizzuto-Pomaco, Pastor
Dominic Mercado, Director of Music
Margaret A. Powers, Organist
Jill Stout, Secretary

website: www.daretownpres.org
 SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
October 17, 2010 CHILDREN’S MESSAGE
“This Is the Day” (Hymn #652G)

ORGAN PRELUDE “God Will Take Care of You” Martin CHORAL ANTHEM “A Life Giving Stream”

WORDS OF WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

CHORAL INTROIT FIRST LESSON Psalm 5:1-8 (p. 490)

*CALL TO WORSHIP SECOND LESSON Luke 7:36-50 (p. 66-67)

Leader: We lift up our eyes to the hills; from where will our
help come? SERMON “Hanging With the Right Crowd”
People: Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven
and earth. *HYMN #422G “Amazing Grace!”
Leader: The Lord will keep us from all evil; the Lord will
keep our life. PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
All: The Lord will keep our going out and our coming
in from this time on and forevermore. PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS

*HYMN #66G “To God Be the Glory” OFFERTORY “Arioso” Bach

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION *DOXOLOGY

Patient God, we have come again. We have come again because
the burden of sin is heavy, and we can’t bear it alone. We have *PRAYER OF DEDICATION
come again because we long to hear news that is good. We have
come again because there is no one else to help. Hear our cries. *HYMN #436G “Grace Alone”
Receive our prayers. Heal our hurts. Remind us that we always
have a place to come, that we always have a God compassionate to *BENEDICTION
care, and powerful enough to redeem. Amen.
*CHORAL RESPONSE
*MOMENTS FOR SILENT, PERSONAL CONFESSION
MOMENT FOR SILENT MEDITATION
*ASSURANCE OF PARDON
ORGAN POSTLUDE “The Church’s One Foundation” Wesley
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH The Apostles’ Creed
(back cover of bulletin) SERVICE NOTES:
(*) indicates when to stand
*GLORIA PATRI (back cover of bulletin) (G) refers to our green hymnal “Worship & Rejoice”
We welcome everyone present and pray that God’s love and
joy are stirred up within each of us today.
The elder for the month is Dana Barrett.
The deacon for the month is Dot Floyd.
The trustee for the month is Dave Ewart.
The greeters are Karl & Alberta Simkins.
Lay leader is Judy Gardner.
Mission Statement:
In the Name of Christ: Sowing, GROWing, and Serving.
Vision Statement: We are GROWing,
Growing in Faith,
Reaching others for Christ,
Offering opportunities for mission,
Worshipping the Lord with our whole hearts.
If you are visiting with us today we warmly welcome you
and hope you have received a welcome packet. Please
feel free to contact Pastor Julia with any questions or
pastoral needs. Pastor Julia can be reached at 358-1104
or revjuliap@gmail.com. You can contact Jill Stout, our
secretary/treasurer, in the office or at jstout312@comcast.net.
PRAISE BAND PRACTICE – Tuesday @ 7:30 pm
CHOIR PRACTICE – Wednesday @ 7:30 pm
Cong. Life/Mission Meeting – Monday @ 7:30 pm
TNT – Tuesday 6-8pm
Joshua Gill, a Presbyterian student from Palmer Seminary,
will be preaching next Sunday, October 24th. He is the
youth pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Frazer, PA.
Please welcome him to our church.
Don’t forget – TNT continues this Tuesday night,
October 19th beginning with a light meal at 6 pm.
6:30-7:30 Programs-Adults (Alpha), Youth & Children
7:30-8:00 Contemporary Worship-
Praise, Prayer, Scripture and Testimonies
Please let Pastor Julia know if you can help with TNT and
there is also a sign up sheet in the narthex if you are willing
and able to prepare a light meal for one Tuesday Night
Together. We hope to see you there!
The annual hayride is today, 12 noon at the Williams’ farm.
Join us for fellowship, lunch and a bonfire! This is a not to
be missed event! Contact Samantha Ewart to find out what
items are still needed for lunch.
“Trunk or Treat” Hallelujah Party- Join us on Friday
evening, October 29th from 6-8 pm for our first annual
“trunk or treat”. Bring your children and their friends in
costume (nothing scary please) to walk around and get
“treats” from the trunks/beds of vehicles that will be lined
around the parking lot. We will have hot dogs, crafts and
loads of fun! If you could donate your time or would like to
participate please see Joe Pizzuto-Pomaco.
A Congregational Meeting will be held after worship on
November 7th for the purpose of discussing our finances.
Donations of small toys, candy, etc. are needed for “The
Net”. This is an incentive program for our Sunday School
students. The first “Net” will take place on Nov. 7th. See
Samantha for more information.
Prayer Requests: Mary Radcliffe, Debbie Covey (Oak
Gandy’s daughter), Judi Walker, Jack Barrett, Billy Cundey
Jr. (friend of Chris Baum), Paul Headley, Juele Pizzuto
(Pastor Julia’s mom), Ron Rudenolff and Joanne Riddell
(friends of Dee & George Leptien), Sharon & Michael Hughes
(friend of Kitty Lamb), Jean Johnston (Patrick Sheehan’s
grandmother), Bruce and Teresa Monell, Carl Whestel
(friend of Andrea Wood), Sarah Transue (student of Elaine
Myers), Brian Denny (friend of Jeanine Tindall), Peggy
Kroeplin (Donna Stroud’s mother), Brad Davis, Martha
McClendon (wife of Pastor Bruce of Elmer Presbyterian), Bill
Williams, Debra Floyd, Dot Floyd and Loula Dolbow (Dottie
Robbins’ mother).
Our deepest sympathies go out to the Hitchner family at the
loss of Grant Hitchner. Also pray for Kristen Hitchner and
her husband Grant at the added loss of Grant’s brother, Ben
Coleman. Please keep Clarence Robinson in your prayers as
he continues to recover in Crozer Hospital.
Disciple's Pantry in Woodstown continues to be in need of
boxed items such as cereals, pasta, mac-n-cheese, & rice.
They are gathering anything available in a can: vegetables,
fruit, baby food, spaghetti sauce, soups, tuna, pork & beans,
canned meat such as Spam, Turkey, Stew, etc. Peanut
butter & jelly is also needed as well as toilet paper. Dried
milk is welcome but must be in “individual” serving sizes to
make distribution easier and more equal. Please leave your
contribution in the box marked in the narthex and we will
make sure it gets there. This is one way we can make a
difference by helping needy people in our area. Thank You
to those who have already generously contributed money.
On November 6th, from 12 noon to 3 pm, the Cornerstone
Women’s Recource Center is holding their Annual Christmas
Tea & ‘Bid for Life’ Auction at West Park United Methodist
Church, 625 Shiloh Pike in Bridgeton. The doors will open at
11:45 am and the ticket price is $20. To RSVP call 856-935-
0300 by Oct. 23rd.
Operation Christmas Child (“shoebox gifts”), a Samaritan’s
Purse project is one of our fall Sunday School mission
projects. Look for pamphlets on how to pack a box that will
be sent to a needy child. Instructions and labels are also
available on the church website. Boxes will be due by Nov.
14th. See Samantha Ewart with any questions.
Bible Reading Challenge ...How are you doing with it?
It is easy to start off strong and then lose interest…let’s
encourage one another and our children to keep reading our
Bibles so that we might grow deeper in our faith!
Between now and the beginning of Advent (November 28th)
we are being challenged to read our Bibles and pray for at
least 5-10 minutes a day (hopefully more!). At the Birthday
Party for Jesus (December 5th) prizes will be given out for
regular readers and the Sunday School class with the
average highest reading will receive a super, duper ice cream
party (your choice of flavors and toppings).
The Youth Group is now selling beautiful 2011 calendars.
Only $6 will get you a very nice gift for someone (or
yourself) and also support our youth. Please ask any youth
group member or pick one up for $6 in the narthex or by the
adult lounge. Thank you!
 99 Days of Fitness Results from Anita Murphy
First, thank you for participating in our 99 days of fitness
challenge. Secondly, I know many of you are exercising but
not interested in recording it and that is okay too!
Sedentary lifestyles lead to illness and getting everyone
motivated to get active was the goal of the program.
However, just because the program ended doesn’t mean you
can stop what you are doing, keep going! As a matter of fact
you should be adding brain activity to your regimen. Try
something you haven’t done to promote new, brain nerve
pathways. This involves tickling your brain with memory
games, or crossword puzzles. Also developing new hand eye
co-ordination activities increases nerve growth such as
playing the piano, or golfing. Let’s start increasing your brain
health now with the following word problems to reveal where
we traveled to. (no cell phone calculators allowed!).
1. There were 33 participants who recorded their
mileage. If each participant went 42.666 miles how
far did we travel?
2. Traveling north we visited the province of
(unscramble) BECQEU.
3. Traveling West we landed in the town of Almena, pop.
500. To figure out the state, recall from, The Wizard
of OZ, Dorothy said to her dog “I guess we aren’t in
______anymore”.
4. Traveling East we are still sailing the waters of the
(circle one) Pacific Atlantic Indian- Ocean.
5. Traveling South we landed in Ft. Matanzas, Florida. If
we continued to sail southward what country would we
land in? ____________
We are already beginning to plan our next youth mission
trip! Youth and adults are invited to attend our 2011
mission trip where we will be heading to Johnstown, NY. The
week of July 23rd will be spent working on homes for people
in need while we grow in our faith. If you are interested in
attending this trip please see Pastor Julia by November 14th.
Once again cookie dough is available for sale. It will be
available for pick up on November 20th (in time for
Thanksgiving & Christmas cookies). If you would like to
purchase some please see one of our youth or a member of
our mission team, Ed, Kurt or Dana.
A little bit of Johnstown history includes that “in the
1800s it was a major center for tanning leather and by the
1900s was the glove-making capital of the world. The
production of gloves brought in many other industries and
offered a plethora of jobs to residents. Fulton County hit
its high time during World War II, which demanded a large
supply of military gloves.
Since World War II, the economy of Johnstown has
declined. The production of gloves has largely been
outsourced to other countries, where the cost of production
is significantly lower. Few glove companies still exist in
Johnstown and the economy has suffered because of it.”
At a glance, Johnstown’s population is 8,464 with an
unemployment rate of 4.7%. The median household income is
$29,000. and the percent of people living below the poverty
level is 19%.
The flowers this morning are given in honor of Hanna
Richman’s birthday by her family.

The Mission of the Month for October is Habitat for

Humanity. Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit Christian
housing ministry which seeks to eliminate poverty housing
and homelessness from the world. To accomplish these
goals, they invite people of all backgrounds, races and
religions to build houses together in partnership with
families in need. Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1976
by Millard Fuller, along with his wife, Linda. Today, they
have built over 300,000 houses around the world, providing
more than 1.5 million people in 3,000 communities with safe,
decent, affordable shelter. For more information you can
visit www.habitat.org. Please keep this ministry in your
prayers. Our congregation has been involved in supporting
Habitat since it began in Salem County.

There are assisted listening devices for people to better

hear the worship service. Feel free to use one.

Join us for a prayer time every Sunday morning in the youth

lounge before church at 9:20am.

Substitute teachers for Sunday School are still needed.

Please let the office know if you are willing to help.

Please note: Pastor Julia now has a new e-mail address.

It is revjuliap@gmail.com. If you need to send her an
e-mail please use this address.

Check out our website for the weekly Bulletin and Insert.
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