Worship To Strengthen Our Faith

January Worship Services

2012

We will begin the New Year with a Celebration of The Lord’s Supper and mark our faith in Jesus Christ using the Apostle’s Creed and sharing the Lord’s Prayer.  As the month unfolds we will continue to mark the journey of our faith with the Celebration of Epiphany as we remember the visit of the Magi and conclude the Christmas Season with the Chancel Choir’s presentation of The Living Light.  The remainder of the month will focus on the simplicity of the gospel message and the call to discipleship as we use the account of Mark to guide our worship experience.

January 1^st               New Year’s Day

Sacrament of Communion

Scripture Reflection              1 Corinthians 4: 1-5

Carols of Light

First Lesson                           “A New Light”

Song of Illumination               “I Was Touched and I Believe”         Rebecca Abbott, soloist

Scripture Lesson                   2 Corinthians 1: 12-22

Morning Message                 “The Light of Our Conscience”

January 8^th               Epiphany Sunday

Choir and Orchestra “The Living Light”

            Dramatic Interpretation         “One of the Magi”

            Chancel Choir                       “One True King”

Scripture Reflection              Matthew 1: 18-25

First Lesson                           “The Name of Jesus”

Scripture Lesson                   Matthew 2: 1-12

Morning Message                 “The Treasured Light”

January 15th           2^nd Sunday after Epiphany

Sacrament of Communion

First Lesson                           “The Marks of Faith”

Scripture Lesson                   John 1: 43-51            The Call of Philip and Nathanael

Choir Anthem                        “Make Our Church One Joyful Choir”

Sermon                                  “Finding Our Identity”

January 22nd          3^rd Sunday after Epiphany

First Lesson                           “Mark the Disciple”

Song of Illumination               “I Will Follow”

Choral Anthem                      “Order My Steps”

Scripture Lesson                   Mark 1: 14-20            The Calling of the First Disciples

Sermon                                  “A Willingness to Follow”

January 29^th             4^th Sunday after Epiphany

Choral Introit                          “Sanctuary”   

First Lesson                           “A Bad Mark”

Scripture Lesson                   Mark 1: 21-28            Driving Out an Evil Spirit

Sermon                                  “Evil Exists”

Choral Benediction               “I Open My Mouth”

“Fellowship to Celebrate the Good News”

Welcome to Zachary Jamieson {New Youth Director}

The new youth director is here and he is rolling out some new things for us all to follow the Youth Ministry in the months ahead.  The program will embrace both the Middles School Youth {6^th-8^th Grade} and High School Youth {9^th-12}.  (See separate article for the schedule of upcoming events).

Zach comes to us from the Hagerstown, Maryland area (near the Outlet Malls for those who have been to that area).  He has deep Presbyterian roots having grown up in the local Presbyterian Church in Hagerstown and has been a part of the Baltimore Presbytery Youth Council.  He has extensive experience with the Maryland Youth Leadership Workshops across the state of Maryland.  He is currently doing his student teaching with an urban emphasis at the Lincoln School in the city of Pittsburgh.  He will graduate in May from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a education degree and hopes to work within the urban school system in Pittsburgh.  Zach will be leading the Education Hour for the High School youth and will be in worship weekly.  Please introduce yourself as you learn more about his leadership of our youth.

He has set up a blog for the Wallace Youth Group and invites everyone to log on to the blog at wmpcyouthgroup.wordpress.com.  A Twitter account has also been started to keep everyone updated on what the youth group is doing.  For those who “twitter” the username is @wmpcyouthgroup.  Watch for further developments as Zach gets things rolling in the months ahead.

P.S. Ask the youth about Zach’s secret identity.