Commitment Sunday November 5, 2023
10:00 a.m.
Orchard Park Presbyterian Church
1605 E. 106th Street, Indianapolis IN, 46280 www.orchardpark.org
317-844-1107
Welcome
Welcome to Orchard Park Presbyterian Church. We are glad you are worshiping with us today and hope you will explore the many opportunities of learning, serving, and community building at Orchard Park! We are a caring community committed to living the greatest commandment of loving God and loving our neighbors. If you’re new in town and/or are looking for a church home, please accept this welcome as an open invitation to come with us as we worship and serve Jesus Christ!
OPPC office hours: M-Th 9am – 11:30am, 12:30pm – 4pm, F 9am – 3pm.
Prayer Chapel hours: M-Th, 9am to 9pm, F 9am to 6pm, Sunday 9am to Noon.
Please fill out a Visitor card from the pew and place it in the offering plate so we can keep you informed.
Please join us for fellowship & Bible study.
Please silence electronic devices when in the Sanctuary or Chapel.
Nursery care is available during worship in room 126.
Following the morning service, those who would like to do so are invited to greet one another for fellowship in the Lounge.
If you would like to talk to a pastor or notify the pastoral staff of personal concerns, illnesses, hospitalizations, or deaths, please call the church at 317.844.1107.
If you have a prayer request, contact Marc Kruithoff (prayer@orchardpark.org).
If you are interested in becoming a member of Orchard Park, email Shelly Wood (shellywood@orchardpark.org).
To learn more about our church, visit orchardpark.org.
Our Staff members are available for you. Please feel free to contact us: Pastor, Rev. Dr. Shelly White Wood, shellywood@orchardpark.org
Parish Associate, Rev. Trish Lisa, tlisa@orchardpark.org
Director of Music, Michael Pietranczyk, mpietranczyk@orchardpark.org Youth Outreach Director, Dr. Kristin Lehr, klehr@orchardpark.org Business Administration, Mary Leffler, mleffler@orchardpark.org Communication Director, Brittany Glass, bglass@orchardpark.org Bookkeeper, Joe Jansen, jjansen@orchardpark.org
Technology & Building Superintendent, Joe Delise, joedelise@gmail.com
Clerk of Session, Nick Tillema, nick@accessvaluation.com
10:00 a.m.
Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost
*please rise in body or in spirit
Gathering Around the Word
Prelude – Chorale Prelude on “Nettleton” | Aaron
David Miller | Michael Pietranczyk, organ
Welcome and Announcements – Rev. Dr. Shelly Wood
Minute for Mission – Share the Harvest |
Michael Pietranczyk
*Call to Worship – Elyse Barajas
Leader: Delight! Children of God, delight!
People: We are delighted to be here together; to worship as a family and to be united in a common ministry.
Leader: We gather in worship to celebrate this community.
People: We celebrate the love that we have for one another, the support that we give to one another and the journey we are on to be united by God’s grace.
Leader: We come together this day to delight in offering our gifts.
People: We delight in the gifts we are giving, the pledges we are making and the future we are creating.
Leader: We join our hearts and our spirits today and delight in giving.
People: We are here! We are delighted! We are united!
Leader: Let us worship the God who loves when we delight in giving.
People: Let us worship God!
*Hymn 475 Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
[Tune: NETTLETON]
(please see hymnal for musical notation)
Call to Confession – Elyse Barajas
*Prayer of Confession
(unison)
Lord, you know our inmost being. You know all that we are, all that we know, all that we think, and all that we believe. When those thoughts, beliefs, ideas and be-ings turn from you, we long to be placed back on Your path. We pray that our lives might be a never-ending offering to you, and that our sin might lead to more ways to learn and grow closer to your hopes for us. Cleanse us of our sin; turn our thoughts and feet ever toward Your Way. We pray this together in the name of your Son Jesus. Amen.
*Declaration of Pardon – Elyse Barajas
Leader: Friends, believe the good news.
People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven.
*Gloria Patri, No. 581
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, amen
*Passing of the Peace – Elyse Barajas
Leader: The Peace of Christ be with you.
People: And also with you.
Children’s Church
Special Presentation
Song of Praise – 10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord) | Jonas Myrin and Matt Redman
The Orchard Park Band
Listening for the Word
Scripture Reading – Matthew 25: 1-13 | Rev. Dr. Shelly Wood
Leader: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God
Sermon – Rev. Dr. Shelly Wood
“When the Lights Go Out”
Responding to the Word
Call of Offering – Rev. Dr. Shelly Wood
Offertory – For the Beauty of the Earth | arr. Nelson
The Sanctuary Choir
*Doxology 606
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.
Sealing the Word
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
Invitation
Great Thanksgiving
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to our God.
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Prayer
Minister: It is truly right and our greatest joy…who forever sing to the glory of your name:
Sanctus – No. 552
(sung)
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the Highest.
Prayer
(continued)
…Great is the mystery of faith!
Memorial Acclamation – No. 553
(sung)
Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again. Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
The Lord’s Prayer
(sung)
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.
The Communion
*Prayer of Dedication for our Offerings and Annual Giving Commitments for 2024
Leader: Creator of all, the earth is yours, the world and all who live in it.
People: You have entrusted us with gifts— time, talent, energy, money— and asked us to use them to build your peaceable kingdom. With thanks and praise we respond to your call.
Leader: We bring these gifts you have given, returning your generosity, paying it forward.
People: We offer ourselves, our lives, our hopes and fears, our dollars and our hours. We commit ourselves to work for your world, to love and serve wherever you call.
Leader: We ask your blessing on this, your church, as we seek to follow you with heart, mind, and soul. People: Bless also these gifts, our investment in your future, that they may multiply in faith, hope, peace and love. Amen
Bearing the Word out into the World
*Hymn 649 Amazing Grace [Tune: NEW BRITAIN]
(please see hymnal for musical notation)
*Benediction – Rev. Dr. Shelly Wood
Postlude – Praeludium in A minor | Dietrich Buxtehude
Michael Pietranczyk, organ
TODAY’S VOLUNTEERS
Greeter: Susie Meeks
Ushers: Catherine Taylor & Kathy Lewellyn Coffee Corps: Emily Sherer
COME PRAY WITH US
ONGOING CONCERNS: Joe Miller, Christine McGinn, Lisa Freihofer, Matt Haugk, Nancy Simms, Sue Andrews, Bob Sherer, first responders, and our military personnel (and their families) including Jack Herider, and Ross Ochs.
TODAY AT ORCHARD PARK
10:00 a.m. Worship Service (Sanctuary)
11:00 a.m. Commitment Sunday Celebration (Lounge) 11:15 a.m. Blood Pressure Screening (Office)
11:30 a.m. Music Rehearsal (Music Room)
12:00 p.m. 3rd – 5th Grade Fellowship (205, Kidzone)
THE WEEK AHEAD AT ORCHARD PARK (11/13-19)
MONDAY
9:30 a.m. Quilters (208)
TUESDAY
6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible study (Lounge)
WEDNESDAY
9:30 a.m. Together Today (Lounge) 10:00 a.m. Bible Study (Zoom)
7:00 p.m. Youth Group (Youth Rooms) 7:00 p.m. Bells (Music Room)
THURSDAY
9:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study (Z00m & Lounge)
7:00 p.m. Choir Practice (Music Room)
FRIDAY
9:00 a.m. Old GOATS Group (115)
SATURDAY
9:00 a.m. IBA (Pavilion)
9:00 a.m. Bible Study (Library) All Day – Breakaway (Pyoca)
SUNDAY
10:00 a.m. Worship Service (Sanctuary) 11:00 a.m. After Service Fellowship (Lounge)
11:15 a.m. Adult Bible Study (North Chapel) 11:15 a.m. Sprout (205 & 206)
11:15 a.m. Parents in Prayer (212)
11:30 a.m. Music Rehearsal (Music Room) 4:00 p.m. Young Families (115 & Kidszone) All Day – Breakaway (Pyoca)
STEWARDSHIP 2024
JOIN US! In the Lounge at 11:15 a.m. for our commitment Sunday Celebration! We will be remembering Anne Porteous and other church members as well as honoring our last remaining founder
Rebecca (Blaker) Atz.
2024 Pledge Campaign Update – As of 11/6/2023, we have
received 57 pledges totaling $386,237.74. This represents 28.1% of our 2024 Pledge Campaign goal. Thank you for those of you who have pledged early!! This week the Stewardship Committee would like to share information and offer guidance for those who may wish to consider establishing a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) from an IRA account.
To Donate by Stock – Contact Mary Leffler. OPPC Business Admin. mleffler@orchardpark.org or 317.814.2472
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SHARE THE HARVEST:
Each year members of the congregations of Orchard Park Presbyterian Church and Harvest Christian Fellowship (Indianapolis) join in a Thanksgiving meal program to serve those in need, in and around the neighborhood surrounding Harvest Christian Fellowship (Indianapolis). Donations to purchase the food needed for these meals will be accepted until NOVEMBER 19 in the offering plate during worship, or online in REALM. Please designate “Share the Harvest” in the memo line of your check if submitting in person. The cost for an entire meal is $50, but any dollar amount is gladly appreciated. Thank you to all who help make this OPPC Thanksgiving tradition a blessing to those who are in need. contact Mike Pietranczyk (mpietranczyk@orchardpark.org).
HEAR GO SEE DECEMBER: Festival of Trees at The Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center
Presented by The Salvation Army, this year’s winter wonderland Festival of Trees at The Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center features more than 75 elaborately decorated trees representing individuals, organizations, and companies from
around Indiana. Eli Lilly Hall also features a massive, 30-foot centerpiece tree that is viewable throughout most of the building.
Tuesday – December 5
Carpools meet at church 10:00 AM
10:30 a.m. Meet at Indiana History Center Lobby (450 West Ohio Street)
Lunch at the Stardust Terrace Café
Tickets in advance online: Adult $13, Senior (60+) $12 Add $2.00 if purchased at the door.
YOUTH BREAKAWAY
Join OPPC at Camp Pyoca for an incredible weekend of fellowship Nov 17 – 19. If you are interested in attending Breakaway, register at www.pyoca.org or contact youth director Kristin Lehr at klehr@orchardpark.org.
PRESBYTERIAN DISASTER ASSISTANCE
As violence escalates in and around Israel/Palestine, PDA is providing humanitarian assistance through partners on the ground and through ACT Alliance. PDA has approved solidarity grants and will continue supporting PDA partners providing humanitarian assistance. PDA’s response efforts will encompass a wide array of vital humanitarian interventions. These include, but not limited to medical supplies, shelter, WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene), food and non-food items and delivering crucial psychosocial support to individuals.
To send a check, please designate where you want your gift to go on the memo line and mail to:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
P.O. Box 643700
Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3700
THANK YOU MESSAGE FROM ALBERT & MARGARET CHEN
Church Family,
Margaret and I are so grateful for Dr. Reverend Shelly Wood, Mike Pietranczyk, Bari Faudree, Gary Crouse, David Norris, and Randy Hutchinson’s participation in the Sachem Award Ceremony. Pastor Shelly offered a heartfelt invocation, and Mike Pietranczyk composed a song especially for this occasion – In a Field of Golden Sunrise. The ceremony ended with the audience joining the quartet in singing, All Glory Be to Christ. We appreciate you sharing your talents with us to make the event more memorable.
From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you. Albert & Margaret Chen
