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Memorial Presbyterian Church (u.s.a.)

Trinity Sunday / Time After Pentecost

June 4, 2023 - 11:00 a.m.

2600 Beatties Ford Drive Charlotte, NC 28216

mpccharlotte.org

Church Phone: (704) 392-4752 Fax: (704) 399-2162

 Brenda Goodman,  Worship Leader

Mrs. Jocelyn P. Thompson, Director of Music

Worship Media Staff:  Elder Wendell Hill, Ms. Alexis Mitchell, USG Productions

Rev. Shavon Starling-Louis, M. Div., Pastor

Pastor Phone: ‪(704) 412-1315‬  Pastor Email: Rev.Shavon@gmail.com

Memorial Presbyterian Church

Trinity Sunday / Time After Pentecost

June 4, 2023 - 11:00 a.m.

✠ Please stand as you are able.

Prelude         “Come Down Holy Spirit”      Mrs. Jocelyn Thompson, Director of Music                                                                                                      

✠ Welcoming the Spirit -         “How Great Is Our God”       

Verse 1: The splendor of the King, clothed in majesty. Let all the Earth rejoice (x2)

He wraps himself in light. And darkness tries to hide.  It trembles at His voice (x2)

Chorus: How great is our God, sing with me. How great is our God, and all will see. How great, how great is our God!

Verse 2: Age to age He stands. And time is in His hands. Beginning and the end.(x2).

The Godhead Three in One. Father Spirit Son. The Lion and the Lamb (x2)  [Chorus]

Refrain: Name above all names. Worthy of our praise.My heart will sing.

How great is our God!

Welcome                                                                    Rev. Shavon Starling-Louis, Pastor

Call to Worship                                        

We gather to worship the God of all creation

who crafted the seas and mountains, and yet cares for each of us.

We gather to worship the God of all mystery

who rejoices in our being, and invites us to join the cosmic dance!

 ✠ Song of Praise                    “Holy Holy, Holy”                                 Pew Hymnal #138              

Invitation to Confession                           Brenda Goodman, Worship Leader

We are created in God’s image, and we are called good, but too often our actions distort that image and fail to reflect goodness in this world. Let us return to who we were made to be as we confess.

Prayer of Confession (unison)

Majestic God, You have called us to live in peace, but we turn to conflict and hatred. You yearn for us to work together, but we keep finding reasons to dismiss each other. Forgive us and show us a better way to be your people, your body, your church. Amen.

Declaration of Forgiveness

Scripture is clear: everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. God draws us together, offering salvation, forgiveness, and new life to all.

Alleluia! Thanks be to God, praise be to Christ,  glory be to the Holy Spirit!

Response to Forgiveness            “Softly and Tenderly”                                    

Verse 1: Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, calling for you and for me.

See, on the portals he’s waiting and watching, watching for you and for me.

Refrain: “Come home, come home! You who are weary, come home.”

Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, calling, “O sinner, come home!”

Verse 2: Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading, pleading for you and for me?

Why should we linger and heed not his mercies, mercies for you and for me? [Refrain]

Verse 3: O for the wonderful love he has promised, promised for you and for me!

Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon, pardon for you and for me. [Refrain]

Passing of the Peace

        Greeting: The peace of Christ be with you.  Response: And also with you.

Announcements                                                 Brenda Goodman, Worship Leader                                  

Minute for Ministry                                  Charlotte Presbytery LGBTQ+ Ministry Team  

Invitation of Offering   (from Romans: 12:1)                                      

I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, to present yourselves as a living sacrifice,

holy and acceptable to God. Let us offer our lives to the Lord.  Amen.

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Offertory Selection                  “What A Friend”                                Pew Hymnal #403

 ✠ Blessing of the Offering                 Doxology                          Pew Hymnal #591

Prayer of Thanksgiving and Dedication        (unison)        

Great God, to you we give our thanks; your steadfast love endures forever. With gratitude we bring our gifts to you. Bless us and our gifts, that our lives and our resources may be a source of healing and hope, of joy and justice in our world. Amen.

Prayers of the People and The Lord’s Prayer                

Prayer for Illumination                      

Holy, Holy, Holy One, guide us by the Spirit of truth to hear the Word of life you speak, and to give all glory, honor, and praise to your threefold name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Scripture Lesson:            Matthew 28:16-20 & Acts 8:26-40  

 Leader: This is the word of the Lord.       People: Thanks be to God!  

Musical Selection          “He Looked Beyond My Faults”             

Sermon   “When The Spirit Says Move: What Prevents Me?”    Rev. Shavon Starling-Louis, Pastor                                      

Response To The Word                  Take Me to the Water                  AAHH #675

Verse 1: Take me to the water (x3) to be baptized.

Verse 2: None but the righteous (x3), shall see God.

Verse 3: I love Jesus (x3), Yes, I do.

Verse 4: In the name of Jesus (x3). we shall be saved.

Verse 5: I know I got religion (x3), Yes, I do.

Verse 6: Glory, hallelujah (x3), to be baptized.

Affirmation of Faith         Adapted from the Confession of 1967, 9.07

Jesus Christ is God with humankind. He is the eternal Son of the Father, who became human and lived among us to fulfill the work of reconciliation. He is present in the church by the power of the Holy Spirit to continue and complete his mission. This work of God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is the foundation of all confessional statements about God, humanity, and the world. Therefore, the church calls all people to be reconciled to God and to one another.

✠ Closing Song         I'm Gonna Sing When the Spirit Says Sing                 Public Domain          I'm gonna sing when the Spirit says sing (x3) and obey the Spirit of the Lord.

(Love… Dance… Move… )

✠ Benediction                                          

Postlude                            Recessional On  St. Anne         

✠Please Stand as you are able.

MPC would like to recognize our winter 2022 and spring 2023 Graduates from High School, College, or Advanced Degrees. We would also like to include recognizing those young people who are being promoted from Elementary School to Middle School and from Middle School to High School. Please submit the following for High School, College, and Advanced Degrees: Name, Picture, Degree/ Diploma achieved as well as accomplishments, awards, etc. For those being promoted from Middle to High School, please submit the following: Name, Picture, the rising Grade, accomplishments, and awards, etc. All submissions should be directed to Larilyn Reid, EEMT Coordinator of Special Events at reidabook2@hotmail.com no later than June 4, 2023.

Educating and Equipping Ministry Team Updates

Beginning at the end of this month, May 2023, we will no longer implement Live Zoom Sunday School. It is clear that Sunday School should now move to the next steps for the provision of this most important aspect of Christian Education and the involvement of our Youth and Children.  With new Co-Moderators for the Educating and Equipping Ministry Team (EEMT), Michelle Pass and Joe Green, this is an excellent and exciting time for us all to discuss, plan, and create these next steps.  We will look forward to and to participate with direction/guidance from new leadership as we move into the next phase of providing Sunday School for Memorial beyond May, 2023.

We want to thank each of you immensely for your time, dedication, efforts, input, and participation with Live Zoom Sunday School during the past 3 years.  We have enjoyed participating in this online experience and have learned so much! Even more, we will always be honored that you have walked with us throughout this live Zoom Sunday School experience.

 Announcements

 If you have an announcement please email

Elder Judith Cowan judithcowan@bellsouth.net by Wednesday

Sunday, June 4               11:00 AM Worship Service

After Worship Community Conversation: Charlotte Presbytery LGBTQ+ Ministry Team Q&A and facilitated Conversation

Sunday, June 11                 11:00 AM Graduation Celebration Worship Service

Tuesday, June 13                6:30 PM Stated Session Meeting

Sunday, June 18                11:00 AM Worship Service

Thursday, June 22        6:30 PM Worship Ministry Team

Sunday, June 25                11:00 AM Worship Service         

Next Communion Sunday : July 2, 2023

Loving - Learning -Leading LuncheonsMark your calendars

Same Faith New Journey Conversations

for Faithful Congregational Reformation Continue Quarterly

July 23, October 1

after Worship in the Fellowship Hall 12:30- 2:30

Congregational Values from Previous  Loving - Learning -Leading Luncheons 

Equipping the saints (Teaching/ Education/ Training (children especially))

Fellowship

Conversation with Community

Collaboration

Accountability

History as Compass

Everyone Matters / We Are All Important

Engage in Worship The Worship Ministry Team invites the congregation of Memorial to share in worship leadership in all forms including reading, music, poetry, dance, art or other expressions of praise. We have a signup sheet at the entrance for those interested. Please contact Elder Darrell Anderson or Elder Stanley Graham if you have questions.

We Pray Together

Elders Wendell Hill  and Jessie Spicer as they travel for a mission trip to Kenya.

Mrs. Rozelle Jones recovering from surgery.

Ms. Dorothy Counts- Scoggins  & family as she recovers from surgery in rehab.

Mr. Willie Little as he recovers at home.

Mrs. Mary Johnson the sister of Diane Watkins.

Communities and families navigating loss and trauma in light of rampant gun violence.

Our Global Siblings particularly the church in the South Sudan, The Presbyterian Church in South Sudan.

June Birthday Blessings:  Denise Mitchell ~ 7, Gil McGregor - 14, Rosalie Little ~15, Belina Holt - 29, Kevin Wardlaw ~ 29, Jessie Spicer 30 Anniversary:  Rev. Lloyd Morris & Mrs. Nancy Morris ~ 27

Pray for and Follow along with our pastor Rev. Shavon Starling-Louis' and Rev. Ruth Faith Santana-Grace's learnings and journeys as the current Moderators of the General Assembly of Presbyterian Church (USA) on Facebook at fb.com/gamoderators   

IT’S NOT TOO LATE:  THE GREAT UPDATE Reminder:  We Need EVERYONE To participate

Note for clarity:  The Church Directory information will only be shared with those included in the directory.

So far we have only had about 78 families or individuals complete.

Church Staff & Contracted Support

 Mrs. Barbara Bell, Custodian

Preston Hill, Treasurer

Alexis Mitchell, Social Media

Jocelyn Thompson, Director of Music

Frank Toliver, Assistant Treasurer

Joyce Woodard, Clerk of Session

Wendell Hill, Sound

Rev. Shavon Starling-Louis, Pastor

USG Productions, Livestreaming

MINISTRY UPDATES

PW Birthday Offering Announcement

The Presbyterian Women Birthday Offering will help sponsor two grant recipients this year. They are: Making Miracles Group Home in Tallahassee, Florida ($150,000.) which helps young women break the cycle of abusive relationships, help the develop skills to live independently so they can support themselves and their children. They can live there for one year. The other recipient is Berhane Yesus Elementary School Kindergarten School Construction in Dembi Dollo, Ethiopia ($99,400.). This grant will help with the construction of additional space for their Kindergarten students, since they are meeting in the chapel at this time. This school is the first entry point for children of farmers, migrants and displaced groups of people.Presbyterian Women would appreciate any amount you could give to help these two organizations. This offering may be placed in your envelope or online in the section indicating "other" or in the yellow envelope in the pews.

THE VICTORY VISION CARE PROJECT SPONSORED BY THE PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN NEEDS YOU HELP

The Victory Vision Care Project (sponsored by Presbyterian Women Organization) ending date is June 30.  Please help us in this final push for Financial Contributions.  Gently used eyewear can be left in Vision Care Project Box on Table in Vestibule .  Your effort will help bring clearer vision to people in Rural Ghana.  Nancy  S. Morris, Chairperson

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Educating and Equipping Ministry Team Updates

Beginning at the end of this month, May 2023, we will no longer implement Live Zoom Sunday School. It is clear that Sunday School should now move to the next steps for the provision of this most important aspect of Christian Education and the involvement of our Youth and Children.  With new Co-Moderators for the Educating and Equipping Ministry Team (EEMT), Michelle Pass and Joe Green, this is an excellent and exciting time for us all to discuss, plan, and create these next steps.  We will look forward to and to participate with direction/guidance from new leadership as we move into the next phase of providing Sunday School for Memorial beyond May, 2023.

We want to thank each of you immensely for your time, dedication, efforts, input, and participation with Live Zoom Sunday School during the past 3 years.  We have enjoyed participating in this online experience and have learned so much! Even more, we will always be honored that you have walked with us throughout this live Zoom Sunday School experience.