OUR MISSION The Greenwood Community Church, Presbyterian, seeks to have a three-fold ministry in obedience to our Lord’s Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20): “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations ...” We seek to bring men and women, boys and girls of all nationalities into a vital relationship with the Son of God. “... baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit...” We seek to bring men and women, boys and girls into a vital relationship with the family of God. “... teaching them to observe all I have commanded you ...” We seek to bring men and women, boys and girls into a vital relationship with the Word of God.

OUR SESSION M. Barry Baxter H. Samuel Koldyk Wayne A. Meunier Dennis J. Charpentier D. Elaine Magyar, Clerk Evelyn C. Murray Joan Eichenfeldt Denise S. Mair Donald B. Sorget Emmy J. Kmet Matthew S. Majeika

OUR BOARD OF DEACONS

Cheryl L. Bowser Adam K. Jones Claudette Palin Beverly A. Carson Vera M. Koldyk Patricia A. Parkinson Stephen R. Hall Robert E. Martin, Jr Sherry Phillips Sandra Cook Hall Eric M. McNeely Brandon E. Phillips Marilyn E. Jacobs Louis P. Messier Cynthia M. Pisano Jillian H Jacobs Barbara R. Miller Catherine C. Schobel Virginia A. Jacobs, Moderator Loretta A. Nelson Nancy H. Sumrall Emily R. Jones Janet P. Swanson

OUR STAFF

The Rev. Dr. Stephen L. Clark, Pastor John C. Black, Director of Music and Choirs, Organist

Alexandra K. Nichols, Music Associate Virginia A. Jacobs, Director of Family Ministries

Matthew S. Majeika, Director of Young Adult Ministries Carol A. Castergine, Church Office Administrator

John W. Pickup, Sexton

M. Barry Baxter, Treasurer Emmy Kmet, Financial Secretary Dennis J. Charpentier, President

805 Main Avenue, Warwick, Rhode Island 02886

Church Telephone: (401) 737-1230 www.gccp.org

THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY Morning Worship – 9:30 a.m.

January 24, 2021

Prayer in preparation for worship from the 1946 Book of Common Worship:

Almighty God, as we pray for the Church Universal, we pray for Thy

blessing upon the Church in this place. Here may the faithful find salvation, and the careless be awakened; may the doubting find faith and the anxious be encouraged; may the tempted find help and the

sorrowful comfort; may the weary find rest and the strong be renewed; may the aged find consolation and the young be inspired;

through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

PRELUDE I Have Decided to Follow Jesus arr. W. Fritchie Alexandra Nichols, Violin

And Can It Be arr. Mark Hayes John Black, Piano

*PSALTER CALL TO WORSHIP (adapted from Psalm 42:5a, 7, 8, 11)

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me?

Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my help and my God. DEEP CALLS TO DEEP AT THE THUNDER OF THY CATARACTS; ALL THY WAVES AND

THY BILLOWS HAVE SWEPT OVER ME. By day the LORD commands His steadfast love, and at night His song is

with me, a prayer to the God of my life. WHY ARE YOU CAST DOWN, O MY SOUL, AND WHY ARE YOU DISQUIETED WITHIN

ME? HOPE IN GOD; FOR I SHALL AGAIN PRAISE HIM, MY HELP AND MY GOD. *HYMN O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus PRAYER OF CONFESSION (first silently, then in unison):

POWERFUL AND GRACIOUS GOD, YOU CALLED FROM DEATH TO LIFE THE GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP, EVEN OUR LORD JESUS. ON HIS MERITS, AND FOR HIS SAKE, FORGIVE OUR MANIFOLD SINS. COMFORT AND DEFEND THE FLOCK WHICH HE HAS REDEEMED THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE EVERLASTING COVENANT. AS YOU HAVE CONSECRATED US IN HIM, ASSURE US THAT IN HIM WE ARE HOLY IN YOUR SIGHT. THEN IN THE MINISTRIES OF YOUR WHOLE CHURCH, INCREASE THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO PREACH YOUR GOSPEL; ENLIGHTEN THE HEARTS OF THE IGNORANT, AND RELIEVE THE PAIN OF THE AFFLICTED, ESPECIALLY OF THOSE WHO SUFFER FOR THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS, AMEN.

A prayer of John Knox, 1514-1572 ASSURANCE OF PARDON

*GLORIA PATRI 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.

SPECIAL MUSIC The Lord is My Light Frances Allisten Olivia Black, Soprano

SCRIPTURE READINGS Jonah 2:1-9 (responsively) Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Mark 1:14-20

A TIME WITH THE CHILDREN *HYMN I Will Make You Fishers of Men SERMON WHEN THE FISH IS THE FISHER *AFFIRMATION OF FAITH The Apostles’ Creed

I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, AND IN JESUS CHRIST HIS ONLY SON OUR LORD; 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 OFFERING

*Doxology 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!

*Prayer of Dedication *HYMN Wonderful Grace of Jesus 467 *THE PEACE (responsively) May the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

AND ALSO WITH YOU. (Please be seated) INTERLUDE Final from Symphony 1 Louis Vierne

The 77th Annual Ecclesiastical and Corporate Meeting of the Congregation of Greenwood Community Church, Presbyterian

*BENEDICTION

*(the people standing, as able)

GREENWOOD COMMUNITY CHURCH, PRESBYTERIAN

805 MAIN AVENUE WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND 02886

January 24, 2021 WELCOME to all who are worshiping in our sanctuary today; welcome, too, to all worshiping with us online! As done the past forty-three weeks,

the service will be archived and posted @ twenty minutes after the benediction and will be available for viewing and/or downloading for at

least one week. A special word of welcome to any and all visiting with us in person or online this morning … welcome to our fellowship!

THE 2021 FLOWER CALENDAR is now in the church office. Please call to sign up for dates to honor a loved one, mark an occasion, or commemorate the memory of a dearly departed relative or friend. $15 per bouquet. FLOWERS TODAY are given to the glory of God by Evelyn C. Murray in loving memory of her father, Robert M. Howard, the first Clerk of Session of the Greenwood Community Church, Presbyterian, and her husband, Jack Murray, for the anniversaries of their deaths. Your 2020 ANNUAL STATEMENTS are available for pickup in Fellowship Hall.

PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN’S “GIFTS OF THE HEART” -- During February and March we will hold our annual collection for the “Gifts of the Heart“ kits. A donation box is on the Fellowship Hall stage. Thank you for your continued support of this project! Items needed: 15”x28” hand towels, wash cloths, wide tooth combs, nail clippers, (wrapped) bars of soap, (boxed) toothbrushes. WORSHIP CANCELLATION NOTIFICATION: For up to date information regarding the potential cancellation of church activities during inclement weather, please log on to www.wpri.com or www.turnto10.com, tune in to the corresponding TV stations, look us up on Face Book (Greenwood Community Church, Presbyterian) … and/or call the church office answering machine.

CALL TO ANNUAL MEETING

In accordance with the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the bylaws of our congregation, a call is issued for the 77th Annual Meeting of the Congregation & Corporation of the Greenwood Community Church, Presbyterian of Warwick, Rhode Island, to be held in the church edifice during the Service of Worship which begins 9:30 A.M. January 24, 2021, to elect elders and deacons to fill the vacancies in office, to review reports and to transact all such business as may come before the congregation /corporation. By order of the Session, D. Elaine Magyar, Clerk; and the Board of Trustees, Dennis Charpentier, President.

REMINDER: As requested in years past, if you plan to present a “motion of thanks” at the Annual Meeting, it would be most helpful and appreciated (both for purposes of recording and time management, and to enhance communication via Zoom) if you would put the motion in writing and give it to the Clerk of Session Elaine Magyar before the business portion of the meeting. Thank you!

CCLI LICENSE #1301953

Mark 1:14-20After John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God. “The time is fulfilled,” He said. “The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe the gospel!”

As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, “Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed Him.

When He had gone a little farther, He saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John, who were in their boat mending the nets. Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

Jonah 2:1-9; 3:1-5, 10From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. He said:

“IN MY DISTRESS I CALLED TO THE LORD, AND HE ANSWERED ME. FROM THE DEPTHS OF SHEOL I CALLED FOR HELP, AND YOU LISTENED TO MY CRY.

You hurled me into the deep, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all Your waves and breakers swept over me.

I SAID, “I HAVE BEEN BANISHED FROM YOUR SIGHT; YET I WILL LOOK AGAIN TOWARD YOUR HOLY TEMPLE.”

“The engulfing waters were at my throat, the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.”

“TO THE ROOTS OF THE MOUNTAINS I SANK DOWN; THE EARTH BENEATH BARRED ME IN FOREVER. BUT YOU, O LORD MY GOD, BROUGHT MY LIFE UP FROM THE PIT.”

When my life was ebbing away, I remembered You, Lord, and my prayer rose to You, to Your holy temple.

“THOSE WHO CLING TO WORTHLESS IDOLS FORFEIT THE GRACE THAT COULD BE THEIRS.

But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good.

I WILL SAY, “SALVATION COMES FROM THE LORD.”

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Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.”

So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey in breadth. Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”

And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

(v. 10) When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, He relented and did not bring on them the destruction He had threatened.