Bulletin – Hanover Valley Presbyterian Church

February 22, 2025

Pastor Drew Derreth

Life in the Kingdom of God

WELCOME

TO HANOVER VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Our purpose is to become an authentic community that knows Christ and makes His grace and truth known with such power and glory that lives are transformed by the gospel, multiplying worship and praise to God throughout Hanover and the world.

Welcome. We’re glad that you’re with us. We hope you’ll find joyful worship that engages both your heart and mind, as well as genuine friendship and a caring atmosphere. Please take advantage of any of the opportunities offered here. If we can serve you in any way today, simply speak to one of the ushers.

Children are welcome to stay in the service, but if you prefer, quality childcare is provided throughout the service for children from infants to kindergarten aged. Please speak to one of our ushers for locations.

This bulletin will guide you through the service – just start on the next page and continue as the pastor leads. (Moments when you should stand are noted).

As a courtesy to you and those around you, we ask that you please mute cell phones during the worship time.

To all who are spiritually weary and seek rest;
To all who mourn and long for comfort;
To all who struggle and desire victory;
To all who sin and need a Savior;
To all who are strangers and want fellowship;
To all who hunger and thirst after righteousness;
And to all who will come,

this church opens wide her doors and
offers welcome in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ

REFLECTIONS

We need to keep our heart full of a sense of the love of God. This is the greatest perspective available to us against the power of temptation in the world…Fill your heart with a sense of the love of God in Christ, and apply the eternal design of grace and shed blood to yourselves. Accept all the privileges of adoption, justification, and acceptance with God. Fill your heart with thoughts of the beauty of holiness…then in the ordinary course of walking with God, you will experience great peace and security from temptation.

John Owen

Sin and Temptation

SUNDAY WORSHIP

February 22nd, 2025

Prelude

Call to Worship

Gathering Songs (Please Stand)

Here in This Place

Lay your burden down, every care you carry
And come to the table of grace, for there is mercy
We come just as we are, though we’re all unworthy
To enter Your presence, Oh Lord, for You are holy.

Chorus: We lift our heart, we lift our hands,
We fall on our knees and pray
To the King of Kings for the love You bring
Is here, in this place
We raise our voices, raise our song,
We offer You our praise,
You’re the King of Kings and the joy You bring
Is here, You are here in this place

Fill our lives with praise, show us Your forgiveness
And give us the faith to believe that You’ve redeemed us
You are Lord of all and we give You glory,
All honor and power and praise, for You are worthy

Chorus

Praise My Soul King of Heaven

Praise, my soul, the King of heaven,
To His feet, thy tribute bring
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven
Who, like me, His praise should sing?
Praise Him, praise Him, praise Him, praise Him
Praise the everlasting King
Praise Him, praise Him, praise Him, praise Him
Praise the everlasting King

Fatherlike, He tends and spares us,
Well, our feeble frame He knows
In His hands He gently bears us,
Rescues us from all our foes
Praise Him, praise Him, praise Him, praise Him
Widely as His mercy goes
Praise Him, praise Him, praise Him, praise Him
Widely as His mercy goes

Angels, help us to adore Him
Ye behold Him face to face
Sun and moon bow down before Him
Dwellers, all in time and space
Praise Him, praise Him, praise Him, praise Him
Praise with us, the God of grace
Praise Him, praise Him, praise Him, praise Him
Praise with us, the God of grace

Here in This Place words and music by Chris Davis
© 1999 Matt Huesmann Music (Admin. by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC)

Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven words & music by David Cherwien | Henry Francis Lyte | John Goss
© Words: Public Domain Music: 1992 Art Master Studios, Inc. (Admin. by Music Services, Inc.) Used by Permission. CCLI License #1526697

Give Us Clean Hands

We bow our hearts, we bend our knees;
Oh Spirit, come make us humble.
We turn our eyes from evil things;
Oh Lord, we cast down our idols.

Chorus: Give us clean hands, give us pure hearts;
Let us not lift our souls to another.
Give us clean hands, give us pure hearts;
Let us not lift our souls to another.

And oh God, let us be a generation that seeks,
That seeks Your face, oh God of Jacob;
And oh God, let us be a generation that seeks,
That seeks Your face, oh God of Jacob.

We bow our hearts, we bend our knees;
Oh Spirit, come make us humble.
We turn our eyes from evil things;
Oh Lord, we cast down our idols.

Chorus

Give us clean hands, give us pure hearts;
Let us not lift our souls to another.
Give us clean hands, give us pure hearts;
Let us not lift our souls to another.

Corporate Prayer of Confession

O most great, most just and gracious God; you are of purer eyes than to behold iniquity; but you have promised mercy through Jesus Christ to all that repent and believe in Him. We confess that we have sinned and come short of your glory. We have neglected your holy worship. We have dealt unjustly and unlovingly with our neighbors. We have not made you first in our hearts and lives. With our self-pity and penance we have sought to pay for our own sin and insulted your kindness. You have revealed your wonderful love to us in Christ and offered us pardon and salvation in the cross; but we have turned away. We have run into temptation; and the sin we should have hated, we have committed. Have mercy on us, most merciful Father! In your Son is our salvation, in your promises our hope. Take us as your children and give us your Spirit. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ, your Son and our only Savior. Amen.

Give Us Clean Hands: Words & Music by Charlie Hall

Private Confession

Words of Encouragement

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.

Psalm 103:11-13

Song of Assurance (Please Stand)

Hosanna

Let the weak say “I am strong.” Let the poor say “I am rich”
Let the blind say “I can see,” it’s what the Lord has done in me.
Let the weak say “I am strong.” Let the poor say “I am rich”
Let the blind say “I can see,” it’s what the Lord has done in me.

Chorus: Hosanna, hosanna to the Lamb that was slain.
Hosanna, hosanna, Jesus died and rose again.
Hosanna, hosanna to the Lamb that was slain.
Hosanna, hosanna, Jesus died and rose again.

Into the river I will wade, there my sins are washed away.
From the heaven’s mercy stream of the Savior’s love for me.
I will rise from waters deep into the saving arms of God.
I will sing salvation songs. Jesus Christ has set me free.

Chorus

Jesus died and rose again, Jesus died and rose again.

Announcements & Prayers of the People

Special Music & Offering

Scripture

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Life in the Kingdom of God

What the Lord has Done in me CCLI Song # 2582803 Reuben Morgan © 1998 Hillsong Music Publishing Australia (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing) For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License # 1526697

Song of Reflection (Please Stand)

My Heart is Filled With Thankfulness

My heart is filled with thankfulness to Him who bore my pain;
Who plumbed the depths of my disgrace and gave me life again;
Who crushed my curse of sinfulness and clothed me with His light
And wrote His law of righteousness with power upon my heart.

My heart is filled with thankfulness to Him who walks beside,
Who floods my weaknesses with strength, and causes fears to fly;
Whose every promise is enough for every step I take,
Sustaining me with arms of love and crowning me with grace.

My heart is filled with thankfulness to Him who reigns above;
Whose wisdom is my perfect peace, whose every thought is love.
For ev’ry day I have on earth is given by the King;
So I will give my life, my all, to love and follow him.

Benediction

Parting Song of Praise

My Heart is Filled With Thankfulness (Reprise)

For ev’ry day I have on earth is given by the King;
So I will give my life, my all, to love and follow him.

WORSHIP MUSICIANS

Jessi Stauffer- piano, vocals

SCRIPTURE

Matthew 25:31-46

31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. 34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ 37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ 40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ 41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ 44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ 45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ 46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

NOTES

COMMUNITY & CHURCH LIFE

Parking on Sundays

We’re glad you’re here today! There is a map available on our website (www.hanovervalley.org), highlighting available local parking. There’s plenty and it’s all less than a block away. There is also a parking lot, especially for guests, next to our building outside the Railroad Street Entrance. All public, metered, on-street parking is free on Sundays.

Live Stream & Bulletin Instructions

You can access the livestream from the front page of hanovervalley.org or through youtube.com/user/HanoverValley. If you would like to access the weekly bulletin electronically, you can find the weekly bulletin on the church’s home page, in the middle just below the banner. It’s available as a mobile-friendly version you can view on your phone or as a full PDF that you can download.

Sunday Morning Childcare

We have childcare for children up to the age of four during our 10:00am worship service. The nursery has recently been renovated to provide more space and will be cleaned thoroughly each week.

Catechism Class

Catechism class is from 9:00-9:45am, we offer a class discussing the Westminster Shorter Catechism for students in 1st-5th grades. This class is taught by Noah Trask. This class meets in the 1-3 grade class room.

Pre-K & K Sunday School Class

Starting from 9:00-9:45am we have a class for students in Pre-K and K (ages 3-5). This class will be taught by Becky Derreth and Sarah Schwarz and meets in the 3-K Sunday School room.

Ladies Bible Study

We will continue our Bible study, “Life Lessons from James” by Max Lucado, on Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. on January 3, in the church Dock Room. For those who are new to us, we can provide you with a book to use. All women are invited.

Prayer Gathering

We are meeting on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month @ 6:30 pm at the church. We would love to have you join us! Please contact Gary Harrity for more information at (717) 630-1028.

Youth Group & Kids Group

Youth group (6-8pm) and kids Group (6-7:30pm) meet on Sunday evenings. Youth group is for students 6th-12th grade and kids group is for students in 1st-5th grade. Kids group is currently coordinated by Angela Brewer while youth group is coordinated by Noah Trask.

Young Adult Group

On Thursday evenings from 6:30-8:00pm we offer a small group for young adults between the ages of 18 and 30. See Noah Trask for meeting locations and more information.

New Sunday Morning Safety Procedures

Beginning on Sunday, January 11th, we will be implementing some new safety procedures to better secure the children’s ministry area on the upper level of our building on Sunday mornings. These changes will mainly consist of the upper level of the building being only accessible to parents, children, authorized volunteers, and staff from 9:15-11:30am each Sunday morning. Please speak with a member of the session if you have any questions. A list of all of the updated procedures will be available in the great room for your information.

PRAYERS

Prayer Requests:

Please pray for Debbie Trask’s sister, Susan Baker, she was diagnosed with advanced colon and liver cancer. She has started chemotherapy.
Please pray for Tom Simon and his family. Tom is still doing palliative chemo treatments and the cancer has significantly shrunk! His tests have been very positive. Pray that the treatments continue to go well and for the weariness that each session has on the family.
Please pray for Linda Simon, as she has testing over the next few months with a neurologist. Pray that they find an answer and for the doctor’s knowledge.
Pray that Andrew Hauser will continue to remain clear of any rejection of his new organs and for safety as he travels to and from Pittsburgh for his tests.
Pray that we would recognize God’s hand in our lives and the lives around us.
Ann Kerrison, a friend of Debbie Stapf, was recently diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Pray for Ann and her family as they navigate this challenging time, both physically and emotionally. Please pray for strength and healing while she is on chemo, which is making her very sick.
Please pray that Debbie Stapf’s doctors can find the right medication to work for her as she continues to live with Parkinson’s.
As of Dec. 5th, Melissa Anderson Casper is eligible for a kidney and pancreas transplant. After two more tests, she will be placed on the list. Please pray for a kidney to be donated.