Hanover Valley Presbyterian Church
July 12, 2026
Pastor Noah Trask
I Can Believe in the Resurrection of the Body
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
The eternal and blessed life with God in heaven, accompanied by rest and unspeakable glory, is the goal of the Christian’s faith. This is the harbor of their hope, the refuge of all their desires, the crown of their consolation that they will certainly enjoy, having escaped from the travails of this miserable and fleeting earthly life, indeed, from death itself.… Thus eternal life is the end and fulfillment of all good things, for which God has purchased us through his Son. This is the goal on which our gaze should be fixed throughout our earthly pilgrimage. This is the treasure that we should unceasingly desire. This is the hour and the blessing to which all the plans and efforts of our lives should be inclined.… This is our true country, our permanent city, in which our citizenship has been acquired by the merit of the death of Jesus Christ. This is the home that we long for, amid the banishments, the weariness, the dangerous fears of this valley of misery and the shadow of death. This is the safe refuge and the beautiful harbor toward which we sail amid so many waves and storms that constantly trouble the world. This is the blessed land where we will dwell by means of death.
Simon Goulart
Sunday Worship
July 12th, 2026
Prelude
Call to Worship
Praise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!
Psalm 147:1
Gathering Songs (Please Stand)
House of the Lord
We worship the God who was,
We worship the God who is,
We worship the God who evermore will be
He opened the prison doors, He parted the raging sea
My God, He holds the victory
Chorus:
There’s joy in the House of the Lord
There’s joy in the House of the Lord today
And we won’t be quiet, we shout out Your praise!
There is joy in the House of the Lord
Our God is surely in this place,
And we won’t be quiet, we shout out Your praise!
We sing to the God who heals
We sing to the God who saves
We sing to the God who always makes a way
‘Cause he hung up on that cross,
Then he rose up from that grave
My God’s still rolling stones away!
(Chorus)
We were the beggars, now we’re royalty
We were the prisoners, now we’re running free
We are forgiven, accepted, redeemed by His grace
Let the house of the Lord sing praise!
‘Cause we were the beggars, now we’re royalty
We were the prisoners, now we’re running free
We are forgiven, accepted, redeemed by His grace
Let the house of the Lord sing praise!
(Chorus 2x)
His Mercy is More
Chorus:
Praise the Lord. His mercy is more.
Stronger than darkness, new every morn’.
Our sins, they are many, His mercy is more.
What love could remember, no, this we have done?
Omniscient, all-knowing, He counts not their sum.
Thrown into a sea without bottom or shore,
Our sins, they are many, His mercy is more.
(Chorus)
What patience would wait as we constantly roam?
What Father, so tender, is calling us home?
He welcomes the weakest, the vilest, the poor.
Our sins, they are many, His mercy is more.
(Chorus 2x)
What riches of kindness He lavished on us?
His blood was the payment, His life was the cost.
We stood ‘neath a debt we could never afford.
Our sins, they are many, His mercy is more.
(Chorus 2x)
Tag: Our sins, they are many, His mercy is more
Our sins, they are many, His mercy is more
Psalm 34 (Taste and See)
I sought the Lord, and He answered me
And delivered me from every fear
Those who look on Him are radiant
They’ll never be ashamed, they’ll never be ashamed
This poor man cried and the Lord heard me
And saved me from my enemies
The Son of God surrounds His saints
He will deliver them, He will deliver them
Chorus:
Magnify the Lord with me
Come exalt His name together
Glorify the Lord with me
Come exalt His name forever
O taste and see that the Lord is good
O blessed is he who hides in Him
O fear the Lord, O all you saints
He’ll give you everything, He’ll give you everything
(Chorus)
Bridge:
Let us bless the Lord, every day and night
Never-ending praise, may our incense rise
Let us bless the Lord, every day and night
Never-ending praise, may our incense rise
(Chorus)
Corporate Prayer of Confession
Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hidden – cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, so that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord, Amen.
Private Confession
Words of Encouragement
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28-30
Song of Assurance (Please Stand)
Crown Him with Many Crowns
Crown him with many crowns,
The Lamb upon his throne;
Hark! How the heav’nly anthem drowns
All music but its own.
Awake, my soul, and sing
Of him who died for thee,
And hail him as thy matchless King
Through all eternity.
Crown him the Lord of love;
Behold his hands and side,
Rich wounds, yet visible above,
In beauty glorified.
No angel in the sky
Can fully bear that sight,
But downward bends his burning eye
At mysteries so bright.
Crown him the Lord of peace;
Whose pow’r a scepter sways
From pole to pole that wars may cease,
Absorbed in prayer and praise.
His reign shall know no end,
And round his pierced feet,
Fair flow’rs of paradise extend
Their fragrance ever sweet.
Crown him the Lord of years,
The Potentate of time.
Creator of the rolling spheres,
Ineffably sublime.
All hail, Redeemer, hail!
For Thou hast died for me,
Thy praise shall never, ever fail
Throughout eternity
Announcements & Prayers of the People
Special Music & Offering
Scripture
1 Corinthians 15:35-58
Sermon
I Can Believe in the Resurrection of the Body
Song of Reflection (Please Stand)
Death in His Grave
Though the earth cried out for blood, satisfied her hunger was.
Billows calmed on raging seas, for the souls of men she craved.
Sun and moon and balcony turned their head in disbelief,
Precious love would taste the sting, disfigured and disdained.
Chorus:
On Friday a thief, on Sunday a King,
Laid down in grief, but woke with the keys
Of hell on that day, firstborn of the slain,
The Man Jesus Christ laid death in his grave.
So three days in darkness slept the morning Son of Righteousness,
But rose to shame the throws of death and overturn his rule.
Now daughters and the sons of men would pay not their dues again.
The debt of blood they owed was rent, when the day rolled anew.
(Chorus)
Benediction
20 Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, 21 equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen
Hebrews 13:20-21
Parting Song of Praise
Death in His Grave
Chorus:
On Friday a thief, on Sunday a King,
Laid down in grief, but woke with the keys
Of hell on that day, firstborn of the slain,
The Man Jesus Christ laid death in his grave.
Tag: The man Jesus Christ laid death in his grave
Worship Musicians
Jessi Stauffer – piano, vocals
Scripture
1 Corinthians 15:35-58
35 But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?” 36 How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38 But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body. 39 Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. 40 There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. 41 the sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor. 42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. 46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. 47 The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven. 48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. 49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.
50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” 55 “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
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.
Children’s Sunday School – On break until the Fall!
Our children’s Sunday school classes are on break until the fall.
Ladies Bible Study
Ladies’ Bible Study is off for the summer and will start again on Sept. 12th with a new study on Proverbs. We will continue to meet every other Saturday morning at 10:00 in the dock room. Further information can be obtained from Polly Stanley (bpstanley13@gmail.com.) Please consider this a great opportunity to get to know and understand God’s word.
Kids Fest Snack Donations
Kids Fest Snack Donations! We are in need of donations of various pre-packaged food items for snacks at Kids Fest this year! Sign-up sheets are available outside the kitchen, listing the specific items we are requesting, their prices, and how many we still need. All donations must be received at the church by August 1st! Please see Debbie Trask, Val Gatz, or Noah Trask with any questions.
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 on break until August.
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.
Congregational Meeting on August 23rd
The Session is calling an informal congregational meeting on August 23rd immediately following the worship service to update the congregation on our plans for the fall and to provide clarity about long term plans for 2027 and beyond. The Session strongly encourages all members and regular attenders to make this meeting a priority. This meeting is simply a time for all of us to ask questions, discuss the future, and spend time in prayer together. Any and all questions or concerns can be discussed at any time leading up to the meeting with a member of the Session, yet we still feel a time to gather as a congregation is vital for our unity moving forward.
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.
- 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 Parkinsons.
- 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.
- Kyle Paicz’s grandmother, Dawn, is having open heart surgery to fix an aortic aneurysm on September 21. Please pray that God calms her nerves and has a safe surgery and for a quick recovery.
- Pray for wisdom for Cindy Less and her doctors regarding an upcoming surgery on August 11th. That she might have a quick and full recovery.
We want to share your concerns and praises. If you have something to include here please contact Sarah Trask; Call or text 443-277-0110 or email office@hanovervalley.org. Nothing is included here without express permission.