Healing and Wholeness

Virtual Service of Healing and Wholeness at 7:00 pm | november 8 2021
ZOOM VIRTUAL PRAYER AT 7:15-7:45. iNSTRUCTIONS BELOW

There are two ways to experience the first presbyterian church of homewood's VIRTUAL SERVICE OF HEALING AND WHOLENESS. 

1.enjoy viewing them in a YOUTUBE PLAYLIST-- One-Video-At-A-Time or "Play All" or

2. Click the video below for the november 8 2021 | Virtual Service [14:51]

TONIGHT WE ARE also OFFERING A VIRTUAL PRAYER table, between 7:15-7:45, using the ZOOM program.  For those who have zoom, CLICK ON THE image of the PRAYER TABLE below. follow the instructions | When system dialog prompts, click Open link.the message will say "please wait for the host to start this meeting." wait. Laurie will be there.  

the prayer table photo below IS A LINK THAT WILL virtually TAKE YOU TO laurie WHO WILL BE ABLE TO PRAY FOR YOU.

Thank you for joining us this evening.  It is our prayer that you were able to feel comfort and hear encouragement with this service. Please call 708 471 3626  for further information about this service or First Presbyterian Church of Homewood. 

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Calendar of Upcoming Virtual Meetings in November/December 2021

• First Monday: "Stamped From the Beginning" | Book Study | Kathleen O'Hanlon & Joyce Anders
  Zoom Link:  7 pm-8:30 December 8, 2021 (first Monday of the month)
• Tuesdays: 10:30 a.m. every Tuesday Morning  New Study "A Surprising God" by Thomas Long and Donyelle McCray.  Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information (we formerly met at Panera and may meet at Panera again)
• Tuesdays: | "On Guard" | Tuesday Adult Education Class  | 7:00 pm Central Time | Tim VanNasdale
  Zoom Link for meeting:  Tuesdays, (next class TBD)    Watch This Space You can see the suggested videos by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Thursdays: New "pop up" Advent Study | 10 am Thursdays on December 2, 9, 16, and 23.  The Advent Study is based on the book, "Advent in Narnia: Reflections for the Season" by Heidi Haverkamp.  It is via Zoom for one hour starting at 10:00 a.m. on Thursdays, December 2, 9, 16 and 23.  Pastor Elvery will be the convener of the four meetings.  Link:  Join Advent  Study  Meeting ID: 830 0277 5884 Passcode: 413973    
  If  you are interested in participating in this book study, please click on the blue link above or let us know through email: the church office  or phone: 708-798-0490 so we can include you in the weekly email notification with the Zoom link.
• Sundays: | SundayWorship Service  We are now worshiping only in the church building at 11 am on Sunday morning,
  The Twenty Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (11/7/21), is entitled, "It's a Matter of Perspective", 17929 Gottschalk Avenue, Homewood IL, Pastor Dudley Elvery.
• Live Streaming Service can be found on the "Worship Page" | Post Sunday Virtual Worship Meet-up is continuing on Zoom  12 noon. - 2 p.m. Sunday
• Healing & Wholeness Service date is: TBD We offer a Healing & Wholeness Service online  Access the service at 7:00 p.m. or at any time that day or in the following days.  This service is a time of reflection, prayer, and meditation.  This service can help us to experience anew God’s healing, peace-giving grace or refuel us for becoming agents of healing and reconciliation.  Taking time for this mimics a pattern for Jesus and his disciples.  They would be out in the thick of a clamoring multitude and then retreat to a quiet place to reconnect, recharge, and clarify their mission.  Our quiet place awaits us in this service online.  (Watch for an announcement for maybe private prayer time on Zoom after this service.) | Please email sarmist@aol for prayer needs request

Looking forward | scripture readings for sunday, December 5 will be  Malachi 3:1-4 and Luke 3:1-6.

Malachi 3:1-4 ||| Common English Bible

Look, I am sending my messenger who will clear the path before me; suddenly the Lord whom you are seeking will come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you take delight is coming, says the Lord of heavenly forces. 2 Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can withstand his appearance? He is like the refiner’s fire or the cleaner’s soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver. He will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. They will belong to the Lord,
presenting a righteous offering. 4 The offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in ancient days and in former years.

Luke 3:1-6 ||| Common English Bible 

In the fifteenth year of the rule of the emperor Tiberius—when Pontius Pilate was governor over Judea and Herod was ruler[a] over Galilee, his brother Philip was ruler[b] over Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was ruler[c] over Abilene, 2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas—God’s word came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. 3 John went throughout the region of the Jordan River, calling for people to be baptized to show that they were changing their hearts and lives and wanted God to forgive their sins. 4 This is just as it was written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, A voice crying out in the wilderness: “Prepare the way for the Lord; make his paths straight. 5 Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be leveled. The crooked will be made straight and the rough places made smooth. 6 All humanity will see God’s salvation.”[d]

Sunday Morning Services

Ready, Set, Go!
August 26, 2018 | Prayer for Illumination, Psalm 84, Ready, Set, Go! [21 minutes] |
August 26, 2018 | [to be added] Click on this link to hear the whole service.  It will play as if you were present. [One Hour Sixteen Minutes]

Called to the Cusp
June 3

• Click on this link to hear the whole 1:10 service.  It will play as if you were present. 
• Or to begin with the Prayer for Illumination followed by: 
  
  • The FIRST SCRIPTURE READING Mark 2:23 - 3:6 
  • ANTHEM   I Surrender, Lord
  • SECOND SCRIPTURE READING 1 Samuel 3:1-10 p. 236 / 306 OT
  • SERMON Called to the Cusp By Pastor Dudley Elvery

Watch and Wait?
June 10
06-10 Click on this link to hear the sermon portion of First Presbyterian Church of Homewood, "Watch and Wait?"  by Pastor Dudley Elvery [28 minutes]

Palm Sunday - March 25, 2018 | Complete Service

Video Below: Congregational Response 820, "Nothing Can Trouble" | Prayer for Illumination | Scripture Readings (Psalm 118:19-29) and (Philippians 2:5-11)

Cantata | Portraits in Grace | Joseph M. Martin

PART One: 

1. Prelude - Musicians [0-2:56]
   
   Narration 1 - The Beauty of Jesus, the Creator [2:57-4:51]
2. Portrait  [4:55 - 8:15]
   
   Narration 2 - The Beauty of Jesus, the Savior [8:17 - 9:07]
3. Fairest Lord Jesus [9:07 - 12:05]
   
   Narration 3 - The Beauty of Jesus, the Healer [12:06-13:00]
4. The Healer [13:00-16:17]
   
   Narration 4 - The Beauty of Jesus, the King [16:18 - 17:41]
5. Behold the King [17:42  - 21:35]
   
   Narration 5 - The Beauty of Jesus, the King  [21:35 - 22:35]
6. We Remember  [22:36 - 26:03]
   
   Narration 6 - The Beauty of Jesus, the Man of Sorrows [26:06 - 26:52]
7. A Sacred Garden  [26:53 - 31:19]
   
   
   
   INTERMISSION
   
   Narration 7 - The Beauty of Jesus, the Redeemer [0:00 - 1:46]
8. Let Us Gather in the Shadow of the Cross [1:47 - 4:41 ]
   
   Narration 8 - The Beauty of Jesus, the Grace-Giver [4:42 - 6:21]
9. Portrait of the Cross [6:22 - 11:50]
10. Recessional of Shadows [11:55 - 14:16]
    
    
    
    
    Portraits in Grace A Cantata for Holy Week, by Joseph M. Martin
    Directed by Tim VanNasdale
    Narrator, Pastor Dudley Elvery
    Musicians, Pianist Tim VanNasdale;  Flautist, Tricia Hentschel;  Cellist: David Keller
    Choir, Janet Wahl, Li Hilario, Jan Bunker, Kathleen O'Hanlon, Laurie Ulrich, Kathie Darman
    Verne Moore, Paul Gerrish, Rod Dunlap, Emmanuel Hilario, Evelyn Dixon, Melodee Leimnetzer