10:30 Bulletin - Plymouth Congregational Church

November 4, 2012
PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

PLYMOUTH CHURCH WARMLY WELCOMES ALL PEOPLE.
We embrace diversity in our congregation and community, and we affirm the dignity
and worth of every person created in the image of God. We honor the guiding principle that
discrimination is incompatible with Christ’s message of unconditional love.
We welcome into full membership and participation in all aspects of our church life
persons of every race, language, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity
or expression, physical or mental ability, economic or marital status, and faith background,
and we affirm and celebrate all loving and committed relationships.
During Today’s Worship
All are welcome.
PLEASE TURN OFF all cell phones and other electronic devices.
LARGE-PRINT BULLETINS AND HEARING DEVICES are available from the ushers.
PARENTS/NURSING MOTHERS: The Parsons Room (next to the Library) is available as a
respite space for babies and children. You can hear the service from there.
CHILDCARE FOR INFANTS is provided in the Nursery (Room 209) in the education wing.
See an usher for directions.
PLEASE WEAR A NAME BADGE, found in the Friendship Pads at the end of the pews, so that
others might greet you.
If You Are New to Plymouth Church
PARKING IS AVAILABLE in our main lot, as well as the Groveland and Loring-Nicollet lots,
in all spaces on Sunday mornings. If you need a handicap parking space but do not have
an official sticker, please come by the Church Office to get a “Plymouth Church
Handicap Parking” card.
INFORMATIONAL CLASSES FOR PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS: Contact Emily Venell at
612/977-1281 or emilyv@plymouth.org if you are interested in or have questions about
membership at Plymouth Church, or if you are interested in attending a future
interactive seminar. Plymouth is eager to welcome those who wish to share their faith on
our congregation’s journey. We look forward to seeing you at Plymouth again.
ON THE COVER: A Needler’s View of the Chapel.
Ink drawing by Mary Lou Mathison, 1991.
For information on this week’s events at Plymouth Church,
please visit our website at www.plymouth.org.

THE ORDER OF SERVICE November 4, 2012 TEN-THIRTY O’CLOCK
PRELUDE THANKSGIVING MEDLEY arr. Sonja Thompson
Dan Doffing and Kelly Poster, trumpet; (2012)
Chris Kopp and Nick Pell, trombone; and Ian Wilkinson, tuba
JAZZ CANTATA Andy Beck
Chorister Choir
Mary Laymon, director
with Sonja Thompson, piano; Peter Skjervold, alto sax;
Jeff Novak, guitar; Joe Weismann, bass; and Tim Brunelle, drums
Sing we a joyful new song.
Lift up your voice loud and strong. Alleluia.
PROCESSIONAL HYMN #306 FOR ALL THE SAINTS “Sine nomine”
CALL TO WORSHIP James Gertmenian
Minister: To walk in faith is difficult and joyous.
Congregation: Thanks be to God for caring companions.
Minister: Thanks be to God for the light of those who have gone
before us.
Congregation: Let our worship help light the way for others who will
follow.
INTROIT Joyce Poley
One more step, we will take one more step,
’Til there is peace for us and everyone,
We’ll take one more step.
One more word, we will say one more word,
’Til every word is heard by everyone,
We’ll say one more word.
—Joyce Poley
(1986)
UNISON PRAYER
Gracious God, you invite us to move from being observers of your love
to being participants. Thank you for honoring us with opportunities to share
in your compassion. You teach us the wisdom of work and the joy of
generosity. Thank you for the courage to risk new ventures in faith. Grant
us the strength and peace of your presence as we attempt to be true to your
calling, this day and in all our days to come.
THE LORD’S PRAYER (“…and forgive us our debts…”)
Pilgrim Hymnal, p. 513, prayer 57

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
FELLOWSHIP CONCERN Marcia Cushmore
ANTHEM SOMEDAY IS TODAY André J. Thomas
Plymouth Youth Choir (2011)
Mary Laymon, director
Commissioned by a consortium of choirs nationwide
including Plymouth Congregational Church.
Someone should calm a world at war,
Heal the sick and feed the poor.
Someone should make all hate a crime;
Perhaps someday will come.
Someone’s you, and someone’s me,
Someday’s now and together
We can shape the future which can be
One where dreams come true.
Someone should stand and, face to face,
Strongly condemn the taunts of race to race.
Someone should blaze the path to peace;
Perhaps someday will come.
—Text by Neil Lorenz
SCRIPTURE READING REVELATION 3:1–3, 22:1–5
HYMN JERUSALEM, MY HAPPY HOME
Jerusalem, my happy home,
When shall I come to thee?
When shall my sorrows have an end?
Thy joys, when shall I see?
Thy saints are crowned with glory great;
They see God face to face;
They triumph still, they still rejoice;
Most happy is their case.
There Magdalen hath left her moan,
And cheerfully doth sing
With blessèd saints, whose harmony
In every street doth ring.
“Land of Rest”
Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
God grant that I may see
Thine endless joy, and of the same
Partaker ever be!

RECOGNITION OF 50-YEAR MEMBERS
VERSICLES #533
PASTORAL PRAYER Catherine Crooks
OFFERTORY FLY AWAY MEDLEY Traditional melodies
Arr. Mary Hayes
Solo Trio: Cole Williams, Sophie Deutsch and Ming Montgomery
Instrumentalists: Mark Banker, banjo; Heather VanderLey, violin;
Jeff Novak, guitar; Joe Weismann, bass; Tim Brunelle, drums;
Dan Doffing and Kelly Poster, trumpet; Chris Kopp and Nick Pell, trombone;
and Ian Wilkinson, tuba
Some glad morning when this life is o’er, I’ll fly away;
To a home on God’s celestial shore, I’ll fly away.
When the shadows of this life have gone, I’ll fly away;
Like a bird from prison bars has flown, I’ll fly away.
Trials dark on every hand, and we cannot understand
All the ways that God would lead us to that blessed Promised Land;
But He’ll guide us with His eye, and we’ll follow till we die;
We will understand it better by and by.
By and by, Lord, when the morning comes,
When the saints of God are gathered home;
We will tell the story, how we’ve overcome;
We will understand it better by and by.
On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand and cast a wishful eye
To Canaan’s fair and happy land, where my possessions lie.
I am bound for the Promised Land;
Oh, who will come and go with me?
I am bound for the Promised Land.
Oh, when the Saints go marchin’ in
Lord, I want to be in that number.

PRAYER OF DEDICATION & DOXOLOGY #464
Praise to God, immortal praise, for the love that crowns our days!
Bounteous source of every joy, let thy praise our tongues employ;
Singing thus through all our days: Praise to God, immortal praise! Amen.
SERMON THE SECRET REVEALED Paula Northwood
CLOSING HYMN SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER “Hanson Place”
(see next page)
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE TOCCATA FOR ALL SAINTS’ DAY Charles Tournemire
(from the organ suite “The Mystic Organ”) (1928)
THE CHANCEL FLOWERS are given in loving memory of Connie Buran Schreck and
Kevin Charles Schreck by Ann and David Buran and Kevin and Teddy Schreck.
NEXT SUNDAY: Catherine Crooks will lead the 9:50 a.m. First Service, and James
Gertmenian will preach at the 10:30 a.m. Sanctuary service, which will include
music from Cuban choir Schola Cantorum Coralina.
IF YOU HAVE MADE YOUR PLEDGE to Plymouth’s annual giving campaign, you are
invited to today’s Early Pledger Celebration. The event will take place at Will and
Margee Bracken’s home at 750 South 2nd Street, Suite 502, Minneapolis, from
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
You can pledge by going to www.Plymouth.org/giving/pledging.php or by
placing your pledge form in the offering plate. (Pledge forms are available in the
Friendship Pads.) You can even bring your pledge form to the celebration. Don’t
miss this opportunity to visit with members you know and members you’ll want
to meet. Together we will Fuel the Flame that Heals the World.

50-Year Members
Alan Anderson (1950)
Helen Anderson (1938)
Evelyn Baker (1959)
*Eleanor Beery (1962)
Robert Benjamin (1957)
Jon Bergerud (1954)
*Lee Bergerud, Jr (1962)
Martha Bjorklund (1961)
Millie Bolstad (1945)
Judy Bottemiller (1957)
Karl Bottemiller (1957)
Alice Boudreau (1951)
Jean Brastad (1942)
Dorothy Brindle (1959)
Lucile Brink (1959)
Annabelle Bush (1935)
Mary Lou Carpenter (1961)
Norm Carpenter (1961)
Mary Carson (1960)
Bette Clifford (1943)
Nell Cochran (1955)
Carolyn Collins (1955)
Leslie Collins (1955)
Dave Colwell (1950)
John Colwell (1947)
Phyllis Colwell (1953)
Thomas Colwell (1943)
Diane Cummisford (1961)
Marion Curry (1959)
Ed Curtiss (1956)
Helen Doeringsfeld (1957)
*Sue Dosal (1962)
Dick Duncan (1938)
Timothy Dunsworth (1961)
Dick Eisler (1935)
Sylvia Eisler (1956)
Patricia Evarts (1955)
*Donald Farrar (1962)
*Ronald Farrar (1962)
Shirley Ferguson (1941)
Bud Friskey (1951)
Fern Friskey (1951)
Barbara Goldner (1959)
Robert Guetzlaff (1950)
Dorothy Gunderson (1938)
Barbara Haglund (1958)
Jim Haining (1952)
Reva Haining (1941)
Roger Hale (1949)
Bob Hall (1956)
Jane Hall (1946)
Mim Hanson (1956)
Ann Harding (1948)
*Kathryn Harper (1962)
Phebe Haugen (1960)
Joaquenia Heinrich (1960)
Robert Holloway (1951)
Jinny Humphrey (1934)
*Joseph Husbands (1962)
Loey Husbands (1939)
Robert Jacobsen (1954)
Rod Johnson (1943)
Ronald Johnson (1943)
Theodore Johnson (1959)
Frank Kerr (1949)
Mary Kerr (1949)
Louise King (1935)
Mary Krause (1960)
Barbara Laederach (1951)
Paul Laederach (1957)
Leonard Lampert, III (1961)
Lois Larson (1959)
Voigt Lenmark, Jr (1958)
Jean Linwick (1945)
Charlie Lloyd (1957)
Jan Lloyd (1957)
*Allan Lotsberg (1962)
*Barbara Lotsberg (1962)
Mary Lou Loud (1948)
Warren Malkerson (1961)
Kirk Mark (1946)
Mary Mark (1957)
Jim Martineau (1959)
Sally Martineau (1951)
Mary Lou Mathison (1954)
Hans Melgaard (1955)
Diane Montgomery (1960)
Marilyn Mork (1958)
Vernon Mork (1958)
Patricia Morton (1957)
Donn Mosser, Sr (1954)
Page Moulton (1942)
*Martha Naslund (1962)
Rusty Nelson (1961)
* denotes new 50-year members in 2012
Anne Newhart (1947)
Meg Nichols (1953)
Bob Nordland (1959)
Audrey Nurnberger (1955)
Patty O’Brien (1960)
Joan Parsons (1959)
Jane Pejsa (1943)
Carolyn Peterson (1953)
Marjorie Peterson (1955)
Lynn Presho (1958)
Lisa Reed (1958)
Margery Rocknem (1952)
Robert Rocknem (1952)
James Rogers (1945)
Dick Rowland (1960)
Patricia Rowland (1949)
Henry Shaw (1956)
Nancy Siddall (1946)
Norma Jean Sims (1955)
Harlan Smith (1960)
Margaret Smith (1960)
Carol Spencer (1954)
Madalyn Staupe Traun (1947)
John Steimle (1960)
Ruth Steimle (1960)
Sara Stout (1956)
Evie Struthers (1949)
Kay Studebaker (1955)
Bill TenBroek (1958)
Bryce TenBroek (1958)
Marion Thayer (1957)
Jim Thompson (1947)
Evelyn Thomson (1953)
Carol Truesdell (1959)
Lynn Truesdell (1951)
Ralph Tully (1951)
Wellington Tully, Jr (1948)
Bob Uppgaard (1954)
Dawn Wanous (1945)
Ann Ware (1959)
*Joyce Wascoe (1962)
*Jane West (1962)
*Carolyn Wiester (1962)
Mary Lou Wilkinson (1951)
Gregory Wilson (1961)
Martha Wright (1945)
of Plymouth Congregational Church

CHURCH REGISTER as of October 31, 2012
RECENTLY DECEASED:
Patricia Earl (10/12/2012)
Mother of Joseph Earl
Mother of Mary Bjorngjeld
Mother of Carol Earl
Mother of Brian Earl
Mother of Andrew Earl
A private memorial service for Patricia was held.
OTHER MEMBERS AND FRIENDS WHO ARE RECENTLY BEREAVED:
Andi Larsen and Bill Youmans, death of Andi’s mother, Mary Ellen Larsen
Margi and Erin Larsen Youmans, death of grandmother
Barbara Tarrant and Quentin Randolph, death of Barbara’s father
Lucien Randolph-Tarrant, death of grandfather
RECENTLY MARRIED:
James Chauvin and Melissa Dale (10/20/2012)
RECENT BIRTHS:
Jasper Benson Loesch (8/14/2012), son of Abby and Alex Loesch, grandson of
Janine Laird
CONVALESCING:
Drew Gesell, Texas Terrace, St. Louis Park
Vicki Haugen, at home
Claire Kolmodin, at home
IN HOSPICE CARE:
Carolyn Wiester, at home
CARINGBRIDGE WEBSITES help people stay connected in times of illness. If you
would like a CaringBridge website listed, please contact Catherine Crooks,
Minister for Member Care (cathiec@plymouth.org or 612/977-1286).
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/carolynwiester
HOME AND HOSPITAL VISITS: All Plymouth’s ministers call upon members of the
church in their homes, in hospitals or care and rehabilitation centers. If you know
of someone who would like a visit from a minister, please contact Catherine
Crooks, Minister for Member Care (cathiec@plymouth.org or 612/977-1286).

Plymouth Supports Marriage for All
In support of marriage for all, we host a 24-hour candlelight vigil and
prayer Nov. 5–6, in the Chapel. During this critical election, we are
committed to vote and called to prayer. Trusting that grace and justice
abound when loving spirits gather, you are invited to a silent prayer and
meditation vigil starting at 8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 5 and running until the
polls close at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 6. Please sign up online via our website
(http://www.plymouth.org/about/vigil_signup.php) or just drop in. We also
hope you are inspired to help in the effort to move others to cast their vote
during the time the polls are open. To volunteer, contact Minnesotans
United for All Families (www.mnunited.org).
Final Healing Minnesota service, Nov. 11, 7 p.m., will feature Rev. Grant
Stevensen, faith director for Minnesotans United for All Families, Rabbi
Jennifer Gertman, along with local musical luminaries Dennis Spears and
Sanford Moore. Co-sponsored with OutFront Minnesota. Gather, no matter
the election outcome, to encourage love, respect and healing following this
divisive campaign. Please note start time of 7 p.m.

PLYMOUTH STAFF
James Gertmenian, Senior Minister
Vivian Jones, Minister Emeritus
Jeffrey Sartain, Executive Minister
Larry Johnson, Drop-in Coordinator
Catherine Crooks, Minister for Member Care
Paula Northwood, Minister for Education
Shannon Kearns, Interim Community Ministries Coordinator;
Youth Activities Coordinator
Katie Dillon, Junior High Leader
Corbin Dillon, Junior High Assistant
Tara Bauer, Pastoral Resident
Catherine Duncan, Covenant Partner; Chaplain for Fairview Home Care and Hospice
Jo Holcomb, Director of Children’s Programs, Librarian
Karen Millar, Ministry Assistant for Children’s Programs
Carole Humphrey, Director, Children’s Dance
Kristen Froebel, Director, Young Voices
Maya Sutton, Childcare Provider
Philip Brunelle, Organist and Choirmaster
Sonja Thompson, Assistant Music Director
George Maurer, First Service Music Director
James Bohn, Dan Dressen, Lisa Drew, Jennifer French & Maria Jette, Soloists
Mary Laymon, Director, Chorister and Youth Choirs
Elizabeth Egger, Director, Cherub Choir
Cammy Carteng, Director, Handbell Choirs
Ann Tandy-Treiber, Music Librarian
Allison Campbell Jensen, Director of Communication
Cody Bourdot, Audiovisual Manager
Karen Hartz, Director of Operations
Timothy Douma, Ministry Assistant for Administration
Doug Freeman, Ministry Assistant for Programs
Emily Venell, Ministry Assistant for Hospitality
Robert Brock & Gulark Wright, Evening/Weekend Receptionists
Joy Hansen, Accounting Manager
Malcolm Williams, Public Safety Manager
John Bradford, Building Manager
Bob Haas, Housekeeping Manager
Kathryn Bahl, Larry Rostad & Tracy White, Custodians
PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
1900 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403
612/871-7400 • www.plymouth.org • E-mail: churchinfo@plymouth.org