Encounters With God

5/30/21 WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE CHILDCARE AVAILABLE Infant Room - children from birth to 18-months Tykes Room - children 18-35-months old Nursery - located to your left of the lobby ANNOUNCEMENTS NO YOUTH GROUP Due to Memorial Day VBS CAMPER REGISTRATION NOW - MAY 31 | WEBSITE REGISTRATION: Tomorrow, May 31 is the hard deadline to register campers for our summer camp this year. Please do this at www. northparkepc.org/vbs. May is VBS Collection Month! Please check the Google Doc (on the website) before the end of the month to see what we still need donated. Questions? Contact Kelly Laird. NPC WORK DAY SATURDAY, JUNE 5 | 9:00 a.m. | NPC The Building & Grounds team is looking for volunteers to tackle clean-up and repair projects. Tools, supplies, and lunch will be provided. Project lists and sign ups are available at the Welcome Counter. Questions? Contact Dan Sherwin. SUMMER KIDS' WORSHIP SUNDAY, JUNE 6 It will be offered to kids' age 3-8 on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday of each month. We'll continue offering fun kids' messages during the worship services throughout the summer as well. VBS TRAINING MEETING SUNDAY, JUNE 6 | 11:00 a.m. | BLUE ROOM All volunteers are asked to plan on meeting. Questions? See Kelly Laird, Alison Sanders (alitwin05@hotmail.com), or Kim Mycyk (kmycyk@gmail.com). PARENTING FORUM: GENDER IDENTITY & PARENTING SUNDAY, JUNE 13 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | ROOM 112 Wondering how you can help your children navigate a world where gender is an open question? Join us for a discussion on how to parent children around questions of gender. Childcare will be provided for those 12 and under. Questions? Contact Pastor Ben. COMPASS: PICNIC & GAME NIGHT TUESDAY, JUNE 15 | 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. | NPC We'll be having an outdoor picnic at the church serving hamburgers and hot dogs. Last names A-L bring an appetizer or dessert and M-Z should bring a side or salad to share. Sign up in the lobby or email Pastor Ben. ENCOUNTERS WITH GOD GENESIS 28:10-22, 32:22-32 | TAYLOR BROWN MESSAGE OUTLINE When You Truly Encounter God... I. You'll trust that ____________________________________ (v. 28:10-22) II. You'll walk away __________________________________ (v. 32:22-32) SCRIPTURE REFERENCE English Standard Version is used unless otherwise indicated LUKE 13:22-30 Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. 11And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep. 12And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it! 13And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring. 14 Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15 Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” 16Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” 17And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.” 18So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. 19He called the name of that place Bethel,but the name of the city was Luz at the first. 20Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear, 21so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God, 22and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you.” PSALM 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. GENESIS 32:22-32 The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. 24 And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.” 29Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. 30So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.” 31 The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip. 32 Therefore to this day the people of Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh that is on the hip socket, because he touched the socket of Jacob's hip on the sinew of the thigh. HOSEA 12:4 He strove with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favor. He met God at Bethel, and there God spoke with us. 2 PETER 1:17-19 For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,” 18we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. 19And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. ELDERS Brian Altmyer | (412) 812-3747 brianaltmyer@msn.com Adam Bright | (412) 223-7477 brightam1@gmail.com Chad Morley | (724) 992-0320 mrcmorley@gmail.com Kevin Sanders | (412) 737-7774 sanders5cap@gmail.com Phil Van Sickel | (412) 953-9525 phvansickel1@hotmail.com Jim Yoder | (301) 512-7460 jeyoder0102@yahoo.com Dan Dupee | (412) 973-3599 dipper@ccojubilee.org Andy Kish | (412) 580-5657 andykish@gmail.com DEACONS Jody Bishop | (412) 952-8869 jody.moskal@gmail.com Susan Burke | (412) 260-0921 mjibburke@verizon.net Carol Dupee | (412) 951-3695 ckdupee@verizon.net Jeff Layden | (412) 495-9532 laydenjd1@gmail.com Hank Lish | (412) 529-0940 hanklish@gmail.com Lisa Lish | (412) 401-1701 lisalish1701@gmail.com Jim Ludwig | (412) 251-2873 jim@blumen.com Gail Nelson | (412) 303-4651 gailnelson36@gmail.com Laura Osmond | (412) 716-3217 osmond.laura@gmail.com Larry Satariano | (724) 623-3524 lsatariano@verizon.net Dan Sherwin | (412) 721-9742 dhsherwin@comcast.net Jim Warmbrodt | (412) 608-5383 warmbrodtjc@gmail.com STAFF Dan Hendley | Senior Pastor Ben Burkholder | Associate Pastor Brooke Hopkins | Director of Music & Worship Mark Sharpnack | Director of Administration & Connection Taylor Brown | Director of Student Ministry Kelly Laird | Director of Children's Ministry Amber Stites | Director of Ministry Engagement Diana Rush | Office Manager Heather Schogren | Media Director Contact information for staff is available on the website 600 INGOMAR ROAD • WEXFORD, PA 15090 • WWW.NORTHPARKEPC.ORG • (412) 367-5000 OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY-THURSDAY: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. • FRIDAY: CLOSED