Join us on September 11 as Rev. Mary Council-Austin leads us in worship.
Pastor Mary Council-Austin is a retired United Methodist pastor. She served congregations in the Janesville-Beloit area, Fond du Lac, Racine, Neenah, and Milwaukee. Rev. Mary served as the Associate General Secretary for the United Methodist Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church located in Washington, DC, and Director of the Church Center for the United Nations Seminar Learning Programs in New York City. She was appointed a college chaplain at Howard University in Washington, DC. Pastor Mary also served as the Assistant to the President of Marian University for Diversity. Pastor Mary received the Donald G. Jones Annual Leadership Award from the Fond du Lac Area Association of Commerce in 2004.
Born in eastern North Carolina, she is one of ten children born to Revs Charles and Martha Council. Rev. Mary has called Fond du Lac home for many years. Her late husband Clarence Austin spent many years as a Natural Resources Conservation leader across Wisconsin and the Midwest. Rev Mary has enjoyed the fellowship and faith journey with First Presbyterian Church over the years.
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Scripture Lessons:
Gospel Lesson Luke 15: 1-10
Message: “Museum or Mission?“
The YouTube service is here. Pastor Mary Council-Austin
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The Radio sermon for today is here. Pastor Dan Schultz “Planning Commission”
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Sermon: Rev. Mary Council-Austin
Children’s Time Jennifer Zander
Liturgist: Carol Smith
Cantor: Linda Dorn
Organist/Pianist: Kris Bartelt
Duet: Carol Wetzel, Nancy Pitzen
Prelude: “Improvisation on “I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light” arr. by Paul Manz
Code: MSM-10-420
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Hymn GTG 377 “I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light”
TEXT: Kathleen Thomerson, 1966; © 1970, 1975 Celebration
MUSIC (HOUSTON 10.7.10.8 with refrain): Kathleen Thomerson, 1966; © 1970, 1975 Celebration
The Presbyterian Hymnal 577 “Glory Be to the Father”
Glory Be to the Father
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Hymn GTG 188 “Jesus Loves Me”
TEXT: Stanza 1, Anna Bartlett Warner, 1859; stanza 2, David Rutherford McGuire, 1971
MUSIC (JESUS LOVES ME 7.7.7.7 with refrain): William Batchelder Bradbury, 1862, alt.
Offering “Change My Heart O God” duet by Carol Wetzel and Nancy Pitzen
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Offertory: Presbyterian Hymnal 428 “We Give Thee but Thine Own” (vs1)
Text: William Walsham How, 1858
Music: (Schumann SM): Mason and Webb’s Cantica Laudis, 1850
Hymn GTG 187 “Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us”
TEXT: Thrupp’s Hymns for the Young, 1836, alt.
MUSIC (BRADBURY 8.7.8.7 D): William Batchelder Bradbury, 1859, alt.
Presbyterian Hymnal #537 “Shalom Chaverim!”
Israeli round
Postlude: “Pastorale” by Dale Wood
based on the tune BRADBURY by William Bachelder Bradbury (1816-1868)
from Softly and Tenderly Volume 2 – Organ Meditations on Contemplative Hymns
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