The Lord’s Day
10:30 am—Online Service
Beverly Hills United Presbyterian Church, Upper Darby
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lansdowne
This week’s Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13
Music: “O Come, Divine Messiah,” “Your Grace Is Enough,” “The First Noel,” “Of the Father’s Love Begotten”
Join the Service from a computer or device (Zoom Meeting):
Join by phone: Call this number: +1 929 205 6099
Meeting ID: 860 0274 0088
Honor the Lord with your stewardship offerings to sustain our worship and work in our community and world.
By mail: Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church, 500 Midvale Road, Upper Darby, PA 19082
Online: You may now also choose to contribute through an online giving form.
Today’s Scripture
1 Corinthians 13
13 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Announcements
THE 2020 POINSETTIA — HUNGER RELIEF FUND
This year, instead of purchasing poinsettia plants for display, we invite your donations for the work of our local food cupboards in Upper Darby and Lansdowne. For listing in the Christmas Eve service, we suggest your donation of $10 – or more! Please designate and send your donations to Beverly Hills or St. Paul’s.
You can print and complete this form – or just send a note. Thank you!
Congregational Council, St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Session, Beverly Hills United Presbyterian Church
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“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing… not healing, not curing… that is a friend who cares.” – Henri Nouwen
Brief In-person Service of the Eucharist is now scheduled for the second and fourth Sundays of each month.
Evangelism/Discipleship GroupWednesday, December 30 at 7:00 on Zoom – “Life Together.”
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86589493548 — Meeting ID: 865 8949 3548
Telephone – +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) or +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
For Food Assistance Information, see the church websites at www.stpaulslansdowne.org or https://www.bhpcud.com/loving-our-neighbors .
You are welcome to contact Pastor Tung directly for pastoral needs. Tel. 610.246.8240 • Email – arttung@gmail.com
Pastors Nancy Haigh Ross and LoisAnn Furgess-Oler are also assisting in visitation. Pastor Ross: 267.254.0187 pastor.nancy@yahoo.com • Pastor Furgess-Oler: 410.239.1515 lafodav@aol.com
Prayer List(Recent congregational requests have been combined.)
Roberta Neill Dave Lewis
Hollie Law, Muirin Todd Dieter
Brian Callaghan Kyle and Family in Colorado
Phyllis Van Arsdale Don Van Krieken
Beverly Riley Linda Wisham
John Boohar Ann & Tom Shiffer
Bill Polymenakos Jeff and Toni Kathan
Family of Bob Geller Jim Demir
St. Paul’s Congregation Council – BHPC Session
The Opioid Crisis The COVID-19 Pandemic
The Unemployed and Underemployed Nursing Homes
Borough of Lansdowne William Penn School District
Upper Darby Township Upper Darby School District
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, SE Pennsylvania Synod
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Presbytery of Philadelphia
Community of Believers in Christ Pentecostal Church
Week 51 Prayer Guide On Evangelism; Vietnam, Yemen
Christmas Eve
7:00 – Service of Lessons and Carols
“Our Christmas Selves”
Pastor Tung preaching
THE FIRST SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS – DECEMBER 27
9:45 a.m. – Brief In-person Eucharist (at St. Paul’s)
10:30 a.m. – Morning Worship
“Revolutionary Submission”
Pastor Tung preaching
Philippians 2.1-11