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Zion United Church Of Christ
Arendtsville, Pennsylvania
"Embodying the Love of God in Word and Action"
Sunday, July 5, 2009
“Sent with Power”
Visitors: Welcome to our church. If you do not have a church home, we pray that you will find one with us. We have large print bulletins available, as well as hearing assistance devices. Please ask an usher if you require either of these. Restrooms are located in the church school building. Go through the door next to the choir loft, and straight ahead toward the nursery. We also have restrooms downstairs in Fellowship Hall. Again, exit through the door next to the choir loft, turn left down the hall, and go down the steps. Please sign our guest book!
We Gather To Worship
Prelude
Announcements
Chime Interlude
*Call To Worship
Leader: Here is an altar familiar and worn with use. Come, look beyond the grains of wood, and sense the power it holds to feed, unite, and create a holy community.
People: May we glimpse godly wisdom that is beyond ordinary sight.
Leader: Here is a Bible holding stories of faith, perhaps grown ordinary with repetition. Come, hear anew the sacred words and listen between the lines for the calling and sending, teaching and healing.
People: May we glimpse godly wisdom that is beyond ordinary sight.
Leader: Here is our ordinary community made of peculiarities and imperfections. Come, draw near to one another in spirit and recognize the holy presence that makes us an extraordinary people of justice and love and good work.
People: May we glimpse godly wisdom that is beyond ordinary sight. (We light the Christ candle.)
*Hymn: “Open My Eyes, That I May See”…………………………………. #557
*Opening Prayer
All: We come together in this place where the ordinary becomes sanctified and the familiar is made new. Make us mindful, O Prophetic One, of your call on our lives and of the Spirit’s power. Fill us with holy imagination and vision as we gather up the courage to live as your people in this world.
Prayer Of Confession
One: Jesus sent the disciples out with power to carry on Jesus’ mission of proclamation and healing.
Two: God’s way is realized in our day when someone chooses to be love in the midst of hatred and violence.
One: When someone waits patiently in the face of uncertain anxiety.
Two: When someone listens, and holds, and listens again.
One: When someone reaches out with a healing touch.
Two: When someone speaks and sweats and lives to see justice for all.
One: When someone extends a hand of kindness at just the right time.
Two: When someone sees possibility and acts within a hopeless situation.
Both: Will you be that someone? (A time for silent prayers of confession; Music: “Bind Us Together.”)
Assurance Of God’s Forgiveness (based on 2 Corinthians 12: 9)
Leader: In our best intentions, God’s power is revealed. In our unrealized plans, God’s power remains steadfast. Trust that God’s grace is sufficient for God’s power is made known in our weakness. Where our ability ends, God’s Spirit begins and the way of God comes to life.
Affirmation: “Spirit, Now Live in Me”………………………………………#284, V 1
We Hear The Word
Reading Of The Scripture: 2 Samuel 5: 1-5, 9-10
A Time For Children
Anthem: “Yes, I Believe in God” ………………………………………………St. James
Reading Of The Gospel: Mark 6: 1-13
Message For This Day
We Respond To God
*Hymn: “Rise Up, O Saints of God!”……………………………………………..#670
Pastoral Prayers And The Lord's Prayer
(Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.)
Our Offering
Offertory: “For the Glory of Your Name”……………………………………….Tumes
*Doxology: “Praise God from Whom All Blessings” ……………………………..#809
*Prayer Of Dedication
Leader: We believe this world can be a place of hope: where power is shared; where all have clean water and enough to eat; where there is concern and action to secure freedom and justice.
All: We believe in God’s way of love and peace, and we will proclaim it.
Leader: We believe this world can be a place of peace: where love triumphs over war; where people of different faiths live together in good will; where there is unity among neighbours.
All: We believe in God’s way of love and peace, and we will proclaim it.
Leader: We believe this world can be a place of truth: where words of honesty are heard more often than words of propaganda; where there is honour among those who govern; where integrity guides our daily lives.
All: We believe in God’s way of love and peace, and we will proclaim it.
*Closing Hymn: “So Send I You – by Grace Made Strong”……………… #732
*Blessing
Leader: God has spoken, “I am sending you in love – imagine the possibilities. My love is all you need. Colour the world with it, spread it throughout your speaking, honour it within your living. Go now, for God has called you, Christ has sent you, and Spirit has empowered you.
*Choral Benediction: “Take My Life, Lead Me, Lord”……………………#566, V 1, 3
*Chime Meditation
Postlude
*Where noted, please stand if able.
July’s Proverb:
Even fools who keep silent are considered wise; when they close their lips, they are deemed intelligent. Proverbs 17: 22
Vacation Bible School will be held from July 6-10 from 6:15-8:00 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran. Game Show Theme: “Studio Go: Go Win With Jesus.” Kids from pre-school age to grade 6 are welcome . . . bring a neighbor! Teen helpers are needed for crafts.
Expense Reimbursement. To establish a system of checks and balances for the payment of invoices, Zion's Consistory approved a motion requiring the approval of the Committee Chairperson prior to submission of the invoices to Zion's Treasurer for payment. For example: reimbursement by Zion for a bill for the purchase of materials for an activity of the Mission Committee will now have to receive the approval of Wayne, the Mission Committee Chairman.
Living History Project. If you are interested in purchasing one or more bricks for the Zion House Brick Project, obtain an order form from the Church office and return the form to the church office or John.
The Food Pantry Item for July is canned vegetables.
Upper Adams Prayer Breakfast. The Rev. Peter Kuhn, Manager of Pastoral Care and Education at Gettysburg Hospital, will be the guest speaker at the Upper Adams Prayer Breakfast on Tuesday, July 7, at the Apple Bin Restaurant in Biglerville. Pastor Kuhn, a native of Germany, was educated at the University of Heidelberg where he received his master of divinity degree. He is an ordained minister in the Protestant Church of the Rhineland, which is in communion with the United Church of Christ. Chaplain Kuhn is expected to discuss his efforts training future pastors in Clinical Pastoral Education, as well as his experiences in the parish in Germany and in the chaplaincy here in the states. Join the group Tuesday and enjoy the comments and fellowship of this first time visitor at breakfast.
Greeters Needed for Aug. 9, 16; Sept. 6, 13, 20, 27; Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25.
Scripture Setting Sponsors Needed for Aug. 9, 16, 30; Oct. 11, 18, 25.
*Signup Clipboards Are At the Rear of the Church*
Pastoral Relations Committee Members
Robert, Wayne, Lydia, and Donna
Prayers Of The People: You are invited to offer any prayers you wish by writing them on the PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE paper located at the rear of the sanctuary. Please share both joys and concerns. Also, if you would like to share a prayer out loud during the pastoral prayers you are invited to do so during the interval provided.
Please Tell Us. Is someone you love hospitalized? Does someone need a visit from the pastor or the visitation team? Do you have a birth, marriage, death or other information you'd like to include in the newsletter or bulletin? Please tell us! Our church office counts on you to keep us informed. Hospital visitors for this month are listed with the lay ministers in this bulletin and in the monthly newsletters.
If You Have A Need For Prayer, please remember that we have a prayer chain available. Please call Liz; she will activate the chain for you. You may also submit a prayer request to the Prayer Center on our Web site. It is located under “Connect.” Our Lord teaches us in Matthew Chapter 18: 19"Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. 20For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them."
Consistory
Term Length
Anthony President 2011
Wayne Mission 2011
Eddie Property 2010
Minda Vice-Pres., Christian Ed., Worship 2011
John Personnel, Website 2010
Fred Stewardship 2012
Donna Fellowship 2012
Jeffrey Secretary, Finance 2012
Dave Membership Chair 2010
Coming Up Next Week:
July 6-10 Vacation Bible School Trinity Lutheran 6:15 – 8 pm
Looking Forward:
July 14 Men’s Fellowship Apple Bin 9:00 am
July 26 Pool party for incoming confirmation class Hartzel’s 3:00 pm
Aug. 2 Communion Sanctuary 9:00 am
Aug. 2 Christian Ed Mtg Sanctuary 10:00 am
Aug. 29 Soup Kitchen Prince of Peace 10:45 – 1 pm
Aug. 31 Hoss’s Community Night Gettyburg 12 noon – 8 pm |
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